Flights Rapid City → Denver
RAP → DEN
How long is the flight from Rapid City to Denver?
The flight from Rapid City (RAP) to Denver (DEN) takes 1h 3m on average. That is the median time recorded across 8 scheduled flights on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
Route overview
The flight route from Rapid City to Denver operates with a high on-time performance rate of 86%, with an average delay of just 6.5 minutes per flight. Over the past year, there have been 651 flights on this route using the De Havilland Canada DHC-8-400 Dash 8Q aircraft, serving one of the busiest airports in Denver, which opened in 1989 and handles over 82 million 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) → Denver (DEN) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 1667 flights monitored in recent months, 82% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 13 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.26%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 22.5/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Denver the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Rapid City the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes.
Heading to Denver: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Rapid City (RAP) to Denver (DEN) heads south for about 484 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 3m.
Departures from Rapid City on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 54% of RAP-DEN flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Rapid City the average ATFM delay is 5.5 min (atfm); arriving into Denver it is 5.5 min (atfm).
Across 1,667 tracked RAP-DEN flights, 82% left on time with an average delay of 13 min and a 1.3% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines (UA) | 83% | 5 min | 1.3% |
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Frequently asked questions about RAP-DEN
The flight from Rapid City (RAP) to Denver (DEN) takes 1h 3m on average. That is the median time recorded across 8 scheduled flights on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
On the Rapid City (RAP) -> Denver (DEN) route, on-time performance is 82% with an average delay of 13 minutes, based on 1667 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Rapid City-Denver is 1.26% across 1667 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.
