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Airport month · December 2023
Des Moines International in December 2023
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 December 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,251 domestic departures from Des Moines International (DSM). 84.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.2% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so DSM departures were 1.3 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at DSM that month were on time 82.9% of the time (1,250 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 56%, late-arriving aircraft 24% and national aviation system 12%.
- On time 85.2%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.5%
- Cancelled 0.2%
- Diverted 0.2%
December 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Dec 2023 | Year earlier | DSM, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 84.4% | — | 78.5% | 83.1% |
| Arrived on time | 85.2% | — | 77.3% | 83.8% |
| Cancelled | 0.2% | — | 2.5% | 0.4% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 12.8 min | — | 20.8 min | 11.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 42 | — | 43 | 19,013 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,251 | — | 15,584 | 570,394 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA American Airlines | 205 | 16% | 86.8% | 3.7 min | 0.0% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 198 | 16% | 92.4% | -10.5 min | 0.5% |
| UA United Airlines | 160 | 13% | 85.6% | -0.8 min | 0.0% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 152 | 12% | 81.6% | -3.0 min | 0.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 147 | 12% | 68.7% | 20.6 min | 0.7% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 91 | 7% | 85.7% | -7.1 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 90 | 7% | 93.3% | -7.1 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 71 | 6% | 85.9% | -1.3 min | 0.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 62 | 5% | 87.1% | -2.6 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 57 | 5% | 94.7% | -9.0 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 18 | 1% | 66.7% | 16.1 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DSM–DEN | Des Moines to Denver | 196 | 82.7% | -2.8 min | 0.0% |
| DSM–ORD | Des Moines to Chicago | 146 | 84.9% | -1.1 min | 0.0% |
| DSM–DFW | Des Moines to Dallas/Fort Worth | 91 | 89.0% | 2.6 min | 0.0% |
| DSM–ATL | Des Moines to Atlanta | 90 | 93.3% | -7.1 min | 0.0% |
| DSM–MSP | Des Moines to Minneapolis | 84 | 89.3% | -7.8 min | 0.0% |
| DSM–LGA | Des Moines to New York | 74 | 93.2% | -12.0 min | 1.4% |
| DSM–DTW | Des Moines to Detroit | 68 | 97.1% | -12.6 min | 0.0% |
| DSM–CLT | Des Moines to Charlotte | 63 | 82.5% | 11.7 min | 0.0% |
| DSM–DCA | Des Moines to Washington | 62 | 87.1% | -2.6 min | 0.0% |
| DSM–STL | Des Moines to St. Louis | 59 | 78.0% | 8.2 min | 0.0% |
| DSM–PHX | Des Moines to Phoenix | 56 | 89.3% | -4.6 min | 0.0% |
| DSM–LAS | Des Moines to Las Vegas | 49 | 87.8% | -13.0 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left DSM on time in December 2023?
84.4% of 1,251 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
December 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 December 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.