$101 Find Cheap Flights from Des Moines to Michigan

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Cheap Flights from Des Moines to Michigan

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids1 stop$260
Flint
Flint1 stop$340
Lansing
Lansing1 stop$289
Kalamazoo
Kalamazoo1 stop$278
Chicago
Chicagononstop$209
Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids1 stop$260
Flint
Flint1 stop$340
Lansing
Lansing1 stop$289
Kalamazoo
Kalamazoo1 stop$278
Chicago
Chicagononstop$209

Book Cheap Des Moines to Michigan 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 Michigan 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 Michigan

Tue, Sep 29 - Wed, Sep 30
United Airlines Logo
6:55 pm - 8:33 pm
DSM
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ORD
1h 38mnonstop
United Airlines Logo
12:50 pm - 2:15 pm
ORD
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DSM
1h 25mnonstop
$209United Airlines
Tue, Sep 29 - Wed, Sep 30
Southwest Logo
2:40 pm - 4:00 pm
DSM
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MDW
1h 20mnonstop
Southwest Logo
10:30 am - 11:50 am
MDW
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DSM
1h 20mnonstop
$210Southwest
Wed, Oct 14 - Wed, Oct 28
Delta Logo
10:55 am - 4:49 pm
DSM
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ORD
5h 54m
1 stop
Delta Logo
6:00 am - 10:20 am
ORD
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DSM
4h 20m
1 stop
$229Delta
Sat, Oct 17 - Wed, Oct 28
American Airlines Logo
6:07 pm - 7:50 pm
DSM
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ORD
1h 43mnonstop
American Airlines Logo
6:40 am - 8:07 am
ORD
-
DSM
1h 27mnonstop
$233American Airlines
Wed, Aug 5 - Fri, Aug 14
Frontier Logo
2:19 pm - 11:59 pm
DSM
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DTW
8h 40m
1 stop
Frontier Logo
7:40 am - 1:34 pm
DTW
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DSM
6h 54m
1 stop
$240Frontier
Thu, Aug 6 - Tue, Aug 18
Multiple Airlines Logo
5:12 pm - 8:02 am
DSM
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ORD
38h 50m
2 stops
Multiple Airlines Logo
9:48 pm - 1:31 pm
ORD
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DSM
15h 43m
1 stop
$245Multiple Airlines
Thu, Aug 6 - Tue, Aug 18
Multiple Airlines Logo
3:41 pm - 7:53 pm
DSM
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ORD
28h 12m
1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
9:48 pm - 1:31 pm
ORD
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DSM
15h 43m
1 stop
$248Multiple Airlines
Tue, Aug 4 - Sat, Aug 8
Delta Logo
6:00 am - 12:39 pm
DSM
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MDW
6h 39m
1 stop
Delta Logo
9:59 am - 2:04 pm
MDW
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DSM
4h 05m
1 stop
$252Delta
Wed, Jul 15 - Wed, Jul 15
American Airlines Logo
5:00 am - 6:36 am
DSM
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ORD
1h 36mnonstop
American Airlines Logo
10:31 pm - 12:01 am
ORD
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DSM
1h 30mnonstop
$253American Airlines
Fri, Aug 7 - Fri, Aug 14
Frontier Logo
2:19 pm - 11:59 pm
DSM
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DTW
8h 40m
1 stop
Frontier Logo
7:40 am - 1:34 pm
DTW
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DSM
6h 54m
1 stop
$270Frontier
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Des Moines to Michigan flights

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

What is the cheapest Des Moines to Michigan flight route?

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

The cheapest ticket to Michigan from Des Moines found in the last 5 days was to Detroit, at $277 round-trip. The most popular route is from Des Moines (DSM) to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $277.

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

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

The cheapest time of day to fly to Michigan is generally in the morning, when round-trip flights cost $474 on average. Morning departures are around 21% cheaper than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Michigan is generally in the afternoon, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $1,609.

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

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 $399 on average.

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

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Des Moines to Michigan, 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 Michigan is October, when tickets cost $147 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are January and March, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $615 and $419 respectively.

