$58 Find Cheap Flights from Des Moines to Colorado

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Cheap Flights from Des Moines to Colorado

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Denver
Denvernonstop$126
Grand Junction
Grand Junction1 stop$251
Durango
Durango1 stop$260
Hayden
Hayden1 stop$251
Gunnison
Gunnison1 stop$321
Vail
Vail1 stop$309
Denver
Denvernonstop$126
Grand Junction
Grand Junction1 stop$251
Durango
Durango1 stop$260
Hayden
Hayden1 stop$251
Gunnison
Gunnison1 stop$321
Vail
Vail1 stop$309

Book Cheap Des Moines to Colorado 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 Colorado 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.
Discover the best prices for you by selecting your travel dates on KAYAK.

Recent round-trip flight deals from Des Moines to Colorado

Mon, Apr 20 - Mon, Apr 27
Frontier Logo
2:04 pm - 3:13 pm
DSM
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DEN
2h 09mnonstop
Frontier Logo
10:25 am - 1:09 pm
DEN
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DSM
1h 44mnonstop
$126Frontier
Fri, Apr 10 - Mon, Apr 13
Frontier Logo
8:14 pm - 9:23 pm
DSM
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DEN
2h 09mnonstop
Frontier Logo
4:30 pm - 7:14 pm
DEN
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DSM
1h 44mnonstop
$136Frontier
Fri, Apr 24 - Mon, Apr 27
Frontier Logo
2:04 pm - 3:13 pm
DSM
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DEN
2h 09mnonstop
Frontier Logo
10:25 am - 1:09 pm
DEN
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DSM
1h 44mnonstop
$138Frontier
Sat, Mar 28 - Wed, Apr 1
Southwest Logo
6:45 am - 10:05 am
DSM
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HDN
4h 20m
1 stop
Southwest Logo
8:25 am - 1:15 pm
HDN
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DSM
3h 50m
1 stop
$251Southwest
Sat, Apr 18 - Tue, Apr 21
American Airlines Logo
6:26 pm - 10:41 pm
DSM
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GJT
5h 15m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
4:58 pm - 11:16 pm
GJT
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DSM
5h 18m
1 stop
$251American Airlines
Sat, Apr 18 - Tue, Apr 21
American Airlines Logo
12:03 pm - 10:41 pm
DSM
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GJT
11h 38m
2 stops
American Airlines Logo
4:58 pm - 11:16 pm
GJT
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DSM
5h 18m
1 stop
$256American Airlines
Thu, May 7 - Sun, May 10
United Airlines Logo
5:17 pm - 9:06 pm
DSM
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DRO
4h 49m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
10:30 am - 4:15 pm
DRO
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DSM
4h 45m
1 stop
$260United Airlines
Wed, Apr 29 - Sat, May 2
United Airlines Logo
5:17 pm - 8:46 pm
DSM
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COS
4h 29m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
11:43 am - 7:26 pm
COS
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DSM
6h 43m
1 stop
$275United Airlines
Wed, Apr 29 - Sat, May 2
Southwest Logo
6:55 am - 4:10 pm
DSM
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COS
10h 15m
2 stops
Southwest Logo
1:10 pm - 8:55 pm
COS
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DSM
6h 45m
1 stop
$290Southwest
Tue, Apr 28 - Tue, May 5
Delta Logo
2:44 pm - 8:20 pm
DSM
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COS
6h 36m
1 stop
Delta Logo
6:15 am - 3:41 pm
COS
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DSM
8h 26m
2 stops
$310Delta
Booking Insights

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

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

What is the cheapest Des Moines to Colorado flight route?

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

The cheapest ticket to Colorado from Des Moines found in the last 72 hours was to Denver, at $139 round-trip. The most popular route is from Des Moines (DSM) to Denver (DEN), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $139.

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

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

The cheapest time of day to fly to Colorado is generally at night, when round-trip flights cost $206 on average. Morning departures are around 13% more expensive than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Colorado is generally in the morning, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $448.

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

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.

Yes, flying with a layover may cost you more time, but you can also save money on the route, with a 2 stops layover the cheapest option at $270 on average.

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

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Des Moines to Colorado, 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 Colorado is September, when tickets cost $158 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and January, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $278 and $277 respectively.

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

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

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

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

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 Colorado, 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 Colorado, you should book around 2 weeks before departure, which saves you about 4% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 5 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flight$58
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 7% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 4% lower on average.
Flight from Des Moines to Denver

FAQs - booking Colorado flights

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

    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 Colorado.

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

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

    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 Colorado 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 Colorado?

    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 Colorado 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 Colorado

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found tickets from Des Moines to the following destinations at these prices or less: Denver $187 one-way - $291 round-trip

Reviews of the top 4 airlines serving from Des Moines to Colorado

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Des Moines to Colorado. 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 Colorado? 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 4320 reviews
7.0Food
8.1Boarding
7.5Entertainment
8.6Crew
8.0Comfort
Airline reviews

We had a 5 hour delay on the tarmac in Baltimore

2.0 MediocreDavid, Mar 2026
ALB - BWI
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We had a 5 hour delay on the tarmac in Baltimore

Long layover between flights to Long Island from BWI - need better coordination between flights

I elected to pay for the upgrades and found very little difference

The new seating arrangement is so over priced for what you get.

The problem with the seat assignments is that there were a lot of rows in the front that were empty but my row at the back was full. Just not so pleasant.

