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$83 Find Cheap Flights from Phoenix to Des Moines

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Cheapest round-trip
$170
Typical prices: $117-$121
Allegiant Air
Fri 7/10Wed 7/15
AZA - DSM • Non-stop
Cheapest one-way
$83
Typical prices: $131-$203
Allegiant Air
Fri 7/10
AZA - DSM • Non-stop
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Cheap Flights from Phoenix to Des Moines

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

Fri, Jul 10 - Wed, Jul 15
Allegiant Air Logo
10:15 am - 3:02 pm
AZA
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DSM
2h 47mnonstop
Allegiant Air Logo
8:00 am - 8:55 am
DSM
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AZA
2h 55mnonstop
$170Allegiant Air
Wed, Jun 10 - Mon, Jun 15
Allegiant Air Logo
2:21 pm - 7:01 pm
AZA
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DSM
2h 40mnonstop
Allegiant Air Logo
7:00 am - 7:57 am
DSM
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AZA
2h 57mnonstop
$187Allegiant Air
Wed, May 27 - Mon, Jun 1
Allegiant Air Logo
2:28 pm - 7:15 pm
AZA
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DSM
2h 47mnonstop
Allegiant Air Logo
8:30 am - 9:30 am
DSM
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AZA
3h 00mnonstop
$199Allegiant Air
Tue, May 12 - Wed, May 20
Frontier Logo
4:29 pm - 1:31 pm
PHX
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DSM
19h 02m
1 stop
Frontier Logo
2:16 pm - 11:31 pm
DSM
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PHX
11h 15m
1 stop
$200Frontier
Wed, Jun 17 - Mon, Jun 22
Allegiant Air Logo
9:47 am - 2:27 pm
AZA
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DSM
2h 40mnonstop
Allegiant Air Logo
7:00 am - 7:57 am
DSM
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AZA
2h 57mnonstop
$201Allegiant Air
Fri, Jun 12 - Mon, Jun 15
Allegiant Air Logo
8:47 am - 1:27 pm
AZA
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DSM
2h 40mnonstop
Allegiant Air Logo
7:00 am - 7:57 am
DSM
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AZA
2h 57mnonstop
$205Allegiant Air
Tue, May 12 - Wed, May 20
Frontier Logo
6:53 pm - 1:31 pm
PHX
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DSM
16h 38m
1 stop
Frontier Logo
2:16 pm - 11:31 pm
DSM
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PHX
11h 15m
1 stop
$211Frontier
Fri, Jul 10 - Mon, Jul 13
Allegiant Air Logo
10:15 am - 3:02 pm
AZA
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DSM
2h 47mnonstop
Allegiant Air Logo
8:30 am - 9:25 am
DSM
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AZA
2h 55mnonstop
$212Allegiant Air
Fri, May 8 - Mon, May 11
Frontier Logo
5:15 am - 1:31 pm
PHX
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DSM
6h 16m
1 stop
Frontier Logo
2:16 pm - 11:31 pm
DSM
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PHX
11h 15m
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$221Frontier
Fri, Apr 10 - Sun, Apr 12
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8:37 am - 5:58 pm
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DSM
7h 21m
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11:00 am - 10:13 am
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PHX
25h 13m
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$225Multiple Airlines
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Phoenix to Des Moines flights

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

What is the cheapest Phoenix to Des Moines flight route?

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

The absolute cheapest return flight from Phoenix to Des Moines costs $165 on the route between Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl Airport (PHX) and Des Moines (DSM). However, over the past month, flights between Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport (AZA) and Des Moines (DSM) were, on average, 3% cheaper than other Phoenix-Des Moines routes. The most popular route is between Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl Airport (PHX) and Des Moines (DSM).

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

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

For Phoenix to Des Moines, Tuesday is the cheapest day to fly on average and Sunday is the most expensive. Flying from Des Moines back to Phoenix, the best deals are generally found on Wednesday, with Sunday being the most expensive.

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

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Phoenix to Des Moines, 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 Phoenix to Des Moines is November, where tickets cost $323 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are July and February, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $403 and $397 respectively.

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

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Phoenix to Des Moines, 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 Phoenix to Des Moines, you should book around 3 weeks before departure, which saves you about 20% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 26 weeks before departure.

