Is there a nonstop flight from Chicago (ORD) to Rapid City (RAP)?

Yes. American, United and SkyWest operate a nonstop ORD–RAP service in the summer season only.

How often do flights leave ORD for RAP?

About 3× daily — 23 departures a week in August 2026, compared with 0 a week in February 2026.

How much does a nonstop ORD to RAP flight cost?

Half of tickets sold on this route were between $150 and $275 one way, with a median of $200. Based on 405 ticket records in the US DOT fare survey for Q2 2025.

Nonstop route

Chicago to Rapid City nonstop

Yes: American, United and SkyWest fly direct from Chicago (ORD) to Rapid City (RAP) about 3 times a day, in the summer season only.

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American · United · SkyWest · flights operated by Envoy

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3× daily23 flights a week

Summer onlyflown 10 of the last 12 months

$150–$275typical one-way · median $200 · US DOT Q2 2025

780miles · about 2 hr 10 min

Route detail

Chicago to Rapid City in numbers

Measured from US DOT filings, not estimated from distance.

Distance and flight time: 780 miles nonstop, about 2 hr 10 min gate to gate. Flight time is an estimate from the great-circle distance; the filings carry distance, not scheduled elapsed time.
Seasonality: Flew Sep 2025 to Jan 2026 and Apr 2026 to Aug 2026, up to 28 flights a week, with no flights the rest of the year.
Sep 2025: 17 flights a week
Oct 2025: 9 flights a week
Nov 2025: 7 flights a week
Dec 2025: 3 flights a week
Jan 2026: 1 flights a week
Feb 2026: no regular flights
Mar 2026: no regular flights
Apr 2026: 16 flights a week
May 2026: 23 flights a week
Jun 2026: 28 flights a week
Jul 2026: 28 flights a week
Aug 2026: 23 flights a week
Flights a week by month, Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, from US DOT on-time filings.
Who operates the flights: Envoy 61% (regional operator), United 30%, SkyWest 9% (regional operator) of departures, counted across the August 2026 and February 2026 US DOT on-time filings.
Fares: Half of the 405 tickets in the US DOT fare survey for Q2 2025 sold between $150 and $275 one way, median $200. The survey runs a couple of quarters behind, so read it as the shape of the route's pricing rather than today's quote.
Jul to Sep (Q3 2024): median $200 one way, middle half $150 to $300, 439 tickets
Oct to Dec (Q4 2024): median $175 one way, middle half $125 to $275, 194 tickets
Apr to Jun (Q2 2025): median $200 one way, middle half $150 to $275, 405 tickets
Oct to Dec trips were the cheapest (median $175 one way) and Jul to Sep and Apr to Jun trips cost the most (median $200), in the DOT ticket survey for Q3 2024 to Q2 2025. Bars show the middle half of one-way fares; the mark is the median.

Flying the other way? Rapid City to Chicago nonstop.

Also nonstop from Chicago (ORD)

Busiest other routes out of the same airport

New York (LGA) about 30 times a day
Boston (BOS) about 25 times a day
Los Angeles (LAX) about 24 times a day
Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) about 22 times a day
Washington (DCA) about 20 times a day
Atlanta (ATL) about 20 times a day
Minneapolis (MSP) about 19 times a day
Seattle (SEA) about 19 times a day

All 230 nonstop destinations from ORD

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