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Cheap Flights from Des Moines to Japan

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Tokyo
Tokyo2 stops$846
Okinawa
Okinawa2 stops$917
Tokyo
Tokyo2 stops$846
Okinawa
Okinawa2 stops$917

Book Cheap Des Moines to Japan 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 Japan 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 Japan

Wed, Feb 25 - Sat, Mar 7
United Airlines Logo
5:30 am - 7:15 pm
DSM
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HND
22h 45m
2 stops
United Airlines Logo
9:15 pm - 11:42 pm
HND
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DSM
17h 27m
2 stops
$846United Airlines
Wed, Feb 25 - Wed, Mar 4
United Airlines Logo
5:30 am - 7:15 pm
DSM
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HND
22h 45m
2 stops
United Airlines Logo
10:25 am - 10:53 am
HND
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DSM
15h 28m
1 stop
$855United Airlines
Wed, Feb 25 - Wed, Mar 4
United Airlines Logo
5:30 am - 7:15 pm
DSM
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HND
22h 45m
2 stops
United Airlines Logo
9:15 pm - 11:43 pm
HND
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DSM
17h 28m
2 stops
$859United Airlines
Fri, Feb 27 - Fri, Mar 6
American Airlines Logo
6:32 am - 2:45 pm
DSM
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NRT
17h 13m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
5:30 pm - 11:48 pm
NRT
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DSM
21h 18m
1 stop
$906American Airlines
Mon, Mar 2 - Wed, Mar 11
ANA Logo
8:00 am - 11:00 pm
DSM
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OKA
24h 00m
2 stops
ANA Logo
9:00 pm - 1:23 pm
OKA
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DSM
54h 23m
2 stops
$917ANA
Mon, Mar 2 - Wed, Mar 11
American Airlines Logo
5:05 am - 6:30 pm
DSM
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HND
22h 25m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
1:05 pm - 2:32 pm
HND
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DSM
15h 27m
1 stop
$925American Airlines
Mon, Mar 2 - Wed, Mar 11
ANA Logo
8:00 am - 11:00 pm
DSM
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OKA
24h 00m
2 stops
ANA Logo
2:15 pm - 1:23 pm
OKA
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DSM
37h 08m
2 stops
$927ANA
Mon, Mar 2 - Wed, Mar 11
Delta Logo
6:50 am - 3:20 pm
DSM
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HND
17h 30m
1 stop
Delta Logo
4:25 pm - 8:45 pm
HND
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DSM
18h 20m
1 stop
$934Delta
Mon, Mar 2 - Wed, Mar 11
Multiple Airlines Logo
8:00 am - 11:00 pm
DSM
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OKA
24h 00m
2 stops
Multiple Airlines Logo
12:20 pm - 8:27 pm
OKA
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DSM
22h 07m
3 stops
$2,194Multiple Airlines
Sat, Mar 14 - Sat, Mar 21
Delta Logo
5:35 am - 5:05 pm
DSM
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OKA
45h 30m
2 stops
Delta Logo
6:05 pm - 4:33 pm
OKA
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DSM
36h 28m
2 stops
$2,443Delta
Booking Insights

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

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

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

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Des Moines to Japan, 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 Japan is February, when tickets cost $922 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and June, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $1,583 and $1,451 respectively.

Good to know

Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flight$598
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 25% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 14% increase in price.
Flight from Des Moines to Tokyo Narita Airport

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

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Des Moines to Japan? 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.
8.4
ANAOverall score based on 1080 reviews
8.5Boarding
7.9Entertainment
8.7Crew
8.2Comfort
7.7Food
Airline reviews

Cabin Crew was excellent. They took care of everything requested. Flight was good

10.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Jan 2026
ORD - HND
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Cabin Crew was excellent. They took care of everything requested. Flight was good

I didn’t know that my connecting flight from Japan to Hawaii was at a different airport - arrived in Haneda (ticket said Tokyo but didn’t notice the airport name) and had to get my bags and go out of immigration and back in to go to Narita airport 2 hours away. Such a hassle and SOOO confusing and complicated. Check your airports IN ADVANCE and NEVER book if you have to change airports. 40+ years of flying and first time had this. Never again. ANA is great but booking agencies will sell you a connection that you have a good chance of missing - even under the best circumstances.

I was charged $200 for a 2nd checked bag, which is unreasonably high and feels like price gouging. Other than that the experience was excellent.

The ROOM was great. We would love to have it on all of our flights. LOL

I would prefer to fly with Japanese airlines over American ones. They have better food and service overall

I was too late to get onto this flight. Kayak shouldn't let you book a connecting international to domestic flight when flying ANA. Your domestic flight could be in a different terminal and you won't make it because you have to go through immigration and customs.

United Airlines crew members do not know how to deal with emergency situation that caused our flight delay. For example, they should have asked the maintenance or seat belt repair personnel to come and fix the seat belt while they were looking for a volunteer to book another flight.

I always take ANA because of the great service and overall experience.

Tokyo Haneda to transport was so bad too short time . and find out way to the gate was so bad. I almost missed flight. because confused. They need more great way tell us how to get there details

Entertainment and food is best. I love to use ana for a lots japanese movies…. Food was best

The flights were on time and the cabin crew were very nice. The only downside was that the food was not good.

