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Washington to Des Moines

1 operator run this water, from 2 h 18.

Every way across

One row per operator and speed. Where a service is sold as fast and its average does not clear 45 km/h, the word appears in quotation marks — the boat is fast craft, the crossing is not.

American Airlines, US Airways DCA → DSM 1441 km non-stop CRJ E70 in the air 3 h 48 est. rate not held 626 km/h average

Other ways to reach Des Moines

If this crossing does not suit, these quays also reach Des Moines without a change. It is the question a single-route page cannot answer about itself and an atlas can.

Minneapolis – Des Moines 58 min Delta Air Lines
Chicago – Des Moines 1 h 06 AirTran Airways, American Airlines
Detroit – Des Moines 1 h 34 Delta Air Lines
Denver – Des Moines 1 h 41 Frontier Airlines
Dallas-Fort Worth – Des Moines 1 h 45 American Airlines
Atlanta – Des Moines 2 h 00 Air France
Houston – Des Moines 2 h 07 United Airlines
Charlotte – Des Moines 2 h 08 American Airlines
Newark – Des Moines 2 h 32 United Airlines
New York – Des Moines 2 h 34 Delta Air Lines

And other ways to reach Washington

Philadelphia – Washington 44 min American Airlines
Norfolk – Washington 47 min American Airlines
Newark – Washington 54 min United Airlines
Pittsburgh – Washington 55 min American Airlines
New York – Washington 56 min American Airlines
Raleigh/Durham – Washington 57 min American Airlines
White Plains – Washington 58 min American Airlines
Charleston – Washington 1 h 00 American Airlines
Greensboro – Washington 1 h 00 American Airlines
Akron – Washington 1 h 03 American Airlines

Where else these quays go

Also from Washington

Akron · Albany · Atlanta · Augusta · Austin · Bangor · Birmingham · Boston · Buffalo · Burlington · Charleston · Charlotte · Chattanooga · Chicago

Also from Des Moines

Atlanta · Charlotte · Chicago · Dallas-Fort Worth · Denver · Detroit · Houston · Las Vegas · Minneapolis · New York · Newark · Orlando · Phoenix · Pinellas Park

Which months this runs

Season not heldwe can say when we looked, not which months run

Our records for the Washington–Des Moines crossing were read on 11 August 2026 and describe the network as it ran that week. We hold no month-by-month variation, so this page cannot tell you whether a crossing runs in February.

If you are travelling well outside August 2026, confirm with the operator before you plan around it.

What we do not know

No fares. Not for this crossing, not for any crossing, not for any mode.

No departure times. No rate is held for this pair either, so we cannot say how often it runs.