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$50 Find Cheap Flights from Des Moines to Orlando

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Cheapest round-trip
$149
Overall average: $216
Allegiant Air
Mon 1/12Fri 1/16
DSM - SFB • Non-stop
Cheapest one-way
$50
Typical prices: $108-$195
Frontier
Mon 3/23
DSM - MCO • Non-stop
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Cheapest • from $149 (round-trip)
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Best reviews • 8.0 score
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2 weeks
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Cheap Flights from Des Moines to Orlando (DSM-ORL)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Des Moines to Orlando 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 Orlando

Mon, Jan 12 - Fri, Jan 16
Allegiant Air Logo
6:30 am - 10:21 am
DSM
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SFB
2h 51mnonstop
Allegiant Air Logo
11:11 am - 1:18 pm
SFB
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DSM
3h 07mnonstop
$149Allegiant Air
Mon, Mar 9 - Fri, Mar 13
Frontier Logo
8:21 pm - 5:33 am
DSM
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MCO
8h 12m1 stop
Frontier Logo
7:45 am - 10:05 am
MCO
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DSM
3h 20mnonstop
$150Frontier
Sat, Jan 17 - Sat, Jan 24
Allegiant Air Logo
5:58 pm - 9:49 pm
DSM
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SFB
2h 51mnonstop
Allegiant Air Logo
3:01 pm - 5:08 pm
SFB
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DSM
3h 07mnonstop
$151Allegiant Air
Mon, Mar 2 - Sun, Mar 8
Frontier Logo
7:17 pm - 5:33 am
DSM
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MCO
9h 16m1 stop
Frontier Logo
7:25 am - 9:45 am
MCO
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DSM
3h 20mnonstop
$154Frontier
Tue, Mar 10 - Sat, Mar 14
Frontier Logo
10:40 am - 2:30 pm
DSM
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MCO
2h 50mnonstop
Frontier Logo
3:37 pm - 6:01 pm
MCO
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DSM
3h 24mnonstop
$155Frontier
Mon, Feb 23 - Wed, Feb 25
Frontier Logo
7:17 pm - 5:33 am
DSM
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MCO
9h 16m1 stop
Frontier Logo
8:29 pm - 6:42 pm
MCO
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DSM
23h 13m1 stop
$156Frontier
Sat, Mar 7 - Sun, Mar 15
Frontier Logo
6:56 pm - 10:53 pm
DSM
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MCO
2h 57mnonstop
Frontier Logo
7:25 am - 9:45 am
MCO
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DSM
3h 20mnonstop
$158Frontier
Mon, Feb 16 - Fri, Feb 27
Allegiant Air Logo
10:29 am - 2:16 pm
DSM
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SFB
2h 47mnonstop
Allegiant Air Logo
7:30 am - 9:37 am
SFB
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DSM
3h 07mnonstop
$159Allegiant Air
Sat, Mar 7 - Sun, Mar 15
Frontier Logo
6:56 pm - 10:53 pm
DSM
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MCO
2h 57mnonstop
Frontier Logo
7:25 am - 9:45 am
MCO
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DSM
3h 20mnonstop
$159Frontier
Sat, Mar 7 - Mon, Mar 16
Frontier Logo
6:56 pm - 10:53 pm
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MCO
2h 57mnonstop
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7:45 am - 10:05 am
MCO
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DSM
3h 20mnonstop
$160Frontier
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Des Moines to Orlando flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Des Moines to Orlando 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 Orlando?

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 Orlando departing in January.

What is the cheapest Des Moines to Orlando flight route?

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

The cheapest return flight from Des Moines to Orlando costs $138 on the route between Des Moines (DSM) and Orlando Airport (MCO). Over the past month, this route was, on average, 50% cheaper than other Des Moines-Orlando routes. The most popular route is between Des Moines (DSM) and Orlando Sanford Intl Airport (SFB).

