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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$279
Flint
Flint1 stop$312
Lansing
Lansing1 stop$299
Kalamazoo
Kalamazoo1 stop$288
Chicago
Chicago1 stop$207
Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids1 stop$279
Flint
Flint1 stop$312
Lansing
Lansing1 stop$299
Kalamazoo
Kalamazoo1 stop$288
Chicago
Chicago1 stop$207

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.
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Recent round-trip flight deals from Des Moines to Michigan

Sun, Sep 6 - Thu, Sep 10
Multiple Airlines Logo
1:58 pm - 7:29 am
DSM
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ORD
17h 31m
1 stop
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7:25 am - 7:57 pm
ORD
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DSM
12h 32m
1 stop
$207Multiple Airlines
Thu, Sep 10 - Thu, Sep 17
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1:58 pm - 1:30 pm
DSM
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ORD
23h 32m
1 stop
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7:25 am - 7:57 pm
ORD
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DSM
12h 32m
1 stop
$226Multiple Airlines
Thu, Sep 10 - Thu, Sep 17
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1:58 pm - 1:30 pm
DSM
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ORD
23h 32m
1 stop
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7:25 am - 7:57 pm
ORD
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DSM
12h 32m
1 stop
$227Multiple Airlines
Thu, Aug 20 - Mon, Aug 24
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7:49 pm - 9:37 pm
DSM
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ORD
1h 48mnonstop
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8:26 am - 9:56 am
ORD
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DSM
1h 30mnonstop
$236American Airlines
Mon, Oct 5 - Thu, Oct 15
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7:52 pm - 9:30 pm
DSM
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ORD
1h 38mnonstop
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7:15 am - 8:54 am
ORD
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DSM
1h 39mnonstop
$236American Airlines
Thu, Sep 10 - Thu, Sep 17
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7:58 pm - 9:47 pm
DSM
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ORD
1h 49mnonstop
American Airlines Logo
3:50 pm - 5:26 pm
ORD
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DSM
1h 36mnonstop
$236American Airlines
Wed, Aug 26 - Wed, Sep 2
United Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 7:36 am
DSM
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ORD
1h 36mnonstop
United Airlines Logo
10:45 am - 12:20 pm
ORD
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DSM
1h 35mnonstop
$237United Airlines
Thu, Sep 3 - Tue, Sep 22
United Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 7:36 am
DSM
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ORD
1h 36mnonstop
United Airlines Logo
12:54 pm - 2:20 pm
ORD
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DSM
1h 26mnonstop
$237United Airlines
Sat, Oct 10 - Mon, Oct 12
Delta Logo
12:25 pm - 7:07 pm
DSM
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GRR
5h 42m
1 stop
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6:31 pm - 9:02 pm
GRR
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DSM
3h 31m
1 stop
$279Delta
Wed, Oct 7 - Mon, Oct 12
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6:00 am - 1:23 pm
DSM
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GRR
6h 23m
1 stop
Delta Logo
6:31 pm - 9:02 pm
GRR
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DSM
3h 31m
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$279Delta
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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.

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

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 Michigan departing in August.

Flight prices are below average for this route right now.

Flights to Michigan from Des Moines usually cost between $374 and $419 in August.
The lowest price found in the past 5 days was $275 on Frontier (Aug 12-Aug 17).

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 $316 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 $316.

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 $483 on average. Morning departures are around 23% 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 September, when tickets cost $389 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are January and April, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $639 and $599 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 Monday being the most expensive.

Good to know

Low season

January

Cheapest flight

$82
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 38% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 3% lower on average.
Flight from Des Moines to Grand Rapids

FAQs - booking Michigan flights

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

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    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 $211 one-way - $450 round-trip; Chicago $203 one-way - $378 round-trip; Chicago $221 one-way - $393 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.
7.8
DeltaOverall score based on 8486 reviews
8.1Boarding
7.8Entertainment
8.5Crew
7.8Comfort
7.2Food
Airline reviews

Delta staff was exceptionally helpful and considerate. However, the first two of three flight legs were delayed making connections tentative and stressful.

6.0 GoodAnonymous, Jul 2026
GSP - DTW
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Delta staff was exceptionally helpful and considerate. However, the first two of three flight legs were delayed making connections tentative and stressful.

Unprepared to rebook a flight of people. Uncommunicative. When I received updates in the app it was well after the announcement in the hold room. Offered a single $12 meal voucher, not enough for a sandwich at DEN, for a 17 hour delay. No one was able to explain their meal or hotel reimbursement policy for this cancellation, just handed a card to call the Help desk. My previous flight went through several delays and was finally cancelled, without explanation. The customer help desk closed while there was a long line. I then waited in line for a gate agent almost an hour while simultaneously on hold and trying to text with a remote Delta agent. Communicating with the text agent was almost impossible; they could not find any flights that got me back to my original city before the following evening. Kept offering itineraries that did not get me back to my origin airport or involved additional layovers. In 50 minutes on hold, never got through to an agent by phone. Finally spoke to one of the gate agents who was able to rebook on a red eye that had only one stop and got me back in the afternoon the next day, rather than late evening. Later by email, Delta offered 10,000 loyalty points for the inconvenience of the cancellation. The crew on the red eye flight were delightful. I don’t remember any food or entertainment on that flight.

