$61 Find Cheap Flights from San Diego to Iowa

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Cheap Flights from San Diego to Iowa

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Des Moines
Des Moines1 stop$185
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids1 stop$210
Waterloo
Waterloo1 stop$482
Burlington
Burlington1 stop$564
Moline
Moline1 stop$286
Des Moines
Des Moines1 stop$185
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids1 stop$210
Waterloo
Waterloo1 stop$482
Burlington
Burlington1 stop$564
Moline
Moline1 stop$286

Book Cheap San Diego 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 San Diego 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 San Diego to Iowa

Tue, Jun 2 - Thu, Jun 4
Frontier Logo
6:25 am - 7:24 pm
SAN
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OMA
10h 59m
1 stop
Frontier Logo
8:19 pm - 8:42 am
OMA
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SAN
14h 23m
1 stop
$127Frontier
Tue, May 26 - Mon, Jun 1
Frontier Logo
9:37 am - 7:24 pm
SAN
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OMA
7h 47m
1 stop
Frontier Logo
8:19 pm - 8:42 am
OMA
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SAN
14h 23m
1 stop
$153Frontier
Thu, May 21 - Tue, May 26
Multiple Airlines Logo
1:38 pm - 11:20 am
SAN
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OMA
19h 42m
2 stops
Multiple Airlines Logo
8:19 pm - 8:42 am
OMA
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SAN
14h 23m
1 stop
$207Multiple Airlines
Wed, May 27 - Wed, Jun 3
Multiple Airlines Logo
6:25 am - 10:31 pm
SAN
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DSM
38h 06m
2 stops
Multiple Airlines Logo
2:16 pm - 11:50 pm
DSM
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SAN
11h 34m
1 stop
$241Multiple Airlines
Wed, Oct 21 - Wed, Oct 28
Delta Logo
10:30 pm - 10:13 am
SAN
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CID
9h 43m
2 stops
Delta Logo
5:30 pm - 11:55 pm
CID
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SAN
8h 25m
1 stop
$304Delta
Wed, Oct 21 - Sat, Oct 31
Delta Logo
7:30 pm - 10:13 am
SAN
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CID
12h 43m
2 stops
Delta Logo
6:45 am - 3:20 pm
CID
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SAN
10h 35m
2 stops
$309Delta
Wed, Oct 21 - Wed, Oct 28
United Airlines Logo
2:09 pm - 12:14 am
SAN
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MLI
8h 05m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
3:52 pm - 9:57 pm
MLI
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SAN
8h 05m
1 stop
$313United Airlines
Wed, Oct 21 - Wed, Oct 28
United Airlines Logo
7:00 am - 3:05 pm
SAN
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MLI
6h 05m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
1:00 pm - 7:49 pm
MLI
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SAN
8h 49m
2 stops
$318United Airlines
Sat, Jun 6 - Tue, Jun 9
American Airlines Logo
1:19 pm - 11:30 pm
SAN
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CID
8h 11m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
6:04 pm - 10:39 pm
CID
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SAN
6h 35m
1 stop
$329American Airlines
Wed, Sep 23 - Sat, Sep 26
American Airlines Logo
3:04 pm - 11:03 pm
SAN
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MLI
5h 59m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
11:55 am - 8:02 pm
MLI
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SAN
10h 07m
2 stops
$365American Airlines
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KAYAK's insights & trends for San Diego to Iowa flights

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

How much is a round-trip flight from San Diego to Iowa?

This analysis is based on the cheapest round-trip price found on KAYAK in the last 12 months by searching for a flight from San Diego to Iowa departing in May.

What is the cheapest San Diego to Iowa flight route?

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

The cheapest ticket to Iowa from San Diego found in the last 72 hours was to Des Moines, at $224 round-trip. The most popular route is from San Diego (SAN) to Des Moines (DSM), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $224.

