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Best South Dakota Flight Deals

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

Rapid City
Rapid Citynonstop$112
Sioux Falls
Sioux Fallsnonstop$79
Aberdeen
Aberdeennonstop$188
Pierre
Pierrenonstop$244
Watertown
Watertownnonstop$190

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August

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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 5h 10m, covering a distance of 1061 miles. The most popular route is Denver - Sioux Falls with an average flight time of 1h 34m.

  • 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 $40 one-way, and $67 round-trip. The most popular route is from Denver to Sioux Falls and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $67.

  • Which airlines fly to South Dakota?

    United Airlines, Delta & American Airlines 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 Sioux Falls (55% of total searches to South Dakota). The next most popular destinations are Rapid City (43%) and Aberdeen (1%).Searches for flights to Pierre (0.6%) and to Watertown (0.2%) 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

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to South Dakota. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from the United States to South Dakota. 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 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.
8.0
DeltaOverall score based on 8884 reviews
8.2Boarding
7.9Comfort
7.3Food
8.6Crew
7.9Entertainment
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The seats are uncomfortable, feels like a small seat pad on plywood.

2.0 MediocreJackie, Oct 2024ATL - SEA
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The seats are uncomfortable, feels like a small seat pad on plywood.

The seats are uncomfortable and there was no power to recharge a phone.

Flight heavily delayed. No food available despite purchasing an upgrade. No in cabin service.

The woman in seat 1A was allowed to bring a dachshund dog onboard. It smelled terrible and the odor wafted throughout the first class cabin. This was clearly not a service dog and should be prohibited. I paid for the highest class of service, and this was a disservice. Why is Delta allowing this? I may reconsider my future flight choices.

Wifi did not work and they only served water, coffee, or tea.

The plane was very warm upon entering. This was a bigger problem as the weather was cold so people were dressed accordingly.

The crew was very polite as I have a few handicaps and everything was made pleasant. Check-in was easy as I was brought on board by the wheelchair assistant. One flight attendant did make sure my personal item was carefully stored under the seat in front of me. I was made to feel welcome as a customer as I made my first trip with a few disabilities. Entertainment and wifi worked quite well. The only food service were snacks and drinks. Those were okay. Overall it was a very smooth flight and encouraged me to use Delta again.

Only one side of the heafphone jack work. Crew was friendly and helpful.

Airline lost my luggage and set me back a day worth of travel due to having to stay in Denver to wait on my luggage

Great - This was the last flight before hurricane closures and did a quick turnaround to get the plane heading north. Much appreciated.

Smooth boarding and friendly crew. Unfortunately as soon as we boarded the unit that provides air circulation failed. The pilot informed us and requested maintenance technicians to check it out. The plane became uncomfortably warm without any fresh air coming in. Plus the repair delayed our departure. I am glad the maintenance crew were able to fix the problem. I also was without use of my tv monitor for the first 1/3rd of the trip.

Communication with the customer and stay is important. Staff off with a minor inconvenience but it worked out of course. Also this was a very old Mint Class plane. They snuck this one in on us. The updated aircraft are much better.

The flight itself was fine, but the boarding process was extremely frustrating. There is no one scanning boarding passes - passengers just scan themselves and enter the jetway. By the time my husband and I got on the plane and were halfway to our seats they determined there were too many bags on the plane and everything at that point needed to be checked. This created a lot of unnecessary chaos. They should have alerted people before getting on the plane that they would need to start checking bags instead of waiting until people were already on the plane.

The best flight I’ve had in a while. The plane was like 25% capacity, if that. Smoothest boarding and deplaning process I’ve ever experienced. Wish all flights were this smooth.

Did not enjoy this flight at all. All of my coworkers flew delta and I chose JetBlue because I really value how simple the WiFi and entertainment is and this flight I didn’t get either. Crew staff was unsympathetic to my system not working, everyone I asked for help with was extremely bothered by my request for help.

Little snafu at boarding. Staff communicated with gate poorly. Flight attendant was rude making disembark early. This was an older mint class. Needs an overhaul for sure. Food was good. The male flight attendant was really nice.

