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Route Reliability

Des Moines → Los Angeles

DSM–LAX · 1,447 miles · Des Moines International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport

69
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
73%
Arrive within 15 minutes
32 min
Average arrival delay
0.4%
Cancelled
242
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

American Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 73% of the time across 242 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

12–3 PM has a slight edge.

Departures between 12–3 PM arrived on time 77% of the time, against 70% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

DSM–LAX flights arrived on time 80% of the time on Fridays and just 59% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Ticking up lately.

DSM–LAX flights arrived on time 76% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 70% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon74%(35 flights)
  • Tue77%(34 flights)
  • Wed79%(34 flights)
  • Thu71%(35 flights)
  • Fri80%(35 flights)
  • Sat74%(34 flights)
  • Sun59%(34 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM—(1 flights)
  • 6–9 AM—(1 flights)
  • 12–3 PM77%(13 flights)
  • 3–6 PM74%(169 flights)
  • 6–9 PM70%(57 flights)
On-time trend by month
81%
May

Oct 82% → May 81% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
October 202582%27
November 202569%32
December 202563%30
January 202671%31
February 202675%28
March 202684%31
April 202663%30
May 202681%32

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 242 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.