Chicago to Des Moines nonstop
Yes: Southwest flies direct from Chicago (MDW) to Des Moines (DSM) about 2 times a day, in the summer season only.
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Chicago to Des Moines in numbers
Measured from US DOT filings, not estimated from distance.
- Distance and flight time
- 306 miles nonstop, about 1 hr 10 min gate to gate. Flight time is an estimate from the great-circle distance; the filings carry distance, not scheduled elapsed time.
- Seasonality
- Not flying a year earlier; flights began in March 2026 and ran every month since, up to 14 flights a week.
- Sep 2025: no regular flights
- Oct 2025: no regular flights
- Nov 2025: no regular flights
- Dec 2025: no regular flights
- Jan 2026: no regular flights
- Feb 2026: no regular flights
- Mar 2026: 12 flights a week
- Apr 2026: 13 flights a week
- May 2026: 13 flights a week
- Jun 2026: 14 flights a week
- Jul 2026: 14 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
- Southwest is the only carrier filing this pair.
- Fares
- No fare sample is published for this route, so we show no price. Flight search will have live numbers.
Flying the other way? Des Moines to Chicago nonstop.
Other airports near Chicago with nonstops to Des Moines
Within about 100 miles of Chicago Midway International Airport
Also nonstop from Chicago (MDW)
Busiest other routes out of the same airport
- Atlanta (ATL) about 10 times a day
- Denver (DEN) about 7 times a day
- Dallas (DAL) about 7 times a day
- New York (LGA) about 6 times a day
- Kansas City (MCI) about 6 times a day
- Phoenix (PHX) about 6 times a day
- Washington (DCA) about 6 times a day
- Las Vegas (LAS) about 6 times a day
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