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Route Reliability

Des Moines → Austin

DSMAUS · 813 miles · Des Moines International Airport to Austin–Bergstrom International Airport

75
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
75%
Arrive within 15 minutes
9 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 75% of the time across 106 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

DSM–AUS flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 100% of the time, versus 66% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

DSM–AUS flights arrived on time 88% of the time on Thursdays and just 67% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon(1 flights)
  • Tue(1 flights)
  • Wed(2 flights)
  • Thu88%(48 flights)
  • Fri(0 flights)
  • Sat(1 flights)
  • Sun67%(51 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM(6 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM100%(10 flights)
  • 12–3 PM77%(43 flights)
  • 3–6 PM66%(44 flights)
  • 6–9 PM(1 flights)

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.