Route
DSM → STL
Des Moines International Airport St. Louis Lambert International Airport
259 miles
Return route STL → DSM →
How punctual is this route?
- On-time arrivals
- 90.4%
- Less than 15 minutes late
- Cancelled
- 0.9%
- Of scheduled flights
- Average delay when late
- 78 min
- Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
- Flights tracked
- 347
- Scheduled flights in the period
What caused the delays
- Late-arriving aircraft 38%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 29%
- Air traffic control & airport 23%
- Extreme weather 10%
- Security 0%
Share of delay minutes airlines attributed to each cause (BTS).
Sep 2025
Mar 2026
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| Month | On time | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 89.3% | 56 |
| October 2025 | 94.7% | 57 |
| November 2025 | 88.9% | 56 |
| December 2025 | 86.4% | 60 |
| January 2026 | 87.9% | 58 |
| February 2026 | 94.2% | 52 |
| March 2026 | 100.0% | 8 |
Source: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data, September 2025 – August 2026. Covers flights operated by reporting U.S. carriers. About our data
Airlines on this route
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg. delay when late |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines | 347 | 90.4% | 0.9% | 78 min |
Delay odds by flight
How often each flight number arrived 15 or more minutes late over the last year.
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