No food or entertainment, just a quick 40 minute flight. A little bumpy due to Santa Ana winds but pilot has no control over that. Good flight and landing!

Good but I prefer choose your own seat. With the new assigned seats they should board from the back I see no advantage to this new boarding. Just like every other airline

I realize they are still working out kinks with the new boarding process, but by the time I boarded in group 5, most of the bins were full. All airlines should better enforce small bags and jackets going under the seats until everyone has boarded.

WiFi was not working and didn’t have a beverage service

Snacks are always pretzels. Why can't you also offer peanuts ?

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.

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

We got delayed three hours and nobody thought to have the bathroom fixed while we were sitting waiting to board? took a full hour to have maintenance come and check it off. Had to shut the bathroom down twice so that the pilots could go to the bathroom. Everyone missed their connections.

Women boarding passengers at the gate was absolutely rude and disrespectful of passengers. The flight attendant was absolutely delightful! Smiling and connected with the passengers. So happy. The seats are cramped and uncomfortable but I guess that’s just the way it is Communication regarding flight was excellent

As great a red-eye flight as red-eye flights can be.

Both of my flights arrived early and check in process was smooth

Everything was on time Will use united again for sure

The flight was delayed by two de-icings. The seatbelt did not work correctly. It did not stay tight.

Hotter than Hades in August. Why, why do crews think that in the winter when we are already dressed for cold weather we need a cabin that is 82 degrees. Even the vents were blowing hot air.

Flight was delayed. De-icing took a while. When we landed had to wait for another plane to vacate our gate. Just an overall bad experience.

Delay after delay with little communication then AA lost my luggage and at airport would not assist just said scan this QR code to track your luggage and submit a claim. However QR code provided did not work so have to go back to airport

After changing the departure gate 5 times making us mo e from one side of the airport to the other and then back the flight was delayed nearly 2 hours. The male flight attendant had a bad attitude with the guest being condescending, disrespectful with people who were already on edge.

Easy boarding. Rows are smaller but that may be an older and bigger me now :)

It would have been nice if American tried to care.

American Airlines did everything they could with the high Spring Break crowd. I was frustrated to be changed from 1st class to a middle seat at the back of the plane. This has happened before, not sure booking 1st class and paying the extra actually works.

I booked 1st class, my flights were changed and I was sitting in the middle at the back of the plane. A far cry from the 1st class I purchased for my flights. I am grateful I arrived on time.

There was no beverage service and the only time I saw a crew member walk through the cabin is when we were preparing to land.

Our flight was delayed 3 times and this is why I am giving such low reviews. Everything else was okay but being in the airport at 4:30pm for my initial flight at 7pm to not leave until after 9:30pm is insane,

Flights were constantly delayed. CRW took 50 minutes to get bags

Flight has been delayed every time I've ever taken it. Seats uncomfortable. Children behind me yelling the entire flight. Some of this is out of their control but overall just consistently not a great experience.

More inflight connection. And leg space is horrible. And the paying for baggage I'd ridiculous!!!

My flight was originally from SAT to MCO connecting from MCO to ORD. We got diverted to ATL and than Frontier staff there was sooo un helpful first they said they couldn’t give us any accommodation since our flight first got delayed that cancelled and now it’s 221am and I am still in ATL since they said they need to create a new flight my final destination is ORD and I have been delayed twice and cancelled. With no real help the frontier app didn’t work no email updates over all such a horrible experience

It was costly and difficult to check in. $85 to take a small suitcase with me, carry on or checked and $75 on the return trip, Plus $25 if I didn't check my self in check in $25, because I couldn't do it on the kiosk. Small very uncomfortable seats, waited on the runway for near an hour each way. It was my worst flight to date.

Due to weather, my flight was delayed, further delayed, then canceled. I eventually got through to a support person who helped me find a different route out of MSP, but to get to DIA, they didn't want to, but eventually did help with the connection ticket purchase. But even this replacement flight was delayed time and time again, and I would have missed my connecting flights and I didn't want to get stuck in a layover city, so after 12 hours at the airport with two young boys who were very tired, we just cancelled our plans and spent the week at home, instead of Nana's.

I knew going into this that Frontier, being a low cost carrier, would be pretty bare bones and charge for most extras but this was made up for by the fact that the airplane was a reasonably new Airbus, every employee was great and best of all, Everett Washington is an amazing airport - thanks Frontier for flying there!!!

Seats were new and comfortable. Staff was fine. Missed my connection due to weather -which wasn’t their fault- but got no help at all. Gate staff sent me to customer service, which was and stayed unstaffed. Sign with QR code directed me to call or chat. Chat was useless. Call was returned after an hour. No itinerary offered by Frontier could get me home in less than 30 hours. Rebooked with another airline and got a partial refund that came to about 10 percent of what I paid to get home.

The experience was good. No frills but I got there safe and sound and on time.

As every law enforcement agency I could imagine surrounded the plane and we didn’t disembark for 2 hours and then had to stick around for another hour to go get our personal belongings after leaving them behind and being bused away from the plane, it was scary and inconvenient. We were given no information as to why this was happening. Lack of communication with passengers was disappointing.

Frontier Airlines was AWFUL. I was an hour early for my flight and the lady refused to check me in. I had to purchase a whole new ticket with a different airline.

Late, terrible communication, horrible planning of passenger seating until the literal last minute. One of the worst flying experiences of my life. Y'all suck

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