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Route Reliability

Las Vegas → Des Moines

LASDSM · 1,216 miles · Harry Reid International Airport to Des Moines International Airport

83
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
80%
Arrive within 15 minutes
5 min
Average arrival delay
0.5%
Cancelled
595
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.

  1. 1.Southwest Airlines81%365 flights
  2. 2.Allegiant Air79%230 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

LAS–DSM flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 93% of the time, versus 71% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

LAS–DSM flights arrived on time 91% of the time on Tuesdays and just 68% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Not much between Southwest Airlines and Allegiant Air.

On this route they all land within 79% to 81% on time. Pick on schedule and price.

Recent months have been rougher.

LAS–DSM flights arrived on time 78% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 85% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon76%(102 flights)
  • Tue91%(53 flights)
  • Wed89%(73 flights)
  • Thu78%(99 flights)
  • Fri86%(103 flights)
  • Sat82%(54 flights)
  • Sun68%(104 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM93%(41 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM82%(229 flights)
  • 12–3 PM82%(179 flights)
  • 3–6 PM71%(137 flights)
  • 6–9 PM(2 flights)
On-time trend by month
73%
May

Jun 88% → May 73% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202588%51
July 202581%53
August 202578%50
September 202565%46
October 202581%53
November 202581%47
December 202578%49
January 202685%48
February 202691%44
March 202682%50
April 202678%46
May 202673%51

Based on 595 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.