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Des Moines (DSM) departure delays

Of 1,299 sampled departures, 36.8% left 15 minutes or more behind schedule. Average lateness was 22.8 minutes. Sample window: Jan 16, 2026 to May 7, 2026.

These are historical aggregates, not live status. A departure is late at 15 minutes past schedule.

When departures are on time

Airlines with the most late departures

Airline Flights sampled Late Average lateness
ChallengAir (1I) 56 75.0% 39.7 min
United Airlines (UA) 186 51.6% 31.3 min
Frontier Airlines, Inc. (F9) 24 50.0% 44.4 min
Allegiant Air LLC (G4) 95 49.5% 30.3 min
Delta Air Lines (DL) 126 47.6% 33.8 min

Routes from DSM

The departures that are late right now

36.8% of this DSM sample left 15 minutes late or more. GET /flight_delays returns the ones that are late at this moment: airline, flight number, scheduled time, actual time and minutes of delay.

https://www.goflightlabs.com/flight_delays?access_key=YOUR_ACCESS_KEY&delay=15&type=departures&dep_iata=DSM

Example response

Field names match the live API. This flight only shows the shape. It is not a live result.

{ "success": true, "data": [ { "airline_iata": "AA", "flight_iata": "AA100", "flight_number": "100", "dep_iata": "DSM", "dep_time": "2024-03-15 08:00", "dep_actual": "2024-03-15 08:22", "dep_delayed": 22, "status": "active" } ] }

That URL still says YOUR_ACCESS_KEY. A 7-day trial replaces it with a real key and returns the DSM departures that are late right now, in the JSON above. After the trial, Starter is $24.99/mo.

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