$261 Find Cheap Flights from Central America to Des Moines

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Cheap Flights from Central America to Des Moines

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Central America to Des Moines 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 Central America to Des Moines

Wed, May 13 - Sun, May 17
Southwest Logo
9:00 am - 10:10 pm
SJO
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DSM
12h 10m
2 stops
Southwest Logo
8:40 pm - 12:10 pm
DSM
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SJO
16h 30m
2 stops
$477Southwest
Tue, May 5 - Thu, May 14
Southwest Logo
9:00 am - 10:10 pm
SJO
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DSM
12h 10m
2 stops
Southwest Logo
7:10 pm - 12:10 pm
DSM
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SJO
18h 00m
2 stops
$570Southwest
Thu, May 7 - Wed, Aug 19
American Airlines Logo
1:43 pm - 11:59 pm
SAL
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DSM
9h 16m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
5:12 am - 1:12 pm
DSM
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SAL
9h 00m
1 stop
$572American Airlines
Fri, Aug 28 - Sun, Aug 30
Southwest Logo
9:00 am - 10:10 pm
SJO
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DSM
12h 10m
2 stops
Southwest Logo
5:40 am - 6:40 pm
DSM
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SJO
14h 00m
2 stops
$574Southwest
Thu, May 7 - Thu, Jun 11
United Airlines Logo
1:50 pm - 10:37 am
SAL
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DSM
19h 47m
2 stops
United Airlines Logo
5:00 am - 8:49 pm
DSM
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SAL
16h 49m
2 stops
$576United Airlines
Tue, May 5 - Thu, May 14
Multiple Airlines Logo
7:48 pm - 1:46 pm
SJO
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DSM
40h 58m
2 stops
Multiple Airlines Logo
7:45 am - 11:33 am
DSM
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SJO
28h 48m
1 stop
$577Multiple Airlines
Wed, Apr 22 - Wed, Apr 29
American Airlines Logo
1:43 pm - 11:26 am
SAL
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DSM
20h 43m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
7:05 pm - 12:43 pm
DSM
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SAL
18h 38m
1 stop
$584American Airlines
Thu, May 7 - Wed, Aug 19
United Airlines Logo
3:40 pm - 10:37 am
SAL
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DSM
17h 57m
2 stops
United Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 8:49 pm
DSM
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SAL
15h 49m
2 stops
$599United Airlines
Wed, Apr 1 - Thu, Apr 9
Delta Logo
2:13 pm - 10:38 pm
SAL
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DSM
7h 25m
1 stop
Delta Logo
5:35 am - 12:48 pm
DSM
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SAL
8h 13m
1 stop
$608Delta
Sat, May 16 - Fri, May 22
Multiple Airlines Logo
1:41 pm - 3:15 pm
GUA
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DSM
24h 34m
1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
7:35 am - 10:56 am
DSM
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GUA
28h 21m
2 stops
$656Multiple Airlines
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Low seasonFebruary
Cheapest flight$261
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 11% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 4% lower on average.
Flight from San José to Des Moines

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Reviews of the top airlines flying from Central America to Des Moines

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Central America to Des Moines? 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 9418 reviews
7.3Comfort
6.6Food
7.7Boarding
8.1Crew
7.1Entertainment
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Staff and aircraft were good. However, weather in Houston lee to a ground stop. We were looking at circling behind three other planes until the stop was lifted. Pilot said we didn’t have enough fuel for that. So we flew on to New Orleans as the closest port with immigration and customs staff. Landed there and sat in the plane for two hours plus while staff was sorted. Turned away by ICE. Waited for pilots to be switched out, but after they were approved by ICE. Then had to wait to get a runway because so many planes were ahead of us. Finally took off and flew back to Houston. We all missed our connecting flights because it took too long. Hotel voucher from United was only a link to booking site. Total BS. Finally got a flight out the next day after a night without sleep because all the Houston hotels were booked by rodeo and spring break crowds.

