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Airport month · June 2024

Des Moines International in June 2024

76.2%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 June 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,281 domestic departures from Des Moines International (DSM). 76.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.0% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 73.7% of flights departed on time and 73.9% arrived on time, so DSM departures were 2.5 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at DSM that month were on time 67.1% of the time (1,281 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 40%, air carrier 35% and national aviation system 17%.

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

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

MeasureJun 2024Year earlierDSM, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Jun 2024
Departed on time76.2%—78.5%73.7%
Arrived on time75.0%—77.3%73.9%
Cancelled0.9%—2.5%1.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)21.2 min—20.8 min19.7 min
Scheduled departures a day43—4320,371
Scheduled departures1,281—15,584611,132

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
9E Endeavor Air21917%67.6%10.6 min1.4%
AA American Airlines18915%66.7%21.3 min2.1%
UA United Airlines17914%82.7%9.9 min0.6%
G4 Allegiant Air17714%73.4%8.8 min0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines14511%81.4%5.4 min0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines907%93.3%-7.4 min0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines836%77.1%35.5 min0.0%
YX Republic Airline816%87.7%5.2 min0.0%
MQ Envoy Air786%64.1%22.6 min1.3%
F9 Frontier Airlines322%56.3%58.0 min6.3%
OH PSA Airlines81%50.0%49.3 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
DSM–DENDes Moines to Denver20576.1%15.9 min0.5%
DSM–ORDDes Moines to Chicago14072.1%22.2 min0.0%
DSM–DFWDes Moines to Dallas/Fort Worth11662.9%15.7 min3.4%
DSM–ATLDes Moines to Atlanta9093.3%-7.4 min0.0%
DSM–DTWDes Moines to Detroit8475.0%7.1 min0.0%
DSM–MSPDes Moines to Minneapolis8453.6%24.0 min1.2%
DSM–LGADes Moines to New York7684.2%-7.1 min2.6%
DSM–CLTDes Moines to Charlotte6063.3%36.3 min0.0%
DSM–DCADes Moines to Washington6076.7%18.8 min0.0%
DSM–PHXDes Moines to Phoenix6085.0%28.5 min1.7%
DSM–STLDes Moines to St. Louis5590.9%-2.2 min0.0%
DSM–LASDes Moines to Las Vegas4783.0%1.6 min0.0%

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), June 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Jun 2024Minutes
Air carrier34.8%34.4%8,861
Late-arriving aircraft40.1%41.5%10,197
National Aviation System16.7%17.8%4,254
Extreme weather3.6%6.0%926
Security4.7%0.2%1,203
25,441 delay minutes on 307 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left DSM on time in June 2024?

76.2% of 1,281 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.7% and 73.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

June 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 June 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.