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Find cheap flights to South Dakota from $79

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Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours

Rapid City
Rapid Citynonstop$146
Sioux Falls
Sioux Fallsnonstop$88
Pierre
Pierrenonstop$241
Aberdeen
Aberdeennonstop$188
Watertown
Watertownnonstop$165
Dickinson
Dickinson1 stop$338

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Flight from Minneapolis to Rapid City

FAQs - booking South Dakota flights

  • I’m visiting Mount Rushmore. Which airport do I fly into?

    The closest and most convenient airport to get to Mount Rushmore is the Rapid City Regional Airport (32 mi). If you’re planning to drive from the airport to the site, then Alamo, Enterprise, Avis, Hertz, Budget, and National are the car rental companies you’ll find onsite at the arrivals area just after baggage claim. Alternatively, you can pre-book with a shuttle service that will take you directly to Mount Rushmore. A one-way ticket costs approximately $60 per person or $30 per passenger if there are more than three passengers.

  • Where do I fly to visit the Falls Park in South Dakota?

    To visit the Falls Park in South Dakota, you must fly into Sioux Falls Regional Airport, which is a short drive away from the site (15m). If you’re planning on driving yourself to the site, you can rent a car from Hertz, Budget, Alamo, Enterprise, National, or Avis. Their counters are located outside the baggage claim area.

  • Where do I fly into to visit the Crazy Horse Memorial?

    If you’re looking for flights to South Dakota to visit the Crazy Horse Memorial, you should fly into Rapid City Regional Airport (46 mi). The most convenient way to reach this attraction from the airport is to rent a car onsite and drive there yourself.

  • I’m traveling with my family to Storybook Island. Which airport is most convenient?

    Storybook Island is about 20m from the Rapid City Regional Airport, the closest and most convenient airport to fly into. If you’re driving to this amusement park from the airport with your children, keep in mind that children from two to eight or twelve years old are required to use a booster seat. Children under two must travel in a rear-facing car seat.

  • How long is the flight to South Dakota?

    An average nonstop flight from the United States to South Dakota takes 4h 29m, covering a distance of 1054 miles. The most popular route is Washington, D.C. - Rapid City with an average flight time of 5h 28m.

  • What is the cheapest flight to South Dakota?

    The cheapest ticket to South Dakota from the United States found in the last 72 hours was $39 one-way, and $114 round-trip. The most popular route is Washington, D.C. Dulles Intl to Rapid City and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $272.

  • Which airlines fly to South Dakota?

    United Airlines, American Airlines & Delta fly the most frequently from the United States to South Dakota.

  • What are the most popular destinations in South Dakota?

    Based on KAYAK flight searches, the most popular destination is Rapid City (50% of total searches to South Dakota). The next most popular destinations are Sioux Falls (48%) and Aberdeen (2%).Searches for flights to Pierre (0.3%) and to Watertown (0.1%) are also popular.

  • How does KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a given destination and date is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

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Top tips for finding cheap flights to South Dakota

  • Enter your preferred departure airport and travel dates into the search form above to unlock the latest South Dakota flight deals.
  • When searching for flights to South Dakota, keep in mind that the state is served by five regional airports—in Aberdeen, Rapid City, Sioux Falls, Pierre, and Watertown. Each one of these airports has limited options of flights and destinations.
  • Aberdeen Regional Airport (ABR), Pierre Regional Airport (PIR), and Watertown Regional Airport (ATY) are the airports with fewer connections and that serve fewer destinations. When looking for flights to South Dakota, you can fly into Aberdeen from Minneapolis, into Pierre from Denver, and into Watertown from Chicago or Denver.
  • The Rapid City Regional Airport (RAP) and the Sioux Falls Regional Airport (FSD) are the two airports in South Dakota that serve the most destinations in the US and that offer the most options of airlines to choose from.
  • While American Airlines flies only to Rapid City and Frontier flies only to Sioux Falls, Allegiant and United Airlines fly to both cities. If you have a preference when it comes to airlines, remember this when looking for flights to South Dakota in these two cities.
  • Passengers traveling from Las Vegas, Phoenix, Minneapolis, Chicago, and Atlanta can fly into either Sioux Falls or Rapid City. If you’re flying into South Dakota from Orlando, Los Angeles, Dallas, or Denver, you must select Sioux Falls Airport. Rapid City Airport serves nonstop flights from Charlotte, Houston, Newark, and San Francisco.
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Top 5 airlines flying to South Dakota

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from the United States to South Dakota? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
7.6
JetBlueOverall score based on 4582 reviews
7.9comfort
7.2food
8.3crew
7.8boarding
7.5entertainment
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Great. Loved that there was WiFi on flight to keep in touch and excellent service of beverages and snacks.