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

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

If you are looking for a flight deal from Des Moines to Orlando, look for departures on Tuesdays and avoid leaving on a Thursday, as it's usually the priciest day. When flying back from Orlando, Friday is the cheapest day to fly and Sunday is the most expensive.

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

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Des Moines to Orlando, 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 Orlando is September, where tickets cost $193 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and February, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $345 and $328 respectively.

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

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 $335, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Des Moines to Orlando?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Des Moines to Orlando, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below average price on the flight from Des Moines to Orlando, you should book around 2 weeks before departure, which saves you about 29% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 4 weeks before departure.

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Low seasonSeptember
Cheapest flight$50
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 30% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 8% increase in price.
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When to book flights from Des Moines to Orlando

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Des Moines to Orlando based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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FAQs for booking flights from Des Moines to Orlando

  • What is the cheapest flight from Des Moines to Orlando?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Des Moines to Orlando was $50 for a one-way ticket and $149 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between Des Moines and Orlando?

    Yes, you'll most likely have to show a valid passport before boarding the plane in Des Moines and on arrival in Orlando.

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from Des Moines to Orlando?

    Des Moines is served by only 1 airport and there are 2 airports in Orlando. You will leave Des Moines from Des Moines and you will be arriving in Orlando at one of these airports: Orlando or Orlando Sanford Intl.

  • Which airlines offer Wi-Fi service onboard planes from Des Moines to Orlando?

    American Airlines, Delta, and JetBlue offer inflight Wi-Fi service on the Des Moines to Orlando flight route.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Des Moines to Orlando?

    The Airbus A320-100/200 is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the Des Moines to Orlando flight route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Des Moines to Orlando?

    Star Alliance, SkyTeam, and oneworld are the airline alliances operating flights between Des Moines and Orlando, with Star Alliance being the most commonly used for this route.

  • On which days can I fly direct from Des Moines to Orlando?

    You can catch a nonstop flight from Des Moines to Orlando on on Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Des Moines to Orlando, Southwest or Delta?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Des Moines to Orlando are Southwest and Delta. With an average price for the route of $389 and an overall rating of 8.0, Southwest is the most popular choice. Delta is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $351 and an overall rating of 7.9.

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

    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 Orlando.

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

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

    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 to Orlando with an airline and back to Des Moines with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Des Moines to Orlando?

    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 to Orlando from Des Moines up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

KAYAK’s top tips for finding a cheap flight from Des Moines to Orlando

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for $76 or less one-way and $183 or less round-trip.

Prefer to fly direct from Des Moines to Orlando?

 
Direct data is based off flight results for the next 60 days. Find direct flights from all airlines flying direct from Des Moines to Orlando.
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Direct departures

Des Moines to Orlando

Monday

Allegiant Air

Allegiant Air

Tuesday

Allegiant Air

Allegiant Air

Wednesday

Allegiant Air

Allegiant Air

Friday

Allegiant Air

Allegiant Air

Saturday

Allegiant Air

Allegiant Air

Sunday

Allegiant Air, Frontier

Allegiant Air, Frontier

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Direct returns

Orlando to Des Moines

Monday

Allegiant Air

Allegiant Air

Tuesday

Allegiant Air

Allegiant Air

Wednesday

Allegiant Air

Allegiant Air

Friday

Allegiant Air

Allegiant Air

Saturday

Allegiant Air

Allegiant Air

Sunday

Allegiant Air, Frontier

Allegiant Air, Frontier

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

 
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8.0
SouthwestOverall score based on 4250 reviews
8.6Crew
7.5Entertainment
8.0Comfort
8.1Boarding
7.0Food
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Check-in, Boarding and flight were smooth. All the employees and crew was very nice and funny. They gave the kids crayons and workbooks to keep them occupied which was a big win. I’ve flown Southwest many times and that’s the first time I’ve seen that and it is a great addition.

10.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Dec 2025
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Check-in, Boarding and flight were smooth. All the employees and crew was very nice and funny. They gave the kids crayons and workbooks to keep them occupied which was a big win. I’ve flown Southwest many times and that’s the first time I’ve seen that and it is a great addition.

