Route Reliability
Austin → Des Moines
AUS–DSM · 813 miles · Austin–Bergstrom International Airport to Des Moines International Airport
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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 64%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 28 min
- Average arrival delay
- 1.9%
- Cancelled
- 106
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
Allegiant Air is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 64% of the time across 106 flights. No comparison to make.
What the data says
The 12–3 PM departure wins.
AUS–DSM flights departing between 12–3 PM arrived on time 100% of the time, versus 48% between 3–6 PM.
Sunday scaries are real for this one.
AUS–DSM flights arrived on time 79% of the time on Thursdays and just 55% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.
Flights on this route
The breakdown
- Mon—(1 flights)
- Tue—(1 flights)
- Wed—(2 flights)
- Thu79%(48 flights)
- Fri—(0 flights)
- Sat—(1 flights)
- Sun55%(51 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM—(6 flights)
- 12–3 PM100%(10 flights)
- 3–6 PM48%(27 flights)
- 6–9 PM65%(60 flights)
- 9 PM–12 AM—(1 flights)
Keep nerding
Based on 106 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.