10.0 ExcellentAdelaide, Apr 2024DTW - JFK
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Great. Loved that there was WiFi on flight to keep in touch and excellent service of beverages and snacks.

Business class is great. New airplane, very comfortable, better than some of the major airlines I am used to

Terrible. Flight was cancelled due to the weather in the east and sout east(florida). Did not get any compesation of any kind. According to them, it was not under their control so I lost all the money paid for the 2 fairs from Raleigh, NC to Orlando, Fl.

great flight. Pilot was communicative, flight attendants were excellent. Really nice experience except my tv didn’t work.

Overall, the flight was better than the flight I took to go to Florida, which had a bunch of problems. The crew is really nice and the plane was new so it had a small problem when we were on the runway, but the flight itself was great. They even made some time back up, which is always a good thing.

There were multiple delays but JetBlue tried to make the boarding and departure process as quick and efficient as possible. The crew was as detached from reality as could be, meaning: not very friendly and just doing things by the numbers.

I had back trouble prior to my flight and everyone was great about helping me.

40 minute delay before take off after boarding flight. Bright lights throughout night flight due Issues with light panels. In flight Entertainment nonfunctional

Everything was good except for deplaning in NY. Took way too long!!

Jet Blue keeps getting iit wrong. 4 hour mechanical delay followed by terrible boarding experience. This is my third horrific jet blue flight in 2024. I am going to try to avoid this loser in the sky

Crew were fine, drinks and snacks were as well but we were delayed for around 2 hrs which made our entry into Mexico delayed as well with the influx of arrivals at the same time. Sort of wasted our first day of vacation. We left Pittsburgh at 630am and did not arrive in Mexico until late dinner time.

There was a group of school age passengers that were very loud and unruly with their chaperones were no where to be found.

Boarding was unorganized. They expected passengers to ask people to move their assigned seat they paid for in order to sit together. The seats even in comfort are smaller than other airlines and the flight attendants appeared not to be well prepared

The WiFi didn’t work and the seats are too close together. Very uncomfortable.

I was told we'd have a hot breakfast option in first class, so I chose not get a hot breakfast. It was a very strange meal, but the fresh fruit was very good quality. Service was excellent from ORD to ELP. No service from MBS to ORD, not even water. However, when flying American from FNT to ORD, which is a shorter flight, they at least pass out snacks and offer water.

Last minute gate change nearly caused us to miss our flight. Change was not announced or displayed in the main board at the old gate. Terrible communication. When we landed we had to wait 20 minutes because there was another plane at the assigned gate. Not the crew’s fault, but adding 20 minutes to a 45 minute flight sucked.

So so. Terrible aircraft choice for that leg of the flight.

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.

Flight delayed from Cape Town to Washington then got diverted to miami and in miami we had to fend for ourselves , im still trying to get to Shreveport now

delay several times and wait extra long to board. no entertainment service because there are problem for some rows. always encounter some delays for the last flight of the day.

Too bad that first class seats do not recline significantly causing discomfort

Flight delayed over an over all day until it cancelled at 1:30am. Would not repeatedly delay that late. Offer hotel rooms and rebook early. Very difficult for families with small children

this is starting to seem like an american airlines standard. delayed flights and fake apologies… getting tired of it

This flight is frequently delayed. The connections seemingly are more frequently delayed. I’ve missed connections as a result twice on the same route to charlotte then Charleston. Final destination arrival has been the next day, twice in a row. No pilots, no crew. Too many excuses. Unfortunately, my days with American are over.

