RAP to MSP flight delays
Rapid City, SD (RAP) Minneapolis, MN (MSP) · 490 miles
444 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
85.45%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0.68%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
74 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
11 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The shape of the lateness matters here. Flights on this route are not late often, but when they are late they are late by about 74 minutes — long enough to lose a connection or an evening. The on-time percentage looks reassuring and understates the consequence of being on the wrong flight.
Only SkyWest Airlines flies this route in the published record, so there is no choice to weigh — the route's figures and the airline's are the same figures.
This is a thin route — 444 flights across the whole period. On a route this infrequent a cancellation is far more costly than the rate suggests, because the next departure may not be the same day.
Flights from Rapid City to Minneapolis keep to schedule more reliably than most. On a route this punctual the day you fly matters more than the airline you pick.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, SkyWest Airlines arrived on time most often on RAP to MSP. Flights ran closest to schedule in October and worst in April.
Every airline on RAP to MSP
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SkyWest Airlines | 444 | 85.45% | 0.68% | 74 min | B |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
MSP to RAP Minneapolis back to Rapid City 82.13% on time BCommon questions
Are flights from Rapid City to Minneapolis usually delayed?
85.45% of flights on the RAP to MSP route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 1 in every ten arrived late. That is better than the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Rapid City to Minneapolis?
Only SkyWest Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 444 flights and 85.45% arriving on time.
How often are RAP to MSP flights cancelled?
0.68% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 7 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Rapid City to Minneapolis?
July, when 88% of flights arrived on time. The worst was April at 78.1%.
When RAP to MSP flights are late, how late are they?
About 74 minutes on average across the flights that arrived more than 15 minutes behind schedule.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on RAP to MSP during January 2025 – August 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →