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Find cheap flights to Des Moines from $2,602

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Cheap flight deals to Des Moines

Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights to Des Moines 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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21:15 - 15:17MEL-DSM
33h 02m2 stops
05:00 - 06:45DSM-MEL
34h 45m2 stops
$2,602Qantas Airways
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mar., 18 jun. - jue., 25 jul.
21:15 - 16:58MEL-DSM
34h 43m2 stops
11:40 - 05:25DSM-MEL
26h 45m1 stop
$2,708American Airlines
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mié., 15 may. - dom., 19 may.
21:15 - 16:58MEL-DSM
34h 43m2 stops
11:40 - 05:25DSM-MEL
26h 45m1 stop
$2,743American Airlines
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mié., 15 may. - dom., 19 may.
21:15 - 17:39MEL-DSM
35h 24m2 stops
19:31 - 05:25DSM-MEL
42h 54m1 stop
$2,805Qantas Airways
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mar., 18 jun. - jue., 25 jul.
13:00 - 23:02MEL-DSM
25h 02m1 stop
05:00 - 05:25DSM-MEL
33h 25m1 stop
$2,966American Airlines
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mié., 15 may. - dom., 19 may.
13:00 - 23:02MEL-DSM
25h 02m1 stop
11:40 - 05:25DSM-MEL
26h 45m1 stop
$2,983American Airlines
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mié., 15 may. - dom., 19 may.
06:30 - 20:41MEL-DSM
29h 11m3 stops
14:59 - 08:15DSM-MEL
26h 16m2 stops
$3,270United Airlines
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mar., 18 jun. - jue., 25 jul.
02:25 - 21:44MEL-DSM
58h 19m3 stops
15:25 - 19:35DSM-MEL
37h 10m3 stops
$5,186Emirates
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lun., 17 jun. - jue., 25 jul.
10:55 - 22:15MEL-DSM
26h 20m2 stops
14:59 - 08:15DSM-MEL
26h 16m2 stops
$6,466United Airlines
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mar., 18 jun. - jue., 25 jul.
02:25 - 22:15MEL-DSM
58h 50m3 stops
15:25 - 05:30DSM-MEL
47h 05m2 stops
$19,608Emirates
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lun., 17 jun. - jue., 25 jul.

Flights to Des Moines - Travel Insights & Trends

Get data-powered insights and trends into 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 Tuesday where tickets can be as cheap as $2,601. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Friday, where prices are $3,165 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 $2,372 on average for one-way flights. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and April, where the average cost of tickets from Australia is $4,986 and $3,242 respectively. For return trips, the best month to travel is February with an average price of $2,372.

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 $2,523 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 $2,850.

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 Melbourne, which takes 25h 02m, and Perth, which takes 29h 31m.

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Low season

January

High season

July

Cheapest flight

$2,602
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 24% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 0% lower on average.
Flight from Melbourne to Des Moines

When to book flights to Des Moines

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel to Des Moines based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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FAQs - booking Des Moines flights

  • How far is Des Moines from central Des Moines?

    There are 6 km between Des Moines city centre and Des Moines.

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

    When flying to Des Moines, you'll arrive at Des Moines (DSM). The airport is also known 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 travellers 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 115 per week, followed by Delta with 108 flights per week.

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Direct departures

Australia to Des Moines

Monday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +23 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +24 more

Tuesday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +22 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +23 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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Direct returns

Des Moines to Australia

Monday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +23 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +24 more

Tuesday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +22 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +23 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 4 airlines flying 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 Australia to Des Moines. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
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8.2
Air New ZealandOverall score based on 650 reviews
7.6food
8.8crew
8.1comfort
7.9entertainment
8.4boarding
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Overall excellent but the Captain kept the seat belt sign on for far too long, especially at the beginning and end of the flight. It was 2 hours after take-off before the crew were able to start the service (on an 11 hour night flight, reducing our sleeping time) and the seat belt sign on went on during breakfast (90 mins before landing) and was not turned off again until we landed. This made for an uncomfortable journey of trying to limit fluid intake because it was unclear when the toilets would be available for use.

8.0 ExcellentNathan, Mar 2024NRT - AKL
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Overall excellent but the Captain kept the seat belt sign on for far too long, especially at the beginning and end of the flight. It was 2 hours after take-off before the crew were able to start the service (on an 11 hour night flight, reducing our sleeping time) and the seat belt sign on went on during breakfast (90 mins before landing) and was not turned off again until we landed. This made for an uncomfortable journey of trying to limit fluid intake because it was unclear when the toilets would be available for use.

The staff and crew on board were excellent. Business class however, was very weird. I thought we would have individual pods, but the way it was set up was unexpected. Not very private and If you wanted to lay down, you had to have an entire bed made up for you by the crew, rather than how Delta one works where you could just lie down whenever you feel like it. It was a 16 hour flight. I chose not to have my bed made, and that turned out to be a good idea because everybody who had their bed made had to wait for the crew to roll up their mattresses. So strange!