Entertainment was okay not because anything was wrong but it is a short flight so having no wifi is annoying but understandable. Crew was outstanding as usual

Those seats were way too narrow. I had the middle seat, one person was a very skinny person and we still couldn’t avoid touching each other anytime one of us moved. The other person was larger and we were basically sitting in each others lap the entire flight. There was zero entertainment. The flight was long enough to justify tvs, but no. Gotta sit there in your infant seat and twiddle your thumbs.

The Flight attendant had an attitude and didn't allow anyone any time to prepare for landing despite being absent throughout the entire trip

Flight boarded without pilots. Sat on plane for 3 hrs. after over an hour late boarding. Plane never took off. Had to deplane near midnight. Line for rebooking was 3 hours + long. I had to leave.

The flight was great but board was a nightmare. The gate was changed 4 times during the layover period

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

The boarding attendant was slightly rude when I asked about checking our stroller. Made me feel like I was bothering her.

My wife and I are both handicapped and at boarding they upgraded us to a seat closer to the front rather than all the way towards the back. Much appreciated.

Not much seat room, but that was unexpected. But the seat headrest was very uncomfortable.

First the good, everyone was friendly and efficient. Flight was smooth and plane was very clean and new. Now the bad, seats have almost no padding on your behind. I was in exit row so I had tons of leg room for a 6' 2" bean pole with long legs. Everything was extra - water, soda, snacks everything besides oxygen. Ya get what you pay for, and my flight was cheap as you could ever want it, so no worries.

First the good, everyone was friendly and efficient. Flight was smooth and plane was very clean and new. Now the bad, seats have almost no padding on your behind. I was in exit row so I had tons of leg room for a 6' 2" bean pole with long legs. Everything was extra - water, soda, snacks everything besides oxygen. Ya get what you pay for, and my flight was cheap as you could ever want it, so no worries. They dont really bother you about carry-on size, I brought a descent sized backpack and they didnt even check.

Spirit canceled the flight in March and never notified me!

Seats suck, not enough room, overcrowded planes, hectic situation all together.

Pretty good. Would’ve been excellent if we would have left on time and the crew wasn’t late.

I do not like the customer service, I had an emergency and needed to cancel a pet reservation right after I had booked it and they would not do anything but issue a credit. I haven't flown in years as I have 7 kids and don't have spare time. I want my $125 back on my card please

Spirit airline tries to screw you at every opportunity. Spirit wanted 65$ for an extra pound in the suitcase Made me open the suitcase at the counter to remove 1 pound. Staff very cold and rude Will never fly spirit again and will recommend same to family and friends

I purchased a carry on bag online…was supposed to cost $72 but after a whole slew of bs charges, the total was over $175.00. Because of these hidden charges, I will not even consider flying Frontier ever again. It’s just not worth the hassle. I’m scratching this company off my list forever.

Flight was OK. Seats were good no cell phone charges on the plane no TVs or entertainment.

There were 3 leg for the trip and each leg was delayed by 90 minutes or more. The boarding process takes forever with people waiting on the jetway even though most folks do not have carry-on. The whole process is poorly managed.

Flight cancelled and was told by a rude gate agent that they don’t accommodate on other airlines. Had to wait 5 hours for a connecting flight that had a 7 hour layover. Would not allow bags to be checked early so we couldn’t go through security .Had to rent a car for the afternoon to store bags and get a meal. Also incurred a hotel fee. No apology or reason given for the cancellation- just rudeness.

They cancelled the flight then did nothing to help us rebook. It was awful - I won’t fly with them again

The process of buying the ticket and navigating all the hidden charges that Frontier throws at you was a terrible experience. The actual airport experience and flying was fine.

The truck that was refueling the plane drove away with the hose still connected to the plane and ripped part of the plane off with it

Not have to pay for every single item to take a flight. Seating and delays sucked.

Flight was cancelled and I had to spend the night in the airport lugging my suitcase around

If you don’t check in 24 hours in advance, they will charge you $110 to check your bag instead of the $30. I did not get an email with this information and did not check in. In addition, my flight home was cancelled at layover and I had to spend the night in the airport, and then have another layover at another airport before making it home. Will not fly frontier again.

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