Des Moines International Airport

Des Moines International Airport (DSM/KDSM) is in Des Moines, US, 292 m above sea level. It has 2 runways and the longest is 2,744 m. See the diagram, each runway's data and what you fly over from here.

The diagram

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Drawn to scale from the real coordinates of each runway end. Runways without coordinates are not drawn.

Data

Codes
DSM · KDSM
City
Des Moines
Country
US
Coordinates
41.5340, -93.6567
Elevation
292 m · 958 ft
Time zone
America/Chicago
Local time now
08:19
Airspace
Minneapolis
Departures observed
253 · 246 arrivals
Most seen destinations
ORD, DEN, MSP, DFW, ATL

Departures and arrivals we saw ourselves on adsb.lol traces over 2 day(s). A floor, not the total number of movements: where no receiver is nearby, nothing is seen.

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That day’s flights

What we saw take off and land on 2026-09-03, in local time here. This is not an arrivals board: it does not say what leaves today, it says what flew that day and only what the receivers managed to see.

Took off (40)

TimeCallsignAircraftTo
19:17N231MAP28A · N231MADSM
19:40AAY4902A320 · N196NV—
19:58SKW4955CRJ7 · N730SKORD
20:28N911DXB429 · N911DX—
20:51UPS513A306 · N161UPSDF
21:05N1932HPC12 · N1932H—
21:43N231MAP28A · N231MADSM
21:55N312ESP28A · N312ESDSM
22:15N49RHC172 · N49RH—
22:37N108VUEC35 · N108VU—
23:23FDX1333B752 · N789FDMEM
23:30N247MKPC12 · N247MKSLC
00:30N911DXB429 · N911DXOMA
02:02N911LGB407 · N911LG—
04:22N781AC— · N781AC—
04:54AAY4400A320 · N277NVGRK
05:29N424UF900 · N424UOMA
05:31AAL1371A319 · N836AWPHX
05:44DAL2306B712 · N928ATATL
05:56SKW5389E75L · N166SYDEN
05:57SWA161B738 · N8692FMDW
06:05UAL2827A319 · N834UAORD
06:10RPA4460E75L · N135HQDCA
06:19ASH4060E75L · N89313IAH
06:36N812RAPC24 · N812RA—
06:39JIA5478CRJ9 · N610NNPHL
06:41AAL2326A319 · N806AWDFW
07:08SWA4942B737 · N7888ADEN
07:13RPA4435E75L · N438YXORD
07:25N78HVC700 · N78HV—
07:26AAY464A320 · N254NVPGD
07:32N1932HPC12 · N1932H—
07:34RPA4395E75L · N131HQLGA
07:42EDV4904CRJ9 · N299PQLGA
08:00AAY439A319 · N311NVAUS
08:09UAL2668A319 · N826UAORD
08:11AAL1336A319 · N773XFCLT
08:38N121LM—DSM
08:53EJM67FA50 · N214DVMRY
09:06N7069GC172 · N7069GDSM

Landed (40)

TimeCallsignAircraftFrom
19:08N4827LP28A · N4827L—
19:31N100CCC425 · N100CC—
20:01UAL549A319 · N897UA—
20:04N3574KP28A · N3574K—
20:13AAL1336A319 · N773XF—
20:32N61MMR44 · N61MM—
20:36N1932HPC12 · N1932HMDW
20:46N231MAP28A · N231MADSM
20:53SWA161B738 · N8692FDEN
21:18UAL2827A319 · N834UAORD
21:22N49RHC172 · N49RH—
21:30N911DXB429 · N911DX—
21:31SWA2523B737 · N7888AMDW
22:13DAL2306B712 · N928ATATL
22:13N108VUEC35 · N108VU—
22:24JIA5478CRJ9 · N610NNPHL
22:36FDX1333B752 · N789FDBMI
22:51N399PDC525 · N399PD—
22:55N247MKPC12 · N247MK—
22:58RPA4395E75L · N131HQLGA
23:00ASH4060E75L · N89313IAH
23:08AAL1660A319 · N836AWDFW
23:12SKW5429E75L · N166SYDEN
23:21EDV4904CRJ9 · N299PQLGA
23:30N312ESP28A · N312ESDSM
23:39N416NHB350 · N416NHOMA
23:57RPA4563E75L · N135HQORD
00:00N231MAP28A · N231MADSM
00:14RPA4793E75L · N438YXDCA
01:12N911LGB407 · N911LG—
02:16N534LNEC35 · N534LN—
02:37N911DXB429 · N911DXOMA
03:56N781AC— · N781AC—
05:41FDX1777B752 · N773FDCID
06:33UPS514A306 · N172UPCID
06:37N1932HPC12 · N1932H—
07:40EJM67FA50 · N214DVGYY
07:48EDV5087CRJ7 · N391CADTW
08:31ENY3614E75L · N313BSDFW
08:34FDX1500B752 · N951FDMEM

The callsign is what the aircraft transmits by radio. It usually matches the commercial flight number, but not always: sometimes it is the registration.

Showing the first 40 in each direction.

Runways (2)

RunwayLength SurfaceHeadings
13/312,744 m · 9,001 ftasphalt132° · 312°
5/232,744 m · 9,004 ftconcrete54° · 234°

An asterisk marks a heading derived from the runway number rather than measured. The number is a magnetic heading and the measured one is true: the derived value carries the local magnetic declination, up to 20 degrees.

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