$219 Find Cheap Flights from Costa Rica to Des Moines

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Cheap Flights from Costa Rica to Des Moines

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

Tue, Dec 23 - Wed, Jan 7
American Airlines Logo
12:34 am - 5:09 pmSJO-DSM
16h 35m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
6:57 am - 8:02 pmDSM-SJO
13h 05m1 stop
$542American Airlines
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Tue, Dec 23 - Wed, Jan 7
American Airlines Logo
12:34 am - 1:21 pmSJO-DSM
12h 47m2 stops
American Airlines Logo
1:44 pm - 11:00 pmDSM-SJO
9h 16m1 stop
$546American Airlines
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Mon, Dec 15 - Wed, Jan 7
United Airlines Logo
2:20 pm - 2:20 pmSJO-DSM
24h 00m2 stops
United Airlines Logo
8:10 am - 8:39 pmDSM-SJO
12h 29m1 stop
$554United Airlines
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Fri, Oct 24 - Fri, Oct 31
United Airlines Logo
7:55 am - 10:32 amSJO-DSM
25h 37m2 stops
United Airlines Logo
6:50 pm - 11:55 amDSM-SJO
18h 05m2 stops
$559United Airlines
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Mon, Dec 15 - Wed, Jan 7
American Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 10:02 pmSJO-DSM
16h 02m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
3:30 pm - 11:00 pmDSM-SJO
7h 30m1 stop
$563American Airlines
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Mon, Dec 15 - Wed, Jan 7
American Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 10:02 pmSJO-DSM
16h 02m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
6:57 am - 7:40 pmDSM-SJO
12h 43m2 stops
$567American Airlines
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Sun, Sep 21 - Fri, Sep 26
United Airlines Logo
7:55 am - 12:14 pmSJO-DSM
27h 19m2 stops
United Airlines Logo
6:36 pm - 12:26 pmDSM-SJO
18h 50m2 stops
$594United Airlines
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Sun, Dec 14 - Wed, Jan 7
Copa Airlines Logo
4:08 am - 5:24 pmSJO-DSM
13h 16m2 stops
Copa Airlines Logo
8:00 am - 7:06 amDSM-SJO
23h 06m2 stops
$956Copa Airlines
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Mon, Dec 15 - Wed, Jan 7
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5:00 am - 2:20 pmSJO-DSM
33h 20m3 stops
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8:00 am - 11:15 pmDSM-SJO
15h 15m2 stops
$1,214
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Mon, Dec 15 - Wed, Jan 7
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5:00 am - 9:37 pmSJO-DSM
40h 37m3 stops
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8:00 am - 1:40 pmDSM-SJO
29h 40m3 stops
$1,396
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Everything you should know

When to travel
February
Cheapest • 14% price drop
June
Most popular
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Cheapest round-trip
$542
Typical prices: $567-658
American Airlines
Tue 12/23Wed 1/7
SJO - DSM • 1 stop
Cheapest one-way
$219
Multiple Airlines
Thu 9/18
SJO - DSM • 2 stops
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KAYAK's insights & trends for flights to Des Moines

Get data-powered insights and trends for flights to Des Moines to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What is the cheapest month to fly to Des Moines?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights to Des Moines, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.

The cheapest month for flights to Des Moines is February, where tickets cost $532 on average for return flights. On the other hand, the most expensive months are April and September, where the average cost of tickets from Costa Rica is $764 and $746 respectively. For one-way flights, the best month to travel is February with an average price of $532.

Good to know

Low seasonJuly
Cheapest flight$219
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 14% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 8% increase in price.
Flight from San José to Des Moines

FAQs - booking Des Moines flights

  • How far is Des Moines Airport from central Des Moines?

    The distance between Des Moines Airport and downtown Des Moines is 4 miles.

  • What is the name of Des Moines’s airport?

    All flights to Des Moines land at Des Moines Airport. The airport code is DSM,and it can also be referred to as Des Moines or Des Moines Intl.

  • What is the cheapest day to fly to Des Moines?

    Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Des Moines is Tuesday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $499. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Sunday, where round-trip prices are $788 on average.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights 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 to Des Moines.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Des Moines is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights 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 with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight 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 up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

  • What is the cheapest time of day to fly to Des Moines?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to Des Moines is generally in the morning, when round-trip flights cost $604 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Des Moines is generally at night, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $639.