My encounter with the entertainment services provided on board was moderate; the functionality of the Wi-Fi connection was either sluggish or nonoperational, while the display screens were antiquated and suffered from poor visibility. On the positive side, the cabin exuded a sense of expansiveness, and the crew exhibited amiable and accommodating behavior throughout the journey.

Everything was great except for some reason crew and ground crew could not figure out how to deal with an electric wheelchair and it delayed us 20-30mins. Was pretty frustrating for passengers and the captain.

Like the space, did not like the snack options, there was no power outlet in seats, no entertainment, no flyfi.

Traveling with JetBlue from NYC was convenient as accessing JFK airport was straightforward via the LIRR to the AirTrain. Maneuvering through the terminal was hassle-free, which was a pleasant start to the journey. However, the flight experience itself left much to be desired. The seating arrangement was notably uncomfortable; despite securing a window seat, space felt cramped. This was exacerbated by the middle seat passenger encroaching on my area, which made the flight less enjoyable. Additionally, while the in-flight entertainment system initially seemed like a reprieve, the sound outlet on my seat was inoperable. This issue turned what could have been a manageable three-hour flight into a rather tedious ordeal, as I was unable to use the entertainment system effectively. While JetBlue provided a smooth process in terms of airport logistics, the on-board experience highlighted areas in need of improvement, particularly in terms of comfort and entertainment system maintenance.

late departure due to some unspecified issue with ventilating the cabin. They got it running but it was FREEZING for the whole flight. I asked for a blanket but they didn't provide one. They could not turn up the heat. it was quite miserable.

This was a 5 hour flight with no entertainment and with a snack being provided (pretzels and fruit bar), which are both high in carbs and sugar. Nuts would have been a better choice.

Late out of the gate, late to takeoff. No screens on plane. Uncomfortable window seat.

The plane was so gross and dirty. Literally saw dust layering and flowing out the grey vents. Dust was all over the air vent knobs to the point where I took my sani wipe and cleaned them down so at least it wasn't blowing my my face. Also, I upgraded and paid for Wifi and it's always so spotty. I get we are in the air, but don't charge for it if it's not going to work. I expect so much more from United. They really are giving up.

Liked that we left on time for each flight. Snacks not the best, but we're okay.

Never nice, United Express partners always do an amazing job.

It was fine. The flight attendant appeared to be in a bad mood but everything was fine.

A three (3) hour flight should have meal service in First Class, not just potato chips!

The entertainment would not work. The comfort of the seats leaves something to be desired, pretty uncomfortable.

Pleasant service from the crew. Arrived early. Efficient boarding and deplaning. Great job!

No explanation of why there was no snack and drink service (unless requested) when there was service in the other direction.

It was exactly what I expected, actually arriving sooner than scheduled.

One of the reasons I fly American is because the seating is more comfortable than most airlines. Even in the back of the plane.

Everything was ok except that we had to de-ice the plane which took about 20 mins. I realize this is a safety issue, but it caused us to miss a connection in Charlotte by 15 mins which meant a four hour layover. I think the thing that bothered me was American Airlines knew we were only 15 mins late, so couldn’t they have waited for us? There were about 10 of us that had to take alternate planes. I remember recently waiting 15 to 20 mins for passengers connecting with flights we were on. Just wondering why they couldn’t do the same for ours.

3hour delay In the last 3 months i had 3 flights and 2 of these had a more than 2:40 hrs delayed

Overall boarding and debarking is a joke. I dont even bring luggage anymore on trips because you can never allow them to be place then in the overhead bin or you have to pay or you check them which is even worse having to wait for your luggage on the tarmac.

RE Food: Wish there was a choice for No Rating. Flew from Honolulu to Los Angeles on a Red-Eye flight (11:00 pm to 7:30 am). Other than a package of cookies with a beverage choice offered soon after take-off, and a beverage choice shortly before landing, no other food choices were offered. Everyone slept or rested for most of the trip. Nothing to rate. RE Entertainment: Everyone was sleeping most of the flight. Only saw one passenger watch about 30 minutes of entertainment on his iPad. I never attempted to access any entertainment options.

