$385 Find Cheap Flights from Des Moines to The Big Island

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Cheap Flights from Des Moines to The Big Island

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Kailua-Kona
Kailua-Kona2 stops$680
Hilo
Hilo2 stops$830
Kailua-Kona
Kailua-Kona2 stops$680
Hilo
Hilo2 stops$830

Book Cheap Des Moines to The Big Island 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 The Big Island 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 The Big Island

Sun, Apr 26 - Sun, May 3
Delta Logo
6:10 am - 7:03 pm
DSM
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KOA
17h 53m
2 stops
Delta Logo
10:07 pm - 10:16 am
KOA
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DSM
31h 09m
2 stops
$680Delta
Tue, Apr 21 - Mon, Apr 27
American Airlines Logo
5:00 am - 2:26 pm
DSM
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KOA
14h 26m
2 stops
American Airlines Logo
9:55 pm - 1:47 pm
KOA
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DSM
10h 52m
1 stop
$690American Airlines
Tue, Apr 21 - Mon, Apr 27
American Airlines Logo
5:00 am - 2:26 pm
DSM
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KOA
14h 26m
2 stops
American Airlines Logo
9:55 pm - 5:43 pm
KOA
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DSM
14h 48m
2 stops
$695American Airlines
Tue, Apr 21 - Mon, Apr 27
American Airlines Logo
5:25 am - 2:26 pm
DSM
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KOA
14h 01m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
9:55 pm - 1:47 pm
KOA
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DSM
10h 52m
1 stop
$730American Airlines
Mon, Apr 27 - Mon, May 4
American Airlines Logo
6:56 pm - 11:45 am
DSM
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KOA
21h 49m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
1:22 pm - 6:25 pm
KOA
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DSM
24h 03m
1 stop
$734American Airlines
Tue, Apr 21 - Mon, Apr 27
American Airlines Logo
5:00 am - 2:26 pm
DSM
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KOA
14h 26m
2 stops
American Airlines Logo
9:55 pm - 1:47 pm
KOA
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DSM
10h 52m
1 stop
$736American Airlines
Tue, Apr 21 - Mon, Apr 27
American Airlines Logo
6:56 pm - 11:45 am
DSM
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KOA
21h 49m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
9:55 pm - 1:47 pm
KOA
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DSM
10h 52m
1 stop
$741American Airlines
Tue, May 5 - Wed, May 6
United Airlines Logo
5:17 pm - 12:00 pm
DSM
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KOA
23h 43m
2 stops
United Airlines Logo
11:04 pm - 8:16 pm
KOA
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DSM
16h 12m
2 stops
$774United Airlines
Tue, May 5 - Wed, May 6
United Airlines Logo
1:35 pm - 9:33 pm
DSM
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ITO
12h 58m
2 stops
United Airlines Logo
10:56 am - 10:50 am
ITO
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DSM
18h 54m
2 stops
$830United Airlines
Thu, Sep 10 - Tue, Sep 15
Multiple Airlines Logo
8:29 am - 7:23 pm
DSM
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ITO
15h 54m
3 stops
Multiple Airlines Logo
1:25 pm - 1:42 pm
ITO
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DSM
19h 17m
2 stops
$1,128Multiple Airlines
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Des Moines to The Big Island flights

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

Can I save money by flying with a layover from Des Moines to The Big Island?

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 $336, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Des Moines to The Big Island?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Des Moines to The Big Island, 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 The Big Island is February, when tickets cost $633 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and June, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $1,463 and $961 respectively.

Good to know

Low seasonOctober
Cheapest flight$385
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 4% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 5% increase in price.
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FAQs - booking The Big Island flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Des Moines to The Big Island?

    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 The Big Island.

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

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

    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 The Big Island 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 The Big Island?

    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 The Big Island 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 Des Moines to The Big Island

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Des Moines to The Big Island. 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 The Big Island? 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 9431 reviews
7.7Boarding
7.3Comfort
6.6Food
8.1Crew
7.1Entertainment
Airline reviews

United is one airline which regardless of how many separate United tickets in existence, if one flight breaks down, the airline will take care of all the flights.

10.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Mar 2026
TPA - IAD
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United is one airline which regardless of how many separate United tickets in existence, if one flight breaks down, the airline will take care of all the flights.

Both our flights were delayed. Almost didn’t get in the second flight. Staff was rude to the bone.

Both my flight where delayed Had 25min to make it to my transfer flight

Everything was on time and service on the flight was great!

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 .

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’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.

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.

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