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Route Reliability

PGD → Des Moines

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

77
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
78%
Arrive within 15 minutes
13 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 78% of the time across 197 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

PGD–DSM flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 100% of the time, versus 50% between 3–6 PM.

Saturdays have been rough.

PGD–DSM flights arrived on time 87% of the time on Mondays and just 60% on Saturdays. That gap is worth planning around.

Ticking up lately.

PGD–DSM flights arrived on time 75% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 69% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon87%(23 flights)
  • Tue79%(19 flights)
  • Wed—(7 flights)
  • Thu76%(46 flights)
  • Fri78%(23 flights)
  • Sat60%(30 flights)
  • Sun87%(45 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM96%(27 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM100%(12 flights)
  • 12–3 PM77%(43 flights)
  • 3–6 PM50%(10 flights)
  • 6–9 PM76%(90 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM64%(11 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%17
July 202589%18
August 202591%11
November 202592%13
December 202544%23
January 202675%24
February 202687%23
March 202673%26
April 202680%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.