Flights Des Moines → St. Petersburg
DSM → PIE
Route overview
The flight route from Des Moines to St. Petersburg has a relatively low on-time performance rate of 68%, with an average delay of 14.5 minutes per flight. Over the past year, there have been a total of 51 flights on this route, serving a destination airport that handles approximately 1,837,035 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) → St. Petersburg (PIE) route is operated by Allegiant Air. Across 60 flights monitored in recent months, 64% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 36 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.33%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 19.2/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At St. Petersburg the average ATFM delay is 3.5 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Des Moines the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to St. Petersburg: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Des Moines (DSM) to St. Petersburg (PIE) heads south-east for about 1,813 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 41m.
Departures from Des Moines on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 52% of DSM-PIE flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Des Moines the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into St. Petersburg it is 3.5 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 60 tracked DSM-PIE flights, 64% left on time with an average delay of 36 min and a 3.3% cancellation rate.
Route facts
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allegiant Air (G4) | 78% | 11 min | 2.3% |
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Frequently asked questions about DSM-PIE
On the Des Moines (DSM) -> St. Petersburg (PIE) route, on-time performance is 64% with an average delay of 36 minutes, based on 60 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Des Moines-St. Petersburg is 3.33% across 60 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Allegiant Air.
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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.
