Fastest€80.38
- Endeavor Air EA158914:201h 33m15:53Detroit DTWDes Moines DSM
Door to door 4h 43mCO2 222.1 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Detroit to Des Moines flight
Flights from Detroit to Des Moines start at €80.38 and take 4h 43m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Detroit to Des Moines on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Flights from Detroit to Des Moines starts at €80.38 and takes 4h 43m door to door, run by 1 operator over 903 km, with around 3 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 4h 43mDoor to door
- 1h 33mMoving
- €80.38 to €167.11From
- 06:33 to 14:20First and last departure
- 3Per day
- 222.1 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 5 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€80.38 to €167.11 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €154.72Tue15
- about €130.53Wed16
- about €167.11Thu17
- about €145.87Fri18
- about €144.10Sat19
- about €137.02Sun20
- about €96.31Mon21
- about €95.13Tue22
- about €95.13Wed23
- about €116.96Thu24
- about €112.24Fri25
- about €118.14Sat26
- about €112.24Sun27
- about €80.38Mon28
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on 5 October 2026
Airlines
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Endeavor Air | €75.66 | 4h 43m | 740 km/h | Fixed fare | Not published |
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When to book Detroit to Des Moines
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €45.8390 days
- €42.5360 days
- €52.9845 days
- €35.3830 days
- €35.9321 days
- €40.3314 days
- €48.587 days
- €84.883 days
- €68.381 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €35.38.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 140 percent. The dearest point is €84.88, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €66.73Sun
- €40.33Mon
- €45.83Tue
- €50.23Wed
- €66.18Thu
- €59.58Fri
- €65.08Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Detroit
Air
- DTW
Des Moines
Air
- DSM
What the journey actually looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 56% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 44% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 903 km against 877 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at West Town, Near North Side, Cedar Rapids, Rockford. The gap between arriving and leaving is 55 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Detroit at 06:33 and the last at 14:20, across 3 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Flights against the other ways to make this journey
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h 43m | 1h 33m | 3h 10m | €80.38 | 222.1 kg | 3 |
| Coach | 13h 28m | 12h 44m | 44m | €40.33 | 23.7 kg | 4 |
Questions about Detroit to Des Moines
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Flight from Detroit to Des Moines take?
The Flight from Detroit to Des Moines takes 4h 43m door to door, of which 1h 33m is spent moving. The route runs 903 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Flight from Detroit to Des Moines cost?
The Flight from Detroit to Des Moines starts at €80.38 for one passenger, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare is €80.38. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Flight from Detroit to Des Moines?
1 operators run the Flight from Detroit to Des Moines: Endeavor Air. Between them they file around 3 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Flight from Detroit to Des Moines use?
The Flight from Detroit to Des Moines leaves from Detroit DTW and arrives at Des Moines DSM. Allow about 3h 10m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Flight the best way from Detroit to Des Moines?
Travelling from Detroit to Des Moines by Coach costs €40.33 and takes 13h 28m door to door, against 4h 43m by Flight. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Flight from Detroit to Des Moines?
Fares for the Flight from Detroit to Des Moines bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €35.38. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 140 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from Detroit to Des Moines produce?
The Flight from Detroit to Des Moines produces about 222.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 903 km, which works out at roughly 246 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Detroit to Des Moines on 14 September 2026: 903 km of route against 877 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €80.38, and 4h 43m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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