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Route Reliability

Des Moines → St. Petersburg

DSM–PIE · 1,126 miles · Des Moines International Airport to St. Pete–Clearwater International Airport

72
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
76%
Arrive within 15 minutes
14 min
Average arrival delay
1.5%
Cancelled
201
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Allegiant Air is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 76% of the time across 201 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

DSM–PIE flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 93% of the time, versus 69% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

DSM–PIE flights arrived on time 94% of the time on Wednesdays and just 63% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon73%(52 flights)
  • Tue—(2 flights)
  • Wed94%(36 flights)
  • Thu63%(16 flights)
  • Fri73%(51 flights)
  • Sat83%(23 flights)
  • Sun63%(16 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM93%(27 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM76%(62 flights)
  • 12–3 PM70%(10 flights)
  • 3–6 PM76%(45 flights)
  • 6–9 PM69%(52 flights)
On-time trend by month
87%
May

Jun 72% → May 87% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202572%25
July 202577%26
August 202586%21
November 202583%12
December 202553%15
January 202686%14
February 202687%15
March 202659%22
April 202677%13
May 202687%15

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 201 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.