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$258 Find cheap flights from San Diego to Rapid City

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Cheap flight deals from San Diego to Rapid City (SAN-RAP)

 
These are the cheapest deals for flights from San Diego to Rapid City currently on KAYAK along with options from the most popular airlines KAYAK users selected for this route. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.

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1:13 pm - 11:20 pmSAN-RAP
9h 07m1 stop
5:45 am - 12:31 pmRAP-SAN
7h 46m1 stop
$258Delta
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Wed, Aug 28 - Wed, Sep 4
6:55 am - 11:20 pmSAN-RAP
15h 25m2 stops
5:45 am - 10:40 amRAP-SAN
5h 55m1 stop
$263Delta
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Wed, Aug 28 - Wed, Sep 4
11:06 am - 11:20 pmSAN-RAP
11h 14m2 stops
5:45 am - 5:36 pmRAP-SAN
12h 51m2 stops
$268Delta
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Wed, Aug 28 - Wed, Sep 4
2:29 pm - 8:34 pmSAN-RAP
5h 05m1 stop
4:00 pm - 10:25 pmRAP-SAN
7h 25m1 stop
$278United Airlines
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Tue, Jul 9 - Sat, Jul 13
7:00 am - 3:02 pmSAN-RAP
7h 02m1 stop
9:01 am - 12:38 pmRAP-SAN
4h 37m1 stop
$338United Airlines
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Sat, Aug 17 - Tue, Aug 20
8:14 am - 4:06 pmSAN-RAP
30h 52m3 stops
8:56 pm - 6:53 pmRAP-SAN
22h 57m2 stops
Wed, Jun 19 - Mon, Jun 24
5:35 pm - 4:02 pmSAN-RAP
21h 27m1 stop
5:25 pm - 4:46 pmRAP-SAN
24h 21m1 stop
$400Sun Country Air
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Thu, Jul 4 - Mon, Jul 8
8:14 am - 4:06 pmSAN-RAP
30h 52m3 stops
8:56 pm - 2:30 pmRAP-SAN
18h 34m3 stops
Wed, Jun 19 - Mon, Jun 24
7:31 pm - 9:50 amSAN-RAP
13h 19m2 stops
6:00 am - 3:13 pmRAP-SAN
10h 13m2 stops
$618American Airlines
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Mon, Jul 22 - Sun, Jul 28
9:47 am - 9:03 pmSAN-RAP
10h 16m2 stops
4:38 pm - 11:59 pmRAP-SAN
8h 21m1 stop
$635American Airlines
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Wed, Jun 19 - Mon, Jun 24
2:35 pm - 10:28 pmSAN-RAP
6h 53m1 stop
6:00 am - 12:35 pmRAP-SAN
7h 35m1 stop
$413Delta
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Fri, May 31 - Tue, Jun 11
11:30 am - 7:08 pmSAN-RAP
6h 38m1 stop
5:30 am - 9:32 amRAP-SAN
5h 02m1 stop
$414United Airlines
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Sat, Jun 1 - Tue, Jun 11
11:00 am - 10:28 pmSAN-RAP
10h 28m2 stops
6:00 am - 12:35 pmRAP-SAN
7h 35m1 stop
$418Delta
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Fri, May 31 - Tue, Jun 11
11:30 am - 7:08 pmSAN-RAP
6h 38m1 stop
12:40 pm - 11:59 pmRAP-SAN
12h 19m2 stops
$419United Airlines
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Sat, Jun 1 - Tue, Jun 11
11:00 am - 10:28 pmSAN-RAP
10h 28m2 stops
11:54 am - 10:18 pmRAP-SAN
11h 24m2 stops
$638Delta
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Fri, May 31 - Tue, Jun 11
10:20 pm - 10:58 amSAN-RAP
11h 38m2 stops
11:54 am - 11:50 pmRAP-SAN
12h 56m2 stops
$763Delta
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Mon, Jun 3 - Mon, Jun 10
12:33 pm - 8:35 pmSAN-RAP
7h 02m1 stop
5:45 pm - 10:22 pmRAP-SAN
5h 37m1 stop
$764United Airlines
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Sun, Jun 2 - Mon, Jun 10
10:20 pm - 10:58 amSAN-RAP
11h 38m2 stops
6:00 am - 12:35 pmRAP-SAN
7h 35m1 stop
$768Delta
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Mon, Jun 3 - Mon, Jun 10
1:10 pm - 10:28 pmSAN-RAP
8h 18m2 stops
11:54 am - 10:18 pmRAP-SAN
11h 24m2 stops
$798Delta
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Sat, Jun 1 - Tue, Jun 11
4:05 pm - 9:58 pmSAN-RAP
4h 53m1 stop
5:45 pm - 10:20 amRAP-SAN
17h 35m2 stops
$1,028United Airlines
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Sun, Jun 2 - Mon, Jun 10

