Rapid City Regional (RAP) Airport Car Service

RAP (Rapid City Regional Airport) sits about 10 miles southeast of downtown Rapid City in Pennington County, South Dakota, accessible via Interstate 90 and SR 44. The airport is owned and operated by the Rapid City Regional Airport Authority and serves as the primary commercial gateway for the Black Hills, Mount Rushmore National Memorial, and the Badlands. Delta, American, United, and Allegiant provide scheduled commercial service. Our chauffeurs stage at the commercial vehicle lane outside the terminal.

RAP to Mount Rushmore National Memorial (the iconic sculpture of Presidents Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills) runs about 45 to 55 minutes from RAP via SR 79 to US 16. We handle daily Mount Rushmore visitor transfers, evening lighting ceremony pickups, and Avenue of Flags ceremony transport during peak season.

Yes. Mount Rushmore National Memorial sits in Keystone, South Dakota about 45 to 55 minutes from RAP via SR 79 to US 16, and Crazy Horse Memorial (the ongoing monumental sculpture of Lakota leader Crazy Horse, larger than Mount Rushmore and still in progress under the Korczak Ziolkowski family) sits about 60 to 75 minutes from RAP. We handle daily transfers to both memorials including the Mount Rushmore evening lighting ceremony and the Crazy Horse Volksmarch in June.

Yes. Ellsworth Air Force Base (home of the 28th Bomb Wing operating the B 1B Lancer supersonic strategic bomber, and the future basing location for the B 21 Raider stealth bomber program announced in 2024) runs about 15 to 20 minutes from RAP via Interstate 90 northeastbound. We handle daily transfers for visiting officers, civilian Department of Air Force contractors, 28th Bomb Wing change of command ceremonies, and PCS family member airport pickups.

Yes. Sturgis (the small Black Hills town that hosts the legendary Sturgis Motorcycle Rally each August, drawing hundreds of thousands of motorcycle enthusiasts to the Black Hills for the largest motorcycle rally in the world) runs about 30 to 40 minutes from RAP via Interstate 90 northwestbound. We handle Sturgis Rally airport transfers, downtown Sturgis Main Street pickup logistics, and the broader Black Hills Buffalo Chip and Glencoe Campground transport during the eight day rally.

Yes. Custer State Park (the 71,000 acre wildlife refuge home to one of the largest publicly owned bison herds in the world, plus the historic State Game Lodge that hosted Presidents Coolidge and Eisenhower) runs about 60 to 75 minutes from RAP via SR 79 southbound, and Wind Cave National Park runs about 75 to 90 minutes. We handle daily park transfers to the State Game Lodge, the Sylvan Lake Lodge, and the Blue Bell Lodge during peak summer season.

Yes. Deadwood (the historic Black Hills mining town, the only city in the United States designated entirely as a National Historic Landmark, home to the Deadwood casino district and the legendary Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane heritage) and the town of Lead run about 60 to 75 minutes from RAP via Interstate 90 northwestbound. We handle daily casino transfers to the Cadillac Jack's, the Silverado Franklin, the Deadwood Mountain Grand, and the historic Bullock Hotel.

Yes. Badlands National Park (the dramatic eroded buttes and pinnacles formation, one of the most photographed national park landscapes in the United States) runs about 60 to 75 minutes from RAP via Interstate 90 eastbound. We handle daily park transfers including Cedar Pass Lodge stays during the April through October open season, plus the Wall Drug Store visitor logistics along the way.

Sturgis Motorcycle Rally week (held annually for ten days each August, with the official rally days plus the preceding and following weekends) generates the heaviest single demand week of our South Dakota year, completely filling the entire Black Hills hotel and ground fleet inventory. We require sixteen to twenty weeks of lead time for Sturgis week SUV, Sprinter, and stretch limo bookings, since the entire region fills six to twelve months ahead. The Mount Rushmore Independence Day fireworks weekend (when held) also drives heavy summer demand.

Yes. Dispatch runs around the clock with a live human on the line, and we operate red eye arrivals, 4 am Ellsworth AFB B 1B mission cycle transfers, and late night Deadwood casino guest pickups during peak Black Hills tourism season. There is no surcharge for late night or early morning service on standard bookings.