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Cheap Flights from Des Moines to North America

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
New York
Newarknonstop$137
Orlando
Orlandononstop$186
Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$159
Las Vegas
Las Vegasnonstop$160
Chicago
Chicago2 stops$163
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$181
Miami
Miami1 stop$173
Boston
Bostonnonstop$79
Washington, D.C.
Baltimore1 stop$230
Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdalenonstop$111
Denver
Denvernonstop$102
Seattle
Seattle1 stop$220
Atlanta
Atlanta1 stop$181
Dallas
Dallas1 stop$171
Phoenix
Phoenix1 stop$245
Tampa
Tampa1 stop$182
Houston
Houston1 stop$228
Cancún
Cancún1 stop$261
Honolulu
Honolulu1 stop$554
San Diego
San Diego1 stop$126
New York
Newarknonstop$137
Orlando
Orlandononstop$186
Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$159
Las Vegas
Las Vegasnonstop$160
Chicago
Chicago2 stops$163
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$181
Miami
Miami1 stop$173
Boston
Bostonnonstop$79
Washington, D.C.
Baltimore1 stop$230
Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdalenonstop$111
Denver
Denvernonstop$102
Seattle
Seattle1 stop$220
Atlanta
Atlanta1 stop$181
Dallas
Dallas1 stop$171
Phoenix
Phoenix1 stop$245
Tampa
Tampa1 stop$182
Houston
Houston1 stop$228
Cancún
Cancún1 stop$261
Honolulu
Honolulu1 stop$554
San Diego
San Diego1 stop$126

Book Cheap Des Moines to North America 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 North America 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 North America

Wed, Jun 3 - Fri, Jun 5
Frontier Logo
2:16 pm - 3:18 pm
DSM
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DEN
2h 02mnonstop
Frontier Logo
10:44 am - 1:31 pm
DEN
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DSM
1h 47mnonstop
$102Frontier
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
$121Frontier
Sun, Apr 12 - Thu, Apr 23
Allegiant Air Logo
11:00 am - 12:16 pm
DSM
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LAS
3h 16mnonstop
Allegiant Air Logo
1:06 pm - 6:01 pm
LAS
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DSM
2h 55mnonstop
$162Allegiant Air
Mon, Apr 27 - Thu, Apr 30
Allegiant Air Logo
8:15 pm - 9:31 pm
DSM
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LAS
3h 16mnonstop
Allegiant Air Logo
1:06 pm - 6:01 pm
LAS
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DSM
2h 55mnonstop
$164Allegiant Air
Wed, May 6 - Wed, May 13
American Airlines Logo
5:01 pm - 6:50 pm
DSM
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ORD
1h 49mnonstop
American Airlines Logo
9:56 am - 11:30 am
ORD
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DSM
1h 34mnonstop
$208American Airlines
Wed, May 6 - Wed, May 13
American Airlines Logo
8:56 am - 10:36 am
DSM
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ORD
1h 40mnonstop
American Airlines Logo
9:56 am - 11:30 am
ORD
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DSM
1h 34mnonstop
$209American Airlines
Thu, Apr 30 - Fri, May 1
Southwest Logo
5:25 am - 1:45 pm
DSM
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HOU
8h 20m
2 stops
Southwest Logo
12:05 pm - 6:45 pm
HOU
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DSM
6h 40m
1 stop
$253Southwest
Mon, Apr 27 - Wed, Apr 29
Southwest Logo
1:45 pm - 2:40 pm
DSM
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PHX
2h 55mnonstop
Southwest Logo
2:35 pm - 9:15 pm
PHX
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DSM
4h 40m
1 stop
$253Southwest
Wed, Apr 22 - Wed, Apr 29
United Airlines Logo
8:20 am - 10:56 am
DSM
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IAH
2h 36mnonstop
United Airlines Logo
8:13 pm - 10:43 pm
IAH
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DSM
2h 30mnonstop
$269United Airlines
Wed, Apr 22 - Wed, Apr 29
United Airlines Logo
3:21 pm - 9:21 pm
DSM
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IAH
6h 00m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
12:00 pm - 2:22 pm
IAH
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DSM
2h 22mnonstop
$279United Airlines
Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for Des Moines to North America flights

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

What is the cheapest Des Moines to North America flight route?

