Des Moines International Airport

Des Moines International Airport
Characteristics
ICAO code	KDSM
IATA code	DSM
Coordinates	41 ° 32 '2 "  N , 93 ° 39' 47"  W Coordinates: 41 ° 32 '2 "  N , 93 ° 39' 47"  W.
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

Airport diagram

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

Source: Des Moines Airport Authority

Source: Des Moines Airport Authority

Traffic figures for Des Moines International Airport 2012–2018

year	Passenger volume	Air freight ( tons )	Flight movements
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

Busiest national routes from Des Moines (2017)

rank	city	Passengers	airline
01	Chicago-O'Hare , Illinois	210.970	American , United
02	Denver , Colorado	160,320	Frontier , United
03	Dallas / Fort Worth , Texas	117,440	American
04th	Atlanta , Georgia	115,610	delta
05	Minneapolis / Saint Paul , Minnesota	093,420	delta
06th	Phoenix – Sky Harbor , Arizona	091,100	Allegiant , American, Frontier, Southwest
07th	Las Vegas , Nevada	081,700	Allegiant, Frontier, Southwest
08th	St. Louis , Missouri	070,760	Southwest
09	Charlotte , North Carolina	057,730	American
10	Detroit , Michigan	056,660	delta

Web links

Commons : Des Moines International Airport  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ AirportIQ 5010: Des Moines International. GCR1.com, accessed December 2, 2017 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Statistics. DSMAirport.com, accessed February 2, 2019 . 
3. ↑ ^{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.  
4. ↑ Buses & Paratransit. DSMAirport.com, accessed February 2, 2019 . 
5. ↑ ^{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.)
6. ↑ ^{a b} Des Moines, IA: Des Moines International (DSM). Transtats.BTS.gov , accessed August 9, 2018 . 
7. ↑ ^{a b} Non-Stop Destinations Map. DSMAirport.com, accessed August 9, 2018 .