Flight was on time. Wi-fi was a little spotty/slow. Boarding and exit were efficient.

Okay, not wonderful. Short flight. Wi-fi didn't work properly. Stuck waiting for a gate to open upon arrival for 20 or so minutes.

They sent a notice that they were boarding an hour early. We had to leave the club and run to the gate. They said sorry, that came from corporate and was a mistake. They did not have enough seating because the flight before it had not taken off on time. They moved our gate and delayed it for an hour.

The boarding and seat assignment system no longer works for me, but I know it is being replaced. Otherwise, I am good with the overall experience.

The lead steward kept singing about "San Francisco" and hotel California---more annoying than humorous....needs work. Flight was smooth and on time.

Still a fan of open seating. Flight was on schedule and arrived on time. The 737 MAX is very comfortable.

Airline travel is always too cramped to really be pleasant, but the cabin crew on this flight did a pretty good job of making up for it by putting on some music during boarding and sprinkling a few funny remarks into the safety briefing and announcements, and just generally being friendly and helpful. It definitely reminded me of why I prefer the in-flight experience on Southwest!

No delays and arrived to destination 30 min early. Staff was super friendly.

San Diego airport is brand new, spacious, airy and very smooth checkin at SW baggage drop.

Did not realize internet screen was hidden between seats and no info printed!!!!

2 of the seats in row 31 the entertainment system was not working, and one seat the tray table did not go all the way down. Flight arrived early and departed on time which was great.

Flight was operated by Virgin Atlantic and it was up to their usual high standard. Minor grips about some issues, but they are really first world issues and as a whole, was an excellent flight.

Original flight was cancelled and when i was rebooked by the airline, they couldn't seat me in the same type of seat as I had originally booked (went from window/aisle to middle/middle and one was a bulkhead seat, and other wasn't in the same class)

First, Delta needs more flights to/from Miami. Second, a 1000pm leaving at 1230pm is unacceptable from their biggest airport world hub. Another aircraft could have been used such as the aircraft scheduled to be used in the morning for that exact same route. Yes, I did get me there but the lack of sleep the next day didn't help me enjoy my entire trip since I was busy with activities during the weekend. This can be and is expected from Spirit (going bankrupt) and Frontier (despite they're nickel and dimers). But from Delta's World Hub? That's totally unacceptable!

Service in business class was not impressive. I ordered coffee with dinner and then watched other people get 2 refills before I got my 1 cup of coffee, and only after I pressed the attendant button overhead. Furthermore, the seats in the forward cabin need maintenance on this 737-800: the upholstery is detaching from the seat frame, at least on the backs of seats 1C, 1D.

I truly love flying with Delta. They have always treated me with the upmost respect

Our flight attendant in FIRST CLASS was one of the worst I’ve ever had. She was not at all pleasant, nor particularly good at her service.

The flight was an hour and a half late departing which was inconvenient

The flight was great. The gate location was way to far away!!!

I got sick nothing contagious but distressing and the care I received by Kayla? Keighly the flight attendant will be memorable for ever. Thank You

Waaay too small plane. They also need to up the size of the overhead bins. I would love to keep me 3k with of camera equipment in my hard case baggahe instead of it being thrown into the belly of the plane

Attendants were pleasant and the flight was smooth and relaxed.

It was fine. No drinks nor snacks offered though. I thought that was unusual.

Delays to take off and to leave the plane after landing added a lot of time to this flight.

It was a red eye flight, so no meals were provided, but it was fine with snacks. The seats felt cramped and almost too narrow.

We didn't take off until an hour after we boarded.

Wish they had the seat-back video screens for watching movies or playing games.

Very good but wish they had the seat-back video screens for movies & games

Flight was delayed not sure why no explanation given and no apologies either. Otherwise the flight was fine

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.

I liked how when I got on board how fast we ended up taking off but what I truly disliked was how uncomfortable the seats were. There was truly never a time that I could ever get comfortable during both of my flights. The seats could get away during shorter flights but flights 3 hour plus makes it hard to enjoy.

