Rapid City Regional Airport

ICAO KRAP44.0453°N 103.0570°W3,204 ft / 976 mMedium airport

Rapid City Regional Airport (IATA: RAP, ICAO: KRAP) is a medium airport in Rapid City, South Dakota, United States. It opened in Aug 1950. It has 2 runways; the longest is 8,701 ft (2,652 m). In 2025 it handled 904 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1950–1950

AUG 1950

OpenedRapid City Regional Airport opens.

From Wikidata · FAAEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF

14/32152° / 332° · LIT

LENGTH8,701 ft2,652 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEConcrete

05/23062° / 242° · LIT

LENGTH3,601 ft1,098 mWIDTH75 ft23 mSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2015–2025

536K

555K

580K

615K

693K

358K

674K

664K

696K

848K

904K

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Routes

9 destinations · 1 country

Year-round5

DENDenver International AirportUnited States · United Express, United Airlines484 km301 mi MSPMinneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain FieldUnited States · Delta Connection786 km488 mi DFWDallas Fort Worth International AirportUnited States · American Eagle1,345 km836 mi LASHarry Reid International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air1,355 km842 mi AZAMesa Gateway AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air1,406 km874 mi

Seasonal3

ORDChicago O'Hare International AirportUnited States · United Express, American Eagle, United Airlines1,251 km777 mi PHXPhoenix Sky Harbor International AirportUnited States · American Eagle1,410 km876 mi CLTCharlotte Douglas International AirportUnited States · American Eagle, American Airlines2,124 km1,320 mi

Cargo1

FSDSioux Falls Regional AirportUnited States · Alpine Air Express, FedEx Express509 km316 mi

Most destinationsAmerican Eagle 4United Express 2United Airlines 2Allegiant Air 2Delta Connection 1American Airlines 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from RAP. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Rapid City Regional Airport” (revision of 23 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country

Passengers904K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#864of 3,974 · #209 North America · #146 US Longest runway8,701 ft2,652 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=1,980of 29,823 · =439 North America · #325 US Elevation3,204 ft976 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft#4,978of 43,341 · #2,540 North America · #1,969 US AgeOpened 19502026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=3,626of 15,079 · =2,491 North America · =2,432 US Runways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =435 North America · =391 US

Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

9 channels

APPELLSWORTH APP119.500

ASOSASOS118.525

CTAFCTAF125.850

DEPELLSWORTH DEP119.500

GNDGND121.900

OPSARNG OPS41.500

RDOHURON RDO122.650

TWRTWR125.850

UNICUNICOM122.950