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Cheapest return fare
£579
Typical prices: £794-£880
Scandinavian Airlines
Mon 5/10Mon 12/10
LHR - DSM • 2 stops
Cheapest one-way flight
£520
Multiple Airlines
Sun 18/10
LGW - DSM • 3 stops
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Mon, 5 Oct - Mon, 12 Oct
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06:40 - 22:26LHR  London Heathrow-DSM Des Moines
21h 46m2 stops Kastrup Copenhagen Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson
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15:03 - 17:40DSM  Des Moines-LHR London Heathrow
20h 37m2 stops Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Kastrup Copenhagen
£579Scandinavian Airlines
Fri, 16 Oct - Sat, 24 Oct
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09:35 - 22:33MAN  Manchester-DSM Des Moines
18h 58m2 stops Kastrup Copenhagen Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson
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11:27 - 10:30DSM  Des Moines-MAN Manchester
41h 03m2 stops Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Kastrup Copenhagen
£615Scandinavian Airlines
Tue, 24 Nov - Wed, 9 Dec
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08:45 - 21:55LHR  London Heathrow-DSM Des Moines
19h 10m2 stops Munich Franz Josef Strauss Chicago O'Hare Intl
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13:15 - 12:00DSM  Des Moines-LHR London Heathrow
16h 45m1 stop Chicago O'Hare Intl
£763Lufthansa
Mon, 28 Sep - Mon, 5 Oct
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17:30 - 17:48LHR  London Heathrow-DSM Des Moines
30h 18m2 stops Frankfurt am Main Chicago O'Hare Intl
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18:55 - 15:40DSM  Des Moines-LHR London Heathrow
14h 45m2 stops Chicago O'Hare Intl Munich Franz Josef Strauss
£776Lufthansa
Tue, 24 Nov - Wed, 9 Dec
Virgin Atlantic Logo
06:20 - 20:40LHR  London Heathrow-DSM Des Moines
20h 20m2 stops Paris Charles de Gaulle Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County
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10:30 - 07:45DSM  Des Moines-LHR London Heathrow
15h 15m1 stop Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County
£792Virgin Atlantic
Tue, 24 Nov - Wed, 9 Dec
Virgin Atlantic Logo
19:20 - 18:07LHR  London Heathrow-DSM Des Moines
28h 47m2 stops Paris Charles de Gaulle Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson
Virgin Atlantic Logo
05:20 - 06:25DSM  Des Moines-LHR London Heathrow
19h 05m1 stop Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson
£792Virgin Atlantic
Wed, 23 Dec - Sat, 9 Jan
British Airways Logo
11:25 - 19:09LHR  London Heathrow-DSM Des Moines
37h 44m2 stops Madrid Barajas Chicago O'Hare Intl
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13:51 - 06:55DSM  Des Moines-LHR London Heathrow
11h 04m1 stop Chicago O'Hare Intl
£988British Airways
Fri, 16 Oct - Sat, 24 Oct
Delta Logo
13:00 - 10:42MAN  Manchester-DSM Des Moines
27h 42m1 stop Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson
Delta Logo
16:07 - 07:40DSM  Des Moines-MAN Manchester
33h 33m1 stop Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson
£1,010Delta
Sat, 17 Oct - Sun, 25 Oct
Delta Logo
13:15 - 10:42MAN  Manchester-DSM Des Moines
27h 27m1 stop Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson
Delta Logo
08:45 - 09:40DSM  Des Moines-MAN Manchester
19h 55m1 stop New York LaGuardia
£1,010Delta
Fri, 16 Oct - Fri, 23 Oct
British Airways Logo
15:15 - 00:14LHR  London Heathrow-DSM Des Moines
14h 59m1 stop Chicago O'Hare Intl
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14:01 - 08:05DSM  Des Moines-LHR London Heathrow
12h 04m1 stop Chicago O'Hare Intl
£1,636British Airways
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What is the cheapest flight to Des Moines?

