Des Moines International Airport
Des Moines International Airport | |
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Characteristics | |
ICAO code | KDSM |
IATA code | DSM |
Coordinates | |
Height above MSL | 292 m (958 ft ) |
Transport links | |
Distance from the city center | 7 km southwest of Des Moines |
Street | US 69 / IA 5 |
Local transport |
Bus : DART Route 8 |
Basic data | |
opening | 1933 |
operator | Des Moines Airport Authority |
surface | 1062 ha |
Terminals | 1 |
Passengers | 2,773,207 (2018) |
Air freight | 31,749 t (2018) |
Flight movements |
70,118 (2017) |
Runways | |
05/23 | 2744 m × 46 m asphalt / concrete |
13/31 | 2744 m × 46 m asphalt / concrete |
The Des Moines International Airport is the airport of Des Moines , capital of the US state of Iowa .
Location and transport links
Des Moines International Airport is seven kilometers southwest of downtown Des Moines . Iowa Highway 5 runs south of the airport and US Highway 69 runs east of the airport .
The airport is buses in the public transport involved, the route 8 of the Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority (DART) links the airport regularly with the city center.
history
In 1929, a change in the law by the Iowa General Assembly made it easier for cities to build municipal airfields, and in Des Moines, plans began to replace the many airfields that had been built in the 1920s with new buildings. Of over 80 locations considered, today's prevailed, which was then on farmland outside the city. Construction began in 1932, during the Great Depression also means the were Civil Works Administration provided to insure completion. Construction work was completed in 1933 and the airport was inaugurated as Des Moines Airport .
In addition to United Airlines , which has had its own hangar since it opened, Mid-Continent Airlines (from 1952: Braniff International Airways ) and from 1957 Ozark Air Lines started connections from Des Moines. The jet aircraft era in Des Moines began in 1963 with a Sud Aviation Caravelle operated by United Airlines; three years later, 500,000 passengers were handled in one year for the first time.
Air traffic continued to increase in the 1970s, with one million passengers being handled for the first time in 1974. At the end of the 1980s, in addition to the national airlines American Airlines , America West , Midway Airlines , Northwest Airlines , TWA and United Airlines, six regional airlines also added Des Moines to their route network. After customs had set up an office at the airport, it was named Des Moines International Airport in 1986 .
Airport facilities
Runways
At the start of the airport had an area of 160 acres (about 65 hectares ) and two paved runway with a length of 1,800 ft (549 m). At the end of the 1930s, four lanes could already be used, including one with a length of 5,200 ft (1,585 m). In the 1960s, this north-west-south-east running runway with a length of 9,000 ft (2,743 m) was used as the main runway, plus a runway for landings in crosswinds in a south-west-north-east direction and a length of 6,500 ft (1,981 m) and a runway for general aviation flights with a length of 3,200 ft (975 m). The runway for general aviation was closed in 2001, the two remaining runways have a length of 9,000 ft (2,743 m) since an extension in 2002.
Airlines and Destinations
Des Moines Airport has scheduled flights to destinations within the United States. The largest providers are American Airlines , Delta Air Lines , United Airlines and Southwest Airlines .
Traffic figures
year | Passenger volume | Air freight ( tons ) | Flight movements |
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2018 | 2,773,207 | 31,749 | |
2017 | 2,578,308 | 44,929 | 70.118 |
2016 | 2,483,924 | 59,866 | 70.165 |
2015 | 2,365,643 | 59,406 | 69,387 |
2014 | 2,319,431 | 59,326 | 69,527 |
2013 | 2,201,388 | 58,739 | 76,445 |
2012 | 2,080,162 | 60,651 | 80.031 |
Busiest routes
rank | city | Passengers | airline |
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1 | Chicago-O'Hare , Illinois | 210.970 | American , United |
2 | Denver , Colorado | 160,320 | Frontier , United |
3 | Dallas / Fort Worth , Texas | 117,440 | American |
4th | Atlanta , Georgia | 115,610 | delta |
5 | Minneapolis / Saint Paul , Minnesota | 93,420 | delta |
6th | Phoenix – Sky Harbor , Arizona | 91,100 | Allegiant , American, Frontier, Southwest |
7th | Las Vegas , Nevada | 81,700 | Allegiant, Frontier, Southwest |
8th | St. Louis , Missouri | 70,760 | Southwest |
9 | Charlotte , North Carolina | 57,730 | American |
10 | Detroit , Michigan | 56,660 | delta |
Web links
- Official website (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ AirportIQ 5010: Des Moines International. GCR1.com, accessed December 2, 2017 .
- ↑ a b c d e f Statistics. DSMAirport.com, accessed February 2, 2019 .
- ↑ a b North America Airport Rankings. (No longer available online.) ACI-NA.org , archived from the original on September 6, 2018 ; accessed on February 2, 2019 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Buses & Paratransit. DSMAirport.com, accessed February 2, 2019 .
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Des Moines International Airport: History ( Memento from February 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (engl.)
- ↑ a b Des Moines, IA: Des Moines International (DSM). Transtats.BTS.gov , accessed August 9, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Non-Stop Destinations Map. DSMAirport.com, accessed August 9, 2018 .