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Routes and flights · the DOT's airline reports, August 2025 to July 2026

Des Moines International ⇄ Frederick W Smith Intl/Memphis DSM–MEM

Airlines flew 305 flights between Des Moines International DSM in Des Moines, IA and Frederick W Smith Intl/Memphis MEM in Memphis, TN in the twelve months to July 2026, both directions together: 452 passengers in 470 seats, 96% of them filled, and 7,960,276 pounds of freight. 490 miles, about 71 minutes in the air, on 3 airlines: Federal Express Corporation (302), Allegiant Air (2), Delta Air Lines Inc. (1). Planning to fly it yourself? The weather and winds along this route right now.

305
flights, twelve months
DSM-MEM: 115 · MEM-DSM: 190
452
passengers
96% of seats filled
490
miles
about 71 minutes airborne
3
airlines
5 aircraft types

Flights by month both directions

0102132421/254/257/2510/251/264/26207/26
By month, as a table
flights
1/2531
2/2526
3/2532
4/2534
5/2535
6/2534
7/2540
8/2538
9/2538
10/2542
11/2533
12/2516
1/2613
2/2617
3/2622
4/2623
5/2624
6/2619
7/2620

Passengers by month

0881772663541/254/257/2510/251/264/2607/26
By month, as a table
passengers
1/250
2/250
3/250
4/250
5/250
6/250
7/250
8/250
9/25354
10/250
11/250
12/250
1/260
2/260
3/2698
4/260
5/260
6/260
7/260

The airlines twelve months, both directions

AirlineFlightsPassengersSeats filledService
Federal Express Corporation FX3020scheduled cargo service
Allegiant Air G4235498%charter passenger service
Delta Air Lines Inc. DL19889%scheduled passenger service

The aircraft as the airlines report their types

AircraftFlightsSeats a flightPassengers
Boeing 757-20018200
Airbus Industrie A300-600/R/CF/RCF11800
Airbus Industrie A320-100/2002180354
Beechcraft Beech 18 C-185 (Federal Express has waiver to report all its small aircraft under code 110, regardless of actual aircraft type)200
Boeing 717-200111098

DSM → MEM this direction alone · flown January 2025 to July 2026

115 flights of 113 scheduled, 275 passengers in 290 seats, 2,164,434 pounds of freight. Federal Express Corporation 113; Delta Air Lines Inc. 1; Allegiant Air 1.

MEM → DSM this direction alone · flown January 2025 to July 2026

190 flights of 189 scheduled, 177 passengers in 180 seats, 5,795,842 pounds of freight. Federal Express Corporation 189; Allegiant Air 1.

Source: the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 Segment table (all carriers). A flight is one departure performed on this segment; seats and passengers are the airlines' own monthly reports; "seats filled" is passengers divided by seats. The miles are the DOT's great-circle distance. Both ends: Des Moines International DSM and Frederick W Smith Intl/Memphis MEM; all routes.