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Cheap Flights to South Dakota

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 5 days
Rapid City
Rapid Citynonstop$108
Sioux Falls
Sioux Fallsnonstop$86
Pierre
Pierrenonstop$240
Aberdeen
Aberdeennonstop$228
Watertown
Watertownnonstop$190
Chadron
Chadronnonstop$182
Rapid City
Rapid Citynonstop$108
Sioux Falls
Sioux Fallsnonstop$86
Pierre
Pierrenonstop$240
Aberdeen
Aberdeennonstop$228
Watertown
Watertownnonstop$190
Chadron
Chadronnonstop$182
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KAYAK's insights & trends for flights to South Dakota

Get data-powered insights and trends for flights to South Dakota to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What is the cheapest flight to South Dakota?

The cheapest ticket to South Dakota from the United States found in the last 5 days was to Sioux Falls, at $65 round-trip. The most popular route is Atlanta (ATL) to Rapid City (RAP) and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $127.

How much is a flight to South Dakota?

A flight to South Dakota costs $419 on average. The cheapest price found on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks was $65 for the route Las Vegas (LAS) to Sioux Falls (FSD). The most popular routes on KAYAK are Denver to Sioux Falls which costs $592 on average, and Phoenix to Sioux Falls, which costs $619 on average.

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What is the cheapest month to fly from the United States to South Dakota?

The cheapest month for flights from the United States to South Dakota is February, when tickets cost $280 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and December, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $347 and $344 respectively.

Which is the cheapest airport to fly into in South Dakota?

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in South Dakota is Rapid City Airport (RAP), with an average flight price of $296.

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January

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Flight from Las Vegas 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 does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from the United States to South Dakota?

    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 the United States to South Dakota.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from the United States to South Dakota?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from the United States to South Dakota 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 the United States to South Dakota?

    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 from the United States to South Dakota with an airline and back with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from the United States to South Dakota?

    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 from the United States to South Dakota up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

  • What is the cheapest day to fly to South Dakota?

    Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to South Dakota is Friday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $319. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Sunday, where round-trip prices are $448 on average.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to South Dakota

  • Looking for cheap airfare to South Dakota? 25% of our users found round-trip tickets to South Dakota for the following prices or less: From Phoenix-Mesa Gateway $146, from Nashville $163, from Charlotte $629
  • 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.

Reviews of the 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.
7.8
DeltaOverall score based on 8633 reviews
7.2Food
8.1Boarding
8.5Crew
7.8Entertainment
7.8Comfort
Airline reviews

Gate agent and flight attendants were efficient, but more stern than warm.

8.0 ExcellentConor, Oct 2026
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Gate agent and flight attendants were efficient, but more stern than warm.

The only issue is that the plane was HOT. This was not the case on my first flight so not sure why, but thankfully I had a portable fan with me. Everything else was great!

13 hour delay stuck in Detroit and missed a day of meetings. It was terrible

My flight was so delayed I would’ve missed my connection and had to cancel my trip

Seemingly unnecessary delays were compounded by a lack of communication from the flight crew which turned a four hour delay into an overly stressful experience.

I like Delta. I dislike the volume of announcements from the crew. They are not always easy to hear and typically repetitive.

I think the crew makes way too many announcements that are: 1) hard to hear in some cases and 2) repetitive. This detracts from entertainment and concentration if working or reading.

Great crew. Comfortable seating. Nice overhead bin space. My app didn't allow me to check in for my flight to BOS. When I called Support, they didn't fix it, but just told me to check in at the airport. Seat back entertainment was great. Could be better if the audio could connect to Bluetooth.

It was the hottest flight I’ve been on in a long time. The female flight attendants were not nice.

I'm 6' 2" and even in economy plenty of leg room

Good flight, even though there was a delay, still got back on time

Santa Barbara is a super small and easy airport. Breezed through rental car return, breezed through Security, ordered a coffee and muffin and to my gate in less than 30 minutes. Maybe because it was a small airport we got the oldest plane. Hardly any overhead space and absolutely zero internet. Its NFL Sunday man! That hurt.

We were delay because so many bags needed to be gate checked and it was disappointing not to have outlets in the seats for such a long flight.

There were no vegan options for first class. Even though we were promised the satellite internet for free, we received NO wifi at all. Even though we were promised a 20-min early arrival, we ended up over 30 mins late.

