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Cheap Flight Deals from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to Des Moines (DFW-DSM)

 
These are the cheapest deals for flights from Dallas/Fort Worth to Des Moines currently on KAYAK along with options from the most popular airlines KAYAK users selected for this route. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.

Recent round-trip flight deals from Dallas/Fort Worth to Des Moines

Recommended round-trip deals departing in the coming months from the most popular airlines that fly from Dallas/Fort Worth to Des Moines.
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9:54 pm - 7:41 pmDFW-DSM
21h 47m1 stop
7:17 pm - 9:25 amDSM-DFW
14h 08m1 stop
$163Frontier
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Sun, Feb 16 - Mon, Feb 24
9:54 pm - 7:41 pmDFW-DSM
21h 47m1 stop
8:41 pm - 6:31 pmDSM-DFW
21h 50m1 stop
$169Frontier
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Thu, Feb 20 - Fri, Feb 21
9:06 pm - 11:07 pmDFW-DSM
2h 01mnonstop
5:00 am - 7:28 amDSM-DFW
2h 28mnonstop
$275American Airlines
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Wed, Dec 25 - Wed, Jan 1
5:49 am - 12:25 pmDFW-DSM
6h 36m1 stop
6:55 am - 2:44 pmDSM-DFW
7h 49m2 stops
$299Delta
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Wed, Dec 25 - Wed, Jan 1
5:49 am - 4:55 pmDFW-DSM
11h 06m2 stops
6:55 am - 2:44 pmDSM-DFW
7h 49m2 stops
$304Delta
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Wed, Dec 25 - Wed, Jan 1
6:15 am - 9:39 pmDFW-DSM
15h 24m1 stop
9:55 am - 10:55 pmDSM-DFW
13h 00m2 stops
Fri, Dec 20 - Sat, Jan 4
9:06 pm - 11:07 pmDFW-DSM
2h 01mnonstop
5:39 pm - 8:00 pmDSM-DFW
2h 21mnonstop
$332American Airlines
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Wed, Dec 25 - Mon, Dec 30
5:14 am - 5:52 pmDFW-DSM
12h 38m2 stops
2:50 pm - 4:30 amDSM-DFW
13h 40m1 stop
Fri, Dec 13 - Mon, Dec 16
2:45 pm - 9:52 pmDFW-DSM
7h 07m1 stop
8:00 am - 4:17 pmDSM-DFW
8h 17m1 stop
$364United Airlines
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Tue, Dec 24 - Wed, Jan 1
3:50 pm - 10:30 pmDFW-DSM
6h 40m1 stop
8:00 am - 4:00 pmDSM-DFW
8h 00m1 stop
$366United Airlines
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Sun, Feb 16 - Tue, Feb 18

Flights from Dallas/Fort Worth to Des Moines - Travel Insights & Trends

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Dallas/Fort Worth to Des Moines to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to Des Moines?

The average price of all flights from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to Des Moines clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
When flying from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to Des Moines, you should consider leaving on a Monday and avoid Tuesdays if you are looking for the best rates. For your return to Dallas/Fort Worth Airport, you’ll find the best rates on Tuesdays and the most expensive ones on Sundays.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to Des Moines?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to Des Moines, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.
The cheapest month for flights from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to Des Moines is May, where tickets cost $383 on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and January, where the average cost of tickets is $529 and $485 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to Des Moines?

To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for flights from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to Des Moines, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each month.
To get a below average price on the flight from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to Des Moines, you should book around 1 week before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 94 days before departure.

Good to know

Low season

January

High season

November

Cheapest flight

$60
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 7% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 1% lower on average.
Flight from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to Des Moines

When to book flights from Dallas/Fort Worth to Des Moines

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Dallas/Fort Worth to Des Moines based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
Estimated round-trip price
KAYAK looks at all historical flight data for each date to provide a predicted price for one-way trips or round-trips with a duration up to 40 days. While we try to provide actual minimum prices for each date, some prices are predictions and actual prices may differ.

