$268 Find Cheap Flights from Central America to Des Moines

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Cheapest round-trip
$466
Typical prices: $556-$887
Multiple Airlines
Wed 4/1Sun 4/5
SAL - DSM • 1 stop
Cheapest one-way
$268
Multiple Airlines
Tue 1/27
SJO - DSM • 3 stops
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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, Apr 1 - Sun, Apr 5
Multiple Airlines Logo
7:45 am - 1:46 pm
SAL
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DSM
29h 01m
1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
3:21 pm - 5:00 am
DSM
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SAL
38h 39m
2 stops
$466Multiple Airlines
Wed, Apr 1 - Sun, Apr 5
Multiple Airlines Logo
7:45 am - 1:46 pm
SAL
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DSM
29h 01m
1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
3:21 pm - 5:00 am
DSM
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SAL
38h 39m
2 stops
$467Multiple Airlines
Wed, Apr 1 - Sun, Apr 5
Multiple Airlines Logo
7:45 am - 1:46 pm
SAL
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DSM
29h 01m
1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
7:00 am - 4:10 pm
DSM
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SAL
34h 10m
3 stops
$474Multiple Airlines
Fri, Jan 23 - Sun, Jan 25
Avianca Logo
8:30 am - 9:50 pm
GUA
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DSM
13h 20m
1 stop
Avianca Logo
8:00 am - 7:10 pm
DSM
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GUA
11h 10m
1 stop
$501Avianca
Tue, Mar 3 - Tue, Mar 10
American Airlines Logo
2:58 pm - 10:34 am
SAL
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DSM
19h 36m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
7:00 am - 1:44 pm
DSM
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SAL
7h 44m
1 stop
$503American Airlines
Fri, Apr 17 - Tue, Apr 28
Delta Logo
2:00 pm - 10:29 pm
SAL
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DSM
7h 29m
1 stop
Delta Logo
5:45 am - 12:35 pm
DSM
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SAL
7h 50m
1 stop
$506Delta
Tue, Mar 3 - Tue, Mar 10
American Airlines Logo
1:37 pm - 10:34 am
SAL
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DSM
20h 57m
2 stops
American Airlines Logo
7:00 am - 1:44 pm
DSM
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SAL
7h 44m
1 stop
$507American Airlines
Thu, Mar 26 - Sat, Apr 4
United Airlines Logo
3:40 pm - 1:23 pm
SAL
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DSM
20h 43m
2 stops
United Airlines Logo
8:20 am - 2:30 pm
DSM
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SAL
7h 10m
1 stop
$520United Airlines
Fri, Jan 23 - Sun, Jan 25
Avianca Logo
8:10 pm - 9:50 pm
GUA
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DSM
25h 40m
2 stops
Avianca Logo
8:00 am - 7:10 pm
DSM
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GUA
11h 10m
1 stop
$531Avianca
Thu, Feb 5 - Sun, Feb 8
United Airlines Logo
8:45 am - 10:30 pm
SJO
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DSM
13h 45m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
6:48 pm - 12:56 pm
DSM
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SJO
18h 08m
1 stop
$554United Airlines
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Low seasonFebruary
Cheapest flight$268
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 10% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 6% lower on average.
Flight from San José to Des Moines

FAQs for booking flights from Central America to Des Moines

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Central America to Des Moines?

    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 Central America to Des Moines.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Central America to Des Moines?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Des Moines from Central America 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 Central America to Des Moines?

    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 to Des Moines with an airline and back to Central America with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Central America to Des Moines?

    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 to Des Moines from Central America up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

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 9156 reviews
7.3Comfort
6.6Food
7.7Boarding
8.1Crew
7.1Entertainment
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Miserable. They moved my seat, but canceled the next leg of my flight. I resolved the issue at my transfer, but that resulted in lost luggage that has taken days off my schedule with no resolution. Worse, they fail to interface effectively with Lufthansa, forcing me to bounce between two equally useless help desks. The apps are unable to handle the situation, the bag dropped off the tracker, and while the call centers are polite, they do not provide written information to assist with cross-airline communication.

