Cheapest€185.99
- Allegiant Air AA419506:293h 53m10:22San Diego SANDes Moines DSM
Door to door 7h 3mCO2 582.5 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
San Diego to Des Moines flight
Flights from San Diego to Des Moines start at €202.51 and take 7h 3m at their fastest.
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Fares and seats move by the day. Price San Diego to Des Moines on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Flights from San Diego to Des Moines starts at €202.51 and takes 7h 3m door to door, run by 1 operator over 2,368 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 7h 3mDoor to door
- 3h 53mMoving
- €202.51 to €395.44From
- 06:29 to 07:30First and last departure
- 5Per day
- 582.5 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on September 29, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€202.51 to €395.44 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 €364.76Tue15
- about €391.90Wed16
- about €395.44Thu17
- about €366.53Fri18
- about €385.41Sat19
- about €369.48Sun20
- about €235.55Mon21
- about €247.94Tue22
- about €257.97Wed23
- about €316.97Thu24
- about €296.32Fri25
- about €319.92Sat26
- about €298.09Sun27
- about €202.51Mon28
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 September 29, 2026
Lowest CO2€237.91
- Southwest Airlines SA818807:303h 25m10:55San Diego SANOmaha OMA
- PARTA PA458712:083h 32m15:40North Omaha Transit CenterDART Central Station
Changes at Omaha, with 73 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.
Door to door 10h 7mCO2 539.0 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes
Airlines
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Allegiant Air | €185.99 | 6h 33m | 740 km/h | Fixed fare | Not published |
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When to book San Diego to Des Moines
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €224.3490 days
- €193.6660 days
- €219.6245 days
- €197.7930 days
- €197.2021 days
- €202.5114 days
- €235.557 days
- €395.443 days
- €364.761 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €193.66.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 104 percent. The most expensive point is €395.44, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 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.
- €298.09Sun
- €202.51Mon
- €247.94Tue
- €257.97Wed
- €316.97Thu
- €296.32Fri
- €319.92Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
San Diego
Air
- SAN
Des Moines
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- DSM
What the journey actually looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 2,368 km against 2,299 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 Denver, Las Vegas, Omaha, Phoenix. The gap between arriving and leaving is 45 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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 San Diego at 06:29 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about San Diego to Des Moines
The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 San Diego to Des Moines take?
The Flight from San Diego to Des Moines takes 7h 3m door to door, of which 3h 53m is spent moving. The route runs 2,368 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 San Diego to Des Moines cost?
The Flight from San Diego to Des Moines starts at €202.51 for one passenger, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare is €223.75. 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 San Diego to Des Moines?
1 operators run the Flight from San Diego to Des Moines: Allegiant Air. 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.
Which terminal does the Flight from San Diego to Des Moines use?
The Flight from San Diego to Des Moines leaves from San Diego SAN 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.
When should I book the Flight from San Diego to Des Moines?
Fares for the Flight from San Diego to Des Moines bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €193.66. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 104 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from San Diego to Des Moines produce?
The Flight from San Diego to Des Moines produces about 582.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 2368 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.
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 San Diego to Des Moines on September 14, 2026: 2368 km of route against 2299 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €202.51, and 7h 3m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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