Des Moines International in February 2024

85.0%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 February 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,177 domestic departures from Des Moines International (DSM). 85.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.0% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.0% of flights departed on time and 83.4% arrived on time, so DSM departures were 1.0 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at DSM that month were on time 83.2% of the time (1,177 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 46%, late-arriving aircraft 24% and national aviation system 18%.

On time 84.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.3%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from DSM in February 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2024	Year earlier	DSM, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2024
Departed on time	85.0%	—	78.5%	84.0%
Arrived on time	84.0%	—	77.3%	83.4%
Cancelled	0.5%	—	2.5%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	18.1 min	—	20.8 min	11.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	39	—	43	17,307
Scheduled departures	1,177	—	15,584	519,221

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	221	19%	80.1%	16.3 min	0.9%
9E Endeavor Air	190	16%	89.5%	-5.2 min	0.5%
UA United Airlines	152	13%	80.9%	2.2 min	0.7%
WN Southwest Airlines	141	12%	83.7%	2.6 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	127	11%	74.8%	22.1 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	87	7%	93.1%	-8.2 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	83	7%	90.4%	-6.1 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	60	5%	86.7%	4.0 min	1.7%
OH PSA Airlines	58	5%	79.3%	29.2 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	37	3%	89.2%	-6.1 min	2.7%
F9 Frontier Airlines	21	2%	90.5%	-14.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DSM–DEN	Des Moines to Denver	174	79.9%	6.0 min	1.1%
DSM–ORD	Des Moines to Chicago	139	91.4%	-6.6 min	0.0%
DSM–ATL	Des Moines to Atlanta	87	93.1%	-8.2 min	0.0%
DSM–DFW	Des Moines to Dallas/Fort Worth	87	73.6%	13.5 min	1.1%
DSM–LGA	Des Moines to New York	81	81.5%	6.1 min	2.5%
DSM–PHX	Des Moines to Phoenix	79	89.9%	-3.7 min	1.3%
DSM–MSP	Des Moines to Minneapolis	78	94.9%	-8.8 min	0.0%
DSM–CLT	Des Moines to Charlotte	58	79.3%	39.6 min	0.0%
DSM–DCA	Des Moines to Washington	58	79.3%	29.2 min	0.0%
DSM–DTW	Des Moines to Detroit	58	86.2%	-2.0 min	0.0%
DSM–STL	Des Moines to St. Louis	54	88.9%	-2.6 min	0.0%
DSM–LAS	Des Moines to Las Vegas	46	71.7%	16.4 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), February 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	45.9%	35.9%	9,428
Late-arriving aircraft	24.4%	36.9%	5,017
National Aviation System	18.3%	21.7%	3,760
Extreme weather	11.3%	5.3%	2,314
Security	0.1%	0.3%	21

20,540 delay minutes on 180 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 February 2024?

85.0% of 1,177 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.0% and 83.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

February 2023 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 February 2024; 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.