Originally Posted by
star_world
It looks like the flight plan was filed for this route so it was deliberate. Very possible that there was some sort of airspace restriction in force at the time (military training, etc.) that resulted in the fairly long detour.
Thanks for the information. Very strange. I know the Iowa Air National Guard does a lot of drills out of DSM, but there have been times when we have taken off right after/before the fighter jets take off/land.