Flights Rapid City → Dallas-Fort Worth
RAP → DFW
Route overview
The flight route from Rapid City to Dallas-Fort Worth operates with an Embraer RJ145 aircraft and has a high on-time performance rate of 85%. With an average delay of 11.4 minutes, the route sees approximately 202 flights annually, serving one of the busiest airports in terms of passenger traffic, which handles over 87 million passengers per year.
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) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 264 flights monitored in recent months, 84% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 12 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.14%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 16.6/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Dallas-Fort Worth 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 Dallas-Fort Worth: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Rapid City (RAP) to Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) heads south-east for about 1,345 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 6m.
Departures from Rapid City on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 55% of RAP-DFW flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Rapid City the average ATFM delay is 3.4 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Dallas-Fort Worth it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 264 tracked RAP-DFW flights, 84% left on time with an average delay of 12 min and a 1.1% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
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Frequently asked questions about RAP-DFW
On the Rapid City (RAP) -> Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) route, on-time performance is 84% with an average delay of 12 minutes, based on 264 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Rapid City-Dallas-Fort Worth is 1.14% across 264 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: American 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.
