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Airport month · April 2024
Des Moines International in April 2024
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 April 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,264 domestic departures from Des Moines International (DSM). 86.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.9% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.2% arrived on time, so DSM departures were 6.3 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at DSM that month were on time 81.7% of the time (1,261 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 60%, late-arriving aircraft 24% and national aviation system 11%.
- On time 85.9%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.4%
- Cancelled 0.6%
- Diverted 0.1%
April 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Apr 2024 | Year earlier | DSM, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Apr 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 86.8% | — | 78.5% | 80.5% |
| Arrived on time | 85.9% | — | 77.3% | 80.2% |
| Cancelled | 0.6% | — | 2.5% | 0.7% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 11.4 min | — | 20.8 min | 14.2 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 42 | — | 43 | 19,406 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,264 | — | 15,584 | 582,185 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9E Endeavor Air | 228 | 18% | 91.2% | -4.6 min | 0.4% |
| AA American Airlines | 227 | 18% | 78.0% | 8.1 min | 1.3% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 175 | 14% | 81.7% | 5.9 min | 0.0% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 146 | 12% | 83.6% | 2.0 min | 0.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 111 | 9% | 92.8% | 2.0 min | 0.9% |
| YX Republic Airline | 111 | 9% | 91.9% | -6.7 min | 0.9% |
| UA United Airlines | 91 | 7% | 85.7% | 1.7 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 90 | 7% | 88.9% | 9.4 min | 0.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 56 | 4% | 91.1% | -13.7 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 16 | 1% | 68.8% | 8.5 min | 6.3% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 13 | 1% | 84.6% | -3.5 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DSM–DEN | Des Moines to Denver | 196 | 82.1% | 6.5 min | 0.5% |
| DSM–ORD | Des Moines to Chicago | 174 | 88.5% | -4.1 min | 0.0% |
| DSM–ATL | Des Moines to Atlanta | 90 | 88.9% | 9.4 min | 0.0% |
| DSM–DFW | Des Moines to Dallas/Fort Worth | 88 | 69.3% | 19.3 min | 3.4% |
| DSM–DTW | Des Moines to Detroit | 86 | 89.5% | -5.8 min | 1.2% |
| DSM–MSP | Des Moines to Minneapolis | 86 | 90.7% | -3.4 min | 0.0% |
| DSM–LGA | Des Moines to New York | 82 | 92.7% | -4.7 min | 1.2% |
| DSM–PHX | Des Moines to Phoenix | 78 | 83.3% | 4.3 min | 0.0% |
| DSM–CLT | Des Moines to Charlotte | 60 | 78.3% | 1.6 min | 0.0% |
| DSM–IAH | Des Moines to Houston | 60 | 81.7% | 4.7 min | 0.0% |
| DSM–DCA | Des Moines to Washington | 59 | 89.8% | -11.8 min | 0.0% |
| DSM–STL | Des Moines to St. Louis | 56 | 85.7% | 0.0 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left DSM on time in April 2024?
86.8% of 1,264 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.2%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
April 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 April 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.