Live flights over Rapid City Regional Airport (RAP)
From 23 to 24 October 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 130 departures and 127 arrivals at Rapid City Regional Airport, 129 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Denver (DEN), Minneapolis (MSP) and Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW). The airline seen most often is SkyWest Airlines.
Airport data
- IATA code
- RAP
- ICAO code
- KRAP
- City
- Rapid City
- Region
- South Dakota
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 977 m (3,204 ft)
- Coordinates
- 44.0453, -103.057
What you can track here
Every aircraft passing within roughly 80 km of Rapid City Regional Airport that the network receives appears on the FlyItalyADSB live map: airliners on approach and departure, business and general aviation, and — where MLAT reaches — aircraft without full ADS-B. Nothing is filtered out; how much of the area is covered depends on the community's receivers near Rapid City.
Seen by the network
23–24 October 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 23 | 88 | 87 | 175 |
| Sat 24 | 42 | 40 | 82 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- Denver DEN 32 flights
- Minneapolis MSP 14 flights
- Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 12 flights
- Sioux Falls FSD 6 flights
- Chicago ORD 4 flights
- Bismarck BIS 2 flights
- Mesa AZA 2 flights
- Lansing LAN 2 flights
- Las Vegas LAS 1 flights
Airlines
- SkyWest AirlinesSKW 40
- Envoy AirENY 18
- United AirlinesUAL 12
- Alpine Air ExpressAIP 9
- Allegiant AirAAY 5
- Empire AirlinesCFS 4
- University of North DakotaNDU 2
- Priority Air TransportPAT 2
- Sun Country AirlinesSCX 2
- PaccairWIS 2
Aircraft
- Cessna 172 Skyhawk C172 30
- CRJ2 20
- E75L 20
- B407 18
- BE9L 16
- Pilatus PC-12 PC12 16
- Bombardier CRJ900 CRJ9 14
- H60 14
- Boeing 737-800 B738 10
- Piper PA-28 Cherokee P28A 10
How we count: a flight is a departure here when the network first sees it low near the airport (on the ground, or climbing away from it), an arrival when it last sees it low on approach. Where receivers don't reach low altitude the numbers stay below the real traffic. Connections and airlines come only from airline flights.
This data in your app
Every aircraft within 80 km of Rapid City Regional Airport, as JSON, with a free key that also allows commercial use:
curl -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.flyitalyadsb.com/v2/lat/44.0453/lon/-103.057/dist/80Or ask Claude, with the FlyItalyADSB connector: “which aircraft are near Rapid City right now?”
Frequently asked questions
How can I see live flights over Rapid City Regional Airport? +
Open the FlyItalyADSB live map centred on Rapid City: it shows every aircraft picked up via ADS-B and MLAT within about 80 km of RAP, refreshed every few seconds.
Which airlines fly from Rapid City Regional Airport? +
Among the flights our network saw (23–24 October 2026), the most frequent airlines were SkyWest Airlines, Envoy Air, United Airlines, Alpine Air Express and Allegiant Air.
What are the main connections from Rapid City Regional Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (23–24 October 2026), both ways: Denver (DEN, 32), Minneapolis (MSP, 14), Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW, 12), Sioux Falls (FSD, 6) and Chicago (ORD, 4). Only flights whose departure and arrival the network both saw are counted.
Does FlyItalyADSB also track military aircraft around Rapid City? +
Yes. Thanks to multilateration (MLAT) the network reconstructs the position of aircraft without full ADS-B too, including military and state flights, whenever they are received by feeders in the area. Nothing is filtered out.
What are the codes for Rapid City Regional Airport? +
Rapid City Regional Airport has IATA code RAP and ICAO code KRAP. It lies in South Dakota, United States, at coordinates 44.0453, -103.057.
Is the flight data free and open? +
Yes. The live map and the Free API plan cost nothing, and the data is published under the open CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; paid API plans for higher volumes help cover the infrastructure costs.
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