$86 Find Cheap Flights from St. Louis to Iowa

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Best Iowa Flight Deals from St. Louis

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours

Des Moines
Des Moines1 stop$309
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids1 stop$199
Fort Dodge
Fort Dodge1 stop$209

Good to know

Low season

September

High season

April

Cheapest flight

$86
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 7% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 16% lower on average.
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FAQs - booking Iowa flights

  • How long is the flight to Iowa from St. Louis?

    0h 00m
    Flights to Des Moines1h 12m
  • Which airlines fly to Iowa?

    Southwest flies most frequently to Burlington from St. Louis.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from St. Louis to Iowa?

    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 St. Louis to Iowa.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from St. Louis to Iowa?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from St. Louis to Iowa 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 St. Louis to Iowa?

    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 from St. Louis to Iowa with an airline and back with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from St. Louis to Iowa?

    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 from St. Louis to Iowa up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

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Top tips for finding cheap flights to Iowa

  • High season is considered to be January, February and December. The cheapest month to fly from St. Louis is September.
  • Morning departure is around 15% more expensive than an evening flight, on average*.
*Average of the lowest prices shown in KAYAK’s search results for departures within the next 30 days

Top 4 airlines serving from St. Louis to Iowa

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from St. Louis to Iowa. 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.
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8.1
SouthwestOverall score based on 4659 reviews
8.2Boarding
7.2Food
8.7Crew
7.7Entertainment
8.1Comfort
Airline reviews

Flight was awfully bumpy and landing was a bit jolting. I was in the restroom when snacks and drinks were served and was not asked if i wanted any. I had to ask for water finally.

10.0 ExcellentRachel, Jan 2025TPA - MDW
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Flight was awfully bumpy and landing was a bit jolting. I was in the restroom when snacks and drinks were served and was not asked if i wanted any. I had to ask for water finally.

Wi Fi was horrible kept cutting out the whole time and too expensive

I really like open seating. I hate that I've heard this is going away. This is one of the unique things that makes Southwest my goto choice.

Boarding was a little late, but made up for it. It was quick to taxi to the runway, since it's a smallish airport.

Excellent! Only question is how we check in at exactly 24 hours in advance and end up at the end of the B boarding group

Multiple delays and gate changes. Arrived at final destination 6 hours late. All rental cars had been taken.

Employees were kind and funny, as always! Flight was late but no announcements were made for people with tight connections to help them transition quickly. No service due to turbulence.

It was 2 hours 45 minutes late, for no apparently clear reason.

I recently flew Southwest from San Jose to Honolulu. I was very impressed with the flight crew, especially the flight attendant in charge of the front of the plane. She came through the aisle at least five times for drinks and water, and two times for snacks. I have not seen such service since I flew first class. Also, for the first time, they gave us the correct baggage claim number, and the luggage came out quickly. I can't wait for Southwest to have assigned seating! I absolutely hate the Cattle Call boarding procedure and the mad dash to get seats and overhead bins. However, the boarding was efficient.

Crew was great flight was great baggage claim was a failure. It took over 1 hour for bags to arrive. Poor communication poor effort when I spoke to the supervisor about the delay

I liked all the informational texts. I always knew where to go and when .

Liked the hospitality . The ight took us 6 hrs to get from fort myers to ewr.

Oh my gosh, I loved my experience with United! they made me want to travel more often.

The flight attendants in First Class were mediocre at best. They did not take our tray away until we were about to land and only did so when I press the call button. The United person at the United Club was asked to get us our boarding pass since we missed the flight due in Chicago. She argued that we did not have seats on the flight given to us in Moline. Furthermore, she was adamant that we did not have a First Class ticket. After I spent much time with her trying to show we were correct, she reluctantly agreed. She was probably the most incompetent ticketing person I have ever met and I have traveled 3 million miles on United plus many additional miles with other carriers. United has definitely deteriorated in more than on way.

The plane was in Moline all night. Consequently, we assumed an on time departure at 8:15am. Unfortunately, and as is the normal case with United in Moline, we departed 2.5 hours late. When the crew came, it was discovered that there was very little heat in the plane. Seems this should have been checked hours before the crew arrived. Then when we boarded and the plane was to be de-iced, the United de-icing truck was not working! We awaited the American Airlines truck. All of this caused us to miss our connection in Chicago. My suggestion is never take United Airlines flight from Moline. We have been disappointed 80% of the time and have vowed to not take United again from Moline.