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

The cheapest ticket to North America from Des Moines found in the last 72 hours was to Boston, at $60 round-trip. The most popular route is from Des Moines (DSM) to Dallas/Fort Worth Airport (DFW), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $326.

What is the cheapest time of day to fly to North America?

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

The cheapest time of day to fly to North America is generally in the morning, when round-trip flights cost $364 on average. Morning departures are around 10% cheaper than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to North America is generally in the evening, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $404.

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

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 $344, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Des Moines to North America?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Des Moines to North America, 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 North America is September, when tickets cost $285 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are March and December, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $434 and $406 respectively.

Good to know

Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flight$28
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 3% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 25% increase in price.
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FAQs - booking North America flights

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

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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 North America 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 North America?

    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 North America 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 North America?

    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 North America 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 North America

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found tickets from Des Moines to the following destinations at these prices or less: Denver $190 one-way - $297 round-trip; Chicago $205 one-way - $390 round-trip; Phoenix $188 one-way - $348 round-trip

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Des Moines to North America

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Des Moines to North America? 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 4333 reviews
7.5Entertainment
8.6Crew
7.0Food
8.0Comfort
8.1Boarding
Airline reviews

Great flight. Good snacks and drinks. Grateful it was free. The flight from Nashville to louisville, i think her name was Tracy (not sure that's right) super awesome, nice and cheerful. She really enjoyed being at work today! She was the person who scanned the boarding pass on flight wn941. She should be recommended for a raise !

10.0 ExcellentGwen, Mar 2026
DAL - BNA
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Great flight. Good snacks and drinks. Grateful it was free. The flight from Nashville to louisville, i think her name was Tracy (not sure that's right) super awesome, nice and cheerful. She really enjoyed being at work today! She was the person who scanned the boarding pass on flight wn941. She should be recommended for a raise !

I liked it better when you were truer to your roots Am paying more for less fun

Southwest was greaat! The most expensive but the least upsetting for those we were flying to see.

I flew twice this week on Southwest, was delayed over 2 hours both ways. From Pittsburgh to Chicago it was due to weather but the gate agents, pilot etc were great at updating everyone. Today from Midway to Pittsburgh the plane had come from an international location, kept getting delayed, no information was given until we were delayed for the third time. It was ridiculous, whoever scheduled that plane to fly to Pittsburgh after didn’t consider a lot of things.

Boarding was easy. The seats are small and fairly uncomfortable

I was supposed to be on a later flight. When I showed up at the gate, the woman working there was extremely helpful getting moved up to this earlier flight.

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 first class flight attendant was awful to everyone. Very rude; no customer service. She should not be working in first class.

Snacks and included beverages were appreciated. Boarding went smoothly. Plenty of overhead bin space. Seats get very uncomfortable after a couple of hours. After waiting 10 painful minutes for my walker, a very nice Delta guest agent pushed me in a wheelchair to the gate. It was finally delivered to me after another 15 minutes . Our checked bag was on the carousel long b4 I was able to retrieve it. Fortunately it was still there but somewhere along the way the straps we used to secure it were removed and and were not reattached. Wish I had made note of the agents name.

It was fine. 55 minute flight. No snacks or beverage service offered. Boarding went smoothly and my walker was waiting for me on the jet way.

Smaller plane for a longer flight than my first one. Doesn’t make sense.

The cabin temperature was nice and cool. The wifi was not working.

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?

As previously noted, this flight was great: departure was timely, the crew was friendly and attentive, and wifi connectivity was seamless. In particular, I appreciated that the flight attendant just told me to stow the laptop right before takeoff/landing, and trusted me to do so (which I did!).

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.

Entertainment is ok! Boarding and seat with zone is terrible. I paid for the seats but you didn’t give me what I paid for which is exit isles.

the crew cancel the morning service due to the weather. Then the flight got deverted to Nashville . we were on the ground for over two hours the only gave us water once... no food or any snacks.... the crew should have handled better and offered something to passengers.

We had excellent customer service despite the chaos at George Bush airport in Houston!

It isvvery small flight. No leg room . No space to put my personal item at feet.

