$89 Find Cheap Flights from Sacramento to Iowa

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Cheap Flights from Sacramento to Iowa

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Des Moines
Des Moines1 stop$335
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids1 stop$379
Moline
Moline1 stop$457
Des Moines
Des Moines1 stop$335
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids1 stop$379
Moline
Moline1 stop$457

Book Cheap Sacramento to Iowa Plane Tickets

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

Tue, Mar 3 - Wed, Mar 4
Alaska Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 2:15 pm
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OMA
6h 15m1 stop
Alaska Airlines Logo
3:11 pm - 11:56 pm
OMA
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SMF
10h 45m1 stop
$320Alaska Airlines
Tue, Jan 20 - Thu, Jan 22
United Airlines Logo
12:58 pm - 8:14 pm
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OMA
5h 16m1 stop
United Airlines Logo
5:18 pm - 9:03 pm
OMA
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SMF
5h 45m1 stop
$321United Airlines
Tue, Jan 20 - Thu, Jan 22
Southwest Logo
12:10 pm - 9:00 pm
SMF
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OMA
6h 50m2 stops
Southwest Logo
7:20 am - 1:15 pm
OMA
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SMF
7h 55m2 stops
$331Southwest
Fri, Jan 9 - Fri, Jan 16
Multiple Airlines Logo
12:02 pm - 7:22 pm
SMF
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DSM
5h 20m1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
8:30 am - 3:35 pm
DSM
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SMF
9h 05m1 stop
$335Multiple Airlines
Fri, Jan 9 - Mon, Jan 12
Multiple Airlines Logo
12:02 pm - 7:22 pm
SMF
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DSM
5h 20m1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
8:30 am - 2:31 pm
DSM
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SMF
8h 01m1 stop
$349Multiple Airlines
Tue, Jan 6 - Wed, Jan 7
Delta Logo
6:00 am - 3:41 pm
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DSM
7h 41m1 stop
Delta Logo
4:21 pm - 8:58 pm
DSM
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SMF
6h 37m1 stop
$357Delta
Tue, Jan 6 - Wed, Jan 7
Delta Logo
6:00 am - 3:41 pm
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DSM
7h 41m1 stop
Delta Logo
4:21 pm - 11:15 pm
DSM
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SMF
8h 54m2 stops
$362Delta
Tue, Mar 3 - Wed, Mar 4
Southwest Logo
9:00 am - 7:20 pm
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DSM
8h 20m2 stops
Southwest Logo
6:10 am - 6:45 pm
DSM
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SMF
14h 35m2 stops
$373Southwest
Mon, Dec 22 - Mon, Jan 5
American Airlines Logo
4:23 pm - 11:58 pm
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CID
5h 35m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
6:16 pm - 10:43 pm
CID
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SMF
6h 27m1 stop
$491American Airlines
Mon, Dec 22 - Mon, Jan 5
American Airlines Logo
4:23 pm - 11:58 pm
SMF
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CID
5h 35m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
6:16 pm - 10:43 pm
CID
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SMF
6h 27m1 stop
$526American Airlines
Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for Sacramento to Iowa flights

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

What is the cheapest month to fly from Sacramento to Iowa?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Sacramento to Iowa, 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 Sacramento to Iowa is February, when tickets cost $371 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and May, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $497 and $456 respectively.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Sacramento to Iowa?

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

Your flight ticket price will generally be cheaper if you fly to Iowa on a Saturday and more expensive on a Sunday. On your return trip to Sacramento, you should consider flying back on a Friday, and avoid Sundays for better deals.

Good to know

Low seasonMarch
Cheapest flight$89
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 10% lower on average.
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FAQs - booking Iowa flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Sacramento to Iowa?

    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 Sacramento to Iowa.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Sacramento to Iowa 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 Sacramento to Iowa?

    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 Sacramento to Iowa 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 Sacramento to Iowa?

    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 Sacramento to Iowa up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

  • What is the cheapest time of day to fly to Iowa?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to Iowa is generally at night, when round-trip flights cost $446 on average. Morning departures are around 7% more expensive than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Iowa is generally in the morning, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $517.

Reviews of the top 4 airlines serving from Sacramento to Iowa

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Sacramento to Iowa. 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 Sacramento to Iowa? 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
SouthwestOverall score based on 4252 reviews
8.1Boarding
7.0Food
7.5Entertainment
8.0Comfort
8.6Crew
Airline reviews

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.

8.0 ExcellentRussell, Dec 2025
SAN - OAK
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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.

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

Crew could have been friendlier, maybe I'm spoiled by SW crews. In flight wifi was good. Would be nice to have more food offerings on a 4 plus hour flight

Ever since Southwest starting charging for bags, passengers don't want to pay to check their bags, so the gate agents have to beg people to check their roller bags now because there's "not enough space". This was a terrible business move by Southwest.

Sacrament staff are always polite and helpful. Airport is easy to maneuver and boarding is straightforward.

As always, the entire Southwest experience was wonderful, from online booking to flight to baggage retrieval. Very grateful.

The weather could have been better. There was a 40 minute ATC delay in SFO because of marine fog and a micro cell storm delayed landing and take-off at Nashville. The gate was changed 5 minutes from boarding from gate B3 to gate C23 at Nashville airport.

The cabin was quiet for the redeye flight. The area was clean. The staff was great. The 787 Max was in good condition. Drawbacks were that the seat widths were tight for some passengers. The seat padding was at best average and for a long flight uncomfortable.

Delayed flight. Nicest crew member was a SW pilot flying seated next to me who kindly move to seat the final passenger. Flight extra delayed. My cup of refreshment of ginger ale was so packed with ice it was literally 2 sips.

