Des Moines International in February 2025

81.5%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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 971 domestic departures from Des Moines International (DSM). 81.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.5% reached their destination on time; 1.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.2% of flights departed on time and 77.9% arrived on time, so DSM departures were 2.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2024, the airport had 1,177 departures with 85.0% leaving on time: a change of −3.5 points, with flights down 18%.

Flights arriving at DSM that month were on time 78.4% of the time (971 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 47%, national aviation system 31% and late-arriving aircraft 17%.

On time 78.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.7%
Cancelled 1.5%
Diverted 0.3%

Every scheduled departure from DSM in February 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2025	Feb 2024	DSM, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2025
Departed on time	81.5%	85.0%	78.5%	79.2%
Arrived on time	78.5%	84.0%	77.3%	77.9%
Cancelled	1.5%	0.5%	2.5%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.3 min	18.1 min	20.8 min	15.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	32	39	43	16,830
Scheduled departures	971	1,177	15,584	504,884

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	144	15%	82.6%	7.9 min	1.4%
G4 Allegiant Air	141	15%	73.0%	18.4 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	136	14%	83.1%	-3.2 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	130	13%	80.0%	12.7 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	111	11%	84.7%	-0.1 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	84	9%	82.1%	-5.5 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	83	9%	78.3%	2.3 min	1.2%
OH PSA Airlines	67	7%	47.8%	15.9 min	16.4%
OO SkyWest Airlines	62	6%	82.3%	-2.2 min	1.6%
F9 Frontier Airlines	13	1%	92.3%	-17.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DSM–DEN	Des Moines to Denver	145	80.0%	1.2 min	0.7%
DSM–ORD	Des Moines to Chicago	131	84.7%	3.7 min	0.8%
DSM–PHX	Des Moines to Phoenix	98	82.7%	-3.8 min	0.0%
DSM–DFW	Des Moines to Dallas/Fort Worth	89	75.3%	4.9 min	2.2%
DSM–ATL	Des Moines to Atlanta	84	82.1%	-5.5 min	0.0%
DSM–CLT	Des Moines to Charlotte	56	89.3%	25.5 min	0.0%
DSM–DCA	Des Moines to Washington	55	43.6%	17.9 min	20.0%
DSM–STL	Des Moines to St. Louis	52	86.5%	-11.8 min	0.0%
DSM–LAS	Des Moines to Las Vegas	45	80.0%	3.1 min	0.0%
DSM–IAH	Des Moines to Houston	28	82.1%	15.6 min	0.0%
DSM–LGA	Des Moines to New York	28	67.9%	13.5 min	0.0%
DSM–MIA	Des Moines to Miami	28	85.7%	1.9 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), February 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	47.2%	33.9%	7,496
Late-arriving aircraft	17.4%	36.9%	2,762
National Aviation System	30.7%	22.5%	4,885
Extreme weather	4.7%	6.6%	750
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

15,893 delay minutes on 191 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 2025?

81.5% of 971 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.2% and 77.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2024, 85.0% of 1,177 departures left on time and 0.5% were cancelled, against 81.5% and 1.5% in February 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2025; 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.