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Routes and flights · the DOT's airline reports, August 2025 to July 2026

Des Moines International ⇄ John Wayne/Orange County DSM–SNA

Airlines flew 216 flights between Des Moines International DSM in Des Moines, IA and John Wayne/Orange County SNA in Santa Ana, CA in the twelve months to July 2026, both directions together: 35,057 passengers in 38,845 seats, 90% of them filled. 1,428 miles, about 197 minutes in the air, on 2 airlines: Allegiant Air (213), United Air Lines Inc. (3). Planning to fly it yourself? The weather and winds along this route right now.

216
flights, twelve months
DSM-SNA: 107 · SNA-DSM: 109
35,057
passengers
90% of seats filled
1,428
miles
about 197 minutes airborne
2
airlines
3 aircraft types

Flights by month both directions

061116221/254/257/2510/251/264/26187/26
By month, as a table
flights
1/2517
2/2516
3/2522
4/2516
5/2518
6/2518
7/2518
8/2518
9/2516
10/2518
11/2516
12/2520
1/2619
2/2616
3/2619
4/2615
5/2620
6/2621
7/2618

Passengers by month

08671,7342,6003,4671/254/257/2510/251/264/263,0827/26
By month, as a table
passengers
1/252,558
2/252,473
3/253,387
4/252,565
5/252,878
6/253,019
7/253,152
8/253,003
9/252,596
10/252,982
11/252,570
12/253,088
1/262,917
2/262,520
3/263,171
4/262,274
5/263,387
6/263,467
7/263,082

The airlines twelve months, both directions

AirlineFlightsPassengersSeats filledService
Allegiant Air G421334,55490%scheduled passenger service
United Air Lines Inc. UA350395%scheduled passenger service

The aircraft as the airlines report their types

AircraftFlightsSeats a flightPassengers
Airbus Industrie A320-100/20021318034,554
Boeing B737 Max 8002166319
Airbus Industrie A321-200n1200184

DSM → SNA this direction alone · flown January 2025 to July 2026

107 flights of 107 scheduled, 17,325 passengers in 19,245 seats. Allegiant Air 107.

SNA → DSM this direction alone · flown January 2025 to July 2026

109 flights of 106 scheduled, 17,732 passengers in 19,600 seats. Allegiant Air 106; United Air Lines Inc. 3.

Source: the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 Segment table (all carriers). A flight is one departure performed on this segment; seats and passengers are the airlines' own monthly reports; "seats filled" is passengers divided by seats. The miles are the DOT's great-circle distance. Both ends: Des Moines International DSM and John Wayne/Orange County SNA; all routes.