Flights from Oakland to Des Moines start at €260.92 and take 6h 56m at their fastest.
The Flights from Oakland to Des Moines starts at €260.92 and takes 6h 56m door to door, run by 1 operator over 2,551 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Changes at Las Vegas, with 65 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.
Door to door 8h 34mCO2 661.7 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes
Door to door 6h 56mCO2 627.5 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Changes at Kansas City, with 59 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.
Door to door 8h 59mCO2 620.8 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bahamasair | €229.65 | 6h 47m | 740 km/h | Fixed fare | Not published |
That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Des Moines is not something we sell.
Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.
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The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
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The Flight from Oakland to Des Moines takes 6h 56m door to door, of which 3h 46m is spent moving. The route runs 2,551 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.
The Flight from Oakland to Des Moines starts at €260.92 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €265.64. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
1 operators run the Flight from Oakland to Des Moines: Bahamasair. Between them they file around 5 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.
The Flight from Oakland to Des Moines leaves from Oakland OAK 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.
Fares for the Flight from Oakland to Des Moines bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €165.93. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 272 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
The Flight from Oakland to Des Moines produces about 627.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 2551 km, which works out at roughly 246 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.
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