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

The average price for all round-trip flights from San Diego to Iowa depending on the time of departure, clicked by users on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

The cheapest time of day to fly to Iowa is generally in the evening, when round-trip flights cost $171 on average. Morning departures are around 100% cheaper than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Iowa is generally in the evening, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $171.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from San Diego to Iowa?

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 $286, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

What is the cheapest month to fly from San Diego to Iowa?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from San Diego 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 San Diego to Iowa is July, when tickets cost $69 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are January and February, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $296 and $247 respectively.

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

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

For San Diego to Iowa, Sunday is the cheapest day to fly on average and Monday is the most expensive. Flying from Iowa back to San Diego, the best deals are generally found on Monday, with Friday being the most expensive.

Good to know

Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flight$61
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 10% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 1% lower on average.
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FAQs - booking Iowa flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from San Diego 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 San Diego to Iowa.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from San Diego 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 San Diego 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 San Diego 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 San Diego 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 San Diego to Iowa up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from San Diego to Iowa

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from San Diego 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.
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8.0
SouthwestOverall score based on 4314 reviews
7.0Food
8.6Crew
8.1Boarding
7.5Entertainment
8.0Comfort
Airline reviews

The entire experience from boarding to landing was amazing! The crew were very friendly. Will definitely be back.

10.0 Excellentlarry, Apr 2026
LGB - PHX
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The entire experience from boarding to landing was amazing! The crew were very friendly. Will definitely be back.

Delayed flight, lack of information, boarding process is a mess as is the carryon luggage causing issues when leaving the plane….just a poor experience.

Comfortable. Easy. No problems. Just wish they had gf options for snacks.

The crew was very kind and made going to Hawaii relaxing and fun to look forward to! Thank you Southwest for a pleasant flight!

Terrible. Even though there’s assigned seating now, they are still the slowest boarding airline of anyone.

It was good from LAX to Phoenix, But the connection in Phoenix to Tulsa was not that great. The staff on both flights were great. The choice of free entertainment was ok nothing to brag about. The 45 min delay because of some electrical issue wasn't great from Phoenix to Tulsa. We sat there with hardly any air, The seat I had was between windows so the side of the plane pushed in on you. My being a bigger man it then made the seating area uncomfortable. The seats on the plane had no power to connect to recharge your phone or anything. I would recommend that they should look into a slot or clamp to hold your phone to enjoy while watching the entertainment choices hands-free. Also make it possible to raise the inner seat by the window be able to raise the arm rest up to make more room for larger people to set more comfortably. I would also say other then that stop price gouging the airfare or nickel and diming everything. Not fair for people having to fly for emergencies and be paying for higher prices due to the season or holidays. Your making your money either way and the cost of flying is still going to be the same regardless if there's 100 people or 200 people.

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

Boarding was easy. The seats are small and fairly uncomfortable

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.

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

While they turned off most cabin lights to allow people to sleep, I was bothered by how bright the side lights still were. It was still quite bright for me in a window seat, when I wish I could have slept!

Generally on time departures and arrivals, clean planes, sky miles membership provides great benefits (complimentary upgrades, etc).

N Everything was perfect from boarding to assistance to baggage in Tampa

Loved the crew! Sucks that we went from 1 hour and 8 minute layover to a 3 hour layover. But weather sucks like that.

Fast, lovely scenery, great info on the Delta flight screen about landmarks we were flying over. Great landing!

Long flight but comfortable and not freezing as I have experienced on Hawaiian flights to the islands. They gave us blankets just in case. Nice touch.

I took seat 15A in anticipation of window seat, there is no window.

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?

My recent experience was excellent on Delta! I flew with Delta Comfort and I was really comfortable in my seat. I enjoyed the in-flight service. The flight attendants were so friendly and hospitable. I love the snack on the flight as well. This was my first time flying on Delta and I will definitely consider flying with them again.

My flight was canceled on Sunday. Rebooking took three hours. Had to pay for accommodations another night. New flight was delayed for 5 hours, all that was sent was a 12 dollar food voucher, which doesn’t tell you how to use it. Then when we landed we had to sit on the plane for an hour before we could get off.