FAQs for booking Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to Des Moines flights

  • What is the cheapest flight from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to Des Moines?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to Des Moines was $60 for a one-way ticket and $163 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between Dallas/Fort Worth Airport and Des Moines?

    No

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to Des Moines?

    When flying out of Dallas/Fort Worth Airport you will be using Dallas/Fort Worth. You will be landing at Des Moines, also known as Des Moines.

  • Which airlines offer Wi-Fi service onboard planes from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to Des Moines?

    American Airlines, and Delta offer inflight Wi-Fi service on the Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to Des Moines flight route.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to Des Moines?

    The Airbus A319 is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to Des Moines flight route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to Des Moines?

    oneworld is the only airline alliance operating flights between Dallas/Fort Worth Airport and Des Moines.

  • On which days can I fly direct from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to Des Moines?

    There are nonstop flights from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to Des Moines on a daily basis.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Dallas to Des Moines, United Airlines or American Airlines?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Dallas to Des Moines are United Airlines and American Airlines. With an average price for the route of $468 and an overall rating of 7.4, United Airlines is the most popular choice. American Airlines is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $466 and an overall rating of 7.2.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to Des Moines?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to Des Moines.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to Des Moines?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Des Moines from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to Des Moines?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly to Des Moines with an airline and back to Dallas/Fort Worth Airport with another airline. Booking your flights between Dallas/Fort Worth Airport and DSM can sometimes prove cheaper using this method.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to Des Moines?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to Des Moines from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

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KAYAK’s top tips for finding a cheap flight from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to Des Moines

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for $207 or less one-way and $392 or less round-trip.

Prefer to fly non-stop from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to Des Moines?

Find which airlines fly direct from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to Des Moines Airport, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Nonstop departures

Dallas/Fort Worth to Des Moines

Monday

Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Finnair, +2 more

Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, +3 more

Tuesday

Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Finnair, +2 more

Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, +3 more

Wednesday

Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Finnair, +2 more

Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, +3 more

Thursday

Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Finnair, +2 more

Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, +3 more

Friday

Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Finnair, +2 more

Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, +3 more

Saturday

Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Finnair, +2 more

Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, +3 more

Sunday

Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Finnair, +2 more

Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, +3 more

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Nonstop returns

Des Moines to Dallas/Fort Worth

Monday

Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Finnair, +3 more

Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, +4 more

Tuesday

Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Finnair, +3 more

Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, +4 more

Wednesday

Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Finnair, +3 more

Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, +4 more

Thursday

Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Finnair, +3 more

Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, +4 more

Friday

Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Finnair, +3 more

Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, +4 more

Saturday

Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Finnair, +3 more

Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, +4 more

Sunday

Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Finnair, +3 more

Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, +4 more

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Top 4 airlines serving from Dallas/Fort Worth to Des Moines

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Dallas to Des Moines. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Dallas/Fort Worth to Des Moines? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
8.1
SouthwestOverall score based on 5005 reviews
8.1Comfort
7.2Food
8.7Crew
7.7Entertainment
8.2Boarding
Airline reviews

The last 30 min or so, they put the heat on full. We thought we were being basted.

4.0 OkayKurt V, Nov 2024AUS - ABQ
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The last 30 min or so, they put the heat on full. We thought we were being basted.

The plane wasn’t full, so we got the best seats

My experience was find with Southwest. The only issue I have is...at the exact time for me to check in...I don't understand how I always end up in C.

With early bird check in, I might start flying southwest again.

Very helpful, convenient, nice crew members, no extra fees, helped us saving 4 hrs of travel by booking is on an earlier flight

Because of storms in St Louis, plane was diverted to Kansas City. After about 1 hour stay went back to st Louis to finally reach distanation. Made for long day. But southwest took care of us. Can't fight mother nature

We stood on the tarmac for over an hour. Very bad turbulence the whole ride. Very to get to the restroom.

