$90 Find Cheap Flights from Washington, D.C. 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 Washington, D.C. to Iowa departing on 4/13. 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 Washington, D.C. to Iowa

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Des Moines
Des Moines1 stop$180
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids1 stop$231
Sioux City
Sioux City1 stop$441
Waterloo
Waterloo1 stop$467
Moline
Moline1 stop$291
Des Moines
Des Moines1 stop$180
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids1 stop$231
Sioux City
Sioux City1 stop$441
Waterloo
Waterloo1 stop$467
Moline
Moline1 stop$291

Book Cheap Washington, D.C. 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 Washington, D.C. 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.
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Recent round-trip flight deals from Washington, D.C. to Iowa

Mon, Apr 13 - Mon, Apr 20
Frontier Logo
1:00 pm - 7:14 pm
DCA
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DSM
7h 14m
1 stop
Frontier Logo
2:04 pm - 1:00 pm
DSM
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DCA
21h 56m
1 stop
$180Frontier
Wed, May 6 - Mon, May 11
Frontier Logo
7:00 am - 1:31 pm
DCA
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DSM
7h 31m
1 stop
Frontier Logo
2:16 pm - 4:59 pm
DSM
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DCA
25h 43m
1 stop
$213Frontier
Wed, Apr 22 - Sat, Apr 25
American Airlines Logo
8:09 pm - 11:50 pm
BWI
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CID
4h 41m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 11:11 am
CID
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BWI
4h 11m
1 stop
$231American Airlines
Sat, May 2 - Sat, May 9
American Airlines Logo
5:39 am - 12:18 pm
BWI
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CID
7h 39m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 5:08 pm
CID
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BWI
10h 08m
2 stops
$236American Airlines
Tue, Apr 14 - Tue, Apr 21
United Airlines Logo
3:42 pm - 7:04 pm
BWI
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CID
4h 22m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
8:00 am - 2:02 pm
CID
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BWI
5h 02m
1 stop
$251United Airlines
Tue, Apr 7 - Tue, Apr 14
Delta Logo
4:43 pm - 10:19 pm
BWI
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CID
6h 36m
1 stop
Delta Logo
12:34 pm - 6:17 pm
CID
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BWI
4h 43m
1 stop
$290Delta
Tue, Apr 14 - Sat, Apr 18
Delta Logo
11:18 am - 3:41 pm
BWI
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CID
5h 23m
1 stop
Delta Logo
6:45 am - 4:37 pm
CID
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BWI
8h 52m
2 stops
$295Delta
Wed, Apr 1 - Tue, Apr 7
United Airlines Logo
10:10 am - 2:20 pm
IAD
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OMA
5h 10m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
8:00 am - 4:03 pm
OMA
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IAD
7h 03m
1 stop
$332United Airlines
Wed, May 6 - Sat, May 9
Southwest Logo
9:25 am - 4:10 pm
BWI
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OMA
7h 45m
2 stops
Southwest Logo
5:15 am - 11:55 am
OMA
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BWI
5h 40m
1 stop
$332Southwest
Wed, May 6 - Sat, May 9
Southwest Logo
3:05 pm - 10:20 pm
BWI
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OMA
8h 15m
2 stops
Southwest Logo
6:20 am - 5:05 pm
OMA
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BWI
9h 45m
2 stops
$337Southwest
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Washington, D.C. to Iowa flights

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

What is the cheapest Washington, D.C. to Iowa flight route?

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

The cheapest ticket to Iowa from Washington, D.C. found in the last 72 hours was to Des Moines, at $239 round-trip. The most popular route is from Washington, D.C. Reagan-National Airport (DCA) to Des Moines (DSM), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $239.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from Washington, D.C. 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 $516, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Washington, D.C. to Iowa?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Washington, D.C. 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 Washington, D.C. to Iowa is January, when tickets cost $372 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are March and December, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $591 and $523 respectively.

Good to know

Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flight$90
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 17% drop in price.
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FAQs - booking Iowa flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Washington, D.C. to Iowa?

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  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Washington, D.C. 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 Washington, D.C. 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 Washington, D.C. 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 Washington, D.C. 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 4 airlines serving from Washington, D.C. to Iowa

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Washington, D.C. 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 Washington, D.C. 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.
8.0
SouthwestOverall score based on 4320 reviews
8.0Comfort
8.1Boarding
8.6Crew
7.0Food
7.5Entertainment
Airline reviews

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

Perhaps when you’re sitting in 1st class and the crew closes the bathroom for the pilots, there could be a notification other than holding your hands up as a blockade when you get there and you’re told the restrooms are closed please turn around … especially at night when visibility is poor and you’re met by a flight attendants with their arms up

First class is comfortable. Enjoyed a movie and was able to relax compared to coach.

Loved flying First Class. Very comfortable. The seat was amazing. Enjoyed a movie and was able to relax so much better than in coach.

We landed and sat on the tarmac for 45 minutes because they only have one gate at the airport and there was another plane running late so we had to wait

The WiFi was not working. That made for a long flight.

