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Cheap Flights from Des Moines to Arizona

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Phoenix
Phoenixnonstop$123
Tucson
Tucson1 stop$333
Flagstaff
Flagstaff1 stop$514
Yuma
Yuma1 stop$504
Phoenix
Phoenixnonstop$123
Tucson
Tucson1 stop$333
Flagstaff
Flagstaff1 stop$514
Yuma
Yuma1 stop$504

Book Cheap Des Moines to Arizona Plane Tickets

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

Sun, Aug 23 - Fri, Aug 28
Allegiant Air Logo
9:50 pm - 10:59 pm
DSM
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LAS
3h 09mnonstop
Allegiant Air Logo
1:54 pm - 6:48 pm
LAS
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DSM
2h 54mnonstop
$92Allegiant Air
Mon, Sep 28 - Wed, Sep 30
Allegiant Air Logo
9:31 pm - 10:41 pm
DSM
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LAS
3h 10mnonstop
Allegiant Air Logo
9:00 am - 1:52 pm
LAS
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DSM
2h 52mnonstop
$95Allegiant Air
Sat, Aug 22 - Sat, Aug 29
American Airlines Logo
5:30 am - 9:41 am
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TUS
6h 11m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
7:00 am - 1:29 pm
TUS
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DSM
4h 29m
1 stop
$333American Airlines
Sat, Aug 22 - Sat, Aug 29
United Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 12:27 pm
DSM
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TUS
8h 27m
2 stops
United Airlines Logo
5:30 am - 12:32 pm
TUS
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DSM
5h 02m
1 stop
$338United Airlines
Thu, Nov 12 - Mon, Nov 16
American Airlines Logo
2:40 pm - 7:17 pm
DSM
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TUS
5h 37m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
3:34 pm - 12:14 am
TUS
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DSM
7h 40m
1 stop
$339American Airlines
Sat, Aug 22 - Sat, Aug 29
Southwest Logo
7:20 am - 12:40 pm
DSM
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TUS
7h 20m
2 stops
Southwest Logo
10:40 am - 8:45 pm
TUS
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DSM
8h 05m
2 stops
$343Southwest
Mon, Aug 24 - Wed, Aug 26
Southwest Logo
12:05 pm - 10:20 pm
DSM
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TUS
12h 15m
1 stop
Southwest Logo
11:10 am - 9:55 pm
TUS
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DSM
8h 45m
2 stops
$344Southwest
Thu, Nov 12 - Mon, Nov 16
Delta Logo
10:15 am - 10:56 pm
DSM
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TUS
13h 41m
2 stops
Delta Logo
2:30 pm - 9:24 pm
TUS
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DSM
5h 54m
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$348Delta
Sat, Sep 5 - Sat, Sep 12
Delta Logo
10:59 am - 8:33 pm
DSM
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TUS
11h 34m
2 stops
Delta Logo
6:35 am - 9:11 pm
TUS
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DSM
12h 36m
2 stops
$353Delta
Mon, Sep 14 - Wed, Sep 16
United Airlines Logo
5:21 pm - 8:35 pm
DSM
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TUS
5h 14m
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United Airlines Logo
9:15 am - 4:19 pm
TUS
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DSM
5h 04m
1 stop
$354United Airlines
Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for Des Moines to Arizona flights

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

How much is a round-trip flight from Des Moines to Arizona?

This analysis is based on the cheapest round-trip price found on KAYAK in the last 12 months by searching for a flight from Des Moines to Arizona departing in August.

Flight prices are below average for this route right now.

Flights to Arizona from Des Moines usually cost between $320 and $428 in August.
The lowest price found in the past 5 days was $169 on Multiple Airlines (Aug 23-Aug 27).

What is the cheapest Des Moines to Arizona flight route?

Data is based on round-trip flight searches on KAYAK over the past month.

The cheapest ticket to Arizona from Des Moines found in the last 5 days was to Phoenix, at $151 round-trip. The most popular route is from Des Moines (DSM) to Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl Airport (PHX), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $292.

What is the cheapest time of day to fly to Arizona?

The average price for all round-trip flights from Des Moines to Arizona depending on the time of departure, clicked by users on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

The cheapest time of day to fly to Arizona is generally at night, when round-trip flights cost $363 on average. Morning departures are around 17% more expensive than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Arizona is generally in the morning, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $434.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from Des Moines to Arizona?

