Airport Badging
AOA Badge
An AOA badge is the most common type of badge. The AOA is defined as all areas within the fenced portion of the airport excluding SIDA. This badge will allow access to general aviation areas. It does not allow access to secure areas at the terminal building.
SIDA Restricted Access Badge
Primarily used for concessionaires in the secure area of the
terminal. The Restricted SIDA badge limits access to designated routes within the secure area.
Sterile Area Badge
Primarily used for concessionaires in the secure area of the terminal. Those individuals must go through TSA Screening to access the Sterile Area.
Identification
Before acquiring or renewing a badge at RAP Airport each applicant must present 2 forms of valid Documentation, one of which must have a photo. Applicants may present one selection from List A or a combination of one selection from List B and one selection from List C. These documents are used to establish the applicant’s identity and eligibility to work in the United States.
Applicant must possess a valid US driver’s license to operate a vehicle within the secure area.
Faxed, Photocopied, or expired documentation will not be accepted.
Failure to present the appropriate documentation will result in applicant being turned away from the badge process.
Authorization and Appointment
A Rapid City Regional Airport approved authorized signatory begins the badging process for badge holders by completing an authorization form and submitting to the badging office. Each employer at the airport has a designated signatory; please see them to start the process. If you wish to apply for a badge but are not employed by an airport entity (ex. hangar tenant or contractor), please call the RAP badging office at 605-791-6785 for more information.
Once your signatory sends the authorization form to the badging office, you can schedule an appointment. Badge appointments can be scheduled below. The badging office is located in Fire Station 8.
A signatory is not required for AOA badges.
First Appointment, Background Check and Preliminary Testing
Before acquiring or renewing a badge at RAP Airport each applicant must present 2 forms of valid documentation, one of which must have a photo. Applicants may present one selection from List A or
a combination of one selection from List B and one selection from List C. These documents are used to establish the applicant’s identity and eligibility to work in the United States.
At this appointment please bring two forms of unexpired government-issued identification
One to establish identity and one to establish employment authorization.
See below examples for combinations that are acceptable:
- Driver’s License and U.S. Passport
- Driver’s License and Certified Birth Certificate
- Driver’s License and Social Security Card
Badge fees will be due at this appointment unless they are covered by your employer. We accept checks payable to the Rapid City Regional Airport, We also accept Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover or cash.
On the day of your badging appointment:
Applicants will be required to complete the RAP Security Badge Application form with included e-signature. The data from the application is sent to the Transportation Security Administration
(TSA) to be approved for any airport issued badge.
SIDA badge applicants must also complete and pass the Criminal History Records Check (CHRC), conducted through fingerprinting. It may take one week or longer to receive clearances for the
security background checks (see step 3). To verify the status of your background check, please contact your employer or signatory.
The badging office is located inside Fire Station 8 at 4440 Kitty Hawk Rd . Go north on Airport Rd. and turn right on Kitty Hawk Rd. at the top of the hill.
Applicants may use the authorized parking spaces in front of the main station door during their appointment only.
Reference Material for Driving Privileges
Clearances
STA and CHRC background results are typically received by the badging office less than one week after your application appointment. For applicants born outside of the United States, this timeline may be extended up to a month. Applicants cannot obtain a badge until clearances are received by the badging office.
Badge Training
After an applicant has passed the clearance process, they will will be enrolled in online training via ANTN Digicast. Applicants will receive an email containing log-in information and step by step instructions for completing the training. Training videos must be reviewed annually and completed before the issuance of a new badge.
30 Business Day Window to Complete the Badging Process
SIDA and Sterile Badge applicants: Applicants have 30 business days from the Security Background Clearance date to complete the badging process. Failure to complete the badging process within 30 business days may require the applicant to be fingerprinted again before a badge is issued, and an additional charge may be applicable for processing security checks again.
AOA Applicants: Applicants have 30 business days from the Security Background Clearance date to complete the badging process. If the period exceeds 30 days, an additional charge may be applicable for processing security checks again.
Badge Audit and Renewal
Each year badge holders will need to renew their airport security badge. They will receive an email
notification from the badging office with instructions on how to renew prior to the start of the renewal
period. If badge holders fail to renew their airport badge by the badge’s expiration date, the badge will be disabled and no longer be valid.
