Route Reliability
Los Angeles → Des Moines
LAX–DSM · 1,447 miles · Los Angeles International Airport to Des Moines International Airport
- 91%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 6 min early
- Average arrival delay
- 0%
- Cancelled
- 239
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
American Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 91% of the time across 239 flights. No comparison to make.
What the data says
Morning flights do better here.
LAX–DSM flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 96% of the time, versus 83% between 12–3 PM.
Friday is doing you no favors.
LAX–DSM flights arrived on time 94% of the time on Tuesdays. On Fridays: 86%.
It basically never cancels.
Out of 239 scheduled flights, only 0.0% were cancelled.
Recent months have been rougher.
LAX–DSM flights arrived on time 86% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 95% in the three months before that.
Flights on this route
The breakdown
- Mon91%(34 flights)
- Tue94%(34 flights)
- Wed91%(34 flights)
- Thu91%(33 flights)
- Fri86%(35 flights)
- Sat94%(34 flights)
- Sun91%(33 flights)
- 6–9 AM86%(42 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM96%(138 flights)
- 12–3 PM83%(57 flights)
Oct 96% → May 90% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| October 2025 | 96% | 26 |
| November 2025 | 94% | 31 |
| December 2025 | 87% | 31 |
| January 2026 | 100% | 30 |
| February 2026 | 96% | 28 |
| March 2026 | 90% | 31 |
| April 2026 | 76% | 29 |
| May 2026 | 90% | 31 |
Same trip, other airports
Keep nerding
Based on 239 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.