Flights Chicago → Rapid City
ORD → RAP
Route overview
The flight route from Chicago to Rapid City has an on-time performance rate of 89%, with an average delay of 4.4 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, there are 74 flights along this route, serving a destination airport that accommodates approximately 685,588 passengers annually.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Chicago (ORD) → Rapid City (RAP) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 74 flights monitored in recent months, 89% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 4 minutes. The cancellation rate is 5.41%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 26/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Rapid City the average ATFM delay is 3.4 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Rapid City: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Chicago (ORD) to Rapid City (RAP) heads west for about 1,251 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 59m.
Departures from Chicago on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 55% of ORD-RAP flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Rapid City it is 3.4 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 74 tracked ORD-RAP flights, 89% left on time with an average delay of 4 min and a 5.4% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about ORD-RAP
On the Chicago (ORD) -> Rapid City (RAP) route, on-time performance is 89% with an average delay of 4 minutes, based on 74 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Chicago-Rapid City is 5.41% across 74 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: United Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