Our first flight was so delayed that we had 10 mins to board the next one. We requested if the flight attendant could allow us off there plane first and they denied our request even though I have seen this done before. Luck was on our side that we didn’t miss our next flight.

It was good. I wish you had gluten free snacks for my husband.

Worse experience especially since there were delays and unreasonable accommodations made

Long wait before take off without an update for 20 minutes. Flight was good otherwise.

Flight crew was amazing! I don't like that the Polaris seats are side-by-side.

Everything was awful Flight attendant was condescending, rude and not helpful at all. Small outdated plane. No service, uncomfortable seats. Flight attendant was really the worst. He used hand gestures to communicate instead of words and whenever he used words he was condescending.

The entertainment would not work. The comfort of the seats leaves something to be desired, pretty uncomfortable.

Short flying. The seats do not recline at all and very uncomfortable.

Delayed over an hour due to paperwork not being filed correctly. Forced to change planes.

The departure was delayed by 1 hour. The seat was comfortable and selection of entertainment is very good.

I was refused to used the toilet closes to my seat and had to go to the back of the plane .. it was difficult for me I’m a wheelchair customer

Clean and plenty of room for handbaggage. Leg room was cramped compared with the 777 from Frankfurt.

When I got our tickets, my husband and I were easily able to get seats together (including a window seat). When we checked in at the airport all the seats were reset and we had to pick new ones, so we couldn’t sit together because there were only middle seats! Ugh that’s the worst. We were back so far we had to check our carry ons which was annoying because I bring an expensive camera that I don’t/cant check so I had to reorganize my items. Once we were seated on the plane we had to wait an hour to take off and they said there was some weather/air traffic in Denver but it was unclear. The lady I sat next to complained that our seats didn’t go back and we both got free complimentary snack boxes which were quite good. I wasn’t going to say anything about the seats, they were the typical uncomfortable kind. It would have been fine if the 2 hr flight hadn’t turned into 3 hrs. Not the best flight but also not the worst.

Packed commercial flight was as comfortable as can be expected

I'm not a valued flyer so I'm always in the last group to board...that sucks, always

A very good flight. All personnel were gracious and pleasant. Good flight. No complaints.

3hour delay In the last 3 months i had 3 flights and 2 of these had a more than 2:40 hrs delayed

I missed my connecting flight despite requesting a wheelchair and had to wait at the airport for an additional four hours

The First class experience was really good!! Customer service was excellent.

Airlines changed our originally booked flights. Our luggage was completely damaged.

This time there was nothing to be better, really! Boarding on time, taking off on time and arriving earlier. The only complain is about way too long line at pre-check security point at DFW. But this is the airport’s problem, not American Airline.

3 hours late. Second consecutive time this month that a flight from DFW was delayed 3+ hours.

I was bumped to first class so I got some food. It was OK. Entertainment is whatever you bring with you since there are no seatback screens.

My first flight was moved 6 hours causing me to miss my meeting. The second was delayed about an hour and a half. Most of the crews apparently dont like their jobs or just working for Frontier. Only one flight attendant wasn"t snappy or rude.

Booked direct in July '24. Turned into a 14 hr layover (both ways) in Denver. My 5 day vaca turned into a 1 day . Not good, BUT,... Thank you for the people @ Frontier who were professionally friendly & approachable.

Stop changing gates at sfo. When you are elderly going back for it’s not fun.

We understand and comply with Frontier’s bag sizes. We’ve had some problems in past while having to await other passengers who do not understand the baggage restrictions or have not prepaid and that is usually our biggest concern (others delaying us) with flying Frontier. Flying OUT of ONT, however, has always been a great experience. I’ve also noted even on delayed Frontier flights very knowledgeable pilots who manage expectations well.

There was no easy way to check in. I don't want to install an app to checkin. I will use alaska from now on because they have a web check in method that is easy.