The boarding process was incredibly slow, as was deplaning. They started beverage service and there was an extremely small amount of turbulence, so they discontinued it. They said they’d resume if possible, but even thought the rest of the flight was perfectly smooth, they didn’t bother. Getting our checked bags took longer than I’ve ever waited and they couldn’t even tell us which carousel they were coming out on, so everyone was running back and forth for 30 minutes.

American switched my flight to a 5 hour layover then cancelled my whole reservation with no notice and refused refund. Won’t fly with them again.

Had to wait a long time for wheelchair in Dallas

We understand and comply with Frontier’s bag sizes. We’ve had some problems in past while having to await other passengers who do not understand the baggage restrictions or have not prepaid and that is usually our biggest concern (others delaying us) with flying Frontier. Flying OUT of ONT, however, has always been a great experience. I’ve also noted even on delayed Frontier flights very knowledgeable pilots who manage expectations well.

There was no easy way to check in. I don't want to install an app to checkin. I will use alaska from now on because they have a web check in method that is easy.

The crew was ghetto lol I felt like I was on an inner city field trip

Horrible! The short distance flight ended up taking 5 hrs! There was a 3 hr delay for the flight to take off and there was a 70 min wait on the tarmac for some bogus reason that the pilot said the gate he was supposed to board was taken up. After a 30 min wait he said the plane that was supposed to push out of the gate called a medical emergency and 40 min later he ended up boarding another gate. For the initial 3 hr delay there was no information/alert about the gate or delay in the app or the boards up until the boarding time and even beyond! Had to walk all the way to the end of the terminal to find the frontier staff to ask what was going on. Avoid this airline at all costs! If you have carryon bags or checked bags , their prices come equivalent to the prices of more reliable airlines. They are the worst in timeliness at 60% (reported as delayed) this year (check the data) by a high margin even compared to the second worst airline. If you are ok with having a miserable flight experience with the odds close to flip of a coin, feel free to try them. If you value your time , money and flying experience, stay away.

There was nothing to like, flight delayed had to move to different departure areas, disorganized to say the leasr

Delayed for two hours due to trivial issues. No reimbursment. Also on arrival further delay due to terminal malfunction.

Our flight was canceled for no known reason. We weren’t told until we were checking in at 5:00 am. This was after our last flight with Frontier where we sat on the plane for three hours (not an exaggeration) before we took off because of a mechanical issue. We won’t be flying Frontier again.

Allowed me to chose my seat without extra charge (I purchased full-price ticket) and boarding was in group1. Didn't even serve water.

I went to the Frontier counter in San Jose at 1030am or so on Sunday 10/13/24 to see if I could get an earlier flight to San Diego in lieu of my reserved 630pm flight. One thing led to another, and I was able to obtain an open seat for about $ 56. on the earlier flight. Fine. Then the agent asked if I "was checking a bag". Not knowing that carry-ons cost extra per Frontier policy, I thought that she meant a regular checked bag. Therefore, I said no. Once I got to the gate, the same gate agent who sold me a ticket told me that I had to pay $99 for a carry-on, and that all bags were extra on Frontier. Having never flown on Frontier, I was not aware of this. Part of the issue was that she was not a native English speaker, so there was a miscommunication as to what "bag" meant. I would have preferred for her to have clearly let me know at the front counter that any bag including a carry-on cost $99. It would have had the same outcome, as I had to take my carry-on. But it got hectic at the last minute at the gate itself. The baggage policy should have mentioned "including carry-ons" when we first spoke.

Canceled original flight and wasn't clear on rebooked flight. Had to pay for bags which was more than the flight itself. Normal help, drinks etc. you have to pay for. This is Not a low cost airline.

