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$169 Find cheap flights from Canada to Des Moines

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Flights to Des Moines - Travel Insights & Trends

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

What is the cheapest day to fly to Des Moines?

The average price of all flights to Des Moines clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Des Moines is Wednesday where tickets can be as cheap as $504. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Sunday, where prices are $946 on average.

What is the cheapest month to fly to Des Moines?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights 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 to Des Moines is February, where tickets cost $292 on average for one-way flights. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and April, where the average cost of tickets from Canada is $574 and $567 respectively. For return trips, the best month to travel is May with an average price of $321.

What is the cheapest time of day to fly to Des Moines?

The average price for all flights to Des Moines depending on the time of departure, clicked by users on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.
The cheapest time of day to fly to Des Moines is generally in the afternoon, when flights cost $376 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Des Moines is generally in the evening, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $538.

How long is the flight to Des Moines?

The duration of your flight to Des Moines depends on your departure and arrival airports. Obviously any flights that include a layover will also be longer. The most popular routes to Des Moines on KAYAK are from Toronto, which takes 6h 19m, Montreal, which takes 7h 32m, and Vancouver, which takes 9h 14m.

How many direct flights to Des Moines are there each day?

There are around 61 direct flights from within Canada to Des Moines every day. Most flights depart in the morning, with 12:00 pm the most common departure time and 43% of flights departing in the morning.

How many direct flights to Des Moines are there each week?

Each week there are around 427 direct flights from within Canada to Des Moines. The most common day for departures is Thursday, with 16% of flights taking off on this day.

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Low season

March

High season

June

Cheapest flight

$169
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 4% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 5% increase in price.
Flight from Toronto to Des Moines

FAQs - booking Des Moines flights

  • How far is Des Moines from central Des Moines?

    You’ll need to travel 4 miles to reach the Des Moines city center from Des Moines.

  • What is the name of Des Moines’s airport?

    All flights to Des Moines land at Des Moines. The airport code is DSM,and it can also be referred to as Des Moines or Des Moines Intl.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights 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 to Des Moines.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Des Moines is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights 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 with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight 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 up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

  • Which airline offers the most flights to Des Moines?

    Of the 6 airlines that fly to Des Moines, American Airlines offers the most flights, with around 127 per week, followed by United Airlines with 100 flights per week.

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Nonstop departures

Canada to Des Moines

Monday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +23 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +24 more

Tuesday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +23 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +24 more

Wednesday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +23 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +24 more

Thursday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +23 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +24 more

Friday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +24 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +25 more

Saturday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +23 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +24 more

Sunday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +24 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +25 more

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Nonstop returns

Des Moines to Canada

Monday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +23 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +24 more

Tuesday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +23 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +24 more

Wednesday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +23 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +24 more

Thursday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +23 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +24 more

Friday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +24 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +25 more

Saturday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +23 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +24 more

Sunday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +24 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +25 more

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Top 3 airlines serving from Canada to Des Moines

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to Des Moines. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from Canada to Des Moines. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with to Des Moines? 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 10647 reviews
7.7Boarding
7.2Comfort
8.1Crew
6.7Food
7.1Entertainment
Airline reviews

Marked by flight delays on all segments of the trip. Food in first class cabin was mediocre and overhead cabin storage was not adequate. Overall, the premium charge for first class cabin was poor and over hyped. This will be our last flight with UA.

4.0 OkayMohamud R, May 2024YVR - SFO
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Marked by flight delays on all segments of the trip. Food in first class cabin was mediocre and overhead cabin storage was not adequate. Overall, the premium charge for first class cabin was poor and over hyped. This will be our last flight with UA.

We enjoyed that we boarded and took off on time. We didn’t like that our connection flight was a twenty minute walk through the airport with only one hour in between flights.

It was good! Appreciated that it was very on schedule so it made the connecting flight less stressful

Two flights,both poor. No entertainment. Cramped and uncomfortable seats, little space, the rest was OK. Staff were acceptable good.

The crew was doing their best on an old plane needing updating. Chairs that creaked and wouldn’t stay in position. My tray table was unusable as was on-board entertainment due the audio needing usb earphones (that were not provided). Prior to boarding in Toronto and despite being scheduled for a wheelchair and assistance, we were dropped off by clubcar without a wheelchair which I found myself by a gate. Due to no boarding gate assigned at that time we waited and when it was, it subsequently was moved from 64 to 95. No help could be found so I pushed my husband’s chair to that furthest gate in the airport at the highest speed possible for a 73 year old. And by that I mean I ran. It was a very stressful experience.

