Flights Rapid City → Chicago
RAP → ORD
Route overview
The flight route from Rapid City to Chicago has a 79% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of 22.1 minutes when flights are not on time. Over the course of a year, this route sees 73 total flights connecting to one of the busiest airports in the United States, which serves approximately 80,071,737 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 Rapid City (RAP) → Chicago (ORD) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 73 flights monitored in recent months, 79% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 22 minutes. The cancellation rate is 4.11%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 20.3/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Rapid City the average ATFM delay is 3.4 minutes.
Heading to Chicago: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Rapid City (RAP) to Chicago (ORD) heads east for about 1,251 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 59m.
Departures from Rapid City on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 99% of RAP-ORD flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Rapid City the average ATFM delay is 3.4 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Chicago it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 73 tracked RAP-ORD flights, 79% left on time with an average delay of 22 min and a 4.1% 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 RAP-ORD
On the Rapid City (RAP) -> Chicago (ORD) route, on-time performance is 79% with an average delay of 22 minutes, based on 73 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Rapid City-Chicago is 4.11% across 73 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.