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Recent round-trip flight deals

 
These are the cheapest round-trip flights to South Dakota found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
11/4Mon
nonstopFrontier
1h 35mDEN-FSD
11/8Fri
nonstopFrontier
1h 52mFSD-DEN
$79
11/5Tue
nonstopFrontier
1h 35mDEN-FSD
11/8Fri
nonstopFrontier
1h 52mFSD-DEN
$82
12/7Sat
nonstopUnited Airlines
1h 35mDEN-FSD
12/14Sat
nonstopUnited Airlines
1h 51mFSD-DEN
$159
12/7Sat
nonstopUnited Airlines
1h 35mDEN-FSD
12/16Mon
nonstopUnited Airlines
1h 51mFSD-DEN
$179
11/22Fri
nonstopAmerican Airlines
1h 47mORD-FSD
11/24Sun
nonstopAmerican Airlines
1h 54mFSD-ORD
$189
11/5Tue
nonstopAmerican Airlines
1h 47mORD-FSD
11/12Tue
nonstopAmerican Airlines
1h 54mFSD-ORD
$194
12/7Sat
1 stopDelta
4h 59mDEN-FSD
12/11Wed
1 stopDelta
6h 24mFSD-DEN
$196
11/20Wed
1 stopDelta
4h 39mDEN-FSD
11/27Wed
1 stopDelta
4h 27mFSD-DEN
$212
11/9Sat
1 stop
9h 56mORD-RAP
11/13Wed
2 stops
20h 19mRAP-ORD
$235
11/14Thu
2 stops
14h 46mDFW-FSD
11/18Mon
2 stops
25h 46mFSD-DFW
$243

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best deals for one-way flights to South Dakota found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
11/18Mon
nonstopFrontier
1h 35mDEN-FSD
$49
11/25Mon
nonstopFrontier
1h 33mDEN-FSD
$50
11/20Wed
1 stopDelta
5h 36mDEN-FSD
$108
12/16Mon
nonstopAmerican Airlines
1h 43mORD-FSD
$120
1/19Sun
1 stopDelta
5h 25mDEN-FSD
$128
11/20Wed
1 stopAmerican Airlines
7h 44mORD-FSD
$129
11/20Wed
nonstopUnited Airlines
1h 35mDEN-FSD
$134
11/20Wed
nonstopUnited Airlines
1h 35mDEN-FSD
$149
10/31Thu
1 stop
15h 04mMSP-RAP
$155
11/2Sat
1 stop
9h 00mORD-RAP
$159

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Last minute flights to South Dakota

Last minute flight, train and bus deals

 
These last-minute flight deals are the cheapest flights found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours for flights to South Dakota that are departing in the next 10 days.
10/24Thu
nonstopFrontier
1h 34mDEN-FSD
10/28Mon
nonstopFrontier
1h 46mFSD-DEN
$193
10/25Fri
nonstopFrontier
1h 34mDEN-FSD
10/27Sun
nonstopFrontier
1h 43mFSD-DEN
$197
10/24Thu
nonstopUnited Airlines
1h 48mORD-FSD
10/28Mon
nonstopUnited Airlines
1h 50mFSD-ORD
$294
10/26Sat
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
5h 28mORD-FSD
10/28Mon
nonstopAmerican Airlines
1h 45mFSD-ORD
$304
10/24Thu
multi-stopDelta
4h 46mDEN-FSD
10/28Mon
multi-stopDelta
3h 47mFSD-DEN
$313
10/25Fri
nonstopAmerican Airlines
1h 45mORD-FSD
10/29Tue
nonstopAmerican Airlines
1h 45mFSD-ORD
$314
10/25Fri
nonstopUnited Airlines
1h 48mORD-FSD
10/27Sun
nonstopUnited Airlines
1h 50mFSD-ORD
$349
10/25Fri
multi-stopDelta
4h 46mDEN-FSD
10/27Sun
multi-stopDelta
6h 26mFSD-DEN
$368
10/24Thu
multi-stop
15h 59mSEA-RAP
10/27Sun
multi-stop
16h 13mRAP-SEA
$445
10/24Thu
multi-stop
15h 59mSEA-RAP
10/28Mon
multi-stop
10h 20mRAP-SEA
$473

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