Wifi wasn't working on one of the UA flights after boarding.

Leg room was lacking. Legs crammed into seat in front.

T hey did a great job. Flight was on time .

the plane was old. the wifi didn’t work. the entertainment was boring and dated. the charging ports were impossible to find. i was mostly ignored by flight attendants that had no problem speaking to the man beside me. i got two drinks the entire time i was on the plane.

Crew was not very helpful. They forgot to serve me coffee and had to wait for a long time.It looked as if they were not very happy with what they were doing.

Paid for premium economy had no tv the whole time the crew tried to reset/reboot but would not work they said they would put a trouble ticket in for it. We had 3 seats my tv was the only one that didn't work. They cancelled our flight re worked us on another that left us at airport over night on the floor I have a ten year old and a 78 diabetic mother which also had shingles and suffers from nerve pain in legs and back. Requested wheelchair service at all airports after the re route NO wheelchair service was there to help. WORST experience we have ever had. Went to American airlines assistance it was closed. I AM FURIOUS!!! I expect some sort of compensation from this traumatic experience and no need for flying points we don't plan on using American airlines again!!!!

The flight was sequentially delayed until it reached two hours. Apparently one pilot failed to show up.

This is by far the worst experience I have had with American Airlines. The start of this trip was a complete disaster. I purposely planned my trip so that I would weather any delays so that I could make very important meeting at the Pentagon. My flight was cancelled because of maintenance and I was put on the first flight the next day but I was late to the meeting. After a long week at the Pentagon I just wanted to go home and my flight home which was early in the day was delayed. Eventually the flight was delayed until the next day. I was not authorized a hotel room because DCA was my point of origin. So I paid for a hotel out of pocket. The flight this morning was boarded then deplaned because the aircraft was hot. The flow of information was not happening in DCA and made it worse when the news was bad. I am going to take a break from American for my next few military flights. Hopefully whatever has been going on with American Airlines will be resolved.

We had a 2 hour delay. The seats were smaller than most other airlines. The person in front of us wanted to lay back and we had to stop her because she was pressing against my girlfriend’s legs. We had to ask her to sit up and not lay back due to the lack of room.

Everything was fine once we actually got on our flight. It was more then annoying they canceled (delayed) our flight. We lost out on a day of our trip along with money on our stay. Plus we had to book another hotel. So expensive.

This flight was canceled and delayed several times without explanation. The plane was freezing cold and no wifi for messaging. Getting off the plane was terribly unorganized and felt like it took forever….

The flight was delayed several times without explanation. The seats were terribly uncomfortable and wifi isn’t included. All these make for a less than ideal flight.

The flights was delayed by hours and it was the firmest landing I have experienced in my life. My back is still sore.

Internet service was erratic. Crew service was poor and slow. My luggage on this non-stop flight was lost and not recovered

Terrible. I didn’t fly and I had an important meeting the next day.

The flight was very turbulent. The who 3 hours we mostly needed seat belts. Plane is older and does not have tv screens so no entertainment.

Experienced flight cancelations and delays in 5 days. They seem pretty common to AC. Experienced with one of AC's check-in agents at the counter of a big liar. She lied and acted (yes like acting in a movie) that an early flight was fully booked and refused to rebook me, but my flight was delayed two hours so I could not make my connection. Later, I got help at the gate to switch the early flight (Big thanks to that agent). Ater boading, I found the early flight was only 2/3 full meaning there was almost one vacant seat in a 3-person seater, and multiple empty 3-seaters. AC is wired that it is filled with good and bad employees. BTW, AC employees seem never smile, or they don't know how.

Not much food/snacks. I had just tea and it was so bitter.

My husbands flight last night Vancouver/Sydney was 90 minutes late in leaving. My flight tonight Vancouver/Seattle was also late in departing.

My mother, 80years old, had arranged for wheelchair assist to and from the aircraft cabin and in the airport but, no one showed up for her to de-plane. Apart from Air Canada having a reputation of being late for every leg of its flight so nothing was new this time so this time they did worse by not assisting seniors. I guess our whole family is done with this airline

Flights delayed over 4 hours with no compensation. No agents at counters to assist with re-booking.

Seating for almost 3 hours in the plan before aircraft takeoff. Very exhausted .

The bathroom did not have hand soap. That is unacceptable.