Flights from San Diego to Rapid City - Travel Insights & Trends

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from San Diego to Rapid City to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from San Diego to Rapid City?

The average price of all flights from San Diego to Rapid City clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
If you are looking for a flight deal from San Diego to Rapid City, look for departures on Saturdays and avoid leaving on a Sunday, as it's usually the priciest day. When flying back from Rapid City, Saturday is the cheapest day to fly and Sunday is the most expensive.

What is the cheapest month to fly from San Diego to Rapid City?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from San Diego to Rapid City, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.
The cheapest month for flights from San Diego to Rapid City is April, where tickets cost $388 on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and June, where the average cost of tickets is $651 and $631 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from San Diego to Rapid City?

To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for flights from San Diego to Rapid City, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each month.
To get a below average price on the flight from San Diego to Rapid City, you should book around 2 days before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 46 days before departure.

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February

High season

August

Cheapest flight

$258
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 8% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 10% lower on average.
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FAQs for booking flights from San Diego to Rapid City

  • What is the cheapest flight from San Diego to Rapid City?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from San Diego to Rapid City was $258 for a round-trip ticket.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between San Diego and Rapid City?

    A passport is not required to fly from San Diego to Rapid City.

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from San Diego to Rapid City?

    On your way to Rapid City, you’ll fly out from San Diego. You’ll be landing at Rapid City.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from San Diego to Rapid City?

    We unfortunately don’t have that data for this specific route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from San Diego to Rapid City?

    SkyTeam, Star Alliance, and oneworld are the airline alliances operating flights between San Diego and Rapid City, with SkyTeam being the most commonly used for this route.

  • What is the most popular layover when flying to Rapid City from San Diego?

    Denver is the most popular layover city among KAYAK users traveling from San Diego to Rapid City.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from San Diego to Rapid City, Delta or United Airlines?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from San Diego to Rapid City are Delta and United Airlines. With an average price for the route of $335 and an overall rating of 8.0, Delta is the most popular choice. United Airlines is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $526 and an overall rating of 7.4.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from San Diego to Rapid City?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from San Diego to Rapid City.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from San Diego to Rapid City?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Rapid City from San Diego is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from San Diego to Rapid City?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly to Rapid City with an airline and back to San Diego with another airline. Booking your flights between San Diego and RAP can sometimes prove cheaper using this method.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from San Diego to Rapid City?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to Rapid City from San Diego up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

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Top 3 airlines serving from San Diego to Rapid City

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from San Diego to Rapid City. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
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8.0
DeltaOverall score based on 10457 reviews
8.6Crew
7.9Comfort
7.4Food
8.0Entertainment
8.2Boarding
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Flew first class so everything was great. But maybe because the flights were red eye, no meals were served, just chips. I flew Alaska Air 1st class at 9PM (2 hour flight) and they served beef short rib sliders!

