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KRAP — Rapid City Rgnl
Rapid City, SD · field elevation 3,204 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
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KRAP current weather Live
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KRAP 252352Z 12016KT 10SM CLR 21/13 A2994 RMK AO2 SLP127 T02060128 10244 20206 56016
- Wind
- from 120° at 16 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 21 °C / dewpoint 13 °C
- Altimeter
- 29.94 inHg
- Density altitude
- 4,598 ft · pressure altitude 3,184 ft
- Observed
- 8 minutes ago
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Wind on each runway
Wind 120° at 16 kt. Positive is a headwind.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 14 | 14 kt head | 8 kt from the left |
| 05 | 8 kt head | 14 kt from the right |
| 23 | 8 kt tail | 14 kt from the left |
| 32 | 14 kt tail | 8 kt from the right |
Calculator: crosswind components
48-hour trend
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Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Forecast
MOS guidance beside this TAF, both drawn along your route — in the EFB →
TAF KRAP 252320Z 2600/2624 13010G18KT P6SM FEW040 SCT150 FM260700 15007KT P6SM FEW150 FM261100 VRB06KT P6SM SKC FM261400 35015G30KT P6SM SKC
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Airport information
- Coordinates
- 44.04533, -103.05736
- Elevation
- 3,204 ft MSL
- Surface airspace
-
Class D
Two-way radio communication must be established before you enter, while the tower is open.
The same callsign rule as Class C. When the tower closes the airspace usually reverts to Class E, or to Class G where no surface area is charted — the Chart Supplement entry says which, and the hours are on the sectional. A surface area normally extends to 2,500 ft above the field, with the ceiling charted in a dashed blue box as a number in hundreds of feet.
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1244Z / 0042Z
- Tower hours
- 0600-2200
- Magnetic variation
- 8°E (2010)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A
- Sectional
- Cheyenne
- County
- Pennington, SD
Airport diagram
Everything else KRAP publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 8,701 | 150 | CONC | HIGH |
| 05/23 | 3,601 | 75 | ASPH | MED |
Frequencies
- Tower 0600-2200
- 125.85
- Ground
- 121.9
- Clearance
- 121.9
- CTAF
- 125.85
- UNICOM
- 122.95
- Approach
- 119.5
Published procedures
- 8 approaches — ILS, LOC, RNAV (GPS), VOR
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
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- KRCA Ellsworth AFB6 nm
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Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KRAP airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other South Dakota airports
- How to read a METAR
- What VFR, MVFR, IFR and LIFR actually mean
- Live records — the strongest winds and lowest ceilings in the country right now
Weather from METAR and TAF, National Weather Service Aviation Weather Center. Airport, runway, frequency and procedure data from the FAA NASR 28-day cycle; charts from the FAA d-TPP. Advisory only — this is not a weather briefing.