Flights St. Petersburg → Des Moines
PIE → DSM
Route overview
The flight route from St. Petersburg to Des Moines has an on-time performance rate of 84%, with an average delay of just 3.5 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees 51 flights connecting these two cities, serving the substantial traffic at the destination airport which handles approximately 2,808,125 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 St. Petersburg (PIE) → Des Moines (DSM) route is operated by Allegiant Air. Across 60 flights monitored in recent months, 78% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 9 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.33%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 30.6/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Des Moines the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from St. Petersburg the average ATFM delay is 3.5 minutes.
Heading to Des Moines: what to expect in this direction
Flying from St. Petersburg (PIE) to Des Moines (DSM) heads north-west for about 1,813 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 41m.
Departures from St. Petersburg on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 73% of PIE-DSM flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing St. Petersburg the average ATFM delay is 3.5 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Des Moines it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 60 tracked PIE-DSM flights, 78% left on time with an average delay of 9 min and a 3.3% cancellation rate.
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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 PIE-DSM
On the St. Petersburg (PIE) -> Des Moines (DSM) route, on-time performance is 78% with an average delay of 9 minutes, based on 60 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on St. Petersburg-Des Moines is 3.33% across 60 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Allegiant Air.
Enter your flight number on FlightGuard for a real-time analysis based on 9 factors: weather at Des Moines, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel, airline punctuality and recent trends.
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.
