$73 Find Cheap Flights from Santa Ana to Iowa

This is the cheapest one-way flight price found by a KAYAK user in the last 72 hours by searching for a flight from Santa Ana to Iowa departing on 4/10. Fares are subject to change and may not be available on all flights or dates of travel. Click the price to replicate the search for this deal.
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Cheap Flights from Santa Ana to Iowa

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Des Moines
Des Moinesnonstop$155
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids1 stop$320
Sioux City
Sioux City1 stop$394
Waterloo
Waterloo1 stop$575
Moline
Moline1 stop$419
Des Moines
Des Moinesnonstop$155
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids1 stop$320
Sioux City
Sioux City1 stop$394
Waterloo
Waterloo1 stop$575
Moline
Moline1 stop$419

Book Cheap Santa Ana 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 Santa Ana 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 Santa Ana to Iowa

Fri, Apr 17 - Mon, Apr 20
Allegiant Air Logo
12:41 pm - 5:58 pm
SNA
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DSM
3h 17mnonstop
Allegiant Air Logo
10:00 am - 11:51 am
DSM
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SNA
3h 51mnonstop
$155Allegiant Air
Fri, Apr 17 - Mon, Apr 20
Multiple Airlines Logo
12:41 pm - 5:58 pm
SNA
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DSM
3h 17mnonstop
Multiple Airlines Logo
8:15 pm - 3:33 pm
DSM
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SNA
21h 18m
1 stop
$224Multiple Airlines
Mon, Apr 20 - Mon, Apr 27
Allegiant Air Logo
12:41 pm - 5:58 pm
SNA
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DSM
3h 17mnonstop
Allegiant Air Logo
9:45 am - 11:36 am
DSM
-
SNA
3h 51mnonstop
$226Allegiant Air
Wed, Apr 8 - Wed, Apr 15
United Airlines Logo
1:21 pm - 8:34 pm
SNA
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DSM
5h 13m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
5:17 pm - 9:58 pm
DSM
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SNA
6h 41m
1 stop
$239United Airlines
Wed, Apr 8 - Wed, Apr 15
Southwest Logo
11:10 am - 9:15 pm
SNA
-
DSM
8h 05m
1 stop
Southwest Logo
6:55 am - 1:30 pm
DSM
-
SNA
8h 35m
2 stops
$244Southwest
Wed, Apr 8 - Wed, Apr 15
Southwest Logo
11:00 am - 9:15 pm
SNA
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DSM
8h 15m
2 stops
Southwest Logo
6:55 am - 1:30 pm
DSM
-
SNA
8h 35m
2 stops
$249Southwest
Mon, May 4 - Sun, May 10
Frontier Logo
12:16 pm - 7:58 pm
SNA
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OMA
5h 42m
1 stop
Frontier Logo
8:19 pm - 9:09 am
OMA
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SNA
14h 50m
1 stop
$275Frontier
Wed, Apr 1 - Tue, Apr 7
United Airlines Logo
9:00 am - 4:20 pm
SNA
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OMA
5h 20m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
8:05 am - 1:36 pm
OMA
-
SNA
7h 31m
1 stop
$312United Airlines
Fri, May 1 - Tue, May 5
American Airlines Logo
3:12 pm - 11:50 pm
SNA
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CID
6h 38m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
9:15 am - 1:56 pm
CID
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SNA
6h 41m
1 stop
$320American Airlines
Fri, Apr 3 - Wed, Apr 8
American Airlines Logo
4:32 pm - 11:58 pm
SNA
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CID
5h 26m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 12:38 pm
CID
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SNA
8h 38m
1 stop
$329American Airlines
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Santa Ana to Iowa flights

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

What is the cheapest Santa Ana to Iowa flight route?

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

The cheapest ticket to Iowa from Santa Ana found in the last 72 hours was to Des Moines, at $190 round-trip. The most popular route is from Santa Ana (SNA) to Des Moines (DSM), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $190.

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

The average price for all round-trip flights from Santa Ana 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 morning, when round-trip flights cost $191 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 $191.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from Santa Ana 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 $335, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Santa Ana to Iowa?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Santa Ana 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 Santa Ana to Iowa is January, when tickets cost $175 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are July and June, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $436 and $433 respectively.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Iowa?

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

If you are looking for a flight deal from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Iowa, look for departures on Mondays and avoid leaving on a Tuesday, as it's usually the priciest day. When flying back from Iowa, Saturday is the cheapest day to fly and Tuesday is the most expensive.

Good to know

Low seasonFebruary
Cheapest flight$73
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 4% lower on average.
Flight from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Des Moines

FAQs - booking Iowa flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from John Wayne (Santa Ana) 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 John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Iowa.

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  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from John Wayne (Santa Ana) 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 John Wayne (Santa Ana) 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 John Wayne (Santa Ana) 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 John Wayne (Santa Ana) 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 3 airlines serving from Santa Ana to Iowa

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Santa Ana 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 Santa Ana 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.
7.4
United AirlinesOverall score based on 9418 reviews
6.6Food
7.1Entertainment
8.1Crew
7.7Boarding
7.3Comfort
Airline reviews

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.

6.0 GoodAnonymous, Mar 2026
SFO - DEN
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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.

Staff were good. My seat was in need of repair, but for a short flight was not problematic. Usual basic snack and drink setup that you'll find on any US carrier. Over, a decent, basic flight.

Complimentary light meal would be appreciated. But great flight crew service on all legs

Flight delayed for more than 16 hrs and no effort was spent to provide an alternate

Women boarding passengers at the gate was absolutely rude and disrespectful of passengers. The flight attendant was absolutely delightful! Smiling and connected with the passengers. So happy. The seats are cramped and uncomfortable but I guess that’s just the way it is Communication regarding flight was excellent

it was a very short flight so my expectations were low.

Very disappointing given gate agent behavior. Filed a formal complaint with United.

Crew was great (professional, attentive, prompt). Snacks for 4 hrs flight is deplorable.

Flight delayed. WiFi connectivity very poor if not existant. Last minute arrival forced me to run to catch my connection.

Terrible. No customer service, no food, no drinks on a 6 hour premier economy booking.

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.

Dloght delayed by 2.5 hrs . Common theme in my last four american floghts

They are rarely on time! Very hard to plan your travels when flights or connections keep getting delayed.

My seat was assigned last row behind restrooms No legroom’s I’m very Pettit Still was not comfortable Food choice was excellent

The chicken wrap was tiny ($13 for what looked like a 1/3 of a normal wrap?) and disgusting.

Mediocre would be best description. Food bland. Seat biz class uncomfortable to sleep. Crew never dimmed lights completely in an overnight flight to Europe. Would avoid AA if possible.

Small plane, poor meal choices for first class, bad terminal and boarding experience at LAX

Massimo, flight attendant was very authentic, attentive - wonderful. Food/wrap was just okay.

Experience was great. The best part is the free Wi-Fi connection which helps me to work on the flight

The flight was fine. It's the satellite terminal that supports American eagle flights is what sucks. There is only one food option and everything there is way overpriced. I mean I know it's airport pricing, but it's even crazier than that. I bought a sandwich in a plastic container for $18.

The flight was really crowded. Flight attendants were just ok.

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