Rapid City Regional in January 2026

81.5%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 308 domestic departures from Rapid City Regional (RAP). 81.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.2% reached their destination on time; 4.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so RAP departures were 5.9 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 314 departures with 74.8% leaving on time: a change of +6.7 points, with flights down 2%.

Flights arriving at RAP that month were on time 75.4% of the time (309 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 33%, extreme weather 31% and air carrier 26%.

On time 80.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.3%
Cancelled 4.5%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from RAP in January 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2026	Jan 2025	RAP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2026
Departed on time	81.5%	74.8%	81.3%	75.6%
Arrived on time	80.2%	69.1%	78.4%	75.3%
Cancelled	4.5%	1.6%	1.3%	4.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	17.1 min	29.9 min	17.2 min	16.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	10	11	16	18,133
Scheduled departures	308	314	5,669	544,003

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	164	53%	79.9%	1.7 min	3.0%
MQ Envoy Air	62	20%	75.8%	2.7 min	12.9%
UA United Airlines	57	19%	93.0%	-18.2 min	1.8%
G4 Allegiant Air	25	8%	64.0%	5.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
RAP–DEN	Rapid City to Denver	216	82.9%	-2.7 min	2.8%
RAP–DFW	Rapid City to Dallas/Fort Worth	62	75.8%	2.7 min	12.9%
RAP–AZA	Rapid City to Phoenix	17	64.7%	5.2 min	0.0%
RAP–LAS	Rapid City to Las Vegas	8	62.5%	6.4 min	0.0%
RAP–ORD	Rapid City to Chicago	5	100.0%	-35.2 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), January 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	26.3%	37.3%	1,268
Late-arriving aircraft	32.5%	35.0%	1,571
National Aviation System	9.8%	18.0%	474
Extreme weather	31.4%	9.6%	1,515
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

4,828 delay minutes on 47 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left RAP on time in January 2026?

81.5% of 308 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2025, 74.8% of 314 departures left on time and 1.6% were cancelled, against 81.5% and 4.5% in January 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for RAP · methodology · corrections.