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Route Reliability

Des Moines → PGD

DSM–PGD · 1,206 miles · Des Moines International Airport to PGD Airport

79
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
80%
Arrive within 15 minutes
11 min
Average arrival delay
2.0%
Cancelled
197
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Allegiant Air is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 80% of the time across 197 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

DSM–PGD flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 88% of the time, versus 64% between 3–6 PM.

Saturdays have been rough.

DSM–PGD flights arrived on time 95% of the time on Tuesdays and just 67% on Saturdays. That gap is worth planning around.

Ticking up lately.

DSM–PGD flights arrived on time 79% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 73% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon87%(23 flights)
  • Tue95%(19 flights)
  • Wed—(7 flights)
  • Thu78%(46 flights)
  • Fri87%(23 flights)
  • Sat67%(30 flights)
  • Sun76%(45 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM88%(43 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM86%(29 flights)
  • 12–3 PM86%(62 flights)
  • 3–6 PM64%(58 flights)
  • 6–9 PM—(1 flights)
On-time trend by month
73%
May

Jun 82% → May 73% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202582%17
July 202594%18
August 202582%11
November 202585%13
December 202561%23
January 202667%24
February 202691%23
March 202673%26
April 202690%10
May 202673%11

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Based on 197 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.