Food was not good. We asked for Muslim food and it was weird tasteless type of boiled veges.

Couldn’t request a vegan meal somehow but I noticed other people getting them

They announced food service but then never came around. We also couldn’t land so kept trying to get to runway and then had to come up and go around happened like 3 times and cause the child next to me to start throwing up

Good food and entertainment options. Great Staff that were all welcoming and caregiving.

The recline on the seat in front of me came back so that I was staring at the top of the man’s head in front of me the whole trip. He refused to bring his seat back up twice every time he was instructed to do so and only relented when he had a tray of good in front of him. And then right back in my lap!!! Horrible man!! I complained to the staff multiple times, but no one would address the issue. Otherwise, it would have been a perfect flight.

There was a snafu with confirming seats at check which left us in limbo for the second leg of our trip. I believe the ANZ app is not well integrated with the systems at the terminal resulting in this disconcerting error.

Carring crew, nice ambiance of the cabin, comfortable beds, good food well served. We liked everything.

The pilot tried to make up for lost time due to delays that were out of her control. She communicated the issues openly and clearly and made every effort to do what she could to alleviate issues.

More facilities to transport to the gates......felt too much walking distance

Just happy I flew Qatar Airways awesome no wonder they are #1 in the world right now! The food was just delicious, very courteous, professional crew.

It was good no problems made it on time for the next flight overseas!

It was a really long flight from Doha to Philadelphia and it was overall a good one. The one area that I would comment on is that there is a lot of single-use plastic and disposables in the meal service for American Airlines. It would be great to see more circular options in the meal service to reduce the amount of waste.

Suddenly Flight has been change by Qatar and there’s no information is there of us from Bom to Doha and counter person is behaving like Qatar owner next I will not buy Qatar and I will not suggest anyone to fly in Qatar

The crew was fantastic and the over flight was perfect as well.

They shld provide food. Between food they are giving 10 hours gap which is toooo much

The crew was great and the food and liquor offerings were good. Seats were a bit cramped. Flight arrived early at destination. That's a plus.

All over with Qatar airlines my experience was really bad due to delays and then putting me on different airlines and after 8 hours of wait I had to listen to their is no plane to fly for another 24 hours. Wore experience ever.

I had already opted for Vegan food before 2 months yet they say we have no record for it,

Following a marathon flight riddled by delays and changes from Santiago, Chile, my flight to Melbourne from Sydney was on schedule but I was transferred to the next flight. The reason by ticketing and the floor manager was I missed the entry to flight by one minute! That's right, the emphasised that if I was 1 minute earlier I would be on the flight. I asked what was the point them emphasising 1minute overdue and how that helped me or the situation. They didn't care at all. Replying that if it was one minute earlier they would've done something and smirking delivering the information. Australian's do call Australia home, Qantas calls Australian's suckers.

1) crackly headphone jack 2) one of the emergency seats recline. Usually second row does. But in this case neither did 3) food was scrambled eggs or fruit. 4) fruit should not be the option to eggs 5)miserable unpleasant crew not a smile. Thought that was a virgin thing

Qantas are unable to service and unfit for purpose, they cannot transport Australians on time to overseas destinations. On top of the inflated ticketing, the Sydney flight to Santiago was impacted because the plane was delayed arriving and then further bungling by Qantas admitting the ground new ground crew in charge of cleaning were not trained. The impact on passengers with connecting flights was tremendous and long ques of frustrated passengers waiting for rescheduling. **Qantas has become the Australian Spirit of disappointment**

The staff we fantastic and seemed to work very well with each other

Business lounge in Melbourne mediocre. Look at Emirates or Qatar, Qantas! Great friendly crew. Food was good but Emirates is a level above. Business seat good. But can’t compare to Qatar. Main reason for booking Qantas is loyalty and terrific connection via Perth to LHR.

I was pleasantly surprised with my flight to LA with Qantas. Although seats were not the roomies, service was excellent.

The service and smooth landing. Food was delicious and the staff was friendly. We arrived earlier than scheduled.

Wonderful crew, good food. Absolutely loved the wine spritz and wish I could buy it!

Don’t like last minute airline change. Not able to choose seat earlier.

Enjoyed the new possibilities of in flight entertainment. Been awhile since I've flown, and that was a nice surprise. Being able to pick from such a variety was personalized and welcomed.

One problem, but a serious one - the plane is built with electric windows that tint dark to reduce light. Sitting next to the window is VERY UNCOMFORTABLE as it emits so much HEAT in the face when tinted.

So so. Terrible aircraft choice for that leg of the flight.