10.0 ExcellentMichael, May 2024SJC - ATL
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Flew first class so everything was great. But maybe because the flights were red eye, no meals were served, just chips. I flew Alaska Air 1st class at 9PM (2 hour flight) and they served beef short rib sliders!

There was a loud squeaky sound the whole time we were flying.

I didn’t not like that I could not select my seat and ended up with the worse seat.

The landing was bad and the hostess came two times and i was sleeping but when she served the person that nexts to me I woke up and she didn’t even asked me if I need any drink or snacks two times!!!!

Plane was late because of a mechanical malfunction and the food listed as available was not. Flight attendants seem over worked and under paid. They just done seem happy. And that can be seen in their faces.

Waited 3 hours on a plane to de-ice due to manpower issues. Waited another hour and a half once we landed because of a gate issue. Missed my connections. Created. A total of 13 hours of delay.

Great, on time departure, friendly and accommodating crew, great leg room, Smith flight

Plane was turned around due to fog half way into the flight, Delta did not properly direct passengers to stay on same flight and instead failed to properly rebook on Alaska

Like most domestic flights in the US, you are basically on your own with this airline when it comes to food, so be sure to purchase meals and drinks ahead of time or expect to arrive starving and dehydrated (like I was).

You need to be a hacker to get the (Free) WiFi

On time take off…US cabins look tired and need of refresh!

I paid $380 for my one-way ticket from California to Minnesota. The fair did not include online check-in. I received instructions from their app to check in at a kiosk. At the kiosk, the boarding pass would not print until an actual person came to verify that I had a personal item and not a carry-on item, On the plane, the person next to me was drunk and allowed to continue to order alcohol. United is garbage I’d rather fly spirit.

Do not like the feeling of being in the basic economy. Everyone should feel good no matter what.

Terrible! The plane was old and you are required to connect your own device to their Wi-Fi rather than have entertainment options in the back of the seat in front of you. The Wi-Fi went out during the flight and there was only one plug for the devices every two seats. Three out of five surrounding my family did not work. The seats and spaces under them were so small I could not fit my backpack, which I’ve always brought on flights and fit before no problem. The crew were unpleasant and patronizing.

Due to one crew member not showing up to work, our flight was significantly delayed causing us to miss our connecting flight in Houston to Mississippi causing us to be delayed by more than 6 hours and missing our event all together. Very disappointing. All because ONE crew member called in sick. United did grant us a $15 meal voucher, which was a small but appreciated concession that I wasn’t able to use because I ordered my lunch and paid for it before applying the concession, and the staff said it was too late to use it. Ugh! We also had a TWO delay coming back from Mississippi, but that was on American Airlines and it was due to weather, so not their fault. Anyway, not at all impressed with United’s handling of our flight and the HUGE disappointment of missing our important family event for our 90 year old mother. All that money and all that stress and emotions for nothing. Having to wait the hour to bring an employee from LAX seemed like something that should not have happened. Why don’t you have a local back-up? Santa Ana is not a little airport in a rural area.

Crew was great and did their best to make us comfortable and captain came out at the beginning to announce why the flight was delayed, weather situation up ahead, and kept us updated throughout the flight.

United WiFi is consistently unusable (it can take 10 mins to load a single web page). If you need Wifi to do work, be prepared to lose half a day of productivity.

Awful. I got stuck next to a person carrying a dog and behind someone with a dog. People need to board these dogs downstairs. The cabin is crowded enough with your pets

Packed in like sardines, very uncomfortable. Sitting the aisle my shoulder was rammed into numerous times by rushing flight attendants. Also flight was very cold.

the head jack on my seat didn't work and the power outlet didn't work for my seat

Flight was 1/2 hour delayed leaving Phoenix. Otherwise it was an average flight. Flight crew on this trip was very nice.

Horrible - they lied to me about baggage & boarding, even though I specifically spoke to their agents the day before my flight about my issue. When I showed up they did not let me board and stranded me at my airport until I bought a new flight with money I did not have to spend.