Flight was delayed two hours. No snacks and no tv screens. My bag got stuck in Chicago

Awful. Worst airline I have ever been on. Crew were among the rudest people I have ever dealt with. United staff members were rude and disrespectful. My flight was delayed, causing me to miss a connecting flight. I understand things happen, but when staff start lying about what actually happened, that is when I have an issue. Just be honest, really it isn’t that hard. I’m being very honest with this review and I don’t find this difficult what so ever. In fact, because of United Airlines, my Christmas holiday was off to a really rocky start. As someone who has traveled across the world, it has only been United that I have had a truly awful experience.

Received an email the night before showing that there would be seatback entertainment on our flight. We get on and there was no seatback entertainment. And then it was a scramble to try to set up the iPads for the kids before takeoff so they could watch something for the four hour flight.

The aircrew was solid, the flight was chill, I had no issues. The gate agent was not the best. I was trying to use a military bag upgrade to move my bag from under the seat to the overhead bins and he told me there’s no overhead bins on the plane, argued with me why booking put a military member in basic economy (I don’t really understand this) and made it an issue to even try to help me stating I’d have to call reservations to get a bag upgrade. When every other agent with United can add it at the gate, this man couldn’t be bothered.

Short flight - no food understandable. Flight was delayed for over an hour. Overall, it was good.

Paid for a window and was assigned to a middle seat with 2 very large people on each side of me. Flight was sold out and I feel I need to be refunded foe paying for a window seat and being put in a middle one..

The service and food needs to improve to catch up with other international flights

Small plane, so no entertainment. Hour delay! Nobody explained wht the delay was all about.

I wasn’t happy with the hour delay from Dallas to McAllen, but that is the nature of travel. I don’t like to fly in general because of all of the problems all the time.

It went up and down at the right time and place. I’m happy with that outcome.

Staff at the gate were incredibly rude, hostile and threatening. Never fly American Airlines.

Would have been good to have a meal since it was a 5.5 hour flight

Same problems with delays in Dallas. This was weather related and due to the incoming flight being delayed. This was the flight that was delayed due to a missing flashlight which turned out not to be missing.

Most of the delay was due to weather which is not what was at issue here. One delay was due to a missing flashlight and in the end the flashlight was actually found on the plane. The entertainment system is very limited. Live TV options offer only a few channels that are not very appealing. Boarding and deplaning are always difficult. It just takes too much time to get on and off the plane. On the plus side, I missed my connecting flight, but was easily able to book a later flight from the app while enroute.

I had a horrible experience from the time I dropped off my bags until the time I landed. The staff taking the bags at the check-in counter prior to security, forced me to check my baby stroller, even though it weighed less than 20 pounds. their excuse was that the wheels were too big. I have never had an issue gate checking this exact same stroller in the past either on American or on any other airline. when I asked for the agent to show me the rule about the size of the wheels on strollers, they told me to look it up on the AA website. I did so, and did not find any indication that wheel size was a problem for gate checking strollers. The only limitation would be the weight of the stroller which mine was below. I was left with a one-year-old child and all of my carry-on luggage, diaper bag, and the like to walk around the airport without the assistance of a stroller and had the same issue when I exited the plane and had to go all the way to baggage claim without a stroller. In addition, while on the airplane, I was told I can only get one bag of cookies as a snack, even though I was with a child. Apparently my child and I were supposed to share a cookie. While this latter issue is a minor one, it is just another example of the absolutely horrible customer service that American Airlines provides. In addition, the 737 aircraft that I was on was extremely hot and the air vents above the seat were so far away from the aisle and middle seats that it was comical. I could barely reach the air vent to adjust it. I had to ask the person in the window seat to do it for me. The whole experience was just a nightmare.

Communication could be better but the staff and crew were over the top friendly and helpful, The flight itself was smooth.

flight was cancelled literally at 10pm the night before an early morning flight with hardly any time to reschedule. Will never book with kayak again.

My flight was cancelled 12 hours before takeoff. I was not able to reschedule another flight to make connections and had to cancel the entire trip. The ticket that was supposed to replace the cancelled flight had no boarding pass and I was unable to get one at the airport so I was denied access to the rescheduled flight. I was refunded but I missed my daughter's birthday.

I had a family emergency and couldn’t make the flight, and they wouldn’t let me cancel/refund it (a *month* ahead of time), were especially difficult with me on the phone, and wouldn’t let me even so much as reschedule the flight or get credit.

Flight was cancelled, communication was poor and should have canceled flight much earlier.

Flight was cancelled twice. Moved four more times. Probably the least timely and poorly run airline I have ever experienced in my life. I have traveled hundreds of times to dozens of countries and this one takes the cake.

Excellent crew, good flight. Flight was delayed about 1 1/2 hours though.

