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Des Moines International Airport (DSM)

A working profile of Des Moines International Airport in Des Moines, United States: identifiers, location, the destinations served by scheduled flights, and the airlines that operate there.

DSMIATA
KDSMICAO
17Destinations on file
10Operating airlines
29Departures on file

Quick facts

  • Full name: Des Moines International Airport
  • Serves: Des Moines, United States
  • Coordinates: 41.5340, -93.6631
  • Elevation: 958 ft
  • Time zone: America/Chicago

Des Moines International Airport sits inside the air network of United States. It shows 29 distinct scheduled departures across 17 destinations and 10 operating carriers in the OpenFlights routes table. Whether it works as a primary hub, a focus city, or a regional feeder depends on the size of those numbers. The bigger they get, the more likely the airport supports connecting traffic on top of its point-to-point passengers.

Destinations from DSM

Destinations are listed in order of how many distinct airline codes serve them. Click any code for the destination's own airport profile, or jump to the dedicated route page.

Airport profile data
IATADestinationCityCountryRouteOperators
ORD Chicago O'Hare International Airport Chicago United States DSM→ORD 3
PHX Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport Phoenix United States DSM→PHX 3
ATL Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport Atlanta United States DSM→ATL 3
CLT Charlotte Douglas International Airport Charlotte United States DSM→CLT 2
DCA Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport Washington United States DSM→DCA 2
DFW Dallas Fort Worth International Airport Dallas-Fort Worth United States DSM→DFW 2
DEN Denver International Airport Denver United States DSM→DEN 2
MDW Chicago Midway International Airport Chicago United States DSM→MDW 2
LAS McCarran International Airport Las Vegas United States DSM→LAS 2
DTW Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport Detroit United States DSM→DTW 1
LGA La Guardia Airport New York United States DSM→LGA 1
MSP Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain Airport Minneapolis United States DSM→MSP 1
PGD Charlotte County Airport Punta Gorda United States DSM→PGD 1
PIE St Petersburg Clearwater International Airport St. Petersburg United States DSM→PIE 1
SFB Orlando Sanford International Airport Sanford United States DSM→SFB 1
EWR Newark Liberty International Airport Newark United States DSM→EWR 1
IAH George Bush Intercontinental Houston Airport Houston United States DSM→IAH 1

Airlines operating at DSM

Carriers ranked by the number of routes they file from this airport.

Airport profile data (section 2)
IATAAirlineCountryRoutes from DSM
AA American Airlines United States 5
US US Airways United States 5
DL Delta Air Lines United States 4
G4 Allegiant Air United States 4
UA United Airlines United States 4
FL AirTran Airways United States 2
WN Southwest Airlines United States 2
AF Air France France 1
F9 Frontier Airlines United States 1
KL KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Netherlands 1

Inbound origin airports

Where flights into DSM typically originate, ranked by the number of operators on file.

Airport profile data (section 3)
IATAOrigin airportCityCountryOperators
ORD Chicago O'Hare International Airport Chicago United States 3
ATL Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport Atlanta United States 3
CLT Charlotte Douglas International Airport Charlotte United States 2
DCA Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport Washington United States 2
DFW Dallas Fort Worth International Airport Dallas-Fort Worth United States 2
PHX Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport Phoenix United States 2
DEN Denver International Airport Denver United States 2
MDW Chicago Midway International Airport Chicago United States 2
LAS McCarran International Airport Las Vegas United States 2
DTW Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport Detroit United States 1
LGA La Guardia Airport New York United States 1
MSP Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain Airport Minneapolis United States 1
PGD Charlotte County Airport Punta Gorda United States 1
PIE St Petersburg Clearwater International Airport St. Petersburg United States 1
SFB Orlando Sanford International Airport Sanford United States 1
EWR Newark Liberty International Airport Newark United States 1
IAH George Bush Intercontinental Houston Airport Houston United States 1

How to read this page

The destinations table is the core of an airport profile. It tells you, at a glance, where you can fly directly from DSM on a published schedule. The "operators" column doesn't measure frequency. It measures how many distinct airline codes file the route. So a "3" means three different carriers list DSM to that destination, even if one of them runs the route many times a day while the others only manage it weekly. For practical trip planning, use the table as a starting list and confirm the airline's own schedule for your travel dates.

The airline list shows which carriers treat DSM as part of their network. Many will be foreign carriers running one or two flights, while a handful will use the airport as a base. To see where those carriers fly elsewhere, click through to any airline page. Each airline profile includes a route sample drawn from the same dataset.