Des Moines International

The airport

This airport's record at the FAA

Runways 2

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

• Runway 05: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
• Runway 23: PAPI, four lights on the left, pole 67 ft high 2,322 ft from the end
• Runway 13: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the right, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
• Runway 31: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2), right-hand traffic pattern

Radio frequencies

Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 515-218-1035.

Fuel and services as reported to the FAA

Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Ankeny Regional (10 nm northeast), Winterset Municipal (19 nm southwest), Knoxville Municipal (28 nm southeast).

The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Iowa · avgas.

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out

• Flight notification service (adcus) available MON-FRI 8:30 am to 5:00 pm. For Saturday; Sunday; holidays and night customs service make appointments MON-FRI 8:30 am to 5:00 pm. At least 3 hour advance notice required.
• Exec dir
• PAPI unusable beyond 9 degreess right of centerline.
• Birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
• Informal noise abatement procedures in effect. Expect air traffic control to assign preferred runway.
• Iang south ramp pcn 78 R/B/west/T. iang west ramp pcn 87 R/B/west/T.
• Maximum aircraft WT south general aviation apron 170,000 pounds all other the FBO (fixed-base operator) apron 80,000 pounds.
• Runway 05 approach end has ltd visibility from the tower. Tower cannot easily ID if an aircraft is over the hold short line at taxiway P7. Runway 05 arrivals - use ctn and ensure you are correctly lined up with runway 05 and not taxiway P.
• Cross bleed engine starts on air carrier ramp prohibited.
• Use caution when landing over raised lights in the overruns and runway thlds at dsm.
• Arng ramp available for military and MIL-CONTRACTED aircraft for offl bus only with ltd support. Prior permission required; contact dsn 261-8360/8361, C515-261-8360/8361. The FBO (fixed-base operator) will provide contract fuel. Military crews can contact hawki on 252.9
• A321 aircraft ltd to 190,000 pounds on runway 5-23 and taxiway P. A321 exceeding 190,000 pounds WO airport authorized waiver required the control tower provide 13-31.

Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024

The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The aircraft heard arriving or departing are the site's own record from the volunteer receiver network, airliners included; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.

Takeoffs and landings a year about 90,798, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)

Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.

Aircraft registered in Des Moines from the FAA register

108 aircraft are registered to owners in Des Moines, Iowa: 70 piston singles, 15 turboprops, 8 balloons, 6 piston twins, 6 business jets. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.

Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:

Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Iowa.

Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register

Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:

• Low and Slow Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Urbandale, 9 miles away
• Vintage Flying Club 2 aircraft · Ankeny, 12 miles away Solar Flying Club is a non-profit, equity ownership flying club established in 1953 that owns and operates a Cessna 172M based at Ankeny Regional Airport in Ankeny, Iowa.
• Clear Skies Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · Ankeny, 12 miles away Clear Skies Flying Club is a community-based flying club based at Bowman Field in LaGrange, Kentucky.
• Live Pilot Training LLC 1 aircraft · Ankeny, 12 miles away
• Solar Flying Club 1 aircraft · Grimes, 12 miles away Solar Flying Club is a non-profit, equity ownership flying club based at Ankeny Regional Airport in Ankeny, Iowa.
• Des Moines Flying Club LLC 6 aircraft · Indianola, 13 miles away

Repair stations in Des Moines:

• Dmfs Acquisition LLC
• Elliott Aviation of Des Moines, LLC. Elliott Aviation is a repair station and aircraft services company based in Des Moines, Iowa, with over 85 years of experience.

Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 28 since 1982, 4 fatal

Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.

Nearby within 30 nautical miles