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DSM

Des Moines International Airport
Des Moines, United States · KDSM
CHANCE YOU STEP OFF ANY BOARDING SAFELY
99.999993%
This is the worldwide boarding figure, not DSM's — two different numbers, answering two different questions. DSM's own NTSB/FAA safety record is below.
FLIGHTS / YEAR
38.7M
DEATH RISK
1 / 13.7M boardings
SOURCE: MIT / ARNOLD BARNETT, 2024 (opens in a new window) HOW THIS NUMBER IS DERIVED
AIRPORT FACTS
IATA / ICAODSM / KDSM
CityDes Moines
CountryUnited States
Airport classLarge airport
Runways2
Longest runway2,744 m (9,004 ft)
Coordinates41.534, -93.657
Its longest runway beats 62% of the 3,254 commercial airports listed on this site. Runway figures from OurAirports (opens in a new window), public domain.
NTSB / FAA SAFETY RECORD — DSM §
2.839
ACCIDENTS / MILLION DEPARTURES §
0.000
WITH FATALITIES §
4 accidents (no fatal accidents, 0 deaths) over 1,408,732 FAA-tracked departures, 2008–2025. §

No fatal accident in the NTSB record for DSM, 2008–2025 — absence of record, not a guarantee.

Checked 2026-07-10.
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EXAMPLE FLIGHTS — NOT DSM DEPARTURES

ALL FLIGHTS →
BA 249 LHR → GIG · 787-9 SAFE ✓ UA 92 EWR → LIS · 767-300 SAFE ✓ AA 100 JFK → LHR · 777-300ER SAFE ✓ JL 44 HND → SYD · A350-900 SAFE ✓
These are example flights from elsewhere on the site, not real DSM arrivals. Live per-airport schedules wire in with a flight-data API.
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