4.0 OkayKyle, Jan 2026
PIT - IAD
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Miserable. They moved my seat, but canceled the next leg of my flight. I resolved the issue at my transfer, but that resulted in lost luggage that has taken days off my schedule with no resolution. Worse, they fail to interface effectively with Lufthansa, forcing me to bounce between two equally useless help desks. The apps are unable to handle the situation, the bag dropped off the tracker, and while the call centers are polite, they do not provide written information to assist with cross-airline communication.

Both flights delayed. 2nd flight over 3 hours late mechanical issues

l really enjoy very much the flight was very pleasant

left on time, reasonable boarding process arrived early luggage came out quickly

I like flying first class, and United has a nice one

Flight was delayed 45 minutes because originating flight was coming from Newark. No complimentary snacks were offered on this 5+ hour flight. No screens for the flight, but movies offered if you had already downloaded the United app (which I hadn't on my ipad). No USB ports, only a flimsy plug-in port near the bottom of the seat that was hard to see and kept coming unplugged.

It was good but only meal served is very less. Meantime good to add rice and chicken in one of meal

Teeny tiny bathrooms, crew was not realistic about when we'd arrive.

Check-in, boarding and the flight from Phoenix to Houston was quick and easy. The flight from Houston to Shreveport was delayed 5 hours. It was frustrating but I think United handled it the best they could.

They lost my luggage, so, not happy. The crew was nice but my suitcases never made it, still trying to find out what happened!

On the plus side, crew was attentive, drinks were cold, and in-flight entertainment selection was better than some other airlines. On the negative aide, Plane was delayed almost an hour, either no announcements from the gate crew. Biscoff cookies are gross, appreciate airlines that give a choice. Also, crew had no personality or enthusiasm at all.

Little warm on the plane and delayed for an hour

Tell the crew (when boarding) to yell at the imbeciles blocking us from walking up to scan. I promise everyone crowds around and half of us (most the time I’m group 4) have to push our way through. Your staff is awesome, the public - not so much-

Bags took over and hour to come out. Delays due to wind caused rebooking.

Services, food products, and crew friendliness on American Airlines international flights is mediocre compared to Emirates, Qatar, and Singapore Airways. American does not do much to differentiate its product on international routes. Its menu options are similar on international flights. American Airlines flight attendants do not call elite frequent travelers by their names; American Airlines flight attendants do not seem to be motivated to go above and beyond in the service they provide. American Airlines personnel do not seem to take pride in their work.

The flight was good. We had to spend almost an hour on the tarmac when we arrived in Dallas. Waiting for a gate. What’s the point of arriving early if you have no gate to park at?

Lower WiFi prices; allow us to see our flight on a map; more variety of drink choices.

I was originally scheduled on AA 1763. When I landed in Miami, I went to the counter for flight AA 2115 to try to move my flight to this one. I was in a first class seat on AA 1763. While they moved to me this flight, I was told that there were no other 1st class seats available and they assigned me into coach. However, when I was getting off the plane I noticed that one of the pilots who was also in line to go jump seat - somehow miraculously got a 1st class seat on this flight. It is actually infuriating that I had a paid 1st class seat yet somehow they would move an AA employee ahead of that. At a bare minimum, they should have compensated me for the fare difference and I really think paying customers should ALWAYs get the premiere seats.

So excited very proud first of all I wanna thank kayak all updates very professional and fast alart And amazing cabin crew so nice to me they deserve big salute

UGH I HAD TO MISS MY FIRST FLIGHT TO TAMPA CAUSE OF THE 10 MINUTE DELAY OF THE ORLANDO TO MIAMI ONE SO THEY HAD ME GET ANOTHER TICKET. I AM NOT HAPPY AT ALL BECAUSE IT MADE ME MISS MY CONNECTING FLIGHT FROM TAMPA TO LONDON AND FORCED ME TO MISS A DAY AT MY ROOM IN THE UK.

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