The crew was great and the flight was very smooth. Can’t really judge food since I did not get any because it costs money. The seat was comfortable for what we bought. Thanks!

Crew was great. No entertainment and food and beverage was for purchase only, even water

It was canceled. The flight wasn’t rescheduled, everyone had to figure out their own new arrangements. They said we would get refunded our original fare and receive an additional $150. We received links for $100 only and they expired before we could activate them.

I loved the staff on the plane. So friendly and helpful! However, there was an argument and misunderstanding by the staff and a customer at the gate, and the staff member was being unprofessional. When we arrived in Atlanta, we waited 1.5 hrs for our luggage to arrive. When I asked the airport attendant, they said Frontier had the longest wait for luggage out of any airlines, and that they could not be held responsible for the delay.

Not clean and was told I would get a great seat and it was not great at all

Flight got delayed for 5 hours no good explanation was offered ;(

Horrible. I would never fly Frontier again. The booking process is tricky at best, but fraudulent in my opinion. Frontier customer service did nothing to rectify my purchase -- I ended up paying more than double what I could have gotten from other airlines and nearly triple what I thought I was buying from Frontier. Their booking practices are unfair to the consumer.

Delayed. Text notifications were slow. Not much information o what was happening. Boarding was slow and confusing. Wasn’t even offered water other flight. Had to ask. No entertainment at all. Felt like.a Greyhound bus.

Better than expected. Staff were friendly and nice on both flights.

Terrible. Flight cancelled with no reasoning and no flights to rebook. Employees were useless and did nothing to help. Did not even know where to retrieve luggage from the cancelled flight. Flyers beware.

No fault of Frontier staff: plane was very late, reached Orlando at 1 am, took a while to get luggage. Weather, gov financial shutdown impact on TSA, air controllers seemed to have multiple flights backed up. Frontier staff seemed to cope as gracefully as possible. It did reassure me that I and my new hip could adapt to travel challenges. Food/entertainment were irrelevant to my trip.

It was well done. It was my first time flying with them and I was nervous b/c I have heard of many cancelled and/or delray flights. Everything went smoothly.

Frontier is the Walmart of airlines. Frontier has removed adjustability and comfort from their seats to make the flight lighter and save gas. This makes it impossible to sleep on their flights. Their customer service is abysmal. Once, I bought a drink on the plane, and they swiped my credit card on the plane to pay for it. Then I got three weeks of daily notices from my bank telling me they tried to charge the wrong card number over and over again. I tried to call them, but they removed the ability to actually talk to someone that can resolve such a problem from their company to cut corners. The only way to talk to someone in person is to go to the check-in counter at the airport (40 minutes drive from my house). Eventually their system gave up on trying to charge the card, after 21 days of repeated tries. They don't pad their prices even a little to handle customer service issues like missed flights. They also have a blanket policy preventing helping you reschedule a missed flight if their system says you "cancelled" your own flight online. This is a major problem because their website is broken on mobile devices, the only web browser you have at the airport when their gate staff tell you that you have to reschedule your own missed flight online because they can't help you. I tried to reschedule my flight on my android device and instead, their website crashed and "cancelled" my missed flight. When I got to the counter, the agent argued with me for 5 minutes insisting that I intentionally cancelled my own flight (implying I had to buy another flight). She missed the point: the problem was that I could not buy another flight because their website is broken. I left to avoid more conflict with the "customer service" agent. I tried to redress my issue with their only other "customer service" chanel available: the contact form on their website. The response I got was more of the same: you cancelled your own flight, according to our website / computer records, therefore we won't help you. I was trying to explain the problem with their broken website that cost me hundreds of dollars by crashing / malfunctioning and resulting in a cancelled flight, but they only had deaf ears for this problem. Worst customer service I have ever experienced. I will never buy another Frontier flight again, because it is a risky, painful move that I will likely regret often.

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