Renewal Appointments
Badge holders must appear in person at the badging office with the following in hand:
Your current airport badge and two (2) unexpired forms of government issued identification (see
Step 2).
Badge holders will review their original application to make updates as needed.
Failure to Renew or Return
Badges will be deactivated if they have not been renewed by the badge's expiration date.
If a badge is still required after that time, the badging process will need to be restarted including payment of associated fees.
If you no longer need your badge it must be returned in person to the badging office at 4440 Kitty Hawk Rd, Rapid City SD 57703 OR via mail by first calling the badging office at 605-593-3419 to deactivate the badge and then mail to 4550 Terminal Rd Suite 102, Rapid City, SD 57703.
If you lose your badge, report the loss immediately by calling the Badging Office 605-791-6785 OR Airport Operations 605-593-3419.
Replacement of Lost Badges
Submit a properly completed and signed Lost Badge Form in person at the badging office. A lost badge fee of $100 must be paid at the time of receipt of the replacement badge.
Replacement of Broken or Damaged Badges
You can replace a damaged or broken badge at the badging office for a $20 re-issue fee.
TSA PRIVACY ACT STATEMENT
Authority: 6 U.S.C. § 1140, 46 U.S.C. § 70105; 49 U.S.C. §§ 106, 114, 5103a, 40103(b)(3),
40113, 44903, 44935-44936, 44939, and 46105; the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11
Commission Act of 2007, § 1520 (121 Stat. 444, Public Law 110-53, August 3, 2007); FAA
Reauthorization Act of 2018, §1934(c) (132 Stat. 3186, Public Law 115-254, Oct 5, 2018), and
Executive Order 9397 (November 22, 1943), as amended.
Purpose: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will use the information to conduct a security threat assessment. If applicable, your fingerprints and associated information will be provided to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for the purpose of comparing your fingerprints to other fingerprints in the FBI’s Next Generation Identification (NGI) system or its successor systems including civil, criminal, and latent fingerprint repositories. The FBI may retain your fingerprints and associated information in NGI after the completion of this application and, while retained, your fingerprints may continue to be compared against other fingerprints submitted to or retained by NGI. DHS will also transmit your fingerprints for enrollment into US-VISIT Automated Biometrics Identification System (IDENT).
DHS will also maintain a national, centralized revocation database of individuals who have had airport -
or aircraft operator- issued identification media revoked for noncompliance with aviation security
requirements. DHS has established a process to allow an individual whose name is mistakenly entered
into the database to correct the record and have the individual’s name expunged from the database. If
an individual who is listed in the centralized database wishes to pursue expungement due to mistaken
identity, the individual must send an email to TSA at Aviation.workers@tsa.dhs.gov.
Routine Uses: In addition to those disclosures generally permitted under 5 U.S.C. § 552a(b) of
the Privacy Act, all or a portion of the records or information contained in this system may be
disclosed outside DHS as a routine use pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 552a(b)(3) including with third
parties during the course of a security threat assessment, employment investigation, or
adjudication of a waiver or appeal request to the extent necessary to obtain information pertinent
to the assessment, investigation, or adjudication of your application or in accordance with the
routine uses identified in the TSA system of records notice (SORN) DHS/TSA 002,
Transportation Security Threat Assessment System. For as long as your fingerprints and
associated information are retained in NGI, your information may be disclosed pursuant to your
consent or without your consent as permitted by the Privacy Act of 1974 and all applicable
Routine Uses as may be published at any time in the Federal Register, including the Routine
Uses for the NGI system and the FBI’s Blanket Routine Uses.
Disclosure: Pursuant to § 1934(c) of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018, TSA is required to
collect your SSN on applications for Secure Identification Display Area (SIDA) credentials. For
SIDA applications, failure to provide this information will result in denial of a credential. For
other aviation credentials, although furnishing your SSN is voluntary, if you do not provide the
information requested, DHS may be unable to complete your security threat assessment.
Airport Badging Office
4440 Kitty Hawk Rd
Rapid City, SD 57703
The badging office is located in the Aircraft Rescue & Fire Fighting (ARFF) building. Go north on Airport Rd. and turn right on Kitty Hawk Rd. at the top of the hill. The badging office will be on your left.