In the last 5 days, the cheapest flight deal to Des Moines was found on the route from London, at £579 return. The most popular connection is from London to Des Moines, while KAYAK users have found return deals for as low as £579 in the last 5 days.

Good to know - Cheap tickets to Des Moines

Low season

February

Cheapest flight

£520
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 17% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 5% lower on average.
Flight from London Gatwick Airport to Des Moines

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  • What is the cheapest flight to Des Moines?

    In the last 5 days, the cheapest flight deal to Des Moines was found on the route from London, at £579 return. The most popular connection is from London to Des Moines, while KAYAK users have found return deals for as low as £579 in the last 5 days.

  • How far is Des Moines Airport from central Des Moines?

    Central Des Moines is 4 miles away from Des Moines Airport.

  • What is the name of Des Moines’s airport?

    All flights to Des Moines land at Des Moines Airport. The airport code is DSM,and it can also be referred to as Des Moines or Des Moines Intl.

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Reviews of the top 5 airlines flying to Des Moines

 
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7.4
United AirlinesOverall score based on 10172 reviews
7.3Comfort
6.6Food
7.1Entertainment
8.1Crew
7.7Boarding
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Bad check in experience. Dirty ancient aircraft. Truly awful food and this in Business/ First class.

2.0 MediocreDonald, Aug 2026
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Bad check in experience. Dirty ancient aircraft. Truly awful food and this in Business/ First class.

Very friendly and helpful staff on board and United was excellent when I missed my onward flight due to the delay in London. Very well organised meant much less stress

A long delay. Don't travel late in the day.

The seat was comfortable. There was a lot of turbulence. If it weren't for that,it would have been okay.

First time flying with UA and it was a great experience. Thank you

Staff on board was excellent. Positive upbeat helpful- like it used to be.

United has come a long way, it’s been a fantastic experience traveling with them.

It was great, I’m very grateful for the pilots and crew flight attendants for everything.

Flight was great. Efficient boarding. Short flight. Early arrival. Friendly flight crew. The entertainment system did not work well. Could not access it until the aircraft reached 10K feet or more. Lots of glitches.

No food service almost missed because of first flight delays

Lounge was top notch h with great variety of food and drinks. Cabin crew were great. Smooth flight.

My seat 3G did not go down fully and the buttons were not working properly

Food was the worst I’ve had on a VA flight. Normally it’s a lot better

The staff was not very polite but the flight was very very nice and comfortable and the entertainment was great

Unfortunately delayed 2 hrs due to faulty tyre.. which had to be changed, but better safe than sorry.

Security area in terminal 3 needs to be made much nicer. Less claustrophobic and use of glass and big ceilings wouldhelp

accomodating check in staff, friendly flight crew ( a crew member was speaking tactlessly and was overfamiliar with passengers

Seats need to be updated. Allowance needs to be made for dinner service at an alternative time

The crew should demonstrate flexibility by moving a screaming infant to its own seat with 1 parent

If I could fly Virgin Atlantic airlines to every place, I need to go, I would. Leaving Heathrow through the special virgin air entrance, security is completely white glove service. I love this airline. From ticketing agents to flight staff everyone tries to make it a wonderful & happy flight experience. I wish other airlines copied the positive culture of Virgin Airlines.

Really good, premium economy is worth for a daytime flight coming back from europe

Horrible! We departed out of terminal 5, not only was the sign for flights and gate information were so badly organized that it took 2 minutes for all of the flight info load for the correct airline. One would think BA would have new and well managed jet ways, but no you had to take a bus to the plane. It took for every and detailed departure by 40 mins. I’ve had better class of service from Indian Airlines. BA needs to work on upscaling to meet the Industry norms. I can see regional airlines using this loading method but not on an international flight.

