1,254 nonstop flights · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · US DOT on-time records, all US airlines

No clear winner: Delta’s MSP → DSM flights land within a few points of 78% on time whatever the hour.

Best time to leave 9–10 am 90% arrive on time from MSP

Best single flight DL 4998 MSP 09:00 → DSM 10:14 · 85% on time Avoid DL 5253 MSP 19:54 → DSM 21:08 · 73% on time

Time of day × airport

Share of this route’s flights leaving within 15 minutes, by airport and scheduled departure hour, over Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Blank: no flights then (or fewer than 40 in the year).

MSP

% of this route’s flights leaving within 15 min (small number: flights in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule): 85+75–8465–7455–64under 55

Des Moines flights leaving MSP 3–4 pm: 1Close ×


DL 4913flown by Endeavor	MSP 15:40	DSM 16:54	1h 14m	202	80%	0.5%	90 min

Airlines on this route

Arriving within 15 minutes. Regional flights count under the airline that sells them. Pick an airline to see its flights.


Delta (incl. Endeavor, SkyWest)	1,254	78%	1.4%	85 min

Flights, best and worst

Flights in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule that ran 150+ times in the year. Times are local. Pick a flight for its history.


DL 4998flown by Endeavor	MSP 09:00	DSM 10:14	85%
DL 4913flown by Endeavor	MSP 15:40	DSM 16:54	80%
DL 5253flown by Endeavor	MSP 19:54	DSM 21:08	73%

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Nonstops by airline and airport

Arriving within 15 minutes, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Pick a row to see that airline’s flights on that airport pair.


Delta	MSP	DSM	1h 14m	78%	1.4%	1,254	Flying now

Flying on a particular day? Pick a date above and the same ranking uses our forecast odds for each flight that day: Tomorrow.

About this data: US DOT on-time records, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, all US airlines; regional flights count under the airline that sells them. Schedules (which flights and connections exist, and their times) are as of Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026; seasonal flights outside that window aren’t ranked. Rebuilt monthly. JSON