$54 Find Cheap Flights from Washington, D.C. to Iowa

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These are the airlines KAYAK users have selected most often from within our search results in flight searches from Washington, D.C. to Iowa, as well as popular online travel agencies
These are the airlines KAYAK users have selected most often from within our search results in flight searches from Washington, D.C. to Iowa, as well as popular online travel agencies
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Best Iowa Flight Deals from Washington, D.C.

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

Des Moines
Des Moines1 stop$148
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids1 stop$228
Sioux City
Sioux City1 stop$368
Waterloo
Waterloo1 stop$475
Moline
Moline1 stop$258

Good to know

Low season

September

High season

December

Cheapest flight

$54
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 1% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 9% increase in price.
Flight from Reagan Washington National Airport to Omaha

FAQs - booking Iowa flights

  • How long is the flight to Iowa from Washington, D.C.?

    Flights to Des Moines2h 42m
    Flights to Cedar Rapids2h 27m
  • What is the cheapest flight to Iowa from Washington, D.C.?

    The cheapest ticket to Iowa from Washington, D.C. found in the last 72 hours was $54 one-way, and $218 round-trip. The most popular route is from Washington, D.C. to Des Moines, and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $127.

  • Which airlines fly to Iowa?

    American Airlines flies most frequently to Des Moines from Washington, D.C..

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Washington, D.C. 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 Washington, D.C. to Iowa.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Washington, D.C. 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 Washington, D.C. 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 Washington, D.C. 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 Washington, D.C. 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 Washington, D.C. 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

  • Book at least 1 week before departure in order to get a below-average price.
  • High season is considered to be January, February and December. The cheapest month to fly from Washington, D.C. is February.
  • Morning departure is around 19% 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 Washington, D.C. to Iowa

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Washington, D.C. 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.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Washington, D.C. to Iowa? 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.
8.0
DeltaOverall score based on 8601 reviews
7.3Food
8.6Crew
8.2Boarding
8.0Comfort
7.9Entertainment
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I was with one of the last zones to board. It was kind of annoying to finally get called to board and my whole section was already on the plane. Clearly they boarded with previous zones. So by the time I got on board, there were no spaces for my luggage above my head. I had to put my luggage 4+ rows behind me, which meant that I had to wait even longer to get off the plane, since I had to wait for those rows to clear the aisle before I could retrieve my luggage and exit the plane. This also held up the plane cleaners, as they couldn't service my row until I cleared it, so they were all standing there waiting for me, while I'm standing there waiting for the other passengers to clear the aisle. Anyways, I wasn't in a rush this time, so I just waited, but I could see that being a problem in the future. Now, I could have checked my luggage, of course, but coincidentally, a friend of mine on the same flight got their luggage damaged (wheel completely knocked off) and was told by the Baggage Attendant in the airport that Delta doesn't "cover wheel damage" on luggage. This was disappointing to hear. I'm glad I didn't check mine through. If it were my luggage, I'd be highly frustrated to hear that. It makes me not want to check my luggage in the future.

8.0 ExcellentMelodii, Dec 2024ATL - MSY
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I was with one of the last zones to board. It was kind of annoying to finally get called to board and my whole section was already on the plane. Clearly they boarded with previous zones. So by the time I got on board, there were no spaces for my luggage above my head. I had to put my luggage 4+ rows behind me, which meant that I had to wait even longer to get off the plane, since I had to wait for those rows to clear the aisle before I could retrieve my luggage and exit the plane. This also held up the plane cleaners, as they couldn't service my row until I cleared it, so they were all standing there waiting for me, while I'm standing there waiting for the other passengers to clear the aisle. Anyways, I wasn't in a rush this time, so I just waited, but I could see that being a problem in the future. Now, I could have checked my luggage, of course, but coincidentally, a friend of mine on the same flight got their luggage damaged (wheel completely knocked off) and was told by the Baggage Attendant in the airport that Delta doesn't "cover wheel damage" on luggage. This was disappointing to hear. I'm glad I didn't check mine through. If it were my luggage, I'd be highly frustrated to hear that. It makes me not want to check my luggage in the future.

The dear was very limited in space. I could put my water bottle in seat basket. Also, there was no inflight entertainment in the delta app?

Typically I give delta excellent reviews. Our flight was delayed 2hrs, I was one of the fortunate ones who were able to get to my connecting flight. Also, annoying that on the connecting flight boarding personnel make me put away a small bag into my carryon. It small enough to put in back pocket seat, why hold me and the line up to just push it into my carryon.

Everything was great. Great service, excellent communication, and early arrival

Delta flight attendants poorly managed the boarding process and overhead storage. My bag was checked last minute and no claim ticket was provided. My bag is now lost. Complete incompetence by all flight crew involved.

Inexpensive, got an exit row aisle aeat with no middle passenger, bought a great breakfast sandwich, flight comfortable & arrived ahead of schedule.

Customer service at the gate in the flight was exceptional. On time. Aircraft and seat was decent. Thanks Delta. 💗

It was terrible, if they ran flights on time it would make a big difference.

