Flights Des Moines → Minneapolis
DSM → MSP
Route overview
The flight route from Des Moines to Minneapolis operates with a high level of punctuality, achieving an on-time performance rate of 86%. Over the course of 255 flights, the average delay is just under ten minutes at 9.7 minutes, and the destination airport serves over thirty-one million passengers annually.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Des Moines (DSM) → Minneapolis (MSP) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 342 flights monitored in recent months, 85% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 13 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.05%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 18.6/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Minneapolis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Des Moines the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Minneapolis: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Des Moines (DSM) to Minneapolis (MSP) heads north for about 374 km, a flight time of roughly 53m.
Departures from Des Moines on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 60% of DSM-MSP flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Des Moines the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Minneapolis it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 342 tracked DSM-MSP flights, 85% left on time with an average delay of 13 min and a 2.0% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
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Frequently asked questions about DSM-MSP
On the Des Moines (DSM) -> Minneapolis (MSP) route, on-time performance is 85% with an average delay of 13 minutes, based on 342 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Des Moines-Minneapolis is 2.05% across 342 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Delta Air Lines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