Easy on easy off and the staff onboard were wonderful. Left on time, arrived a bit early.

No entertainment on flight, no food service, could not connect to WiFi

The flight was mostly smooth and direct (although it was 2 hours late). The glow of the flight attendant’s phone was annoying as I tried to sleep on this midnight flight.

The plane was not clean. Vomit was removed from seat-back pocket right in front of me. The flight attendants were rude to one another. 3 children were seated together with their parents across the aisle. The children fought physically with one slamming another’s head into the plane wall at one point. The parents were aware, but took no action to intervene. Delays occurred in Atlanta after boarding before takeoff, in the air, and in Detroit after landing (no ground crew assigned). Flight attendants offered no support for connecting flights. There were weather conditions on each end of the flight, but I didn’t mark down my ratings for these.

We had a great experience with Delta. They helped us from the start at the kiosk all the way to our final destination, including help reassigning and upgrading our seats free of charge at the gates, escorts with the wheelchair for my brother and even getting our luggage at baggage claim for us. I also had special help because I forgot my pillow on the plane. The wheelchair escort contacted for associates at the check-in desk all the way back to the plane and retrieved my pillow for me.

Very good flight. Crew was great. No issues and we even arrived early.

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!

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.

1 flight cancelled Had to fly out of different city Flight at new departure city was delayed 3 hours causing us to miss connecting flights. By the time we did make it to Prague our luggage did not. Had to wait day and a half for luggage to be delivered. Customer service was not good. Agents did not arrive at gate until 5-10 minutes before boarding

It was better than excellent. The staff in Mason City were great. The young woman that pushed my wheelchair did more than could be expected of her. She came from India 17 years ago. I don't remember her name.

Not enough veg food available for passengers. I actually did not get the veg food and was told it was over, and I starved the entire flight duration.

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

Plane was was better than th YVR to ORD flight but was a fraction of the distance. Fly your better planes on longer distance flights.

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

In this flight we had selected seating for our family in the middle of the plane in a 2x2 format. The airline changed them to the very back row of the plane and split them to 3x1. Why pay for seats that allow seat selection if the airline will just move them to the worst seats in the plane?

The flight was canceled. Got rebooked to Chicago and when we arrived our luggage where to there. They were going to our original destination the day after. They would not deliver them to our house. We had to go pick them up.

Upgrade planes to have larger overhead bins, especially on this popular route and first class. Easy flight to Chicago, good service in first class. Can't wait for seatback entertainment to be brought back. I like the free wifi and messaging with T-Mobile. Although, the tray tables are not big enough to work even on a small laptop - so why is it called "business" class? Flight attendant said that the flight was too short to even serve water. I've flown that route several times, and that is the first time I ever heard that. No chargers in the seats. Rough landing.

I had requested wheelchair assistance prior to flight. The airport staff had no record of it. It was not provided at Cedar Rapids which was a small airport, so I managed on my own. At O'Hare airport the same thing happened. The staff told me they had no record of my request for a wheel chair. But they finally provided it after a delay when I insisted that I needed it.

Ninth consecutive American flight I have been on that was delayed

I rated the experience "mediocre" because of the 2 hour delay in take off. This is the 4th flight from DFW on AA where there was a delay and in one of the instances (after 13 delays), the flight was cancelled. I understand weather but for the March 18th flight, there was no weather issue in Dallas or Detroit. I called Concierge Key and they were wonderful, booking me on a later flight in case my flight was cancelled. I have flown with American for many years and never has there been this consistent pattern of delays. Very disappointing.

My carry on baggage was damaged. Entire trip, I had to carry the baggage. When complained to the boarding crew, they got mad at me and still asked me to valet check in the cabin baggage. Rude boarding crew!!!

Experience was good. We were delayed in leaving by 15 mins because the flight was waiting on a family that was late in getting to the gate. Food and drink options were as expected. I highly recommend checking in ahead of time using the airline’s app so that it’s quicker to get your luggage tags as soon as you arrive at the terminal. No more waiting in long lines!

It took way too long to diagnose and solve the problem of a broken crew member cabin seat. Though compensation for the volunteer who left the flight was very kind.

The AA staff person who checked our bags was curt and almost rude. The FA also seemed unhappy doing her job. Overall it was like riding the school bus back in grade school.

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.

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