Rapid City Regional
RAP · KRAP · Rapid City, South Dakota · Pennington County · map
Rapid City Regional is a public-use airport owned by the City of Rapid City, 8 miles southeast of Rapid City, South Dakota, 3,204 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 14/32, is 8,701 feet of concrete. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KRAP · observed 1:52 pm MDT (19:52 UTC), 3 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the north (350°) at 15 knots, gusting to 22
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 85°F (29°C), dew point 32°F (0°C)
- Altimeter 29.99 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 11:33 am MDT (17:33 UTC), good until Wed 12:00 pm MDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 12:00 pm MDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the north-northwest at 8 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 9:00 pm MDT (03:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KRAP 061952Z 35015G22KT 10SM CLR 29/00 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP131 T02940000
TAF KRAP 061733Z 0618/0718 34008KT P6SM SKC FM070300 VRB05KT P6SM SKC
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA RAP · ICAO KRAP
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Rapid City
- Elevation
- 3,204 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Cheyenne sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8E
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1950
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 8,701 × 150 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 05/23 | 3,601 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 14: PAPI, four lights on the left, fence 25 ft high 1,000 ft from the end
- Runway 32: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 05: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 23: PAPI, two lights on the left, road 15 ft high 628 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 125.85 | Rapid City |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| Clearance delivery · Ground | 121.9 | Rapid City |
| Approach and departure | 119.5 | Rapid City |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Rapid City |
| Rap and automated weather (ASOS) | 118.525 | |
| Rapid City Rco | 122.4 | Rapid City |
| Ng and operations | 123.05 | Rapid City |
| Rapid City Center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 127.95 | Rapid City |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 605-223-0202.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Rapid City from the FAA register
152 aircraft are registered to owners in Rapid City, South Dakota: 98 piston singles, 13 turboprops, 13 gliders, 9 piston twins, 7 helicopters. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in South Dakota.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 13 since 1982, 4 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Rescue and firefighting (ARFF) index C available upon required.
- Birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- When the control tower closed activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 32; runway end identifier lights runway 14; high-intensity runway lights runway 14/32; medium-intensity runway lights runway 05/23; taxiway a and B lights - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runways 05, 14, 23, 32 operates continuously.
- Landing fees required for aircraft 12,500 pounds or gtr.
- 100LL and jeta self service available 24 hours with credit card only northeast side of general aviation ramp.
- Runway 05/23 not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats.
- Be alert: extensive military jet traffic in the vicinity of and nnw of airport.
- LINE-OF-SIGHT is restricted between runway 14 and runway 23 physical ends.
- 152 feet above ground level tower 2.5 NM nnw of airport.
- Be alert do not mistake ellsworth afb, located 6.5 NM nnw for Rapid City regional.
- Tower has limited visibility of taxiway T1 and taxiway T2 and taxiway B at aer runway 23
- Overnight parking allowed in designated tiedown areas only.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.