The only problem I encountered was they changed the gate on me while I was sitting down but no one notified me, they had sent me an email and by coincidence I checked it and found out that they had changed my boarding terminal. No one notified me and when I had asked the lady she told me yes this is the spot while they had already changed to another gate/terminal

I was seated next to someone who was, to be polite, not a small person. I had to press myself against the wall as I had no personal space. Aside from that the crew was wonderful and they got me home safely, which is the most important part of my journey. I am very appreciative to your air crews for the job they have, which isn't easy, and appreciative of the fact that they are professional and courteous. The employees I encountered on my journey, with the few exceptions I mentioned in a previous review, are a credit to Air Canada.

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Recent round-trip flight deals

 
These are the cheapest round-trip flights to Des Moines found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
8/15Thu
1 stopUnited Airlines
13h 11mYVR-DSM
8/19Mon
1 stopUnited Airlines
5h 51mDSM-YVR
$273
6/28Fri
1 stopAmerican Airlines
14h 08mYYZ-DSM
7/2Tue
1 stopAmerican Airlines
5h 46mDSM-YYZ
$282
8/9Fri
1 stopDelta
8h 17mYYZ-DSM
8/13Tue
1 stopDelta
4h 12mDSM-YYZ
$284
7/4Thu
1 stopDelta
7h 32mYUL-DSM
7/10Wed
1 stopDelta
7h 26mDSM-YUL
$288
6/28Fri
1 stopAmerican Airlines
14h 08mYYZ-DSM
7/2Tue
1 stopAmerican Airlines
3h 53mDSM-YYZ
$293
7/3Wed
1 stopUnited Airlines
6h 59mYUL-DSM
8/20Tue
2 stopsUnited Airlines
13h 06mDSM-YUL
$296
8/1Thu
2 stopsDelta
13h 40mYVR-DSM
8/8Thu
1 stopDelta
10h 29mDSM-YVR
$301
8/9Fri
1 stopWestJet
26h 36mYYZ-DSM
8/12Mon
1 stopWestJet
16h 39mDSM-YYZ
$313
8/9Fri
1 stopWestJet
8h 17mYYZ-DSM
8/12Mon
1 stopWestJet
16h 39mDSM-YYZ
$326
7/7Sun
1 stopAir Canada
7h 38mYEG-DSM
7/14Sun
2 stopsAir Canada
9h 03mDSM-YEG
$964

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best deals for one-way flights to Des Moines found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
6/28Fri
1 stopAmerican Airlines
14h 08mYYZ-DSM
$169
6/28Fri
1 stopUnited Airlines
16h 36mYUL-DSM
$170
6/28Fri
1 stopAmerican Airlines
14h 08mYYZ-DSM
$174
8/29Thu
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
8h 19mYYZ-DSM
$198
7/14Sun
1 stopWestJet
14h 35mYUL-DSM
$226
6/16Sun
2 stops
21h 54mYWG-DSM
$249
7/14Sun
2 stopsWestJet
34h 44mYUL-DSM
$258
6/29Sat
1 stopDelta
9h 31mYYZ-DSM
$304
7/7Sun
1 stopDelta
4h 18mYWG-DSM
$330
6/16Sun
1 stopAir Canada
7h 19mYWG-DSM
$445

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Last minute flights to Des Moines

Last minute flight, train and bus deals

 
These last-minute flight deals are the cheapest flights found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours for flights to Des Moines that are departing in the next 10 days.
6/13Thu
multi-stop
18h 40mYWG-DSM
6/16Sun
multi-stop
29h 36mDSM-YWG
$575
6/15Sat
multi-stop
27h 55mYYZ-DSM
6/24Mon
multi-stop
5h 40mDSM-YYZ
$587
6/15Sat
multi-stop
14h 49mYYZ-DSM
6/24Mon
multi-stop
5h 40mDSM-YYZ
$719
6/13Thu
multi-stop
15h 10mYWG-DSM
6/16Sun
multi-stop
30h 44mDSM-YWG
$739
6/13Thu
multi-stop
29h 05mYWG-DSM
6/16Sun
multi-stop
30h 44mDSM-YWG
$765
6/13Thu
multi-stop
29h 05mYWG-DSM
6/16Sun
multi-stop
32h 30mDSM-YWG
$851
6/13Thu
multi-stopWestJet
9h 36mYWG-DSM
6/16Sun
multi-stopWestJet
22h 43mDSM-YWG
$852

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Flights to Des Moines

Destination:

Des Moines (DSM)United States

Return flight deals:

Des Moines - Canada

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