Great flight. On-time, comfortable, clean aircraft, and offered snacks pre-flight to plan for a potentially turbulent route. I wish there was Wi-Fi an all Delta Aircrafts but for a short flight this is not much of a problem.

Delta seems to be improving in many areas, except they are super bad with the food available. Bring back normal food service on long flights.

We arrived early and finally made it to our gate almost an hour after.

The flying experience was great. The flight was on time with no boarding issues during a peak travel period. The short cut baggage drop and process was not smooth and efficient at Dulles.

No food service almost missed because of first flight delays

Fast checkin with the self serve terminal, good communication at the boarding gate.

Very friendly staff. The flight was on time. Need a bit heavy covers/blankets. It can get colder with a thin blanket.

The plane was clean. The staff was excellent. The flight attendants were very good. Enjoyable flight. Overall. The seats in the back are too small but, will always be.

This was a 5 hour flight with no entertainment and with a snack being provided (pretzels and fruit bar), which are both high in carbs and sugar. Nuts would have been a better choice.

Never nice, United Express partners always do an amazing job.

Everything was perfect except the pad at the top of the seat back. It pushes my head forward in a very uncomfortable position and it is not removable.

Good plane, crew, and flight. Boarding was a bit chaotic. Bathrooms were unacceptable. United DESPERATELY needs a new terminal at IAD.

Other than being delayed 5.5 hours and having to get a hotel because I missed my connecting flight, it was an okay flight. No in-flight Wi-Fi or entertainment.

Flight areas delayed 3 hours , train in the airport didn’t work

Flight attendant walked away once they landed and we were forced to wait another hour after an already 3hr delay.

No overhead space so all carryons were checked. No internet.

The flight was on time and everything went very smoothly.

Check bag location is full of rude employees who are unwilling to assist with issues after talking to AA on the phone and relaying messages. The boarding was good. While on the flight it got really hot. Asked flight attendant if there’s a way to drop the temp and make it more comfortable as we are flying from DC to Miami so flying from cold to hot weather. No changes made. Stayed hot and uncomfortable on the plane. When asked again about the AC being down the flight attendant said no the WiFi was down but not the AC. I mentioned it was still hot. No changes.

No food, no entertainment. But the flight was really short so maybe they had to skip drinks. I was able to board early ONLY because I am old and decrepit and they let me pre-board. I RESENT your dumping us into category 9 if we do not pay up. And when I paid for a seat I was STILL given 9. The pre-boarding helps. THIS flight was exceptionally smooth, please congratulate the pilots.

On time (actually a little early). Was a good and short flight!

Great - quick boarding and landed early with an available gate.

On time, smooth, luggage was out fast at the end of the flight. About perfect.

Delayed each time on a round trip with no significant weather interference. Updates to flight times came after the fact. 30 min behind in boarding and board and phone still show an on time departure. Some mysterious extra 300 miles that came so surprising they had to fuel while we were already on board?

A lady asked to stop the flight after the tunnel pulled away and we began to depart a flight that was already hours late. The attendance respectfully stopped the the plane and had the tunnel return. After the tunnel returned the passenger claimed to have changed her mind . The tunnel was then put in reverse and the passenger remained on the plane .. They should have sent the sick passenger off the plane like initially replaced. They existed a couple off the plane prior to that situation.. So.. all and all.. it was a long and flight.. .

terrible cascading delays and unhelpful customer service. uncomfortable plane. crew was great, however!

I ended up paying $70+ dollars to for a carryon because the website is confusing and misleading. I now realize I did not need to pay that. I request a refund. I will pay extra to other airlines and not fly Frontier again.

With frontier you get what you pay for. The flight was two hours late. It’s a tight fit for the number of people they bring but you get to where you’re going cheap. Sometimes that’s more important than a nifty drink and cool TV..

Charges unexpected. For seat that didnt recline. Please reverse extra seat and carryon charge. Bad business that is a bait and switch.

Although we received an email from Kayak AND the airline, turns out we were not on Frontier’s manifest for the flight. We had to purchase tickets at the gate. Not sure where this transaction fell apart, but it did. We are now disputing the charges for the SLC to PDX flight originally booked through Kayak.

We had an awful experience getting our bags checked in. Frontier’s check in on the app manipulated us into buying the business package because that was the only option available for a checked bag which included two checked bags per person which we did not need. Upon arriving to the airport, we stood in line for what seemed like forever at the baggage check in and there was no one available at the counter. We were first in line and we were afraid we were going to miss our flight due to the baggage attendant being late. After realizing there were a lot of other people waiting at the baggage check in and no one available. I reached out to Frontier and could not get any customer service so I had to call the airport to page the baggage attendant to send someone to the counter to check in our bags before we were able to go through security , I finally spoke to the attendant at the counter and explained to her that we had to pay for two checked bags person a total of six bags when we only had a total of three bags between three people she said to reach out to Frontier and they would issue a refund for the three bags that we paid for and did not need. I reached out to Frontier which I was not able to reach anybody by phone so I had to go through their automated chat feature, which sent me around in circles until I finally reached a representative to assist me. I explained to them what happened and they explained that they were not able to assist me. I continued to push the issue with them as this was very frustrating and they finally put in a customer service ticket where we were issued a flight credit and we were so disappointed because after this experience, we NEVER want to fly Frontier again, and we do not want a credit that we will not use. Frontier charged us almost $500 for us to check three bags which is absolutely absurd! The customer service agents were not able to offer anything else other than a flight credit and I do not feel like my frustrations were truly heard , we will never use Frontier Airlines again ! Truly Theft by Manipulation! They should be ashamed!