  • How many direct flights to Des Moines are there each week?

    Each week there are around 552 direct flights from within Costa Rica to Des Moines. The most common day for departures is Sunday, with 16% of flights taking off on this day.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to Des Moines

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Reviews of the top airlines flying from Costa Rica to Des Moines

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to Des Moines. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from Costa Rica to Des Moines. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with 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 8937 reviews
8.1Crew
7.7Boarding
7.1Entertainment
6.6Food
7.3Comfort
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The newer screen was super cool and had the option to watch many different shows or movies. Crew was polite and helpful. However again, many children screaming bloody murder and kicking my seat, and parents doing nothing about it as usual.

6.0 GoodKaren Andrea, Sep 2025IAH - MCO
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The newer screen was super cool and had the option to watch many different shows or movies. Crew was polite and helpful. However again, many children screaming bloody murder and kicking my seat, and parents doing nothing about it as usual.

Flight was good and crew was super polite. However, there were around 5 kids screaming the WHOLE 2 hours. I understand kids have to come but parents need to do something to control their children. They make the experience terrible, especially after finishing 16 hour shifts at the hospital I needed some sleep, which I did not get.

IAD with the archaic people movers is just a place to be avoided.

Overall, it was good. I was seating next to a wonderful lady and did not notice how time flew. Thanks

All of the United employees I interacted with were professional and courteous. The aircraft was clean, the food on the flight was good. No complaints here.

Armrest controller on my seat 35D and nextbooennseat 35E did not work right. Hard to press buttons to recognize and 35D had constantnpressure either upmost down somit was nearly impossible to make selections. .

I flew with my dog and had already purchased my dog’s ticket. Even that morning I had called costumer service to insure that my husband and I had seats together since the website was giving me an error when choosing our seats and the representative mentioned our dog. I showed up early to the airport and when I got to the gate and we started boarding I was help back and told that I was supposed to have a yellow tag and that I should have checked in at the counter for them to give me that tag. I was not aware of this, the representative on the phone did not say anything. Nor did I see it anywhere in the checking process online, so if you travel with a pet and are not checking in luggage, just know that you still have to go to the check in counter when arriving at the airport unless you want to be the last one to board and not have room for your carry on in the overhead bins. Other than that, I had a great experience.

Once we got in the air the pilot made up some of the time of the delay. So that was really nice.

My flight was delayed about 1 1/2 hours in Chicago, but other then that it was a good flight.

This is the best united airlines flight that I took. The crew was very friendly and the food was tasty!

Given it’s a red-eye into Charolotte, we didn’t get any food. The survey does not include “N/A” so the rating will be skewed.

The delayed flight was awful and moving the departure gate twice was annoying

Great. Quick and quiet and east. The breakfast choices were a welcome surprise!

The flight was on time and crew were nice, seats were tight and there was entertainment available

American airlines suck they delay the flights all the time made me sleep in an airport because my flight was delayed and I miss my connecting flight

There's nothing I liked about it. For first off I scheduled this trip two weeks in advance then they delayed my flight which messed up my whole trip. So I scheduled it for the following weekend thinking there won't be a delay and guess what as soon as I got to the airport we said in the airplane on the tarmac for an hour and a half. Not only was it delayed I missed my connecting flight meaning I had to stay the night at Dallas-Fort Worth airport sleeping on the floor. I will tell you this I will never fly American airlines ever again I have had nothing but horrible experience with them and I just throw money at them

The stewardess hit me with the food kart twice on the head and didn't say I'm sorry once. The same stewardess gave me a warm Apple Juice with No ice. The Flight was delayed for Departure 6 times, starting from 2:36pm, finally taking off 7:50pm. I was late picking up my child from the sitter by 3 hours.

Having to reschedule flights a day later, they loaded by luggage on the wrong plane from Little rock now I have to HOPE they deliver it to where im staying like they said would. International flight crew was very disgruntled and not very friendly.

We will be writing a long, detailed letter to corporate about our awful experience with American airlines.

It took way too long to diagnose and solve the problem of a broken crew member cabin seat. Though compensation for the volunteer who left the flight was very kind.

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