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Airport month · May 2024
Des Moines International in May 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 May 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,254 domestic departures from Des Moines International (DSM). 76.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.7% reached their destination on time; 1.8% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 73.4% of flights departed on time and 72.3% arrived on time, so DSM departures were 2.9 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at DSM that month were on time 67.5% of the time (1,254 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 39%, air carrier 35% and national aviation system 18%.
- On time 74.7%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.3%
- Cancelled 1.8%
- Diverted 0.2%
May 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | May 2024 | Year earlier | DSM, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, May 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 76.3% | — | 78.5% | 73.4% |
| Arrived on time | 74.7% | — | 77.3% | 72.3% |
| Cancelled | 1.8% | — | 2.5% | 1.4% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 19.8 min | — | 20.8 min | 20.8 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 42 | — | 43 | 20,325 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,254 | — | 15,584 | 609,743 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA American Airlines | 244 | 19% | 66.8% | 26.6 min | 4.1% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 233 | 19% | 87.1% | -2.6 min | 1.3% |
| UA United Airlines | 179 | 14% | 73.2% | 12.9 min | 1.1% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 151 | 12% | 74.2% | 12.0 min | 0.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 127 | 10% | 70.9% | 18.1 min | 0.8% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 93 | 7% | 78.5% | 5.1 min | 1.1% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 78 | 6% | 71.8% | 27.4 min | 5.1% |
| YX Republic Airline | 68 | 5% | 79.4% | 3.1 min | 0.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 59 | 5% | 67.8% | 13.7 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 18 | 1% | 66.7% | 14.5 min | 5.6% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 4 | 0% | 75.0% | 4.8 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DSM–DEN | Des Moines to Denver | 204 | 73.5% | 12.8 min | 0.5% |
| DSM–ORD | Des Moines to Chicago | 142 | 72.5% | 17.4 min | 2.1% |
| DSM–ATL | Des Moines to Atlanta | 93 | 78.5% | 5.1 min | 1.1% |
| DSM–DFW | Des Moines to Dallas/Fort Worth | 93 | 59.1% | 29.4 min | 7.5% |
| DSM–DTW | Des Moines to Detroit | 88 | 94.3% | -5.1 min | 0.0% |
| DSM–MSP | Des Moines to Minneapolis | 88 | 88.6% | -3.3 min | 0.0% |
| DSM–LGA | Des Moines to New York | 84 | 79.8% | -0.4 min | 3.6% |
| DSM–PHX | Des Moines to Phoenix | 65 | 81.5% | 22.8 min | 1.5% |
| DSM–CLT | Des Moines to Charlotte | 62 | 64.5% | 17.8 min | 1.6% |
| DSM–DCA | Des Moines to Washington | 62 | 67.7% | 13.5 min | 0.0% |
| DSM–STL | Des Moines to St. Louis | 58 | 82.8% | 10.3 min | 0.0% |
| DSM–IAH | Des Moines to Houston | 53 | 62.3% | 40.9 min | 7.5% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left DSM on time in May 2024?
76.3% of 1,254 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.4% and 72.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
May 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 May 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.