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Airport month · March 2025
Des Moines International in March 2025
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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,212 domestic departures from Des Moines International (DSM). 80.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.7% reached their destination on time; 4.5% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 79.9% of flights departed on time and 79.3% arrived on time, so DSM departures were level with the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in March 2024, the airport had 1,330 departures with 85.0% leaving on time: a change of −5.0 points, with flights down 9%.
Flights arriving at DSM that month were on time 74.9% of the time (1,213 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 28%, extreme weather 26% and air carrier 23%.
- On time 78.7%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.7%
- Cancelled 4.5%
- Diverted 0.1%
March 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Mar 2025 | Mar 2024 | DSM, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 80.0% | 85.0% | 78.5% | 79.9% |
| Arrived on time | 78.7% | 85.0% | 77.3% | 79.3% |
| Cancelled | 4.5% | 0.4% | 2.5% | 1.2% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 15.3 min | 16.7 min | 20.8 min | 14.9 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 40 | 44 | 43 | 20,029 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,212 | 1,330 | 15,584 | 600,872 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G4 Allegiant Air | 205 | 17% | 75.1% | 3.9 min | 4.9% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 185 | 15% | 81.6% | -2.6 min | 3.8% |
| AA American Airlines | 157 | 13% | 78.3% | 19.6 min | 5.7% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 150 | 12% | 83.3% | -5.7 min | 4.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 128 | 11% | 81.3% | 1.5 min | 4.7% |
| YX Republic Airline | 107 | 9% | 75.7% | 6.0 min | 4.7% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 94 | 8% | 77.7% | 4.8 min | 2.1% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 93 | 8% | 80.6% | 7.7 min | 2.2% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 62 | 5% | 72.6% | 7.5 min | 11.3% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 31 | 3% | 74.2% | 15.2 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DSM–ORD | Des Moines to Chicago | 202 | 73.8% | 10.3 min | 3.0% |
| DSM–DEN | Des Moines to Denver | 171 | 86.5% | -5.1 min | 3.5% |
| DSM–PHX | Des Moines to Phoenix | 121 | 82.6% | -4.2 min | 5.8% |
| DSM–DFW | Des Moines to Dallas/Fort Worth | 118 | 75.4% | 15.6 min | 5.1% |
| DSM–ATL | Des Moines to Atlanta | 93 | 80.6% | 7.7 min | 2.2% |
| DSM–CLT | Des Moines to Charlotte | 64 | 84.4% | 18.6 min | 4.7% |
| DSM–DCA | Des Moines to Washington | 62 | 72.6% | 7.5 min | 11.3% |
| DSM–STL | Des Moines to St. Louis | 57 | 86.0% | -8.5 min | 3.5% |
| DSM–LAS | Des Moines to Las Vegas | 56 | 76.8% | -1.2 min | 3.6% |
| DSM–PGD | Des Moines to Punta Gorda | 33 | 69.7% | 19.4 min | 3.0% |
| DSM–PIE | Des Moines to St. Petersburg | 32 | 65.6% | 14.7 min | 6.3% |
| DSM–LGA | Des Moines to New York | 31 | 74.2% | 5.3 min | 6.5% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left DSM on time in March 2025?
80.0% of 1,212 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.9% and 79.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In March 2024, 85.0% of 1,330 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 80.0% and 4.5% in March 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for March 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.