Des Moines International in November 2023

87.5%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In November 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,215 domestic departures from Des Moines International (DSM). 87.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.4% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 86.0% of flights departed on time and 86.2% arrived on time, so DSM departures were 1.5 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at DSM that month were on time 84.4% of the time (1,215 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 52%, late-arriving aircraft 32% and national aviation system 15%.

On time 87.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.6%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from DSM in November 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

November 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Nov 2023	Year earlier	DSM, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2023
Departed on time	87.5%	—	78.5%	86.0%
Arrived on time	87.4%	—	77.3%	86.2%
Cancelled	0.0%	—	2.5%	0.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.4 min	—	20.8 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	41	—	43	18,793
Scheduled departures	1,215	—	15,584	563,777

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
9E Endeavor Air	213	18%	89.7%	-6.4 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	204	17%	86.8%	4.8 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	173	14%	86.1%	0.4 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	150	12%	91.3%	-4.1 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	135	11%	71.1%	6.6 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	90	7%	91.1%	8.0 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	83	7%	94.0%	-11.4 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	62	5%	87.1%	-2.3 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	57	5%	93.0%	-7.6 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	32	3%	93.8%	-12.6 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	16	1%	93.8%	-9.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DSM–DEN	Des Moines to Denver	191	86.4%	1.4 min	0.0%
DSM–ORD	Des Moines to Chicago	96	86.5%	6.2 min	0.0%
DSM–DFW	Des Moines to Dallas/Fort Worth	89	85.4%	6.7 min	0.0%
DSM–ATL	Des Moines to Atlanta	85	92.9%	-7.8 min	0.0%
DSM–MSP	Des Moines to Minneapolis	83	88.0%	-4.9 min	0.0%
DSM–PHX	Des Moines to Phoenix	81	88.9%	3.9 min	0.0%
DSM–DTW	Des Moines to Detroit	80	93.8%	-12.3 min	0.0%
DSM–LGA	Des Moines to New York	77	90.9%	-8.8 min	0.0%
DSM–CLT	Des Moines to Charlotte	61	88.5%	-1.1 min	0.0%
DSM–IAH	Des Moines to Houston	60	88.3%	8.7 min	0.0%
DSM–DCA	Des Moines to Washington	58	93.1%	-7.9 min	0.0%
DSM–STL	Des Moines to St. Louis	57	93.0%	-6.1 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), November 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	51.9%	42.5%	5,938
Late-arriving aircraft	32.1%	37.3%	3,677
National Aviation System	15.4%	16.2%	1,767
Extreme weather	0.5%	3.7%	62
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

11,444 delay minutes on 153 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left DSM on time in November 2023?

87.5% of 1,215 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 86.0% and 86.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

November 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for November 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for DSM · methodology · corrections.