EWR to DSM flight delays
Newark, NJ (EWR) Des Moines, IA (DSM) · 1,017 miles
138 flights · July 2024 – July 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
79.85%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
2.9%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
62 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
13 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: 2.9% 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.
The two directions do not behave alike. DSM to EWR arrives on time 7.5 points more often than the outbound. Delay accumulates through the flying day, so whichever direction is scheduled later tends to carry the worse record — which is an argument for booking the morning departure if the choice exists.
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.
The Newark to Des Moines route sits close to the middle of the record — neither notably punctual nor notably late.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over July 2024 – July 2026, Allegiant Air arrived on time most often on EWR to DSM. Flights ran closest to schedule in May and worst in January.
Every airline on EWR to DSM
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 | 138 | 79.85% | 2.9% | 62 min | C |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
DSM to EWR Des Moines back to Newark 87.31% on time BOther routes from Newark
- EWR → MCO · Orlando D
- EWR → ATL · Atlanta D
- EWR → ORD · Chicago D
- EWR → LAX · Los Angeles D
- EWR → FLL · Fort Lauderdale D
- EWR → SFO · San Francisco D
- EWR → MIA · Miami D
- EWR → BOS · Boston F
- EWR → IAH · Houston C
- EWR → CLT · Charlotte D
- EWR → DFW · Dallas/Fort Worth D
- EWR → PBI · West Palm Beach/Palm Beach D
Common questions
Are flights from Newark to Des Moines usually delayed?
79.85% of flights on the EWR to DSM route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 2 in every ten arrived late. That is about the same as the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Newark to Des Moines?
Only Allegiant Air appears in the published record on this route, with 138 flights and 79.85% arriving on time.
How often are EWR to DSM flights cancelled?
2.9% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 29 in every thousand. That is high enough that cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth planning around.
When EWR to DSM flights are late, how late are they?
About 62 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 EWR to DSM 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 →