Flights from Minneapolis to Rapid City

• In 2009, there were 3 airline companies operating between Minneapolis and Rapid City.
• The average flight time from Minneapolis, MN to Rapid City, SD takes about 73 minutes.
• Northwest Airlink offers the shortest flight times from Minneapolis to Rapid City.
• The shortest flight distance between Minneapolis and Rapid City is 490 miles.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from Minneapolis, MN to Rapid City, SD in 2009 was Northwest Airlines' DC-9-30 from Mcdonnell Douglas which started flying in 1990.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from MSP to RAP for Northwest Airlink is the CRJ-2/4 built by Canadair with 50 seats.
• The newest aircraft servicing MSP to RAP in 2009 was Sun Country Airlines' B737-8 from Boeing. The B737-8 started flying in 1998.
• Flight #4348, operated by Northwest Airlink, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 40 minutes average delay between flights from Minneapolis to Rapid City.
• Northwest Airlink, Northwest Airlines operate the shortest flights from Minneapolis to Rapid City.
• Northwest Airlines carried a total of 7,678 passengers from MSP to RAP in 2009.
• Northwest Airlines, Northwest Airlink, Sun Country Airlines offer flights from Minneapolis, MN to Rapid City, SD.
• The shortest flight between MSP and RAP takes about 71 minutes.
• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Minneapolis and Rapid City from Sun Country Airlines is the B737-8 built by Boeing with 162 seats.
• Northwest Airlines operated flights from MSP to RAP using 5 types of aircraft in 2009.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Minneapolis to Rapid City in 2009 was 72.76%.
• There were 15,386 passengers that flew from Minneapolis to Rapid City in 2009.
• 20,545 seats were available on flights from MSP to RAP in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 15,386 passengers flew on all flights from MSP to RAP that year.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)