Flights Rapid City → Minneapolis
RAP → MSP
Route overview
The flight route from Rapid City to Minneapolis operates with an average on-time performance of 84%, experiencing a mean delay of 10.9 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, approximately 267 flights are conducted using Canadair Regional Jet 900 and Embraer 175 aircraft, serving a destination airport that handles around 31,241,822 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) → Minneapolis (MSP) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 354 flights monitored in recent months, 83% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 16 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.41%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 25.7/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Minneapolis 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 Minneapolis: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Rapid City (RAP) to Minneapolis (MSP) heads east for about 786 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 24m.
Departures from Rapid City on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 66% of RAP-MSP flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Rapid City the average ATFM delay is 3.4 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Minneapolis it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 354 tracked RAP-MSP flights, 83% left on time with an average delay of 16 min and a 1.4% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
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Frequently asked questions about RAP-MSP
On the Rapid City (RAP) -> Minneapolis (MSP) route, on-time performance is 83% with an average delay of 16 minutes, based on 354 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Rapid City-Minneapolis is 1.41% across 354 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Delta Air Lines.
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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.
