Airports · Des Moines International Airport
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 dataWhat 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.
3,325 departures · 234,394 passengers
74.7%
Load
2,284 departures · 224,677 passengers
81.4%
Load
1,339 departures · 126,918 passengers
77.1%
Load
1,258 departures · 75,765 passengers
77.6%
Load
1,255 departures · 111,169 passengers
81.0%
Load
1,077 departures · 103,041 passengers
83.1%
Load
973 departures · 56,074 passengers
76.4%
Load
785 departures · 76,806 passengers
76.5%
Load
784 departures · 41,904 passengers
71.1%
Load
715 departures · 60,178 passengers
80.9%
Load
656 departures · 35,227 passengers
73.9%
Load
588 departures · 83,681 passengers
85.1%
Load
573 departures · 61,089 passengers
65.4%
Load
288 departures · 16,284 passengers
75.6%
Load
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.
- G4
362,928 seats · 85.1% load
17.5%
Share
- AA
317,384 seats · 75.9% load
15.3%
Share
- UA
283,343 seats · 78.6% load
13.7%
Share
- WN
279,219 seats · 74.2% load
13.5%
Share
- 9E
205,903 seats · 77.3% load
9.9%
Share
- OO
189,891 seats · 80.0% load
9.2%
Share
- DL
138,194 seats · 80.8% load
6.7%
Share
- YX
83,470 seats · 73.5% load
4.0%
Share
- MQ
72,234 seats · 82.5% load
3.5%
Share
- OH
65,976 seats · 75.9% load
3.2%
Share
Aircraft flown from Des Moines
Aircraft types by share of departures — what actually operated, not what's based here.
3,765 departures · 80.4% load
20.5%
Share
3,371 departures · 76.8% load
18.4%
Share
2,740 departures · 81.7% load
14.9%
Share
2,367 departures · 80.2% load
12.9%
Share
1,221 departures · 81.0% load
6.7%
Share
1,216 departures · 76.8% load
6.6%
Share
1,014 departures · 78.1% load
5.5%
Share
958 departures · 72.0% load
5.2%
Share
543 departures · 70.2% load
3.0%
Share
Bombardier CRJ-550
261 departures · 73.4% load
1.4%
Share
251 departures · 78.4% load
1.4%
Share
174 departures · 87.3% load
0.9%
Share
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.