Des Moines to Nashville runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 06:07 and the last around 14:49. One passenger pays between €73.89 and €90.41, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 41m over 870 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 1 operator and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€73.89 to €90.41
- 193%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Des Moines
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:07First departure
- 14:49Last departure
- 2Services per day
- 100%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €177.83Mon14
- about €138.20Tue15
- about €160.62Wed16
- about €171.78Thu17
- about €162.39Fri18
- about €147.05Sat19
- about €141.15Sun20
- about €90.41Mon21
- about €91.59Tue22
- about €107.98Wed23
- about €106.88Thu24
- about €103.58Fri25
- about €128.33Sat26
- about €114.03Sun27
- about €73.88Mon28
- about €73.89Tue29
- about €86.53Wed30
- about €95.13Thu1
- about €85.10Fri2
- about €89.23Sat3
- about €79.38Sun4
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 flight gets you into Nashville. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Nashville for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Des Moines to Nashville
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €110.1890 days
- €75.0760 days
- €73.8945 days
- €60.6830 days
- €79.3821 days
- €114.0314 days
- €141.157 days
- €160.623 days
- €177.831 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €60.68.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 193 percent. The dearest point is €177.83, 1 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Des Moines to Nashville and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
870 km
845 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south-east.
Who lives at each end
214,133 → 689,447
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
Observed
Every operator on this corridor is named in a carrier record.
The route
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 870 km against 845 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Kansas City, St. Louis, North Peoria, Cedar Rapids. The gap between arriving and leaving is 51 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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.
Who runs this route
The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near Nashville Union Station
Most of the points near Nashville Union Station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Des Moines to Nashville
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 it take to get from Des Moines to Nashville?
The fastest journey from Des Moines to Nashville takes 4h 41m door to door, of which 1h 32m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 4h 45m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Des Moines to Nashville?
The cheapest fare from Des Moines to Nashville is €73.88, as of 13 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €123.45. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Des Moines to Nashville?
The cheapest way from Des Moines to Nashville is by flight, at €90.41 for one passenger on 28 September 2026. That journey takes 4h 42m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Des Moines to Nashville?
Fares from Des Moines to Nashville bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €60.68. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 193 percent, measured on 13 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Des Moines to Nashville?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Des Moines to Nashville, at €90.41. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 13 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Des Moines to Nashville?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Des Moines to Nashville, at €65.04 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs services from Des Moines to Nashville?
1 operators sell services from Des Moines to Nashville across 1 mode: Allegiant Air. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Des Moines to Nashville?
33 percent of the services we sell from Des Moines to Nashville are direct. The rest connect at Kansas City, St. Louis, North Peoria, Cedar Rapids, with about 51 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Des Moines to Nashville use?
Services from Des Moines to Nashville by flight leave from Des Moines DSM and arrive at Nashville BNA. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Des Moines to Nashville?
0 of the 1 operators we sell from Des Moines to Nashville allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
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, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Des Moines to Nashville on 13 September 2026: 870 km of route against 845 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €73.88, and 4h 41m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Nashville is somebody else's catalogue.
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The two ends, compared
Des Moines reaches 56 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 169 to 2,476 km. Nashville reaches 96 places in 4 countries, from 50 to 6,736 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Des Moines
- 56Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 17Operators
Arriving in Nashville
Leaving Nashville
- 96Places you can leave for
- 4Countries
- 24Operators