OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Des Moines to Las Vegas

1,216 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on DSM–LAS arrive on time 84% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate84%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay30 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.6%of scheduled flights

based on 337 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • Southwest Airlines
    On-time84%
    Medianon time
    p9030 min
    Cancel0.6%
    Flights337

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline28%
  • Weather10%
  • Air traffic (NAS)20%
  • Late aircraft42%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline50%
  • Weather50%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Airline. Shares are among 2 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly DSM → LAS

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 70% to 85% on time.

  • Middays85% on time · p90 20 min · 950 flights
  • Mornings83% on time · p90 30 min · 217 flights
  • Afternoons70% on time · p90 60 min · 451 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 74% to 85% on time.

  • Wednesdays85% on time · p90 20 min · 175 flights · limited
  • Tuesdays84% on time · p90 30 min · 148 flights · limited
  • Saturdays83% on time · p90 20 min · 166 flights · limited
  • Mondays81% on time · p90 50 min · 294 flights
  • Fridays79% on time · p90 35 min · 298 flights
  • Sundays77% on time · p90 35 min · 311 flights
  • Thursdays74% on time · p90 50 min · 295 flights

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Methodology

A flight is on time when it arrives within 15 minutes of schedule — the US DOT / BTS standard. Median and p90(the “1-in-10 bad day”) are read from the full arrival-delay distribution, never averaged across periods.

Figures cover a carrier’s own BTS-coded flights. Cells below ~200 flights are flagged as limited data. All numbers are pre-computed from public BTS On-Time Performance data.