The crew was ghetto lol I felt like I was on an inner city field trip

Horrible! The short distance flight ended up taking 5 hrs! There was a 3 hr delay for the flight to take off and there was a 70 min wait on the tarmac for some bogus reason that the pilot said the gate he was supposed to board was taken up. After a 30 min wait he said the plane that was supposed to push out of the gate called a medical emergency and 40 min later he ended up boarding another gate. For the initial 3 hr delay there was no information/alert about the gate or delay in the app or the boards up until the boarding time and even beyond! Had to walk all the way to the end of the terminal to find the frontier staff to ask what was going on. Avoid this airline at all costs! If you have carryon bags or checked bags , their prices come equivalent to the prices of more reliable airlines. They are the worst in timeliness at 60% (reported as delayed) this year (check the data) by a high margin even compared to the second worst airline. If you are ok with having a miserable flight experience with the odds close to flip of a coin, feel free to try them. If you value your time , money and flying experience, stay away.

There was nothing to like, flight delayed had to move to different departure areas, disorganized to say the leasr

Delayed for two hours due to trivial issues. No reimbursment. Also on arrival further delay due to terminal malfunction.

Our flight was canceled for no known reason. We weren’t told until we were checking in at 5:00 am. This was after our last flight with Frontier where we sat on the plane for three hours (not an exaggeration) before we took off because of a mechanical issue. We won’t be flying Frontier again.

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best one-way flight deals from Dallas to Des Moines found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
1/23Thu
1 stopFrontier
13h 20mDFW-DSM
$60
12/9Mon
1 stopFrontier
9h 52mDFW-DSM
$80
11/28Thu
nonstopAmerican Airlines
2h 02mDFW-DSM
$138
11/28Thu
1 stopAmerican Airlines
6h 16mDFW-DSM
$147
12/9Mon
2 stops
12h 38mDFW-DSM
$165
12/18Wed
1 stopDelta
4h 40mDFW-DSM
$168
12/18Wed
2 stopsDelta
9h 22mDFW-DSM
$173
12/20Fri
1 stop
15h 24mDFW-DSM
$176
12/23Mon
1 stopUnited Airlines
7h 07mDFW-DSM
$198
12/8Sun
1 stopUnited Airlines
5h 31mDFW-DSM
$229

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Last minute flights from Dallas/Fort Worth to Des Moines

Last minute flight, train and bus deals

 
These last-minute flight deals are the cheapest flights found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours for flights from Dallas to Des Moines that are departing in the next 10 days.
11/23Sat
nonstopAmerican Airlines
1h 59mDFW-DSM
12/3Tue
nonstopAmerican Airlines
2h 09mDSM-DFW
$405
11/23Sat
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
4h 57mDFW-DSM
12/3Tue
nonstopAmerican Airlines
2h 12mDSM-DFW
$415
11/22Fri
nonstopAmerican Airlines
1h 56mDFW-DSM
11/29Fri
nonstopAmerican Airlines
2h 09mDSM-DFW
$418
11/23Sat
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
4h 57mDFW-DSM
12/3Tue
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
6h 14mDSM-DFW
$424
11/22Fri
multi-stopDelta
6h 33mDFW-DSM
11/24Sun
multi-stopDelta
7h 52mDSM-DFW
$476
11/22Fri
multi-stopDelta
6h 33mDFW-DSM
11/24Sun
multi-stopDelta
12h 09mDSM-DFW
$481
11/22Fri
multi-stop
12h 24mDFW-DSM
11/27Wed
multi-stop
22h 37mDSM-DFW
$513
11/23Sat
multi-stopUnited Airlines
5h 37mDFW-DSM
12/1Sun
multi-stopUnited Airlines
5h 16mDSM-DFW
$520
11/24Sun
multi-stop
10h 03mDFW-DSM
11/26Tue
multi-stop
35h 03mDSM-DFW
$648
11/22Fri
multi-stopUnited Airlines
9h 13mDFW-DSM
11/29Fri
multi-stopUnited Airlines
8h 05mDSM-DFW
$686

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