The experience was great and much better than the flight going out. of course I was in first class but the service was excellent

Comfort of seats, ease of boarding. Food selection could be better

Food options were limited which is absolutely embarrassing for a Flight of this size The staff did not come around as much and I am not accustomed to such poor service from American Airlines Drinks I believe were limited to soda and water

Crew were attentive and friendly. Flight was smooth and early! I enjoyed the less crowded plane. Thank you!

We are gluten free, there were not any available complimentary gluten free options.

No meal on a cross country flight? SFO-MiA is pretty much the definition of a coast to coast flight. No meal provided. Sky high wi-fi rates too. Stop nickel and diming your customers.

The staff was unprofessional and didn’t communicate very well. The boarding process was very disheveled, potentially due to a power outage the previous day but there was no contingency plan to properly get passengers boarded the following day. Once boarded the aircraft stayed on the tarmac for over 45 minutes due to high winds. The communication was sporadic but an announcement was finally made an additional 30 minutes later that the flight was cancelled but we couldn’t get off the plane. Prior to deplaning one of the gate agents came on the plane and made an announcement for everyone to pickup their checked bags and take a card to rebook a new reservation because they didn’t have adequate staff. Flights were missed, passengers went to different airports and there was little to no assistance from AA.

Apart from the delay due to unforeseen circumstances. The leg from sjc to dfw was fine. It was the leg from dfw to orf that we encountered issues mainly due to the flight attendant crew not being friendly. We had two small children and we needed some assistance to warm up milk so the baby would sleep. The crew just didn’t get it and made things very difficult. One made a remark that the baby’s dirty diaper smell was a “gift” to the plane in a rude way. Normally I’d brush that off as a funny comment if the rest of the trip the attendants were helpful or understanding of the difficulty we faced. But that wasn’t the case. We were met with rudeness on the second leg. Whereas on the first leg the crew were so nice and helpful.

Last minute flights from San Diego to Rapid City

Last minute flight, train and bus deals

 
These last-minute flight deals are the cheapest flights found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours for flights from San Diego to Rapid City that are departing in the next 10 days.
5/31Fri
multi-stopDelta
6h 53mSAN-RAP
6/11Tue
multi-stopDelta
7h 35mRAP-SAN
$413
6/1Sat
multi-stopUnited Airlines
6h 38mSAN-RAP
6/11Tue
multi-stopUnited Airlines
5h 02mRAP-SAN
$414
5/31Fri
multi-stopDelta
10h 28mSAN-RAP
6/11Tue
multi-stopDelta
7h 35mRAP-SAN
$418
6/1Sat
multi-stopUnited Airlines
6h 38mSAN-RAP
6/11Tue
multi-stopUnited Airlines
12h 19mRAP-SAN
$419
5/31Fri
multi-stopDelta
10h 28mSAN-RAP
6/11Tue
multi-stopDelta
11h 24mRAP-SAN
$638
6/3Mon
multi-stopDelta
11h 38mSAN-RAP
6/10Mon
multi-stopDelta
12h 56mRAP-SAN
$763
6/2Sun
multi-stopUnited Airlines
7h 02mSAN-RAP
6/10Mon
multi-stopUnited Airlines
5h 37mRAP-SAN
$764
6/3Mon
multi-stopDelta
11h 38mSAN-RAP
6/10Mon
multi-stopDelta
7h 35mRAP-SAN
$768
6/1Sat
multi-stopDelta
8h 18mSAN-RAP
6/11Tue
multi-stopDelta
11h 24mRAP-SAN
$798
6/2Sun
multi-stopUnited Airlines
4h 53mSAN-RAP
6/10Mon
multi-stopUnited Airlines
17h 35mRAP-SAN
$1,028

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San Diego - Rapid City Flights

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San Diego (SAN)United States

Destination:

Rapid City (RAP)United States

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