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Cheapest return fare
£554
Overall average: £593
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Thu 12/11Mon 16/11
LHR - DSM • 2 stops
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£442
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Wed 24/2
LHR - DSM • 2 stops
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Thu, 12 Nov - Mon, 16 Nov
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12:15 - 14:21LHR  London Heathrow-DSM Des Moines
32h 06m2 stops Reykjavik Keflavik Intl Boston Logan Intl
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07:00 - 10:50DSM  Des Moines-LHR London Heathrow
21h 50m2 stops Boston Logan Intl Reykjavik Keflavik Intl
£554Multiple Airlines
Thu, 12 Nov - Mon, 16 Nov
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10:40 - 14:21LGW  London Gatwick-DSM Des Moines
33h 41m2 stops Lisbon Humberto Delgado Boston Logan Intl
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07:00 - 09:50DSM  Des Moines-LGW London Gatwick
20h 50m2 stops Boston Logan Intl Lisbon Humberto Delgado
£561Multiple Airlines
Tue, 16 Feb - Thu, 25 Feb
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11:10 - 21:15LHR  London Heathrow-DSM Des Moines
16h 05m2 stops Munich Franz Josef Strauss Chicago O'Hare Intl
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13:02 - 05:55DSM  Des Moines-LHR London Heathrow
10h 53m1 stop Chicago O'Hare Intl
£798Lufthansa
Tue, 29 Dec - Mon, 22 Mar
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08:30 - 21:23LHR  London Heathrow-DSM Des Moines
42h 53m2 stops Frankfurt am Main Chicago O'Hare Intl
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11:30 - 12:00DSM  Des Moines-LHR London Heathrow
19h 30m1 stop Chicago O'Hare Intl
£811Lufthansa
Tue, 16 Feb - Thu, 25 Feb
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12:35 - 19:02LHR  London Heathrow-DSM Des Moines
12h 27m1 stop Chicago O'Hare Intl
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14:03 - 06:55DSM  Des Moines-LHR London Heathrow
10h 52m1 stop Chicago O'Hare Intl
£824British Airways
Wed, 18 Nov - Sat, 28 Nov
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15:40 - 00:26LHR  London Heathrow-DSM Des Moines
14h 46m1 stop Chicago O'Hare Intl
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13:58 - 08:35DSM  Des Moines-LHR London Heathrow
12h 37m1 stop Chicago O'Hare Intl
£836British Airways
Tue, 29 Dec - Tue, 9 Mar
Delta Logo
10:00 - 22:38LGW  London Gatwick-DSM Des Moines
18h 38m2 stops Paris Charles de Gaulle Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson
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11:04 - 09:00DSM  Des Moines-LGW London Gatwick
15h 56m2 stops Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Paris Charles de Gaulle
£866Delta
Mon, 5 Apr - Tue, 13 Apr
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13:00 - 16:27MAN  Manchester-DSM Des Moines
33h 27m1 stop Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson
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11:04 - 08:25DSM  Des Moines-MAN Manchester
15h 21m1 stop Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson
£892Virgin Atlantic
Thu, 24 Dec - Fri, 8 Jan
Delta Logo
10:00 - 22:38LGW  London Gatwick-DSM Des Moines
18h 38m2 stops Paris Charles de Gaulle Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson
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10:55 - 09:00DSM  Des Moines-LGW London Gatwick
16h 05m2 stops Minneapolis St Paul Paris Charles de Gaulle
£1,018Delta
Wed, 30 Dec - Sat, 30 Jan
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10:00 - 22:38LGW  London Gatwick-DSM Des Moines
18h 38m2 stops Paris Charles de Gaulle Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson
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10:15 - 15:45DSM  Des Moines-LGW London Gatwick
23h 30m2 stops Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Paris Charles de Gaulle
£1,112Virgin Atlantic
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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 £554 return. The most popular connection is from London to Des Moines, while KAYAK users have found return deals for as low as £554 in the last 5 days.