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

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

For Des Moines to Michigan, Friday is the cheapest day to fly on average and Monday is the most expensive. Flying from Michigan back to Des Moines, the best deals are generally found on Thursday, with Tuesday being the most expensive.

Good to know

Low seasonJanuary
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 57% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 9% lower on average.

FAQs - booking Michigan flights

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

    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 Michigan.

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

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

    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 Michigan 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 Michigan?

    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 Michigan 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 Michigan

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found tickets from Des Moines to the following destinations at these prices or less: Detroit $293 one-way - $378 round-trip; Chicago $213 one-way - $378 round-trip; Chicago $275 one-way - $431 round-trip

Reviews of the top 3 airlines serving from Des Moines to Michigan

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Des Moines to Michigan. 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 Michigan? 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.
7.9
DeltaOverall score based on 8396 reviews
7.2Food
7.8Entertainment
8.5Crew
7.8Comfort
8.1Boarding
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Got rerouted from a straight flight from Orlando to Atlanta to Knoxville to a flight from Orlando to Detroit to Knoxville! Seriously!! Flight delay out of Detroit! Long day for what should have been a pretty easy travel day!

6.0 GoodCynthia, Jun 2026
MCO - DTW
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Got rerouted from a straight flight from Orlando to Atlanta to Knoxville to a flight from Orlando to Detroit to Knoxville! Seriously!! Flight delay out of Detroit! Long day for what should have been a pretty easy travel day!

Boarding in Amsterdam is always chaotic. More complicated than needs to be ( boarding pass checked twice, once for general security, then by the airline). The bathrooms on this flight are dirty, and smelly. The food was mediocre at best The crew was decent

Didn't like sitting on the waiting pad for 30 minutes right after departing the gate. If you're going to do that, just don't board so people can still get up and walk around in the terminal. My luggage was damaged by the baggage handlers.

The gentleman at the gate I think his name is RIE was exceptional

I am writing to express my dissatisfaction with the poor service and unprofessional staff we encountered when traveling with an infant. Our flight was delayed, and the gate staff failed to manage the boarding process appropriately. Due to incorrect, unavailable, or missing 'pink tag' stroller and car seat check-in procedures at the gate, we were forced to board last. Furthermore, the gate staff was rude and dismissive, causing significant distress to our infant. To make matters worse, one of our checked items—an infant sleeper/lounger—was returned to us broken. Given the unsafe handling of essential equipment and unprofessional treatment, I expect a prompt resolution regarding compensation for the damaged items.

Loved the crew! Sucks that we went from 1 hour and 8 minute layover to a 3 hour layover. But weather sucks like that.

Everything could have benn better. Short fly, no food, no entertainment and no wifi.

On the return flight, flight attendant Britt went out of her way to inform passengers that several of us had tight connections.

Flight late, the waited for a long time for “personal” to arrive at gate to dock the plane in Rochester. So annoying. This flight was expected, why aren’t personel available for the jet bridge?

Kayak botched up the booking, i had to call delta and fix. In the process Delta failed to honor my comfort plus seat assignment that i had previously.

The entertainment is a bit limited, it would be better if they added some games to play besides the movies and tv shows. But the seats are comfortable and the crew is polite

This planes staff was top tier. Everything went great and had a great flight home.

Food was great. Staff was phenomenal. Seats were a bit hard and could use a lot more entertainment options as far as movies to choose from. WiFi was good. Overall great trip.

This was an overnight flight, and in the morning they did know coffee service. How you can throw passengers in a San Francisco airport at 5:40 a.m. in the morning and not giving them Coffee is a crime.

Our flight was delayed several Times due to mechanical issues. Although I understand this may happen at times, it was very inconvenient and we had to book a hotel for an overnight stay. We were traveling with my 3-yo grandson and waiting at the airport from noon until 6:30pm with no reassurance that our next rescheduled flight would depart, we had to decide what’s best for him. A day later, I found out that I may be able to demand compensation if my flight is delayed more than 4 hours. I will hav to read the fine print next time.