I will never fly ANA again. They lost one of my large pieces of checked luggage, the heaviest one with the most valuable items in it, and they said they will not send me an email unless they can't find it, even though the paper they gave me to track the status of my lost luggage requires a code from an email they are supposed to send me so I can do baggage tracing. They claim to be an international airline, but they also insist on calling a Japanese telephone number to confirm where to send the lost baggage if they find it. It is impossible to find an actual contact email address for customer support on their website, and their AI chatbot is unhelpful, directing you to a webpage that says it is for contact information but does not have any actual email addresses or phone numbers listed on it. My seat in economy did not recline at all, even though I was not sitting in an exit row nor the very back row. I had to sit in the fully upright position for over ten hours of international travel. Awful experience overall.

No seat back entertainment. And app had a hard time getting entertainment loaded.

ticket agent lady wás very helpful , she arranged wheel chair for my elderly mother

Didn't make the flight because the first leg of my flight was canceled and the next leg was already booked.

My flight was canceled a few hours before boarding. I was rebooked on Copa airlines and missed an important meeting .

Good quick flight on a small but comfortable plane. I'm 6'3 and had plenty of space.

Experience was great - no complaints. Took off on time, landed early. Got to the gate relatively quickly - took a little bit of extra time to deplane but nothing excessive.

Business class seats felt very cramped compared to other airlines.

Superb. Staff great. Great flight. As with other airlines, seating too tight and restrictive.

There is not one likable thing about this airline. It’s starts with the deceptive pricing and continues through the whole flight. The worst staff I’ve ever experienced way over priced bags absolutely no food or drink (unacceptable and you should be embarrassed) the seats are cramped and uncomfortable there is no entertainment there is nothing about this trash airline that constitutes any amount of money. It’s worse than spirit and way more expensive it is disgraceful. Do not travel with Allegiant I repeat do not bother no matter what they say the price is it is never ever going to be the right choice I’m mind blown at how awful the entire experience was I’m embarrassed that I chose so poorly I cannot reiterate enough how beyond horrible this company and its staff are, not one person on this flight or at the airport is qualified to sweep up trash on a city sidewalk they should certainly never be given any job that requires a brain or manners or communication with human beings, what a disgrace to the human race. Your criminal chiselers and should be put out to pasture

Great flight. Friendly staff. Free snacks and drinks would be nice. I would love fewer taxes and fees added on.

My 90 year old father flew with me. He needed wheel chair assistance and is nearly deaf. The staff was amazing with him.

It was fine. Nobody was outstandingly friendly but no one was rude and everything was smooth . The captain thanked us for flying but no one greeted me as I walked on the plane or as I exited which is the least they could do lol

Clean, friendly, roomy. But check-in from the phone link was terrible. Repeated attempts wouldn’t save at the final step. Just kept spinning! It was very frustrating. Finally, I used the app (vs website link) to check-in which worked very smoothly on the first attempt.

Check in on the web portal was cumbersome! After several attempts I finally got the boarding pass.

Excellent flight and even arrived 23 min early. No entertainment , or wi fi on board, but I downloaded a couple of movies beforehand which kept me entertained. Really like flying Allegiant airlines.

WE were delayed about an hour and never any communications from the employees working the gate. We also were moved to a total of three gates.

I love how they show love to their customers and care about them too.

Delays with no explanation. It could have been handled better.

Ceiling fell down and had to have maintenance come and duct tape it up. No WiFi on the flight.

A first class seat should fit a fat person, and this doesn't. The trays in the armrest are less functional than an ordinary tray in the back of the seat.

The flight attendant was friendly and efficient. The temperature was kept nice and cool. The plane was nice, but filthy. There were visible spills on my tray table. The gate agent was somewhat rude with her announcements and in speaking with other customers.

I appreciate that I finally got the seat I paid extra for this time. Thank you

I would have liked a pillow. The vegetarian wrap and oaten cake was good.

I would have liked vegetarian and gluten free options for evening dinner time flight. I would have like a pillow on the international overnight flight . The veg wrap and oaten desert on the international flight was good

The experience at checkin for my American Airlines flight from Sacramento to LAX was very good including the assistance I received in getting my bags checked in and boarding passes printed. Was pleasantly surprised the my bags were checked through all the way to my destination at Clark International Airport in Angeles, Philippines.

Absolutely terrible. Would never fly American again. 2 deplaned incidents and delayed by close to 24 hours. $12 meal voucher for first class passengers was an insult to the injury. Pathetic.

Terrible planning. And even worse gate agents. Absolutely rude behavior.

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