VPS to DSM flight delays
Valparaiso, FL (VPS) Des Moines, IA (DSM) · 860 miles
26 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
This route flew fewer than 50 times in the period, which is too few for an on-time rate to mean anything. The figures below are shown as recorded, but the route is not graded.
76%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
3.85%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
152 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
37 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: 3.85% 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 Valparaiso to Des Moines route sits close to the middle of the record — neither notably punctual nor notably late.
Every airline on VPS 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 | 26 | 76% | 3.85% | 152 min | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
DSM to VPS Des Moines back to Valparaiso 76% on time —Other routes from Valparaiso
Common questions
Are flights from Valparaiso to Des Moines usually delayed?
76% of flights on the VPS 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.
How often are VPS to DSM flights cancelled?
3.85% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 39 in every thousand. That is high enough that cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth planning around.
When VPS to DSM flights are late, how late are they?
About 152 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 VPS to DSM during January 2025 – August 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 →