The average round-trip price for all non-stop flights, flights with one layover, and flights with two layovers for the route found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

No, with an average price for the route of $325, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Des Moines to Arizona?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Des Moines to Arizona, 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 from Des Moines to Arizona is October, when tickets cost $299 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and July, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $430 and $427 respectively.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Des Moines to Arizona?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Des Moines to Arizona clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

If your flying dates are flexible, you should consider flying to Arizona on a Wednesday, as we generally find the cheapest rates on that day for this route. On the other hand, Monday is the most expensive day to fly from Des Moines to Arizona. For your return ticket, we recommend flying on a Wednesday and avoiding Sundays for the best deals.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Des Moines to Arizona?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Des Moines to Arizona, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below average price on the flight from Des Moines to Arizona, you should book around 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 20% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 17 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low season

August

Cheapest flight

$47
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 17% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 12% increase in price.
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FAQs - booking Arizona flights

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

    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 Des Moines to Arizona.

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

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

    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 from Des Moines to Arizona 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 from Des Moines to Arizona?

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

Top tips for finding cheap flights to Arizona

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found tickets from Des Moines to the following destinations at these prices or less: Las Vegas $136 one-way - $153 round-trip; Phoenix $233 one-way - $397 round-trip

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Des Moines to Arizona

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Des Moines to Arizona. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Des Moines to Arizona? 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.
8.0
SouthwestOverall score based on 4233 reviews
7.5Entertainment
8.6Crew
8.0Comfort
7.0Food
8.1Boarding
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I think Southwest is the number one airline that anyone can fly I have flown for the first time Frontier and what a joke and their customer service United was a very strange experience I'm only sticking to Southwest from here on out for sure

10.0 Excellentkelly, Jul 2026
SFO - PHX
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I think Southwest is the number one airline that anyone can fly I have flown for the first time Frontier and what a joke and their customer service United was a very strange experience I'm only sticking to Southwest from here on out for sure

The entire experience from boarding to landing was amazing! The crew were very friendly. Will definitely be back.

Delayed flight, lack of information, boarding process is a mess as is the carryon luggage causing issues when leaving the plane….just a poor experience.

Great flight from Seattle to Phoenix and to Chicago-Midway from Phoenix

It was good from LAX to Phoenix, But the connection in Phoenix to Tulsa was not that great. The staff on both flights were great. The choice of free entertainment was ok nothing to brag about. The 45 min delay because of some electrical issue wasn't great from Phoenix to Tulsa. We sat there with hardly any air, The seat I had was between windows so the side of the plane pushed in on you. My being a bigger man it then made the seating area uncomfortable. The seats on the plane had no power to connect to recharge your phone or anything. I would recommend that they should look into a slot or clamp to hold your phone to enjoy while watching the entertainment choices hands-free. Also make it possible to raise the inner seat by the window be able to raise the arm rest up to make more room for larger people to set more comfortably. I would also say other then that stop price gouging the airfare or nickel and diming everything. Not fair for people having to fly for emergencies and be paying for higher prices due to the season or holidays. Your making your money either way and the cost of flying is still going to be the same regardless if there's 100 people or 200 people.

Flight boarded late after announcing on time boarding. Flight arrived only a little late despite late departure. Had trouble connecting to WiFi

The Southwest experience has definitely taken a dive from its early days. You can no longer deferentiate from other airlines. Air travel is too expensive. Southwest is no longer budget friendly. They have lost me as a loyal customer.

Still need to work out the kinks on the new assigned seating boarding process. Otherwise, a very good flight.

Flight attendants very hospitable and friendly. Pilot flew a smooth take off and landing.

The wifi on the plane is great. The only issue that I have is that I prefer an aisle seat and on my trips this week, I was either in the middle or window. If we can work to secure aisle seating, I will be thrilled. Nice trip.

I liked the snacks and the flight attendants were friendly.

Other than a way way too cold cabinets for the entire flight, all was great

Crew seemed a bit cranky. No seatback screens. But boarding was efficient and on time and we arrived early.

Very rough getting into denver. my kid threw up it was so rough.

Liked that we left on time for each flight. Snacks not the best, but we're okay.

Absolute disaster. Rude, uncooperative staff. Staff ignores and pretends you don’t exist when you are asking them a question. Erroneous departure gate and baggage claim information. Equipment not working for purchase of drinks. Overly expensive baggage check-in fees. Overly crowded. Dirty airplane. Passengers coughing incessantly as if they were being gassed. Circled airport in flight several times and waited on the tarmac for 1.5 hours. The worst experience ever. Consider another industry. The travel industry is not for you.

