Connect in the morning. The same one-hour layover misses 1 time in 10 at 10 am and 36% of the time at 8 pm.
Nonstops (seasonal or thin)
Nonstop details →| American | PHX | RAP | 2h 40m | 79% | 0.0% | 58 | Flying now |
Best connections, any airlines
Ranked by chance you reach Rapid City on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Rapid City is 1 h ahead of Phoenix). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.
| AmericanDetails → | PHX 05:14 → ORD 11:00AA 3008 | 2h 20m Chicago | ORD 13:20 → RAP 14:55AA 3767 · flown by Envoy | 8h 41m | 99% | 89% |
| Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails → | PHX 06:15 → DEN 09:00WN 1706 | 2h 15m Denver | DEN 11:15 → RAP 12:29UA 1623 | 5h 14m | 100% | 88% |
| AmericanDetails → | PHX 00:36 → DFW 05:09AA 1818 | 3h 11m Dallas-Fort Worth | DFW 08:20 → RAP 09:47AA 3768 · flown by Envoy | 8h 11m | 96% | 83% |
| DeltaDetails → | PHX 06:50 → MSP 11:55DL 2553 | 1h 36m Minneapolis | MSP 13:31 → RAP 14:19DL 3967 · flown by SkyWest | 6h 29m | 97% | 80% |
| Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails → | PHX 05:15 → DEN 08:00WN 3259 | 2h 05m Denver | DEN 10:05 → RAP 11:30UA 4674 · flown by SkyWest | 5h 15m | 98% | 79% |
| Frontier + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails → | PHX 06:40 → DEN 09:37F9 1376 | 3h 48m Denver | DEN 13:25 → RAP 14:46UA 5556 · flown by SkyWest | 7h 06m | 99% | 78% |
| American + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails → | PHX 00:50 → ORD 06:25AA 1148 | 2h 20m Chicago | ORD 08:45 → RAP 10:24UA 2847 | 8h 34m | 89% | 78% |
| AmericanDetails → | PHX 07:30 → DFW 12:06AA 1139 | 2h 52m Dallas-Fort Worth | DFW 14:58 → RAP 16:20AA 3762 · flown by Envoy | 7h 50m | 99% | 77% |
| Tight connection: often missed | ||||||
| UnitedDetails → | PHX 14:45 → ORD 20:27UA 1686 | 1h 03m Chicago | ORD 21:30 → RAP 23:16UA 5331 · flown by SkyWest | 7h 31m | 64% | 39% |
Same layover, different day-part
How often the first flight arrives too late to connect (45 min minimum), for one-ticket layovers of 45–80 minutes.
Delays build through the day, so an afternoon first leg eats the layover. A short connection is fine early in the morning and a gamble later on.
Mixing airlines
The table above includes two-ticket connections (marked “two tickets”), held to the 90-minute minimum. One ticket only →
Regional partners count as the airline that sells them: SkyWest flying Delta Connection is one Delta ticket.
About this data: US DOT on-time records, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, all US airlines; regional flights count under the airline that sells them. Schedules (which flights and connections exist, and their times) are as of Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026; seasonal flights outside that window aren’t ranked. Rebuilt monthly. JSON