Booked through Kayak Business, had a seat in middle and towards back due to booking rate, not comfortable.

A long delay. Don't travel late in the day.

Outstanding service, efficient & friendly crew, flight was safe, comfortable & on time

The seat was comfortable. There was a lot of turbulence. If it weren't for that,it would have been okay.

It was a red-eye, but the flight felt surprisingly quick. The seats were very comfortable, and that made resting much easier. I also want to thank the gentleman seated next to me, who graciously moved so my mom could sit beside me. We slept almost the entire way. The cabin crew was respectful in not disturbing us, while also being courteous and professional throughout. Thank you, United.

Boarding was again a "free for all". We were boarding group 4, and almost the entire plane was able to board before us. It's a shame that someone who follows the rules, gets the short end of the stick. Not fair.

It was perfect! I've never flown with United before, but I definitely will in the future

I had a cancelled flight because of technical issues going to my destination, and a delayed flight coming home. All told it wasn’t a total bust.

They delayed the flight from 9:00 to 11:55 At 11:45 they canceled the flight. I paid a premium price for the tickets with poor service

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

Left early arrived early..right amount of talking from pilots..of course had to love the biscuit and water!

Boarding gate at LAX was too crowded—two gates next to one another

On time departure and early arrival. Flight attendant very nice.

The SFO Lounge crew were amazing. The bartender Faris was great. Thanks!

Was not able to do a online check-in because the American Airlines system doesn't store our visa or other passport information, allowing us to have a trouble-free check-in. We were forced to have to check-in at the counter which Changes are upgrade status given that we were not able to check in much earlier.

Good flight, seated and had a water within 5 minutes. Crew was hospitable.

We left at 1030 am pacific from LA and supposed to land at 7 pm Eastern in NY. They made a detour, stopped in Philadelphia and didn’t land till 1130 PM Eastern!!! Worst flight experience with no pilot communication with no explanation as to what was going on. Everyone was very frustrated to say the least.

Flight boarded from Gate 159B, the farthest gate in the LAX Bradley Terminal. While the flight operated on time, the first class cabin attendant made no recognition of my being an Advantage Executive Platinum member.

The flight itself was excellent but the gate attendant made me check my carryon since she said it was an inch too big. I’ve had no problems with this carryon on recent flights on Qantas, Delta, Austrian, Southwest Airlines even though the overhead bins are the same size. there were other carryons in the bins that also looked larger than mine and there was room left in the bins for more. When I picked up my carryon from baggage claim one of the wheels had broken off.

I was in last row so that is never great bc the person in front of me leaned his seat all the way back into me.

Plane was hot and miserable and the crew was rude!

12 hour delay required getting on and off plane 3 times - would have at least liked to have been offered a snack or drink

They didn’t offer a water, even after I asked

They switched our terminal 3 times and we were delayed for four plus hours!!!

It was an early flight and most people napped/slept and the crew let us which was nice.

The crew acted like they had never done this and kept barking passive aggressive orders at people. + the security line + the delay + sitting on the tarmac for 2 hours + none of the apps or signage updating with correct times

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

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

It was ok. It was expensive to check 2 bags ($75.00 per bag), and then it took a long time to wait for shuttle to take us from one terminal to the terminal where the plane was taking off at LAX. And all of this for a flight where we had to pay for any food or drink that was not water.

When I wanted to check in 3 hours prior to boarding time, the employees mentioned “a little over an hour delay” so I waited for an hour then I went to go look for food in the terminal and most people from that flight were in the same area looking for food. Finally I decided after food to check to see if it’s anytime closer and now it’s 2 mins until boarding closes?! What are you kidding me? I didn’t receive anything via sms about boarding now nor via email or on the intercom. I luckily made it through, barely, and then there’s no room for my carry on mind you I’m in the very first row so I had to place my purse in one further row back and my carry on sections down. Not sure who pays for better seats to get your stuff placed all over the plane but that was the worst experience I’ve ever had flying with anyone.

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