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KRAP — Rapid City Rgnl
Rapid City, SD · field elevation 3,204 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
1 AIRMET & SIGMET Read in the EFB →
KRAP current weather
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KRAP 111152Z AUTO 03005KT 6SM BR CLR 18/18 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP110 T01830183 10222 20183 53004
- Wind
- from 030° at 5 kt
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 18 °C / dewpoint 18 °C
- Altimeter
- 29.95 inHg
- Density altitude
- 4,312 ft · pressure altitude 3,174 ft
- Observed
- 24 minutes ago
Wind on each runway
Wind 030° at 5 kt. Positive is a headwind; the crosswind side is the one you hold into.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 05 | 4 kt head | 3 kt from the left |
| 32 | 3 kt head | 4 kt from the right |
| 14 | 3 kt tail | 4 kt from the left |
| 23 | 4 kt tail | 3 kt from the right |
48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Forecast
MOS guidance beside this TAF, both drawn along your route — in the EFB →
TAF KRAP 111123Z 1112/1212 VRB05KT P6SM SCT150 FM111700 10010G22KT P6SM SKC PROB30 1120/1124 -TSRA BKN060CB FM120200 VRB05KT P6SM SCT250
Learn: reading a TAF, the weather course
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
- 1152Z / 0202Z
- Tower hours
- 0600-2200
- Magnetic variation
- 8° (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
- 9 approaches — ILS, LD, LOC, RNAV (GPS), VOR
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
Nearby airports
- KRCA Ellsworth AFB6 nm
- KCUT Custer County31 nm
- KSPF Black Hills-Clyde Ice Fld41 nm
- KECS Mondell Fld55 nm
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.