Good pilot and crew. No food or beverage on this flight Entertainment is via own device thru plane's wifi.

My plans changed and I tried to cancel or change the flight for credit but was giving the run around and denied . Not great

Excellent service, excellent food and beverage options, plenty of leg room

Checking in as an international flyer is a bit tedious

I was so hungry , from Boston to Tokyo, only 2 big food .

It was okay, short flight so nothing much to comment.

The crew was nice, the food could be better, and at least 2 bathroom stalls were out of service.

The crew was attentive and provided everything I needed. The food in business class was excellent.

Good experience for economy transpacific. Reasonable comfortable seats. Food was not as good as I expected or had on other prior transpacific flights but likely attribute that to rising cost of supplies. Staff is courteous. Overall, very good.

Delta One is extraordinary. I fly business when somebody hires me. I just wonder why there is such a chasm between business class and the insanely inhumane and nonsensical coach. The seats are not large enough to fit even my tiny wife. We fly 10% of what we did because we don’t want to pay 5-10 k but for $400 it’s unbearable. It seems like the accountants took over and made stupid decisions. Screw in 20 extra seats and make it so unbearable that people fly 90% less. Just put the damn price up and put some proper chairs in. But business, yay.

Timing, quality of service, promptness and courtesy of the staff

It was last minute due to weather - considering - it was amazing! Good smiles, friendly staff and they were making sure we knew what was going on when and where.

delta last minute gave me a boarding pass for a different flight with no confirmation that they were changing it

The flight was comfortable and uneventful, which is what I desire

The service from the flight attendants were of supreme quality. They greeted and treated everyone with a wide smile. This is totally absent nowadays. Kudos to them!!!!

Excellent flight and got us around tough weather. Only issue was seat TV did not work and crew tried to reboot.

Very large passenger too space from my own seat. Arm board couldn’t be lowered because of his size. It wads very uncomfortable trip, as the flight was full couldn’t move anywhere having back pain because of the position in which I was the entire flight.

was sitting in the jet bridge for 10 minutes in -20 degree weather waiting for my bag

Outdated equipment in disrepair, wifi inoperable. Broken seats, taped air vents, generally poor condition, the 717 showed its age and lack of upkeep.

I was fully checked in the prior night and i was unchecked and then didn’t have a seat when I boarded. Instead of an aisle seat, I was out in the middle seat of the very last row of the plane.

In overall it was a good experience, the only down point was that the entertainment screen was working properly.

A great experience with excellent service by the crew and attention in assisting the passengers.

HORRIBLE, my initial flight was cancelled, they made me pay $200 extra dollars and that got cancelled as well! After 6 cancellations I decided to get a refund because I needed to get home to my babies. Out of $1000+ dollars they offered me only $40 in refund! Totally unacceptable! The flight that they cancelled I was able to fly it on another airline. I had to spend $400 on one way tickets just to get home! I’m still getting the runaround.

First class ticket gets you a choice of chips or nuts. . Just like economy Southwest. Also no screen in the seats. This is first class???!

Seated dude next to me even though lots of empty rows. But main thing was we sat on the tarmac after landing for 30 minutes because of, in the words of the dude who sat next to me, “operational incompetence”. We got changing directions about where to pick up gate checked bags. Pilot and flight attendant were awesome though.

The food was terrible this time. Otherwise pleasant, quiet, on-time.

It was a pretty standard flight... until the almost hour and a half spent on the taxi way. I get that the weather has been poor but the delay had nothing to do with the weather and more to do with a plane with several issues tying up the gate. I get that that happens from time to time but this has been EVERY flight I've been on for the past 5 years and I fly 3 to 5 times a year. This isn't just United... it's American, it's Delta. It's an issue with the entire industry. I work for UPS and packages on a cargo plane get better service than people do these days. Anymore I HATE flying.

Flight arrived 30 min early and bag was waiting at the baggage pickup. United Club HNL was one of the nicest in the system

Unfortunately weather delayed our flight waiting for our plane to arrive and due to a little snow time was needed to deice the plane so departure was very delayed and I missed the connecting flight

It would be nice to have some low carb options in the snacks.

I was trying to take 2 one and a half hour one way trips and I experienced almost 20 delays over the course of those two trips. Only a few of them were due to weather the rest was disorganization

No gates avail at DFW so our incoming had to wait 30 mins for a plane to push back because they Had mechanical. We boarded 90 mins delayed and then we had a mechanical. Come on American…do better. Also at my seat the tray table had not been cleaned. Floor had not been cleaned. But captain and flight Att were very picture and apologetic.

Crew was helpful and cheerful especially when they had no refreshments to work with. The plane was never serviced and had nothing but limited water and coffee onboard. For the price point, a concern of services.

Flight was smooth, quick and felt safe. The 2 delays not happening would have been better but I guess that happens in the airline industry

Flight was canceled. I asked to be rerouted to OKC and then took an Uber.

AA did not allow to board a flight because my connecting flight from DFW had been canceled. I got on another flight to another city. No service on the plane and I did not use their entertainment system.

On time on a day with lots of weather cancellations on other flights. Thank you for getting me home during a winter storm!

Don't change gate multiple times make people run across the airport. Announce delays in a timely manner. Have maintenance crew ready. Don't delay and keep passengers on the plane for 3 hrs. on tarmac.

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.

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