I couldn’t check in because the app didn’t work. It took 3 Frontier employees at the counter to get me checked in. Flight left 3 hours after departure time

One crew member was rude about our bags. Be nice about it. We don’t fly a lot. And the fact that you have to pay for a carry on is ridiculous

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Recent round-trip flight deals

 
These are the cheapest round-trip flights from Washington, D.C. to Iowa found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
2/6Thu
1 stopFrontier
13h 37mBWI-DSM
2/7Fri
1 stopFrontier
6h 20mDSM-BWI
$148
1/3Fri
1 stopFrontier
7h 39mDCA-DSM
1/6Mon
1 stopFrontier
20h 22mDSM-DCA
$198
1/24Fri
1 stopDelta
6h 40mBWI-CID
1/26Sun
1 stopDelta
6h 18mCID-BWI
$248
1/24Fri
2 stopsDelta
10h 46mBWI-CID
1/26Sun
1 stopDelta
6h 26mCID-BWI
$253
1/25Sat
nonstopAmerican Airlines
3h 02mDCA-DSM
2/1Sat
nonstopAmerican Airlines
2h 34mDSM-DCA
$288
1/25Sat
nonstopAmerican Airlines
3h 02mDCA-DSM
2/1Sat
1 stopAmerican Airlines
5h 42mDSM-DCA
$298
1/16Thu
1 stop
16h 43mBWI-CID
1/17Fri
2 stops
20h 37mCID-BWI
$329
1/16Thu
2 stops
23h 14mBWI-CID
1/17Fri
2 stops
20h 59mCID-BWI
$331
1/1Wed
1 stopUnited Airlines
6h 53mIAD-DSM
1/31Fri
1 stopUnited Airlines
7h 13mDSM-IAD
$351
2/9Sun
2 stopsUnited Airlines
11h 27mBWI-DSM
2/13Thu
1 stopUnited Airlines
4h 53mDSM-BWI
$367

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best one-way flight deals from Washington, D.C. to Iowa found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
3/5Wed
1 stopFrontier
8h 58mDCA-OMA
$54
3/4Tue
1 stopFrontier
21h 58mDCA-OMA
$61
2/19Wed
nonstopAmerican Airlines
2h 47mDCA-CID
$122
2/19Wed
nonstopAmerican Airlines
3h 12mDCA-DSM
$127
2/18Tue
1 stopDelta
4h 59mDCA-CID
$131
1/18Sat
1 stopDelta
4h 52mDCA-DSM
$136
5/4Sun
1 stopAllegiant Air
13h 35mIAD-OMA
$139
5/8Thu
1 stopAllegiant Air
13h 35mIAD-OMA
$141
1/18Sat
1 stopUnited Airlines
5h 16mDCA-CID
$166
3/12Wed
1 stopUnited Airlines
7h 12mIAD-OMA
$206

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Last minute flights from Washington, D.C. 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 Washington, D.C. to Iowa that are departing in the next 10 days.
12/25Wed
multi-stopDelta
5h 53mBWI-OMA
1/2Thu
multi-stopDelta
6h 19mOMA-BWI
$386
12/24Tue
multi-stopDelta
8h 15mBWI-CID
1/1Wed
multi-stopDelta
6h 37mCID-BWI
$418
12/25Wed
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
8h 52mBWI-OMA
1/1Wed
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
4h 52mOMA-BWI
$446
12/25Wed
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
7h 07mBWI-OMA
1/6Mon
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
5h 45mOMA-BWI
$466
12/24Tue
multi-stopFrontier
7h 40mDCA-CID
12/30Mon
multi-stopFrontier
13h 39mCID-DCA
$468
12/25Wed
multi-stopSouthwest
6h 10mBWI-OMA
1/3Fri
multi-stopSouthwest
6h 50mOMA-BWI
$471
12/24Tue
multi-stopUnited Airlines
5h 16mBWI-CID
12/28Sat
multi-stopUnited Airlines
6h 53mCID-BWI
$484
12/25Wed
multi-stopSouthwest
6h 10mBWI-OMA
1/3Fri
multi-stopSouthwest
6h 15mOMA-BWI
$496
12/24Tue
multi-stopFrontier
7h 40mDCA-CID
12/31Tue
multi-stopFrontier
6h 29mCID-DCA
$498
12/21Sat
multi-stopUnited Airlines
6h 06mBWI-CID
12/23Mon
multi-stopUnited Airlines
4h 36mCID-BWI
$596

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