DSM to FLL flight delays
Des Moines, IA (DSM) Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL) · 1,316 miles
196 flights · July 2024 – July 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
74.74% of flights from Des Moines to Fort Lauderdale arrived within 15 minutes of schedule over July 2024 – July 2026, across 196 flights.
74.74%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
3.06%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
88 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
23 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth pricing here: 3.06% of scheduled flights never operated. A late flight still gets you there. A cancelled one leaves you rebooking, and on a route with few daily departures that can mean losing a day.
This route does worse than its own airport. DSM as a whole runs 7.3 points more punctual than these flights, which points at something specific to the route — the time of day it is scheduled, or the aircraft that feed it — rather than the airport.
Only Allegiant Air flies this route in the published record, so there is no choice to weigh — the route's figures and the airline's are the same figures.
Flights from Des Moines to Fort Lauderdale run late more often than the average route, though not severely.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over July 2024 – July 2026, Allegiant Air arrived on time most often on DSM to FLL. Flights ran closest to schedule in October and worst in January.
Every airline on DSM to FLL
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allegiant Air | 196 | 74.74% | 3.06% | 88 min | D |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
Other routes from Des Moines
Common questions
Are flights from Des Moines to Fort Lauderdale usually delayed?
74.74% of flights on the DSM to FLL route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 3 in every ten arrived late. That is about the same as the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Des Moines to Fort Lauderdale?
Only Allegiant Air appears in the published record on this route, with 196 flights and 74.74% arriving on time.
How often are DSM to FLL flights cancelled?
3.06% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 31 in every thousand. That is high enough that cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth planning around.
When DSM to FLL flights are late, how late are they?
About 88 minutes on average across the flights that arrived more than 15 minutes behind schedule.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on DSM to FLL during July 2024 – July 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →