Des Moines to Philadelphia nonstop
Yes: American, Allegiant and Republic fly direct from Des Moines (DSM) to Philadelphia (PHL) about 2 times a day, in the summer season only.
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Des Moines to Philadelphia in numbers
Measured from US DOT filings, not estimated from distance.
- Distance and flight time
- 973 miles nonstop, about 2 hr 30 min gate to gate. Flight time is an estimate from the great-circle distance; the filings carry distance, not scheduled elapsed time.
- Seasonality
- Flew Sep 2025 to Oct 2025 and May 2026 to Aug 2026, up to 15 flights a week, with no flights the rest of the year.
- Sep 2025: 14 flights a week
- Oct 2025: 14 flights a week
- Nov 2025: no regular flights
- Dec 2025: no regular flights
- Jan 2026: no regular flights
- Feb 2026: no regular flights
- Mar 2026: no regular flights
- Apr 2026: no regular flights
- May 2026: 6 flights a week
- Jun 2026: 15 flights a week
- Jul 2026: 15 flights a week
- Aug 2026: 14 flights a week
Flights a week by month, Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, from US DOT on-time filings. - Who operates the flights
- PSA 84% (regional operator), Allegiant 14%, Republic 2% (regional operator) of departures, counted across the August 2026 and February 2026 US DOT on-time filings.
- Fares
- Half of the 156 tickets in the US DOT fare survey for Q2 2025 sold between $150 and $325 one way, median $200. The survey runs a couple of quarters behind, so read it as the shape of the route's pricing rather than today's quote.
Flying the other way? Philadelphia to Des Moines nonstop.
Also nonstop from Des Moines (DSM)
Busiest other routes out of the same airport
- Chicago (ORD) about 9 times a day
- Denver (DEN) about 7 times a day
- Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) about 4 times a day
- Atlanta (ATL) about 4 times a day
- Charlotte (CLT) about 3 times a day
- Chicago (MDW) about 2 times a day
- Phoenix (PHX) about 2 times a day
- Washington (DCA) about 12 times a week
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