OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Rapid City to Minneapolis

490 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on RAP–MSP arrive on time 83% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate83%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay35 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.0%of scheduled flights

based on 312 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • SkyWest Airlines
    On-time83%
    Medianon time
    p9035 min
    Cancel1.0%
    Flights312

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline75%
  • Weather21%
  • Air traffic (NAS)3%
  • Late aircraft0%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline0%
  • Weather100%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 3 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly RAP → MSP

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 84% to 87% on time.

  • Mornings87% on time · p90 15 min · 685 flights
  • Middays84% on time · p90 30 min · 683 flights
  • Afternoons84% on time · p90 35 min · 766 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 81% to 89% on time.

  • Wednesdays89% on time · p90 15 min · 306 flights
  • Saturdays87% on time · p90 20 min · 283 flights
  • Tuesdays86% on time · p90 15 min · 305 flights
  • Sundays86% on time · p90 20 min · 304 flights
  • Mondays85% on time · p90 25 min · 306 flights
  • Thursdays82% on time · p90 35 min · 314 flights
  • Fridays81% on time · p90 35 min · 316 flights

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Methodology

A flight is on time when it arrives within 15 minutes of schedule — the US DOT / BTS standard. Median and p90(the “1-in-10 bad day”) are read from the full arrival-delay distribution, never averaged across periods.

Figures cover a carrier’s own BTS-coded flights. Cells below ~200 flights are flagged as limited data. All numbers are pre-computed from public BTS On-Time Performance data.