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Cheap Flights from Rapid City to San Francisco Bay Area

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$220
San Jose
San Jose2 stops$324
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$220
San Jose
San Jose2 stops$324

Book Cheap Rapid City to San Francisco Bay Area Plane Tickets

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Rapid City to San Francisco Bay Area that are departing in the next months. 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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Recent round-trip flight deals from Rapid City to San Francisco Bay Area

Sun, Aug 2 - Sat, Aug 8
Multiple Airlines Logo
9:50 pm - 8:48 am
RAP
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SFO
11h 58m
1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
9:05 pm - 9:16 pm
SFO
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RAP
23h 11m
1 stop
$220Multiple Airlines
Sun, Aug 16 - Wed, Aug 19
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10:06 pm - 8:43 am
RAP
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SFO
11h 37m
1 stop
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8:56 pm - 3:55 pm
SFO
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RAP
17h 59m
1 stop
$253Multiple Airlines
Sun, Aug 2 - Sat, Aug 8
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9:50 pm - 8:48 am
RAP
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SFO
11h 58m
1 stop
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5:26 pm - 9:11 pm
SFO
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RAP
50h 45m
2 stops
$288Multiple Airlines
Mon, Jul 27 - Wed, Jul 29
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9:58 pm - 4:11 pm
RAP
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SFO
19h 13m
1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
9:00 pm - 9:00 pm
SFO
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RAP
23h 00m
1 stop
$289Multiple Airlines
Tue, Aug 11 - Tue, Aug 18
American Airlines Logo
11:45 am - 4:02 pm
RAP
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SFO
5h 17m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
5:33 am - 12:08 pm
SFO
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RAP
5h 35m
1 stop
$319American Airlines
Fri, Sep 11 - Sun, Sep 13
Delta Logo
6:48 am - 5:18 pm
RAP
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SJC
11h 30m
2 stops
Delta Logo
6:10 am - 3:51 pm
SJC
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RAP
8h 41m
1 stop
$324Delta
Sun, Jul 19 - Sun, Jul 26
United Airlines Logo
5:53 pm - 10:56 pm
RAP
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SFO
6h 03m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
6:15 am - 12:29 pm
SFO
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RAP
5h 14m
1 stop
$344United Airlines
Wed, Jul 29 - Wed, Aug 5
United Airlines Logo
7:00 am - 11:25 am
RAP
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SFO
5h 25m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
2:20 pm - 10:25 pm
SFO
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RAP
7h 05m
1 stop
$376United Airlines
Fri, Sep 11 - Mon, Sep 14
Delta Logo
6:48 am - 5:18 pm
RAP
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SJC
11h 30m
2 stops
Delta Logo
9:52 am - 10:18 pm
SJC
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RAP
11h 26m
2 stops
$413Delta
Fri, Sep 11 - Mon, Sep 14
American Airlines Logo
11:45 am - 6:29 pm
RAP
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SJC
7h 44m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
4:00 pm - 12:06 pm
SJC
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RAP
19h 06m
1 stop
$527American Airlines
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Rapid City to San Francisco Bay Area flights

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

What is the cheapest Rapid City to San Francisco Bay Area flight route?

Data is based on round-trip flight searches on KAYAK over the past month.

The cheapest ticket to San Francisco Bay Area from Rapid City found in the last 5 days was to San Francisco, at $1,440 round-trip. The most popular route is from Rapid City (RAP) to San Francisco (SFO), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $1,440.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from Rapid City to San Francisco Bay Area?

The average round-trip price for all non-stop flights, flights with one layover, and flights with two layovers for the route found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

No, with an average price for the route of $492, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Rapid City to San Francisco Bay Area?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Rapid City to San Francisco Bay Area, 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 Rapid City to San Francisco Bay Area is January, when tickets cost $0 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and August, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $534 and $519 respectively.

Good to know

Low seasonFebruary
Cheapest flight$147
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 24% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 19% increase in price.
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Reviews of the top airline flying from Rapid City to San Francisco Bay Area

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Rapid City to San Francisco Bay Area. 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.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Rapid City to San Francisco Bay Area? 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.
7.4
United AirlinesOverall score based on 9930 reviews
7.7Boarding
7.3Comfort
6.7Food
8.1Crew
7.1Entertainment
Airline reviews

Know that the movies that you are going to be offered are the oldest be rated movies they could possibly get. They may have one or two new movies that they keep advertising but when you’re flying 15 hours, there is nothing to see past the first new movie.

2.0 Mediocremary kay, Jul 2026
ORD - LAX
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Know that the movies that you are going to be offered are the oldest be rated movies they could possibly get. They may have one or two new movies that they keep advertising but when you’re flying 15 hours, there is nothing to see past the first new movie.

This was an overnight flight, and in the morning they did know coffee service. How you can throw passengers in a San Francisco airport at 5:40 a.m. in the morning and not giving them Coffee is a crime.

Our flight was delayed several Times due to mechanical issues. Although I understand this may happen at times, it was very inconvenient and we had to book a hotel for an overnight stay. We were traveling with my 3-yo grandson and waiting at the airport from noon until 6:30pm with no reassurance that our next rescheduled flight would depart, we had to decide what’s best for him. A day later, I found out that I may be able to demand compensation if my flight is delayed more than 4 hours. I will hav to read the fine print next time.

Service was professional and quick. Premium economy seat was comfortable given the class

Like: departed and arrived on time. Unlike: Food options for purchase allways bad, 1 of 2 of the crew members not very friendly at all. Seats and leg room aweful. At this point I am thinking on switching to AA.

The staff was extremely helpful and friendly at all times! They went above and beyond to get us into an earlier flight in San Diego to make our connection in SFO possible, because our original flight did actually not make it! I did so much appreciate the UA team and how they made this possible. We also didn’t have seats together on the long flight to Singapore, but they found us seats together last moment with no additional cost! Nobody sat next to us, so that we were able to sleep! Thanks to UA for improving their service and Underpricer for booking this trip! Please be careful: 1,5 hrs for transfer in San Francisco might not be enough time in the future

Packed flight, which makes it tough on crew and boarding staff (and the customers of course). But this was great boarding, clear instructions, etc. Traveling on the weekends are always fraught with danger as you have families and less frequent flyers thus more confusion. But this flight went as planned.

Destroyed my suitcase. Tired of talking about it. Cancelling my unite mileage plus account.

New plane was lovely. Crew customer service is always lax but expected. Kraft on time and arrived safely.

My flight was 3 hours late, which caused me to miss my connection in Denver. Further, this connecting flight was then Later canceled. This required me to stay another night an hour and a half away, and rent the rental car for an additional Night. I am still waiting for United Airlines to reimburse me for the inconvenience and Expense of having to extend my rental Car for An additional Day. See attached receipt. https://share.icloud.com/photos/0f5ns2AaeIr7w6t_uH1qfPBUg

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