Plane features were VERY old and outdated. footrest cushion was completely lose, plane felt dirty and a bit grimy. i was in business class. the lead flight attendant, Mary made a few announcements that didn't seem to put the cabin at ease (it didn't necessarily bother me, but could have bothered others). she said "the seat cushions aren't FDA approved, so you have to put them on after we take flight." everyone had already applied the seat cushions, and saying something isn't approved for flight may cause alarm. she also said at one point over the announcement ... "we can't get up because we are too afraid of the jet stream impacts" -- again, not helpful to those who are nervous fliers.

Extremely comfortable airplane, everything looked brand new, how lovely! My seat in Premium Economy was ever so comfortable, I did not suffer the usual backache I suffer when doing the transatlantic flight. It felt like seating in a reclining armchair. I loved the foot rest, did not need to use the portable device I usually carry along with me to replace one. I loved the spaciousness in front of me, and that there were only two seats (Instead of 3 in coach) in the window row, wow what a difference in comfort. Coach seats are always just a little narrow for my hips. The support of the cushions was great, firm and offered good support . It was easy to come out of my aisle seat, although I'm 70. The staff was courteous, both meals were delicious, very carefully prepared, and creative (fruit + cheese for the second meal, instead of the usual bread sandwich)

The plane was up-to-date, and the free wi-fi was very much appreciated! All of the ports functioned well, and the entertainment choices made the flight much more enjoyable. One of the flight attendants was unfriendly, but the flight was enjoyable overall.

The boarding by groups is pointless. The first two groups worked fine, but almost Noone boarded in goups three thru five leaving the vast majority boarding when group six was called. It defeated the purpose of spreading out the crowd.

I blame kayak for my last trip to dca. Kayak cancelled my direct flight and put on a one stop flight and made lost whole day from my vacation and had not even refunded my ticket.

delayed multiple times. no resolution on anything from AA customer service. was put on hold in chat to talk to manager. was 6th in line to talk to manager for more than TWELVE HOURS - from sometime around 9AM until well after I had gone to bed that evening. no explanation, no attempt to make it right. just a five hour delay because of repeated maintenance claims

Was the most uncomfortable I ever had in the air. Felt like I was trapped in the seat legs cramped and was just horrible. The flight to DSM was a lot better. Even being on a smaller plane was better. Staff are outstanding. No complaints about the people.

It was exactly as I expected, on time, smooth flight, courteous staff.

I was booked to travel from Dallas to Nairobi via Chicago and Brussels and had been issued boarding passes for all three segments of my journey. At the boarding gate in Dallas, I was required to check my carry-on luggage due to limited cabin space. Despite my attempts to explain that I was traveling internationally and would not have access to the bag during transit, my concerns were not considered. I also informed the staff that I did not have a padlock to secure the luggage, but this was disregarded. Consequently, I had to hastily transfer essential items from my carry-on into my handbag. To my surprise, upon arriving at Chicago Airport, I observed numerous international travelers boarding with cabin bags that were significantly larger than mine. This experience left me extremely disappointed and led me to decide against using United Airlines for future international travel, a sentiment I have also shared with friends and family. Unfortunately, the onboard experience on the Chicago to Brussels flight further reinforced my dissatisfaction. The cabin crew appeared disengaged, indifferent, and lacking in attentiveness, resulting in a service experience that fell well below my expectations.

That was the last time I booked Kayak. The connecting flight got canceled and the trouble shooting terrible. Next times, I will book the airlines directly. Good bye

Everything about the flight was excellent except for the fact that we had to wait one hour on the tar app and then I had to race to catch my connecting flight with the next stop

Flight was on time and got us to destination quicker than scheduled.

Flight map did not work. Crew was great, food was good, plane took off on time and landed early. That's all I can ask.

Other than problems with checking in and uploading passport info everything was great. It would be nice to be able to manually input passport info. Often while traveling the bandwidth has problems uploading pictures

Boarding was a zoo. London ground crew was useless. Poor communication regarding where to line up. We were group 2, and everyone was jammed in together. Ground crew didn’t seem to care.