Good to know - Cheap tickets to Des Moines

Low season

February

Cheapest flight

£442
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 14% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 4% lower on average.
Flight from London Heathrow Airport to Des Moines

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FAQs - booking Des Moines flights

  • 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 £554 return. The most popular connection is from London to Des Moines, while KAYAK users have found return deals for as low as £554 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.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights to Des Moines?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights to Des Moines.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket to Des Moines?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Des Moines is likely to change within 7 days, so travellers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights to Des Moines?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly to Des Moines with an airline and back with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight to Des Moines?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to Des Moines up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

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Reviews of the top 5 airlines flying to Des Moines

 
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7.5
Virgin AtlanticOverall score based on 694 reviews
8.1Crew
6.9Food
7.7Boarding
7.3Comfort
7.5Entertainment
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Lounge was top notch h with great variety of food and drinks. Cabin crew were great. Smooth flight.

10.0 ExcellentLye Sim, Jun 2026
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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.

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

Best: Flight attendants. Worst: Bags took forever to receive at LAX despite being tagged Priority - at least a 35 minute wait.

It was one hour 15 minutes late taking off so we missed our connecting flight in Philadelphia.

Crew did a great job, but aircraft was old and bitterly cold. Arrived early in CLT but had to wait for 30 mins for a gate. I knew in the plane what time we were arriving 8 hours before landing and it's basically an American Airlines airport, think they would have had space for an international flight lined up lol

This aircraft was much better than the one we took two weeks ago to Edinburgh. The legroom was fantastic (two rows in front of our seats on the last trip), the seats were more comfortable, and the overall experience was improved. The movie selections are awful, unless one likes violence, intense contention, and sexual content. The so-called family films are limited to animations in spite of the many quality live-action films actually geared towards families. A note to Kayak and the survey engineers engaged to gather meaningful data for future passengers and possibly their clients: in many instances, the data you gather is skewed because you provide no "N/A" options, which forces one to choose an option that is not representative of the experience. I recommend your surveys and questionnaires undergo a serious review and update so that the data you collect is meaningful and represent accurate conditions and responses.

Cabin crew were good Food could be a lot better

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.

Economy plus on a long flight with Lufthansa was wonderful. Service starts with a pillow, blanket, slippers and care package waiting on your seat. An it just gets better from there.

Good communication via the app regarding the delayed departure. Uncomfortable seat for tall passengers. Could not straighten my legs.

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.

We never made this flight due to the flight from Barcelona being delayed, which I have reviewed in a separate review. But I can tell you that the Delta Airlines flight that did get us home, I am extremely happy with them and their crew. The only one person that I would praise within the entire part of BA is the girl I spoke to in the call center in India. Who completely understood, was dedicated to a resolution and was a complete realist in the situation. Unlike some of the people who don’t care about the human element and stick you on a flight whenever. She got us home.

Wonderful service and comfort. Attentive and careful. The food was also better than US carriers. Highly recommend

Very good baggage check and boarding pass service at Heathrow. Boarding was well organized, given the number of passengers. Food was very good. Cabin temperature was lower than expected and we were not prepared. Overall good experience.

one meal and one breakfast or sandwich instead of two meals.

Many issues arose with the plane and after 3 hours of delays, we had to return to the London airport as the plane was unfit to cross the ocean. It was highly concerning that this aircraft was in operation with so many problems.

You're asking 2 different questions. The flight from Los Angeles to London (and from London to Faro) was on British Airways. Those flights were awful. The app didn't provide detailed information, the WiFi that I paid for didn't work, the form I had to fill out to re-enter the UK was not communicated clearly so I nearly missed my flight. British Airways is significantly behind every other airline I've traveled in every way. American Airlines flight form London to Los Angeles was great. In the future, I will avoid flying British Airways when I can.

Premium economy was not what was shown, no leg riser, seats were broken and do not recline more than economy, food, we couldn't eat it was so bad, no menu 1 item and it sucked.

British Airways is very good... Taxiing after landing took 35 minutes, can't really blame the airline but the terrible infrastructure at JFK.

Our section of the aircraft in premium economy was very cold. We asked the attendants twice to raise the heat but it never happened. Even with the blanket it was chilly for 10 1/2 hours

Because kayak scammed me with false advertisement saying 23kg was included but I ended up having to pay another £200

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