The flight was mostly on time, smooth and deplaning was quick. Baggage was really quick at the claim. Comfort was so-so and I paid for economy plus. It was still too crowded and why was a family of 5 scattered all around the plane?

Original plane sidelined. Had to wait an hour for replacement.

Great! The plane was decently sized and comfortable. The staff was nice and there was great in flight entertainment

The plane was delayed 2 hours. The wifi did not work. The seat in first class was not comfortable because the bottom felt like it lost all of its padding. And I did not like when the flight attendant made me wait at my seat to use the bathroom and didn't tell me why. If there were too many people using the 1st Class bathroom, she should have told me to go in the back, coach bathrooms. I guess I have to feel fortunate that they found 2 local pilots to still fly the plane tonight after the original pilots ended up at an airport 60 miles away due to high winds.

It was poor a four hour delay and no explanation for the delay. What’s a 35 dollars going to do. It also made me miss my car rental,

It was on time. Flight was comfortable. Staff was nice. It was the way a flight should always be.

The price was the only good thing about this flight. It was scary during takeoff when the plane tilted side to side. It made me feel very nervous as I have never had a take-off that unsmooth. There was no on-flight movie or music options and the only complimentary option was water. Other airlines offer trail mix or a caramel cookie and pop options as complimentary. This flight was a 2.5 hour flight. I understand for shorter flights not having options, but a flight 2 hours or longer should offer more complimentary options and in flight entertainment. Also the seats did not recline and for a longer flight reclining seats are a must for comfort.

A very pleasant flight but it would be greatly improved with wifi to help entertain kids

This is a no frills, get it done, efficient airline. The seat is a lawn chair. You better bring your own entertainment. If you want something other than water you need to pay for it. But they will get you to your destination quickly, on time, and then they will turn the flight around and go right back where they came from. Reliably. Couple times a week tops. If it fits into your schedule, you can’t get there cheaper or faster.

I love how they show love to their customers and care about them too.

I didn't even take this flight. My plans changed and I couldn't get ahold of customer service and the website kept breaking down during the attempt to change the flight. I wound up taking another airline entirely and eating the cost.

I love that I can fly straight to Phoenix/Mesa on Allegiant without any layovers! I bundled my flight to include a couple of different perks, one being I got to pick my seat. I initially picked my seat, and then a week before I flew out, I got a notification I had to pick my seat again, which I did. When I got to the airport, I realized I still didn't have a seat assignment and needed to have the gate agent assign me a seat. What was the purpose of bundling if in the end, I didn't get to pick my seat? Also, bundling didn't include a carry-on so I ended up having to pay $33 extra for that so what would have been a $59 flight ended up being almost $180.

The seats on allegiant airline planes are very basic and don’t have much comfort. After only an hour of flying my butt was hurting a decent amount. But other than that, the crew was definitely entertaining and the flight was very smooth with take off and landing.

We had a 4-hour delay due to a maintenance issue. We boarded, deplaned, then boarded again.

American was the airline that Starlux contracted for this trip. I arrived in time to make the connecting flight on American, and then the baggage-handler debacle happened. For some reason, the first class and premium economy passengers' luggage was unloaded first. Never seen this happen before. They had handlers removing the bags from the carousel for those passengers. Meanwhile, all of the economy passengers were waiting for their bags, including me. And there were a lot of bags because it was an international flight packed full. While waiting for 45 minutes, my bag didn't show. Meanwhile, an American representative showed up asking if anyone has a connecting flight to Phoenix. Of course I spoke up, and they proceeded to try to find my bag because I had to take a bus to the actual terminal to catch my flight. Which I was not informed of before I arrived. After another 15 minutes of searching, my bag was finally found with the first-class passengers' bags because they had pulled it by mistake. So I rushed to the terminal with the American representative to catch my flight, and they informed me that I missed it and could not get another flight until the next day. Of course, after being on an international flight for 18 hours, I was in no mood to hear this. Now, to be fair, there were a few American employees who tried to help me. After hearing about the missed flight, they got a supervisor to talk to. I expressed my situation to the supervisor, and she was not helpful until I asked for compensation. She agreed to get me a hotel room for the night. So I agreed, and she disappeared into her office, and I waited. And waited. And waited. And waited. While waiting, I was asked by three different employees who knew of my situation if I had been helped. I told them I was waiting for the supervisor to get the hotel room, and they said they would check. Finally, after waiting for 75 minutes, one of the employees who had asked me if I had been helped arrived with my hotel room and arranged a ride to the hotel for me. Never saw the supervisor again. It was now 8 o'clock; I arrived at 5:45! My rebooked fight was scheduled for 6:11 this morning and I have now been informed it has been delayed until 10:00. So am I happy with American? NO I'M NOT!! ;

It was good overall but when I book my flight and seat through Kayak, AA will at times change those seats during check-in time which I don’t understand why. I always book aisle seats and had to sit at window for my flight to Austin this trip.