Horrible flight attendant in back of economy that screamed at me, have already reported to United. Horrible food - for Gluten free, why would you assume the person is vegetarian? I was served some kind of horrible curry bean paste and multiple cold rolls and soggy vegetables with no seasoning... um no!

Knowing that there was weather in other areas of the world, united airlines should have planned better than it did. The flight was 5 hours late. United has no regard for its customers

Flight itself fine, big problem with KAYAK. Revised e-ticket sent in July stated departure LHR 10:55, arrival SFO 13:45. (a believable local arrival time given flight length and time difference). When we got to LHR there was no 10:55 flight to SFO and were advised that in fact flight LH2473 was arriving in MUNICH at 13:45pm, and that we would need to get a connecting flight arriving in SFO at 18:55 local time - over 5 hours later than expected. 1) you the booking agent made an error on the revised e-ticket you sent, omitting the Munich stopover and incorrect SFO arrival time. 2) I booked a DIRECT flight and 3) we had to cancel plans this end as a result, even though the team at LHR did a great job moving us to a later direct flight getting us in 2 hours earlier than the flight from munich would have.

Had a plane! Have a plan! Have my luggage! 10 hours of travel turned into 50 hours. Good Lord!

The travel on premium economy class was very positive. Comfortable with plenty of space and leg room. The service throughout was top notch. Crew members were kind and helpful. Food and entertainment were excellent.

Based on my wife's damaged condition, BA very kindly upgraded us from cattle to business class. MUCH appreciated!! One of these days, as it gains more experience, BA MAY learn how to depart on time (with over 30 years experience with BA, no flight has EVER managed to leave on time), Once airborne, the entertainment was ever so very pedestrian. But the flight was uneventful and the cabin crew's service was superb. And whichever driver landed the aircraft had obviously done it before. But BA unfortunately is learning from that scuzzy airline Delta. Delta is ALWAYS stunned when one of its aircraft actually turns up anywhere and is NEVER ready to receive it -- even when it turns up where and more or less when it is supposed to, NOT an example worthy of emulation.

Incredible. The upgrade to Business was a phenomenal way to end my trip, beyond grateful for the generosity and hospitality.

Great! Apart from small sitting in one the flight everything else was good

It was pretty decent mostly cause I have leg room.

God food! Although some of the snacks were not to my taste. Nice amenities in premium economy made for a comfortable flight. The pilot was able to make up about half the time we were delayed in the ground (we were delayed over an hour before takeoff due to a shortage of tugs) Nice movie selection for entertainment. We were last to board the second leg of our flight due to.complications during transfer from the first flight of our trip, but did manage to board in time. We really enjoyed the video presentation for flight safety. Hilarious gets your attention! Really nice, sufficient accommodations for overhead storage, didn't seem crowded or jam packed. I enjoyed being able to track the flight on my monitor. I was disappointed that there wasn't free WiFi during the flight, I thought that was a complimentary service but you had to pay extra. It felt like we were nickled and dimed on that one.

That airplane is the most uncomfortable I’ve ever flown! Flight 267 LON-PDX Aug 10, 26 The middle armrests didn’t go up all the way. The aisle arm rest didn’t raise at all. The leg room area was compromised by a large metal box on both exterior seats. The headrests didn’t flatten. We got an email apologizing for no WiFi, but on the plane we’re told there would be WiFi. I never got it to connect. Pre-boarding support was great. Boarding was smooth. Crew was great. Food was DELICIOUS. A different plane would have resulted in a much better score.

Lovely attentive staff and even though take off was a tiny bit late, the pilot landed us early in PHX. Smooth easy journey and good touchdown.

Online check-in not available from Istanbul to Las Vegas. The check-in process at the airport was extremely and inefficient period. Took us over an hour to check in. Besides that, everything else about British Airways was good

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