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Live flights over Des Moines International Airport (DSM)

From 1 to 7 November 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 608 departures and 588 arrivals at Des Moines International Airport, 171 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Chicago (ORD), Denver (DEN) and Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW). The airline seen most often is SkyWest Airlines.

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Airport data

IATA code
DSM
ICAO code
KDSM
City
Des Moines
Region
Iowa
Country
United States
Elevation
292 m (958 ft)
Coordinates
41.53403, -93.65672

What you can track here

Every aircraft passing within roughly 80 km of Des Moines International Airport that the network receives appears on the FlyItalyADSB live map: airliners on approach and departure, business and general aviation, and — where MLAT reaches — aircraft without full ADS-B. Nothing is filtered out; how much of the area is covered depends on the community's receivers near Des Moines.

Seen by the network

1–7 November 2026

Movements a day
171
departures + arrivals
Departures
608
total, 7 days
Arrivals
588
total, 7 days
Connections
50
airports, airline flights

Movements per day

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Day Departures Arrivals Total
Sun 1 89 75 164
Mon 2 76 81 157
Tue 3 66 69 135
Wed 4 78 75 153
Thu 5 84 78 162
Fri 6 131 124 255
Sat 7 84 86 170

Connections

airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen

  1. Chicago ORD 130 flights
  2. Denver DEN 73 flights
  3. Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 46 flights
  4. Minneapolis MSP 43 flights
  5. Atlanta ATL 42 flights
  6. Detroit DTW 33 flights
  7. Phoenix PHX 31 flights
  8. Chicago MDW 27 flights
  9. Houston IAH 25 flights
  10. Las Vegas LAS 23 flights
  11. Charlotte CLT 22 flights
  12. New York LGA 19 flights
  13. Cedar Rapids CID 17 flights
  14. Washington DCA 13 flights
  15. Miami MIA 13 flights
  16. Nashville BNA 8 flights
34 more connections

Airlines

  1. SkyWest AirlinesSKW 103
  2. American AirlinesAAL 95
  3. Endeavor AirEDV 94
  4. Allegiant AirAAY 74
  5. Southwest AirlinesSWA 72
  6. United AirlinesUAL 70
  7. Delta Air LinesDAL 42
  8. Republic AirwaysRPA 39
  9. NetJetsEJA 30
  10. PSA AirlinesJIA 28

Aircraft

  1. E75L 114
  2. Airbus A319 A319 113
  3. CRJ7 107
  4. Airbus A320 A320 78
  5. Bombardier CRJ900 CRJ9 57
  6. Piper PA-28 Cherokee P28A 51
  7. Boeing 737-800 B738 48
  8. B712 42
  9. Boeing 737 MAX 8 B38M 40
  10. Boeing 737-700 B737 34

How we count: a flight is a departure here when the network first sees it low near the airport (on the ground, or climbing away from it), an arrival when it last sees it low on approach. Where receivers don't reach low altitude the numbers stay below the real traffic. Connections and airlines come only from airline flights.

Updated every night · the data as JSON (CC BY-SA 4.0)

This data in your app

Every aircraft within 80 km of Des Moines International Airport, as JSON, with a free key that also allows commercial use:

curl -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  https://api.flyitalyadsb.com/v2/lat/41.53403/lon/-93.65672/dist/80

Or ask Claude, with the FlyItalyADSB connector: “which aircraft are near Des Moines right now?”

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Frequently asked questions

How can I see live flights over Des Moines International Airport? +

Open the FlyItalyADSB live map centred on Des Moines: it shows every aircraft picked up via ADS-B and MLAT within about 80 km of DSM, refreshed every few seconds.

Which airlines fly from Des Moines International Airport? +

Among the flights our network saw (1–7 November 2026), the most frequent airlines were SkyWest Airlines, American Airlines, Endeavor Air, Allegiant Air and Southwest Airlines.

What are the main connections from Des Moines International Airport? +

The connections with the most flights seen (1–7 November 2026), both ways: Chicago (ORD, 130), Denver (DEN, 73), Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW, 46), Minneapolis (MSP, 43) and Atlanta (ATL, 42). Only flights whose departure and arrival the network both saw are counted.

Does FlyItalyADSB also track military aircraft around Des Moines? +

Yes. Thanks to multilateration (MLAT) the network reconstructs the position of aircraft without full ADS-B too, including military and state flights, whenever they are received by feeders in the area. Nothing is filtered out.

What are the codes for Des Moines International Airport? +

Des Moines International Airport has IATA code DSM and ICAO code KDSM. It lies in Iowa, United States, at coordinates 41.53403, -93.65672.

Is the flight data free and open? +

Yes. The live map and the Free API plan cost nothing, and the data is published under the open CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; paid API plans for higher volumes help cover the infrastructure costs.

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