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Cheapest flight$83
Flight from Phoenix-Mesa Gateway to Des Moines

When to book flights from Phoenix to Des Moines

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Phoenix to Des Moines 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 Phoenix to Des Moines

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

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Phoenix to Des Moines was $104 for a one-way ticket and $187 for a round-trip.

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

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

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

    On your way to Des Moines, you’ll fly out from one of these Phoenix airports: Phoenix-Mesa Gateway or Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl. You’ll be landing at Des Moines.

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

    We unfortunately don’t have that data for this specific route.

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

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

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

    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 Phoenix to Des Moines.

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

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

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

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

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

Prefer to fly direct from Phoenix to Des Moines?

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

Phoenix to Des Moines

Monday

Allegiant Air,American Airlines,Southwest

Allegiant Air,American Airlines, +1 more

Tuesday

American Airlines

American Airlines

Wednesday

American Airlines,Allegiant Air

American Airlines,Allegiant Air

Thursday

American Airlines,Southwest

American Airlines,Southwest

Friday

Allegiant Air,American Airlines,Southwest

Allegiant Air,American Airlines, +1 more

Saturday

Allegiant Air,American Airlines,Southwest

Allegiant Air,American Airlines, +1 more

Sunday

American Airlines,Southwest

American Airlines,Southwest

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Direct returns

Des Moines to Phoenix

Monday

Allegiant Air,American Airlines,Southwest

Allegiant Air,American Airlines, +1 more

Tuesday

American Airlines

American Airlines

Wednesday

American Airlines,Allegiant Air

American Airlines,Allegiant Air

Thursday

American Airlines,Southwest

American Airlines,Southwest

Friday

Allegiant Air,American Airlines,Southwest

Allegiant Air,American Airlines, +1 more

Saturday

Allegiant Air,American Airlines,Southwest

Allegiant Air,American Airlines, +1 more

Sunday

American Airlines,Southwest

American Airlines,Southwest

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

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Phoenix to Des Moines. 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.
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8.0
SouthwestOverall score based on 4318 reviews
7.5Entertainment
7.0Food
8.0Comfort
8.6Crew
8.1Boarding
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Long layover between flights to Long Island from BWI - need better coordination between flights

4.0 OkayKenny, Mar 2026
TPA - BWI
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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 problem with the seat assignments is that there were a lot of rows in the front that were empty but my row at the back was full. Just not so pleasant.

No food or entertainment, just a quick 40 minute flight. A little bumpy due to Santa Ana winds but pilot has no control over that. Good flight and landing!

Good but I prefer choose your own seat. With the new assigned seats they should board from the back I see no advantage to this new boarding. Just like every other airline

I realize they are still working out kinks with the new boarding process, but by the time I boarded in group 5, most of the bins were full. All airlines should better enforce small bags and jackets going under the seats until everyone has boarded.

WiFi was not working and didn’t have a beverage service

Snacks are always pretzels. Why can't you also offer peanuts ?

Flight boarded late after announcing on time boarding. Flight arrived only a little late despite late departure. Had trouble connecting to WiFi

Both my flight where delayed Had 25min to make it to my transfer flight

Everything was on time and service on the flight was great!

Wifi Bluetooth features for watching in flight movie was horrible. Screen kept blacking out no connection of sound although it said connected. Other than that smooth trip .

The travel company that you have on your site did me so wrong. I don’t know how it happened, but they put my son‘s name on my plane ticket flying to Vietnam. Along with his birthday. They would not have let me fly from Fort Myers to Ho Chi Minh City. I don’t think that I can ever use your service again. I typed my information into the browser along with my passport number and four days before I’m leaving I have to quickly search another ticket to fly out here.

Seats are uncomfortable. This has been a trend in the industry for decades. Trying to fit more seats on each plane to increase profits at the expense of the passenger.

The flight was delayed so we were dead tired, and after that the turbulence was horrible. I was very scared.

It’s always a great time flying with united airlines.

Good flight. Efficient boarding and competent flight crew. No problems until we arrived at our destination gate. We were early so there was an aircraft at the gate that had to move before we could pull in. Then, due to the type of aircraft we flew, the cabin door could not be opened until some luggage from the cargo bay was offloaded to preserve center of gravity characteristics. So, that further delayed deplaning. Despite being 20 minutes early on landing, we ended up being 5 to 10 minutes late after all the delays.

