Rapid City Regional in March 2026

80.2%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 March 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 364 domestic departures from Rapid City Regional (RAP). 80.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.1% reached their destination on time; 2.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so RAP departures were 7.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 345 departures with 84.3% leaving on time: a change of −4.1 points, with flights up 6%.

Flights arriving at RAP that month were on time 75.8% of the time (364 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 43%, extreme weather 25% and national aviation system 24%.

On time 82.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.7%
Cancelled 2.2%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2026	Mar 2025	RAP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2026
Departed on time	80.2%	84.3%	81.3%	72.8%
Arrived on time	82.1%	84.9%	78.4%	73.2%
Cancelled	2.2%	0.9%	1.3%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	18.8 min	10.8 min	17.2 min	20.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	12	12	16	20,403
Scheduled departures	364	345	5,669	612,102

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	212	58%	77.4%	4.2 min	3.3%
MQ Envoy Air	62	17%	91.9%	-14.2 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	62	17%	85.5%	0.0 min	1.6%
G4 Allegiant Air	28	8%	89.3%	29.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
RAP–DEN	Rapid City to Denver	230	79.6%	1.5 min	3.0%
RAP–DFW	Rapid City to Dallas/Fort Worth	62	91.9%	-14.2 min	0.0%
RAP–MSP	Rapid City to Minneapolis	42	78.6%	7.9 min	2.4%
RAP–AZA	Rapid City to Phoenix	19	89.5%	-9.8 min	0.0%
RAP–LAS	Rapid City to Las Vegas	9	88.9%	113.3 min	0.0%
RAP–ORD	Rapid City to Chicago	2	50.0%	99.5 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), March 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	42.9%	33.5%	2,872
Late-arriving aircraft	8.3%	39.3%	557
National Aviation System	24.0%	21.0%	1,609
Extreme weather	24.7%	5.9%	1,655
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

6,693 delay minutes on 57 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 March 2026?

80.2% of 364 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2025, 84.3% of 345 departures left on time and 0.9% were cancelled, against 80.2% and 2.2% in March 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for March 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.