No water or beverage was provided. I had to ask for water. The sole flight attendant had more interest in selling the credit card. In addition when we got to Dulles the plane and gate were misaligned and it took at least 15 minutes to get off the plane.

Raleigh to Chicago was OK. The problem was Chicago to Lincoln. Flight was delayed 4 hours. Give them credit for the updates and reason why it was delayed

Flight delayed over an hour with plane on runway because of weather in an area of the country we were not in or flying to.

Flight was delayed almost an hour because the cleaning crew broke one of the bathroom doors.

Comfortable seats and good crew. There should be some breakfast options in menu for economy class to purchase Wifi was not working in the flight

First class flight crew was barely available. They came through 3 times while we were on the plane for nearly 4 hours.

The employees at Sioux Falls airport were friendly and helpful. As a veteran/retired military Allegiant allows two checked bags, one carry on bag and a seat on the plane all at no cost. The flight crew and pilots were friendly and very competent.

The check-in and flight crew employees are excellent. The flight was good and the seats were adequate.

The flights to and from Cincinnati were great at being on time for both, departures and arrivals. The planes could use some updating.

It was a dismal experience. The flight was delayed for 4 hours, and we spent hours in the plane, without air, during the summer. We were not provided with water, and the medical assistance was inadequate when it arose.

The landing the pilot was very smooth. The flight attendant was kind of rude.The boarding the plane in punta Gorda was not great made us wait out in the heat 😞

My exit seat was very comfortable Coffee was to be purchased but sodas free 😏

It was poor a four hour delay and no explanation for the delay. What’s a 35 dollars going to do. It also made me miss my car rental,

It was on time. Flight was comfortable. Staff was nice. It was the way a flight should always be.

The price was the only good thing about this flight. It was scary during takeoff when the plane tilted side to side. It made me feel very nervous as I have never had a take-off that unsmooth. There was no on-flight movie or music options and the only complimentary option was water. Other airlines offer trail mix or a caramel cookie and pop options as complimentary. This flight was a 2.5 hour flight. I understand for shorter flights not having options, but a flight 2 hours or longer should offer more complimentary options and in flight entertainment. Also the seats did not recline and for a longer flight reclining seats are a must for comfort.

Great flight. Friendly staff. Free snacks and drinks would be nice. I would love fewer taxes and fees added on.

I was truly shocked at how poor this flight went. The crew was not friendly during the checking process. The asked for people to gate check and were rude about it. They didn't handle my luggage with care. When I got to my seat I noticed a large section of the ceiling vent area was, no joke, TAPED TOGETHER WITH CLEAR PACKING TAPE! To add insult to injury, the back rest button was disabled on my seat and all the seats I could see. The wifi, never connected for me, despite troubleshooting it for a while. I did everything from restarting my wifi/phone to forgetting the network and restarting the app. But that didn't stop the mandatory 2 ads from playing every single time. Even the bags took over 45 mins to arrive at the carousel. Everything about this flight was a flop and I am beginning to notice that some of these events are becoming a trend. Perhaps it's time I switch loyalty programs.

Had to find alternative flights because of AA lateness and bad planning

Fliy was late missed my connection ,. I had to find altery transportation.

When we landed, there was only one gate agent to handle three planes, including retrieval of carry on luggage. I was stuck in the jet way waiting on my carry on for almost 20-30 minutes. NOT GOOD

The flight was overbooked. And the gate agent basically said that the flight will not leave unless two people came forward to give up their seats. Offered money. Raised the $$ too. But we were there for a while and flight was delayed. When passengers approached the gate agent asking what would happen if no one volunteered- the answer was flight would be cancelled! Ridiculous! It’s American’s fault for overbooking. The service level is going from Bad to worse it seems.

AA changes gates constantly at DFW. I got 5 or 6 gate changes. Fortunately the last few were all in the same terminal. I know DFW so it is not a big deal for me but it is a bit disturbing.

Flight was delayed due to maintenance issue. Missed my connecting flight. Got rebooked in a middle seat when I had a first class ticket.

The flight attendants were very friendly, efficient, and helpful. The plane was ahead of schedule, and it all went very smoothly. Thank you.

I have a gluten allergy so did have any food

Wonderful crew and early arrival to our destination. It was so nice to have free wifi access and movies too. Thank you!