Pros: "The ground crew and flight crew were great."
Cons: "Would have appreciated easier steps (lower risers) for boarding. Arthritic knee makes it hard for me to manage the high risers between steps. Also having armrests would have made the flight more comfortable."
Pros: "I loved the small craft and easy boarding."
Cons: "Flight is a little slower with a smaller plane, but that was expected."
Pros: "So fast and friendly crew. So much easier to fly to Morgantown, instead of driving. Plus the views from above are so great."
Cons: "Flight could not be better for a commuter connection."

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Recent round-trip flight deals

 
These are the cheapest round-trip flights from St. Louis to Iowa found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
2/14Fri
1 stopUnited Airlines
5h 44mSTL-FOD
2/20Thu
1 stopUnited Airlines
4h 26mFOD-STL
$209
2/6Thu
2 stops
17h 02mSTL-OMA
2/10Mon
2 stops
19h 14mOMA-STL
$281
2/8Sat
1 stopAmerican Airlines
11h 06mSTL-OMA
2/10Mon
1 stopAmerican Airlines
5h 35mOMA-STL
$293
2/6Thu
nonstopSouthwest
1h 20mSTL-OMA
2/10Mon
nonstopSouthwest
1h 15mOMA-STL
$303
2/6Thu
nonstopSouthwest
1h 20mSTL-OMA
2/10Mon
1 stopSouthwest
5h 20mOMA-STL
$313
2/8Sat
1 stopDelta
3h 49mSTL-OMA
2/11Tue
1 stopDelta
4h 09mOMA-STL
$323
2/6Thu
1 stopAmerican Airlines
7h 27mSTL-DSM
2/7Fri
1 stopAmerican Airlines
4h 05mDSM-STL
$332
2/12Wed
2 stopsDelta
9h 28mSTL-DSM
2/19Wed
1 stopDelta
6h 05mDSM-STL
$335
2/12Wed
2 stopsAlaska Airlines
23h 50mSTL-OMA
2/19Wed
2 stopsAlaska Airlines
17h 29mOMA-STL
$654
2/8Sat
2 stopsAlaska Airlines
23h 27mSTL-OMA
2/10Mon
2 stopsAlaska Airlines
24h 43mOMA-STL
$693

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best one-way flight deals from St. Louis to Iowa found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
5/17Sat
1 stopFrontier
25h 04mSTL-OMA
$86
2/12Wed
1 stopDelta
6h 08mSTL-DSM
$89
2/12Wed
2 stopsDelta
9h 47mSTL-DSM
$94
2/18Tue
2 stopsDelta
9h 47mSTL-DSM
$135
2/15Sat
nonstopSouthwest
1h 20mSTL-OMA
$152
3/19Wed
nonstopSouthwest
1h 15mSTL-OMA
$159
7/13Sun
1 stopUnited Airlines
5h 36mSTL-DSM
$185
4/14Mon
1 stopUnited Airlines
4h 46mSTL-OMA
$206
3/15Sat
1 stopAmerican Airlines
6h 14mSTL-DSM
$226
1/21Tue
1 stopAmerican Airlines
4h 19mSTL-OMA
$288

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Last minute flights from St. Louis to Iowa

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 St. Louis to Iowa that are departing in the next 10 days.
1/17Fri
multi-stop
8h 32mSTL-DSM
1/20Mon
multi-stop
24h 02mDSM-STL
$538
1/17Fri
multi-stop
8h 32mSTL-DSM
1/20Mon
multi-stop
24h 02mDSM-STL
$553
1/17Fri
multi-stopSouthwest
6h 25mSTL-DSM
1/20Mon
nonstopSouthwest
1h 20mDSM-STL
$653
1/17Fri
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
6h 43mSTL-OMA
1/20Mon
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
4h 08mOMA-STL
$653
1/19Sun
nonstopSouthwest
1h 10mSTL-DSM
1/21Tue
nonstopSouthwest
1h 20mDSM-STL
$663
1/17Fri
multi-stopDelta
4h 45mSTL-DSM
1/20Mon
multi-stopDelta
9h 34mDSM-STL
$751
1/19Sun
multi-stopSouthwest
5h 20mSTL-DSM
1/21Tue
multi-stopSouthwest
8h 25mDSM-STL
$802
1/19Sun
multi-stopSouthwest
8h 00mSTL-DSM
1/21Tue
multi-stopSouthwest
8h 25mDSM-STL
$832
1/17Fri
multi-stopUnited Airlines
7h 02mSTL-OMA
1/20Mon
multi-stopUnited Airlines
12h 04mOMA-STL
$1,329
1/17Fri
multi-stopUnited Airlines
8h 43mSTL-OMA
1/20Mon
multi-stopUnited Airlines
9h 38mOMA-STL
$2,427

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