2.0 MediocreAnonymous, Mar 2026
GUA - IAH
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Staff and aircraft were good. However, weather in Houston lee to a ground stop. We were looking at circling behind three other planes until the stop was lifted. Pilot said we didn’t have enough fuel for that. So we flew on to New Orleans as the closest port with immigration and customs staff. Landed there and sat in the plane for two hours plus while staff was sorted. Turned away by ICE. Waited for pilots to be switched out, but after they were approved by ICE. Then had to wait to get a runway because so many planes were ahead of us. Finally took off and flew back to Houston. We all missed our connecting flights because it took too long. Hotel voucher from United was only a link to booking site. Total BS. Finally got a flight out the next day after a night without sleep because all the Houston hotels were booked by rodeo and spring break crowds.

Wifi Bluetooth features for watching in flight movie was horrible. Screen kept blacking out no connection of sound although it said connected. Other than that smooth trip .

I paid $7,000 to fly round trip to Porto. I thought it was for business class. But on the leg from Miami to Newark, and again from Newark to Miami, i was in coach. One time in the middle seat of coach. From Newark to Porto I was in business class as expected, and it was fine. I fly to Portugal once per month, often paying $5,000 for business class. Usually i fly American Airlines. I'd be happy to fly more with United Airlines. But my experience was disappointing because i was put in the coach for almost half the flights.

The travel company that you have on your site did me so wrong. I don’t know how it happened, but they put my son‘s name on my plane ticket flying to Vietnam. Along with his birthday. They would not have let me fly from Fort Myers to Ho Chi Minh City. I don’t think that I can ever use your service again. I typed my information into the browser along with my passport number and four days before I’m leaving I have to quickly search another ticket to fly out here.

Seats are uncomfortable. This has been a trend in the industry for decades. Trying to fit more seats on each plane to increase profits at the expense of the passenger.

The flight was delayed so we were dead tired, and after that the turbulence was horrible. I was very scared.

It was okay, the food was good, but after the landing there was not enough time for luggage and security to catch a connection. It was crowded on board.

It’s always a great time flying with united airlines.

Good flight. Efficient boarding and competent flight crew. No problems until we arrived at our destination gate. We were early so there was an aircraft at the gate that had to move before we could pull in. Then, due to the type of aircraft we flew, the cabin door could not be opened until some luggage from the cargo bay was offloaded to preserve center of gravity characteristics. So, that further delayed deplaning. Despite being 20 minutes early on landing, we ended up being 5 to 10 minutes late after all the delays.

It was amazing. I had several upgraded seats on my flight out. Everything went smooth with no delays.

Check in was rough because the check in crew did not know how to manage my international visa documents. Required a long process and 4 people to finally be able to proceed to security. They told us incorrect information several times before acknowledging we did indeed have everything we needed from the start.

Where do I start!! I was delayed with my flight from Dallas to Tampa. On the way back from Tampa to Dallas the flight was delayed over 4 hours+. I was put on another flight that was also delayed but not as long. Traveling on American Airlines is becoming exhausing.

There was no inflight service. Once we landed we were delayed to find a gate for an hour and a half which was 1/2 the total time in the air.

The gate got changed several times and the flight was delayed over an hour. Awful experience

Poor communication ahead of time about flight delays and old planes/other equipment.

The flight was delayed multiple times. I was autobooted and placed in the center seat in the last row of the plane.

My flight was delayed. We left at midnight. I got to Greensboro (GSO) at 1am. All of AA's flights in/out of Charlotte always seem to be delayed or canceled. It took me all day on Sunday to get to my destination of Cincinnati from Greensboro. I had to be rerouted through Chicago because my original flight was canceled as the door to plane was closing in GSO. The saddest part is I could have driven and arrived sooner. . . I recognize there is a lot going on that impacts travel. This week it was weather. Yesterday in Cincinnati it was President Trump. But as a frequent flyer, the flight from South Bend to Charlotte always runs late. The subsequent flight to Greensboro is always midnight to 2am. . . I do want to give props the Charlotte boarding crew. They had four flights going out of the same area at the same time. They turned it quickly and mitigated the grumbling from the crowd.

Never going to fly your airline again if it can be avoided.

Dloght delayed by 2.5 hrs . Common theme in my last four american floghts

American continues to decline in their customer service and its beyond disappointing.

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