Des Moines International in March 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 March 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,330 domestic departures from Des Moines International (DSM). 85.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.0% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.5% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so DSM departures were 6.5 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at DSM that month were on time 79.4% of the time (1,330 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 50%, late-arriving aircraft 28% and national aviation system 17%.

On time 85.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.6%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2024	Year earlier	DSM, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2024
Departed on time	85.0%	—	78.5%	78.5%
Arrived on time	85.0%	—	77.3%	78.3%
Cancelled	0.4%	—	2.5%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	16.7 min	—	20.8 min	15.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	44	—	43	19,726
Scheduled departures	1,330	—	15,584	591,767

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	232	17%	81.0%	19.9 min	0.4%
9E Endeavor Air	226	17%	89.8%	-5.4 min	0.4%
G4 Allegiant Air	169	13%	75.1%	18.2 min	0.6%
UA United Airlines	156	12%	91.7%	-6.3 min	0.6%
WN Southwest Airlines	150	11%	80.7%	1.5 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	120	9%	85.8%	-3.8 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	93	7%	92.5%	5.6 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	72	5%	84.7%	1.9 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	50	4%	94.0%	12.4 min	2.0%
OH PSA Airlines	32	2%	90.6%	-8.2 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	30	2%	73.3%	10.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DSM–DEN	Des Moines to Denver	196	86.2%	2.1 min	1.0%
DSM–ORD	Des Moines to Chicago	144	95.1%	-9.8 min	0.0%
DSM–DFW	Des Moines to Dallas/Fort Worth	94	74.5%	36.6 min	0.0%
DSM–ATL	Des Moines to Atlanta	93	92.5%	5.6 min	0.0%
DSM–PHX	Des Moines to Phoenix	89	92.1%	-16.4 min	1.1%
DSM–MSP	Des Moines to Minneapolis	88	94.3%	-7.5 min	1.1%
DSM–LGA	Des Moines to New York	83	85.5%	-3.7 min	0.0%
DSM–DTW	Des Moines to Detroit	81	85.2%	-2.3 min	0.0%
DSM–CLT	Des Moines to Charlotte	62	74.2%	44.8 min	0.0%
DSM–DCA	Des Moines to Washington	61	82.0%	-1.5 min	0.0%
DSM–STL	Des Moines to St. Louis	57	86.0%	-0.1 min	0.0%
DSM–LAS	Des Moines to Las Vegas	52	76.9%	6.3 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), March 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	49.7%	32.1%	10,537
Late-arriving aircraft	28.0%	42.1%	5,933
National Aviation System	16.8%	21.4%	3,568
Extreme weather	5.4%	4.2%	1,152
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

21,190 delay minutes on 194 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 March 2024?

85.0% of 1,330 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.5% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

March 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 March 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.