My experience with Frontier was terrible. We were delayed for 2 hours. At one point during the wait at the gate I left to go get a sandwich - I was gone probably 15 minutes. In my absence, they decided to move our flight up, boarded and left. When I came back the two attendants were very rude and I unavoidably had to purchase another ticket on the next flight. During this whole time, the Frontier app did not update the departure time, so I was SOL.

Flight delayed 9 hours. On tarmac for over an hour after arrival. Will never book with Frontier under any circumstances ever again.

My ATL–CVG Frontier flight was disappointing due to both an operational issue and unprofessional customer service. After everyone had boarded and the aircraft had pushed back from the gate, we were delayed because the passenger count did not match the flight manifest. The crew counted passengers approximately six times before the aircraft returned to the gate and gate agents boarded to help resolve the discrepancy. We were ultimately advised that a family had been allowed to board but not all of their boarding passes had been properly scanned. This resulted in a departure delay of nearly an hour. I did appreciate that the pilot kept passengers informed and tried to reassure us that some of the delay could be recovered during the flight. My greater concern was the customer-service experience. I am a Frontier Elite Platinum member and was seated within the first five rows. When I boarded, the overhead bins near my seat were already closed. I opened two bins to see whether my small backpack would fit. A female flight attendant sharply told me that a closed bin meant it was full, although the second bin clearly had available space. When I tried to ask whether I could simply place my backpack in that available space, she ignored me. Later, while the gate agents were working to resolve the passenger-count problem, I heard the same flight attendant make jokes about how many gate agents it takes to count passengers. She then made unnecessary comments about the male gate agent doing the count, men thinking they can do things better than women, and women knowing better and outliving men. Later in the flight, she also commented that passengers should know that the first thing they need to do is always be nice to the flight attendants. Courtesy absolutely should go both ways. Flight attendants deserve respect from passengers, but passengers also deserve respectful and professional treatment from the crew. Joking about colleagues who were actively trying to correct an operational problem, making gender-based comments in front of passengers, and being dismissive toward a passenger asking a simple baggage question were unnecessary and unprofessional. I fly enough to understand that delays and mistakes happen. What determines the quality of the experience is how those situations are handled. Unfortunately, the customer-service attitude on this flight made an already frustrating operational delay considerably worse.

Did not get on the flight, they had a gate change and my app never updated me! Trying to get flight credit

Flight was delayed by about an hour, once we arrived at LAX we had to take a shuttle to the baggage claim - it was completely disorganized. The agents at the shuttles were rude and unable to provide any information. Frontier charges extra for everything from bags to drinks - at the end it ends up being more expensive than flying the better airlines

Sat in the airport waiting for my flight for 5 hours. Finally got on the plane only to be thrown off and told that my flight was cancelled. Zero customer service. Nobody spoke to us. Just the worst

When I was boarding my departure from Raleigh to Orlando I was inappropriately scolded by a female dog named Mia because I didn’t pay in advance for my carry on bag ($75). Frontiers website is confusing regarding pre-paying for carryons so it was a simple mistake. I also had paid for “upfront plus” meaning me and my son were seated in the front row with no one in the middle seat ($450 upgrade). When we were boarding Mia said “sir, you didn’t pay for your carryon” in a not so polite tone and told me to get out of line and come back to the counter to pay for my carryon. The way they had the retractable rope left me no room to circle back without making the people behind me move so I just stood there and then she said a second time “sir!! Go pay for your carryon” in an embarrassing tone. I then moved their rope so I could get back to the counter when a second female dog then asked “are you done!?!?” because I had said “do you want me to bulldoze the people behind me?” I then said you do realize I paid over $400 for upfront plus so I was certainly not trying to sneak a carryon bag without paying. Long story short, I am soooo done with discount airlines!!! By the time you pay for all the “extras” you might as well have paid for Delta Southwest or American! Frontier airlines sucks and I was embarrassed by a female dog named Mia!!!

Frontier is good until they cancel your flight. Way too many cancellations.

What I expected, nickeled and dined and a frontier flight attendant loudly complained about her job and lack of communication as she headed to the gate on her cell phone. Not professional.

Gate agent for Frontier in Sioux Falls was horrible. Some people shouldn't have jobs where they need to work with people. This person tried to control everything and even argued with a Sheriff's Deputy. He seemed to write the law and think he was immune to everything and could do whatever he wanted. What a miserable experience for a lot of people. He even delayed the flight just for on his own actions. The pilots made up the time lost, but why does this person have this job. Apparently nobody cares at Frontier. We do, My wife said she would never fly on Frontier again.

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