<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-center">History Des Moines International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">In the 1920s the des monies area had several small airports for general aviation and airmail. In 1929, the Iowa general assembly passed a law allowing cities to sell bonds and levy assessments to build municipal airports. Over 80 sites were considered for the des monies airport until a decision was made to build on 160 acres (0.65 km&sup2;) of farmland south of the city. Construction of the airport began in 1932 and was completed in 1933. The airport's first passenger terminal was built shortly after the airport was completed. It was replaced by a new terminal in 1950 that has been expanded and renovated several times. The present concourses were built in 1970, along with the remodeling of the terminal. The airport itself has expanded several times from its original 160-acre (0.65 km2) site and now covers 2,625 acres (10.6 km&sup2;).</p>
<p class="blog-para">The airport was originally governed by the city of des monies' parks department. A separate aviation department was established by the city during the 1960s, and in 1982, a separate aviation policy advisory board was established. The airport was renamed the Des Moines international airport in 1986 to acknowledge the presence of a united states customs service office at the airport.</p>
<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3">Facilities Des Moines International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">The airport covers 2,625 acres (1,062 ha) at an elevation of 958 feet (292 m).</p>
<p class="blog-para">It has two runways: 5/23 is 9,004 by 150 feet (2,744 x 46 m); 13/31 is 9,001 by 150 feet (2,744 x 46 m).</p>
<p class="blog-para">In the year ending December 31, 2021, the airport had 66,320 aircraft operations, average 182 per day: 44% airline, 9% air taxi, 44% general aviation and 4% military. 105 aircraft were then based at the airport: 63 single-engine, 16 multi-engines, 23 jet, and three helicopter.</p>
<p class="blog-para">The terminal has two concourses; concourse a with gates a1&ndash;a5 (used by allegiant air, southwest airlines, united airlines, and united express) and concourse c, with gates c1&ndash;c7 (used by American airlines, American eagle, Delta Air Lines, delta connection, and frontier airlines). The airport is home to a maintenance base for endeavor air.</p>
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