The pilot had to extend the flight time from san antonio to Houston to burn off fuel. This caused a lot of unnecessary stress since we had a tight connection to Aruba. And with no other flights going to Aruba we were worried about spending a night in Houston. We had to to run to our connection because of the flight crews mistake. Not happy.

Service was professional and quick. Premium economy seat was comfortable given the class

I'm a United 1K member and have ben for 10 years. The gate agent had no control over the boarding process and had us passengers queued for hours as delays were announced. On the plane, the overhead air nozzle was broken so col over was powering through on me and the passenger next to me. Not a great experience for a million miler on United. Feel free to contact me. Josh Smigel - DM426089

Like: departed and arrived on time. Unlike: Food options for purchase allways bad, 1 of 2 of the crew members not very friendly at all. Seats and leg room aweful. At this point I am thinking on switching to AA.

Over 5 hour delay with minimal updates or ability to standby for alternative flights. During boarding and 1 hr+ wait for takeoff, seats were drenched w water from air conditioning condensation and always leftover crumbs on carpet and seats

Awfully rude American worker at door when we started boarding flight. Then, walk into a blazing hot airplane with no air conditioning until twenty minutes into the flight. Free entertainment was non existent! My husband, along with the fellow passenger in our row, and I could not get entertainment to work, no WIFI! Really?? Been flying American a long time. Was very disappointed.

Flight was delayed by 6 hours... the level of incompetence was truly astounding. I won't be flying American Airlines again. I don't care if AA is direct and there is a layover with another airline, I'll take the layover.

Leave on time. We waited on the plane for hour hours and it was hot and smelly

Two hours delay, probably one hour because they didn’t bring catering and they had to bring water in board. There a change of aircraft. But delays galore at CLT so it must be a CLT and/or AA operation issue. The 1 hr additional delays because nobody could bring 2 packs of water sooner is probably the best example of this airline operates

Flight was delayed 5 hours. Initial reason for delay was 'maintenance' - which makes sense. Then, the additional 2 hours continued to say it was maintenance - when I know EWR had a 2 hour delay. AA did not say that. Additionally, when boarding, there was only one agent at the counter for a long time - until another came to help. After boarding, we had to wait another 45 minutes due to 'no catering'. So while we waited for catering, AA continued to board additional passengers - which seemed odd - and raised questions about what really was going on. I sat in First Class. During the flight, the flight crew allowed a significant number of non-First Class passengers to use the front bathroom - which created a very crowded environment in First Class which was uncomfortable. This also delayed First Class passengers from using the bathroom. Overall, horrible experience.

The Charleston, WV airport was cute. Very good staff and small enough to feel comfortable. The plane had more leg room than bigger planes. Much more comfortable.

Another uncoordinated American experience. Always surprises me at DFW for them of all places. Have to take this flight as there are no other good time options. We knew from the start that something was wrong, but the pilot wouldn't tell us. I just watched my Kayak app grow the delay by 10 minutes as it went to 3.5 hours. They were uncoordinated with maintenance (as maintenance, when finally arriving, knew within 15 minutes the plane wasn't going. No 'sorry' or 'this is what is going on' comment. The pilot seemed unfazed / didn't care about the process we were going through.

The seats. The seat in front of me was awful and when the guy sat down, it flew back and hit my head when I was putting my backpack under the seat, It didn't make for a pleasant experience,

I’ve got 31F seat and window seat . My 2 co passengers was AA crew members and they were very rude attitude and when I was going to use bathroom their gestures was very different and awkward and the guy beside me completely occupied the hand rest and I was really uncomfortable

The gate experience at LAX was abysmal (same for the arrival experience two days prior). Despite the LAX -> SAT schedule of two flights daily, our departure gate was at a smaller hub that we had to be bussed to from Terminal 4. Fortunately, I arrived at LAX extra early and had time to spare, but if I had not known, I might have missed my flight. I looked at the LAX airport map in the AA app and there was no indication of the additional boarding process. Lastly the gate area we were bussed to was crowded with limited food and beverage options. On flight, the fight attendant was hospitable and attentive, the flight was smooth, and AA's free (and working) wifi for AA members were all on the positive side.

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