Everything went well except the turbulence what no one have a control of but pilot and crew handled very good!

There was no WiFi available, there were mechanical problems with the plane and we landed at C 124, then the gate was switched to A 26, then all the way back to C126! For a 75 yo woman traveling alone, this was a difficult journey, indeed!

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.

The baggage claim experience was poor. The plane crew and the AA app said that checked baggage in CLT would be at carousel 7 but the sign at Baggage Claim said carousel 1. The carousel 1 sign had the correct flight # listed above the belt. But the luggage never came. I went to an AA baggage claim office after about 1 hour and the clerk directed me to another AA room that was poorly marked, with a closed door and no obvious way to know what to do. Finally someone opened the door and my bag was inside. The clerk was totally unable to explain why.

Lack of gluten free options in food service. I have Celiac disease and it appears you no longer offer special meals for people with dietary restrictions. I am a frequent flyer traveling into and out of Omaha airport. I have noticed over the course of several months that although our flight typically arrives ahead of schedule (awesome job AA!) - we typically sit on the runway for several minutes waiting for the ground crew to get in place. Not sure if it is a ground crew issue or a gate availability issue (due to construction at this airport). Seems to be more of a ground crew being on time issue.

Arriving plane went to wrong gate. Flight Attendant was late. Was in no Hurry when he arrived. Flight was fine. Plane had to wait 20 minutes to get assigned a gate due to designated gate tied up. barely connected.. Boarded extremely late on final leg of trip.

one crew said "he" didn't serve double alcohol drinks for travelers in exit rows. crew on prior flight did. Is this a AA rule, and the prior crew was being nice? Also, I think we deserve more than a 25% refund for losing first class seats when rescheduling a flight due to weather

Amazing I love American. I’ll never fly anyone else if I can help it.

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!

The captain brought my 6 year old son into the cockpit and allowed him to ask questions, sit in the captain’s chair and talk about all the gears and levers. Made the trip very special for him.

Better service. No food options, but we did get drinks and a cookie.

it was fine, decent flight... dont get food besides cookies or pretzels so not sure why you ask about food. same for entertainment..

Liked that it was on time. Staff professional and friendly.

My flight was originally from SAT to MCO connecting from MCO to ORD. We got diverted to ATL and than Frontier staff there was sooo un helpful first they said they couldn’t give us any accommodation since our flight first got delayed that cancelled and now it’s 221am and I am still in ATL since they said they need to create a new flight my final destination is ORD and I have been delayed twice and cancelled. With no real help the frontier app didn’t work no email updates over all such a horrible experience

There's no seats that lean back with little leg space i wad uncomfortable the entire flight. Your charges for extra baggage is despicable and costly!!

Remind customers of the need to have passport or new ID for boarding.

Flight was canceled. Most upsetting was message from Kayak, stating that the flight was canceled and click with Kayak for details regarding rebook, refund details. THERE'S NO INFORMATION PROVIDED BY KAYAK EXCEPT THAT FLIGHT IS CANCELED. AND NOW THIS SURVEY TO FIND OUT HOW WAS THE FLIGHT !!!!!!!

The flight never took off and we spent 7 hours at the airport

Gate not determined until I got to the airport - hard to plan the trip to the airport.

Our flight was canceled. I will never use Kayak nor Frontier for travel again. The entire experience was a headache.

Frontier.. nickel and dime add-ons. Flight late, on time, late again, last minute gate change, arrival gate required a shuttle to the terminal. They sure keep you guessing.. if you like a little chaos and airport anxiety, this is the airline for you!

This is my second time flying with Frontier. My current experience was very favorable. The staff from the gate to the plane was friendly, warm and professional. The food options lacked in my opinion. This area needs some attention in my opinion.

There was no food and no entertainment, so I'm not sure why these are even in the survey, as my understanding is frontier does not ever offer food without a few, not even a snack, and there are no screens so unless the flight safety talk is our entertainment why ask how we liked it?. One of the flight attendants say in the back of the plane as people filed in to their seats, yelling orders about where to put baggage and telling people to hurry up. It was the least professional experience I've ever had on a flight.

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