Absolutely no communication on why there's a delay and multiple flight time reschedules. I would have canceled the flight and drove back home if I known it was going to be rescheduled 3 or 4 times.

Another late night flight and MORE men belligerently drinking and yelling. I had to move from first to economy because they were so obnoxious and disruptive. Crazy to go from a cozy chair to cardboard when you were supposed to be in first. Delta allows was too much drinking which leads to belligerent behavior.

I was in first class and literally the men behind me were so aggressively loud I moved myself to economy. This has become so common on Delta - people using audio without headphones, and men on 12am / late night flights drinking and yelling to talk to each other which prevents anyone around them from resting. Pretty crazy to have to move from first to economy (poorer service, less comfort...). Wild wild. Looking into other airlines.

Love delta smaller commuter plane so no entertainment and paid wifi on MKE-LGA leg was extremely unreliable and slow

Stop changing gates. Stop cancelling flights Stop moving my seat.

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

Wonderful. Quick boarding. Early departure and we arrived 30 minutes early at our destination. Unfortunately, when you arrive early, there is still a departing aircraft at our gate. We had to park for 30 minutes until the gate was clear. So our early arrival was not really early at the gate. Otherwise it was a quick and smooth flight. Appreciated the efficiency.

Wifi took a while to kick in and we had a maintenance issue that took over 40 mins at the gate in Washington before pulling back

Very good. Because of the delays with my previous flight, I missed my connection, but I was able to book another flight through the United app easily.

Was happy we finally got upgraded in 1st class. The seat getting old. The cushiness need some improvement.

Ineffective communication with United resulted in lost baggage. Their Baggage Tracing counter at MUC was shut down from 11:00-14:15 on my arrival. Undertrained, underinformed staff had me Running all over MUC to find someone to help me to no avail. Staff was rude, unhelpful, and unable to effectively use the systems they did have operational. They refused to contact United in any way or provide any accommodation or other resources while I waited for my luggage. This has destroyed my downstream itinerary. If they had even the slightest visibility I may have been able to reschedule/plan, but again, their staff provided nothing, and did nothing more than their website, which doesn’t even work on a standard phone browser. Miserable failure at all levels that weren’t associated with the operation of the aircraft.

Sat next to a one year old. She crawled all over the place and made me laugh.

The Crew and the food was the worst I ever had in Business Class. First they told us there were no space for carry on. It was plenty of space over our 2 row seats, we had to ask to let us travel with it which was accepted. They were aware that we had to run for the connection due to the previous flight delay. Have us one hour waiting for more customers and not even offer a glass of water. Then started the service and they started to serve other passengers drinks in business and did not offer any drinks until they serve our pre ordered meal and I ask for something to drink. I had to wait until they finished to serve all passengers until Inget something. The crew was the worts I ever had for Business Class in my life.

Not great experience - we were super late boarding due to issues with aircraft. Then when we finally all got onboard and seated and they started taxiing out to the runway they just stopped then turned around and went back to the airport. Apparently the crew “ran out of time” to legally fly us. They mentioned that they were about 2 minutes away from taking off. I understand the rules and safety but kinda wonder why they would have bothered boarding us in the first place? Had to go all the way back and de plane and then wait in a HUGE line to get a hotel (this is somewhere around 2:30am) finally got to hotel by Uber (no shuttle after 20min so gave up) and they ended up putting us all back on the same aircraft at 10am next morning so got about 2.5 hours sleep. They did give us. $250 credit, but it was a São Paulo Brazil flight out of Dulles. The flight and everything was fine.

Starlink wifi on the Embraer E175 is an excellent experience. I was able to connect and work from IAD all the way to approach into BTV.

Delay after delay with little communication then AA lost my luggage and at airport would not assist just said scan this QR code to track your luggage and submit a claim. However QR code provided did not work so have to go back to airport

Flight delay for mechanical. Inbound arrived on time. No one said why mechanical delay.

Flight boarded, departed and landed on time. Excellent service from flight attendant in FIRST

This was one of the most frustrating travel experiences I've had to date. I had changed my flight day of to this one as it was slated to depart on time. It ended up being so delayed that my original flight took off before this one did. The boarding process began but eventually stopped and everyone had to get off the plane as a problem was identified. The person at the front desk just tried to laugh it off as if this wasn't already a huge inconvenience. From there, we eventually got to board only to sit at the gate for an additional hour because of some additional issue. This was extremely frustrating and caused a lot of stress.

It was a little concerning to hear the ground crew arguing with the flight crew over baggage space. Instead of taking them and checking them, they started checking for space in the first class cabin moving items around like the flight crew didn't know what they were doing. I was embarrassed for them.

The boarding by groups is pointless. The first two groups worked fine, but almost Noone boarded in goups three thru five leaving the vast majority boarding when group six was called. It defeated the purpose of spreading out the crowd.

delayed due to weather. Could not communicate with family since the wifi was broken

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

We were told the flight was delayed 5 times, then it was moved to the next day.

Flight delay was communicated before leaving for airport which caused it to be a non-event. Great flight and crew!

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