There are 5 ways to get from Sarajevo to Des Moines by plane, car, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Sarajevo to Des Moines
best- Fly from Sarajevo (SJJ) to Des Moines (DSM)SJJ - DSM
17h 31m$568–1,622Fly Sarajevo to Fort Dodge Municipal Airport, drive
cheapest- Fly from Sarajevo (SJJ) to Fort Dodge Municipal Airport (FOD)SJJ - FOD
- Drive from Fort Dodge Municipal Airport (FOD) to Des Moines
18h 55m$347–926Bus, bus to Split Airport, fly to Des Moines
- Take the bus from Sarajevo , East Sarajevo Bus Station to Baska Voda
- Take the bus from Baška Voda, Cesta 8 / Put Kapelice to Split Bus Station
- Fly from Split Airport (SPU) to Des Moines (DSM)SPU - DSM
24h 31m$710–2,473Fly Sarajevo to The Eastern Iowa Airport, bus
- Fly from Sarajevo (SJJ) to The Eastern Iowa Airport (CID)SJJ - CID
- Take the bus from Iowa City to Des Moines
22h 52m$392–1,306Bus, bus to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport, fly to Des Moines
- Take the bus from Sarajevo , East Sarajevo Bus Station to Lipnički Šor
- Take the bus from Lipnički Šor to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Fly from Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG) to Des Moines (DSM)BEG - DSM
23h 54m$656–2,362
Sarajevo (SJJ) to Des Moines (DSM) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sarajevo to Des Moines is to fly and drive which costs $340 - $950 and takes 18h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Sarajevo to Des Moines is to fly which takes 17h 31m and costs $550 - $1,700.
The distance between Sarajevo and Des Moines is 5228 miles.
It takes approximately 17h 31m to get from Sarajevo to Des Moines, including transfers.
Des Moines is 7h behind Sarajevo. It is currently 3:09 PM in Sarajevo and 8:09 AM in Des Moines.
There are 231+ hotels available in Des Moines.
What companies run services between Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Des Moines, IA, USA?
Austrian Airlines, United Airlines, and six other airlines fly from Sarajevo (SJJ) to Des Moines (DSM) 3 times a day.
Transport is disrupted due to the Russia-Ukraine war. Read more
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Sarajevo to Des Moines via Vienna, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 42m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,200
Flights from Sarajevo to Des Moines via Frankfurt, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 49m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,500
Flights from Sarajevo to Des Moines via Zurich, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,000
Flights from Sarajevo to Fort Dodge Municipal Airport via Frankfurt, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 38m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Sarajevo to Fort Dodge Municipal Airport via Istanbul, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 46m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,500
Flights from Sarajevo to Fort Dodge Municipal Airport via Warsaw Chopin, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 8m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Sarajevo to Fort Dodge Municipal Airport via Zurich, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 28m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
Flights from Sarajevo to Fort Dodge Municipal Airport via Vienna, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 51m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–900
Flights from Split Airport to Des Moines via Munich, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
Flights from Sarajevo to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Vienna, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 36m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
Flights from Sarajevo to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Frankfurt, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 6m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Sarajevo to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Zurich, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
Flights from Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport to Des Moines via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 39m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,500
Flights from Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport to Des Moines via Frankfurt, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,500
Flights from Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport to Des Moines via Brussels, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,300
Flights from Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport to Des Moines via Vienna, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 34m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Sarajevo to Des Moines via Zurich, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,000
Flights from Split Airport to Des Moines via Munich, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
Flights from Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport to Des Moines via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 39m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,500
Flights from Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport to Des Moines via Frankfurt, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,500
Flights from Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport to Des Moines via Vienna, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 34m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Sarajevo to Des Moines via Warsaw Chopin, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 19m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,300
Flights from Sarajevo to Des Moines via Rome, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 52m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,400
Flights from Split Airport to Des Moines via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 4m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
Flights from Sarajevo to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Warsaw Chopin, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Sarajevo to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Rome, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 19m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Split Airport to Des Moines via Copenhagen, Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,500
Flights from Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport to Des Moines via Amsterdam Schiphol, Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,300
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Split Airport to Des Moines via Copenhagen, Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,500
Flights from Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport to Des Moines via Amsterdam Schiphol, Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,300
- Phone
- +387 32 246 306
- bbabic@biss-tours.ba
- Website
- biss-tours.ba
Bus from Sarajevo , East Sarajevo Bus Station to Baska Voda
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $22–27
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +385 21 612 005
- kontakt@promet-makarska.hr
- Website
- promet-makarska.hr
Bus from Baška Voda, Cesta 8 / Put Kapelice to Split Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $12–15
- Website
- https://www.promet-makarska.hr/en/
- Phone
- +1 (319) 753-2864
- info@burlingtontrailways.com
- Website
- burlingtontrailways.com
Bus from Iowa City to Des Moines
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $30–65
- Website
- https://burlingtontrailways.com
- Saver Fares
- $30–50
- Flexible Fares
- $45–65
- Phone
- +381 11 244 6022
- alamanistours@gmail.com
- Website
- polazak.com
Bus from Sarajevo , East Sarajevo Bus Station to Lipnički Šor
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $32
- Website
- https://www.polazak.com/en/Alamanis-Tours/operator/
- Phone
- +381 031 865-485
- raketaab@open.telekom.rs
- Website
- raketa-ab.com
Bus from Lipnički Šor to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $5–7
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
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