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Flights from Des Moines (DSM)

Airlines flew 18,359 departures out of Des Moines International Airport (DSM) carrying 1,626,005 passengers over the 12 months through April 2026. Here's what actually flew — the busiest routes, the carriers, and the aircraft — from US DOT T-100 filings.

What flies from Des Moines

US DOT T-100 · filed data

What airlines actually flew out of Des Moines — departures, seats, and passengers filed with the US DOT (T-100) over the trailing 12 months, not a schedule.

Departures

18,359

April 2026

Seats flown

2,070,270

Passengers

1,626,005

Load factor

78.5%

passengers ÷ seats

Busiest routes from Des Moines

Where flights from Des Moines go most, by departures over the trailing 12 months.

  • DSMORD

    3,325 departures · 234,394 passengers

    74.7%

    Load

  • DSMDEN

    2,284 departures · 224,677 passengers

    81.4%

    Load

  • DSMDFW

    1,339 departures · 126,918 passengers

    77.1%

    Load

  • DSMMSP

    1,258 departures · 75,765 passengers

    77.6%

    Load

  • DSMATL

    1,255 departures · 111,169 passengers

    81.0%

    Load

  • DSMPHX

    1,077 departures · 103,041 passengers

    83.1%

    Load

  • DSMDTW

    973 departures · 56,074 passengers

    76.4%

    Load

  • DSMCLT

    785 departures · 76,806 passengers

    76.5%

    Load

  • DSMLGA

    784 departures · 41,904 passengers

    71.1%

    Load

  • DSMIAH

    715 departures · 60,178 passengers

    80.9%

    Load

  • DSMDCA

    656 departures · 35,227 passengers

    73.9%

    Load

  • DSMLAS

    588 departures · 83,681 passengers

    85.1%

    Load

  • DSMSTL

    573 departures · 61,089 passengers

    65.4%

    Load

  • DSMPHL

    288 departures · 16,284 passengers

    75.6%

    Load

  • DSMSFB

    214 departures · 34,581 passengers

    89.7%

    Load

Airlines at Des Moines

Ranked by seats flown — the capacity each carrier actually operated out of Des Moines.

Aircraft flown from Des Moines

Aircraft types by share of departures — what actually operated, not what's based here.

Monthly departures from Des Moines

Monthly departures from Des Moines, trailing 12 months through April 2026. Bars scale to the busiest month.

  • May 2025

    1,510 departures · 140,862 passengers

    81.5%

    Load

  • June 2025

    1,611 departures · 156,522 passengers

    85.2%

    Load

  • July 2025

    1,640 departures · 155,913 passengers

    83.3%

    Load

  • August 2025

    1,651 departures · 149,376 passengers

    82.0%

    Load

  • September 2025

    1,519 departures · 129,622 passengers

    76.5%

    Load

  • October 2025

    1,693 departures · 147,909 passengers

    77.7%

    Load

  • November 2025

    1,469 departures · 123,674 passengers

    72.7%

    Load

  • December 2025

    1,506 departures · 131,135 passengers

    78.6%

    Load

  • January 2026

    1,346 departures · 115,854 passengers

    75.5%

    Load

  • February 2026

    1,309 departures · 117,204 passengers

    79.5%

    Load

  • March 2026

    1,569 departures · 136,120 passengers

    75.2%

    Load

  • April 2026

    1,536 departures · 121,814 passengers

    73.5%

    Load

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Data through April 2026. The DOT publishes roughly three months in arrears.