No lunch on a x-country flight scheduled for 10:50 am departure, arrived 5+ hrs later. That requires a black box label before you pay for the tickets. Worst, when I checked in online, it's specifically said that lunch was served on his flight for economy Plus passengers.

Our flight from SFO to MSP was right on time on 11/15/2025. No delays. As we approached MSP at about 8 pm, we circled in the air until 8:40 pm so I don't call that efficient for MSP. I think the captain should announce the delay and why. (as if we all don't know that we are just circling around the area, slowing down, speeding up, slowing down.) Thank you. Marilyn Fischer

Staff were friendly and happy. Delta could make sure passengers that don't have the app know of changes. Without Kayak I would not have known about the change of gate or the delay. Kayak was faster to notify me.

The flight used a B767 with a very old interior from before 2014. The entertainment system did not work at all during the flight despite attempts to reset the system. It was like they flew this route just to be competitive.

Delayed flight (1hour) plus a long layover after an overnight flight with no backup plane available.

Flight delayed for two and half hours and then canceled altogether due to mechanical issues. No mechanic onsite to fix so had to send one from LAX.

My husband upgraded our seats and I don't know if it was due to the type of planet was or if they didn't upgrade our seats. We were supposed to be in I believe comfort seats and they were just as tight as any other seat- no leg room and we are very tall people but at least it wasn't extremely cold. My husband did put in a complaint about our seating because he paid extra and if we would have known that the space and the tightness would have been the same, we just would have gotten the emergency row emergency row seats that we normally get. We love Delta but both our flights coming home we're not good. Oh I forgot to mention that on our flight to Hawaii our luggage wheels got broke and we had to purse new luggage on vacation then we never had this problem so we didn't know protocol and reported it after we got home only for them to tell is we only had 24hrs to report the damage. Not sure what was going on with Delta this vacation trip.

Crew was excellent. Comfort seats not as nice as other kinds of planes.

It was a great flight and the stewards and stewardess were all kind and accommodating!! The seats were comfortable and entertainment screen excellent!

There are 4 flights in consecutive gates with about the same departure time. Two flights were boarding at the same time. One was delayed or boarding would be happening at the same time. I am not sure what Delta and LAX need to do to have a better layout at the end of Terminal 2

Older aircraft, no meal, only food was for purchase. Not impressed United.

Not pleasant trip cross country when the entertainment and WiFi system not working. No entertainment for entirety of route. Staff was rather nonchalant in that they dismissed the problem due to age of plane. It would have been nice to know this up front so I could have come prepared to read or download movies before boarding Coincidentally or not, there was a similar issue with the entertainment system on my previous flight I took on my fist leg of the trip. There are no seat TVs, so you must rely on the app when it works. United can do better. Also, what use it it to pay for boarding group 2 when half of the passengers are in the same line as you?

Premium Plus is a really good idea for longer flights

The flight attendants were great, I joked with one I can’t remember her name, a blond, really sweet. I thought it was run well very professional. This was great i survived Spirit, I know for which I speak.

I was in first class. The outlets at my seat did not work. The plane was shabby and run down. I had prepurchsed a day subscription for internet that was not redeemable. I had to repurchase the internet for my flight and then it didn’t work anyway. Quite disappointed in what was supposed to be the launch of a great vacation.

I understand stuff happens, but plane failures are likely due to lack of maintenance. Additionally, air conditioning wasn't working, no snack/drink service, no WiFi. Fortunately, the crew was communicative and light-hearted. United grabbed another plane and we were able to get to our destination.

Stuck on tarmac for two hours plus a 5.5 hour flight. Rude flight attendant. And no meals, not even for purchase!

I learned that seating towards the end of plane that a line forms for the restroom and people use your chair as a hand railing, bumping your seat consistently. I was seated in the aisle. I think that next time if I am towards the back row I would want to sit in the middle or window seat.

United sent me a mileage plus number last year but that number is invalid so I can’t use it to check into flights or collect mileage. There is human to speak about the problem, only computers who keep asking me if I am using the correct email. It’s so frustrating and I cannot resolve it.

Not a great experience. We paid for the upgrade for premium economy seats and seated ourselves in very comfortable seats. Someone came along with the same seat on their boarding pass. The aircraft had been changed and as a result we were booted out and sent further back to small uncomfortable seats. After complaining we were moved to emergency row seats, which gave us more leg room but the seats don’t recline. For people in our 70’s we found having to sit upright from California to NJ very uncomfortable. Not sure why they chose to move senior citizens instead of the two people that were allowed to take the more comfortable seats. Not happy.

Horrible. Both legs of my flight were delayed more than 6 hours. No compensation, no screens on the plane, and the plane was not clean.

The flight was smooth, the pilot kept us informed about delays and we arrived more of less on time

The flight was flawless and we even arrived between 20 and 25 minutes early!

Always seated jammed in rear of aircraft Admirals Club food at DFW terminal D was absolute worst food experience and I pay $600/year to eat this dried out junk

Mostly good. Flight was crowded but Airline personnel were very friendly & accommodating. It would be good to have savory snacks rather than just sweet Biscoff cookies.

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.

Very crowded flight but what can you expect these days?? Crew was accommodating.

The seats in economy were appeared to be quite thin and lack sufficient cushioning to be comfortable. Perhaps it was my seating position but the plane seemed notably load.

The entertainment package was vast and the selections were very current. Keep updating it was great.

The seat was so hard my tailbone was aching The crew was kind of a b**** because I made a joke that I didn't care if they close the door I total c*** when she was trying to f****** act like she was mad at me because I said that The flight was bumpy. Sure you didnt have control over that.

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