Due to one crew member not showing up to work, our flight was significantly delayed causing us to miss our connecting flight in Houston to Mississippi causing us to be delayed by more than 6 hours and missing our event all together. Very disappointing. All because ONE crew member called in sick. United did grant us a $15 meal voucher, which was a small but appreciated concession that I wasn’t able to use because I ordered my lunch and paid for it before applying the concession, and the staff said it was too late to use it. Ugh! We also had a TWO delay coming back from Mississippi, but that was on American Airlines and it was due to weather, so not their fault. Anyway, not at all impressed with United’s handling of our flight and the HUGE disappointment of missing our important family event for our 90 year old mother. All that money and all that stress and emotions for nothing. Having to wait the hour to bring an employee from LAX seemed like something that should not have happened. Why don’t you have a local back-up? Santa Ana is not a little airport in a rural area.

Terrible. 2 hour delay. Sat on the tarmac. Missed my connecting flight. Had to ARGUE with Customer service to get a hotel and food. Terrible experience with my loyal carrier

Our seat tv didn’t work All the rest was perfect

Flight delayed from Cape Town to Washington then got diverted to miami and in miami we had to fend for ourselves , im still trying to get to Shreveport now

I liked the exit row seat. Hated the distance between gates in Houston.

delay several times and wait extra long to board. no entertainment service because there are problem for some rows. always encounter some delays for the last flight of the day.

I just wrote a text which was supposed to be for the flight from Denver to spokane not Frankfurt to Denver.

On time every leg of the journey and exceptional staff at counter, gate, and on board. I haven’t travelled in US for a long time and was genuinely surprised how pleasant this was.

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Recent return flight deals

 
These are the cheapest return flights to Des Moines found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
18/6mar.
2 stopsQantas Airways
33h 02mMEL-DSM
25/7jue.
2 stopsQantas Airways
34h 45mDSM-MEL
$2,602
15/5mié.
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
34h 43mMEL-DSM
19/5dom.
1 stopAmerican Airlines
26h 45mDSM-MEL
$2,708
15/5mié.
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
34h 43mMEL-DSM
19/5dom.
1 stopAmerican Airlines
26h 45mDSM-MEL
$2,743
18/6mar.
2 stopsQantas Airways
35h 24mMEL-DSM
25/7jue.
1 stopQantas Airways
42h 54mDSM-MEL
$2,805
15/5mié.
1 stopAmerican Airlines
25h 02mMEL-DSM
19/5dom.
1 stopAmerican Airlines
33h 25mDSM-MEL
$2,966
15/5mié.
1 stopAmerican Airlines
25h 02mMEL-DSM
19/5dom.
1 stopAmerican Airlines
26h 45mDSM-MEL
$2,983
18/6mar.
3 stopsUnited Airlines
29h 11mMEL-DSM
25/7jue.
2 stopsUnited Airlines
26h 16mDSM-MEL
$3,270
17/6lun.
3 stopsEmirates
58h 19mMEL-DSM
25/7jue.
3 stopsEmirates
37h 10mDSM-MEL
$5,186
18/6mar.
2 stopsUnited Airlines
26h 20mMEL-DSM
25/7jue.
2 stopsUnited Airlines
26h 16mDSM-MEL
$6,466
17/6lun.
3 stopsEmirates
58h 50mMEL-DSM
25/7jue.
2 stopsEmirates
47h 05mDSM-MEL
$19,608

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Recent domestic flight deals

14/8mié.
multi-stopDelta
4h 15mDEN-DSM
21/8mié.
multi-stopDelta
6h 26mDSM-DEN
$273
16/8vie.
multi-stopDelta
7h 34mDEN-DSM
21/8mié.
multi-stopDelta
6h 26mDSM-DEN
$296
25/5sáb.
multi-stopDelta
6h 55mDEN-DSM
31/5vie.
multi-stopDelta
6h 25mDSM-DEN
$302
2/6dom.
directUnited Airlines
1h 45mDEN-DSM
15/6sáb.
directUnited Airlines
2h 06mDSM-DEN
$359
28/6vie.
directUnited Airlines
1h 45mDEN-DSM
4/7jue.
directUnited Airlines
1h 56mDSM-DEN
$382
28/5mar.
multi-stopSouthwest
22h 15mORD-DSM
30/5jue.
multi-stopSouthwest
6h 35mDSM-ORD
$482
27/5lun.
multi-stopSouthwest
10h 00mORD-DSM
30/5jue.
multi-stopSouthwest
6h 35mDSM-ORD
$520
10/7mié.
directAmerican Airlines
2h 53mPHX-DSM
14/7dom.
directAmerican Airlines
2h 59mDSM-PHX
$522
9/7mar.
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
6h 28mPHX-DSM
14/7dom.
directAmerican Airlines
2h 59mDSM-PHX
$537
10/7mié.
multi-stopFrontier
17h 10mPHX-DSM
14/7dom.
multi-stopFrontier
16h 07mDSM-PHX
$570

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