I was very unhappy with the lack of communication from the cockpit. It took close to a half an hour before we took off after the doors were closed, and we got no announcements as to progress. It would be nice to get some acknowledgement of the situation and updates as to when we are taking off.

American Airlines is a great dependable airline, on time arrival and departure with polite crew and staff.

Delayed flight due to maintenance and I have had multiple delayed flights due to maintenance in the last month plus

The plane was experiencing problems with the HVAC system, it was very cold in the front of the plane and very hot in the back.

In flight connectivity (via T-Mobile) was often not working.

Terrible. Internet/kiosk glitch prevented baggage checkin. Line at ticket co in Ter was under serviced and did not move. Agents did not call for flight but rather allowed time to pass. Then told each person as they reached the front if line that it was too late to check bags so they’d have to rebook flights. At least 15 people missed the flight as a result of this incompetence.

It was exactly what I expected, actually arriving sooner than scheduled.

Terrible, they canceled my flight due to an issue they had, couldn't fly me into the same place within 24 hrs so had to fly in 2.5 hrs away from my destination and spend even more money. The customer service was terrible (except at the airport in Charleston). Had to call to get my checked baggage fees reimbursed 2 wks later in which one customer service agent was very rude, wouldn't listen and then hung up on me. The second lady I spoke with was actually able to help me with that part thankfully. Would not recommend flying AA.

12 hour delay required getting on and off plane 3 times - would have at least liked to have been offered a snack or drink

They switched our terminal 3 times and we were delayed for four plus hours!!!

The flight never took off and we spent 7 hours at the airport

Gate not determined until I got to the airport - hard to plan the trip to the airport.

Very well recently! Frontier is improving and less harrassing customer on luggages! Positive!

Just know that everything, and I mean everything is “ala cart”. 60$ just to put something in the overhead bin. I will never fly Frontier again nor do I recommend them to anyone else.

This airline sucks. They offer low rates then charge you for everything, the app does not work well, the seats are the most uncomfortable. Maintenance issues on the flight, and you still have to sit through their credit card commercials. People are nice enough but does not make up for overall poor experience.

Flight was delayed one hour. Notification to the crowd waiting near the gate was terrible…announcements were unclear and very hard to hear and therefore understand. Frontier does NOT send texts to notify, only email. The reader board over the gate itself was NEVER updated to indicate the gate had been changed. It’s like a bunch of children are running things.

We’ve all seen the YouTube vids of out of control passengers. But this was an instance of a highly aggressive, bully flight attendant. Yelling in the face of a vet with PTSD who was texting their family. And no , we had not yet been instructed to put our phones in airplane mode. My suggestion is that you should pay whatever difference there is in order to avoid Frontier airlines. Additionally, after 3hrs trying to get customer service frontier offered a $25 voucher. I declined. This experience was so traumatic. To be verbally assaulted and abused by a flight attendant that has the power to say “boo” and I miss my flight ( which was to a family member’s funeral ). Frontier is unsafe and I cannot impress enough how much I discourage anyone ( esp those with any kind of disability like PTSD ) flying on Frontier.

We had to wait in line over an hour just to check our bags. It's a good thing we were so early to the airport. Only one clerk was working and the line was around the corner and down the hall. No good. I felt bad for her. Not sure how she kept her sanity with all the upset people. Then we get to our gate and there is no seating. Everyone was standing. Then I realize it is not a gate at all, we still have to be shuttled to our airplane. Ugh. Then we were late taking off and missed a window of opportunity before the airport runways were shut down for some reason. (not frontier's fault the runway shut down.) The seats on the airline are crammed and there is no cushion. Never had a tighter seating arrangement while flying. My 6' 4" husband was absolutely miserable the whole time with knees digging in to the seat in front of him. You think you are getting a good deal on a ticket, and then wham! I had to pay 75 dollars for our checked bags and 75 dollars for a carry on. No other airline does that!!! And also, there is a 40 pound weight limit on checked bags... Would have been cheaper flying with another airline, and I would have at least gotten a snack and drink. Was thankful for the tiny cup of water at least.

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