DES MOINES, IA · 15 FAA charts · cycle 6 Aug 2026
10 published instrument approaches: 5 ILS approaches including CAT II/III minima, 4 RNAV (GPS), 1 VOR, serving 4 runway ends.
| Chart | Amendment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
 | DES MOINES TWO | — |
| Chart | Amendment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
 | TAKEOFF MINIMUMS | — | |
 | ALTERNATE MINIMUMS | — |
Minimums pages cover a whole volume, so the same document is shared by every airport in it.
| Chart | Amendment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
 | HOT SPOT | — |
From the FAA NASR 28-day subscription, cycle 6 Aug 2026.
| Service | Frequency | Call sign |
|---|---|---|
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| Tower | 118.3 | Des Moines |
| Ground | 121.9 | Des Moines |
| Clearance delivery | 134.15 | Des Moines |
| ATIS | 119.55 | Des Moines |
| Approach | 120.45123.9135.2 | Des Moines |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Des Moines |
Civil VHF frequencies from the FAA NASR 28-day subscription. Discrete sector and military frequencies are not listed.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lighting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 9,004 ft | 150 ft | Concrete Excellent | High intensity |
| 05 54°T | ILS/DME · PAPI (4-box) 3° · MALSR approach lighting | |||
| 23 234°T | PAPI (4-box) 3° | |||
| 13/31 | 9,001 ft | 150 ft | Concrete Excellent | High intensity |
| 13 132°T | ILS/DME · PAPI (4-box) 3° · MALSR approach lighting | |||
| 31 312°T | ILS/DME · PAPI (4-box) 3° · ALSF-2 approach lighting · right-hand circuit | |||
Runway and approach-aid data from the FAA NASR 28-day subscription.
41.5339730, -93.6630720
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Published verbatim from the FAA NASR subscription. Abbreviations are the FAA's own.
Des Moines has instrument approaches serving all four ends of its two-runway layout. The mix is notably broad: ILS coverage includes CAT II/III minima on one procedure, alongside RNAV (GPS), VOR and localiser options. This means the chart set is not concentrated on one alignment or one form of guidance. With both runways almost exactly 9,000 ft long, choosing between the two alignments does not involve a meaningful loss of available runway length.
Ankeny Regional and Ames Municipal have the broadest nearby procedure sets, although each has fewer than half as many charts as Des Moines. Winterset, Perry and Knoxville have markedly thinner coverage. The Chicago and Omaha sectional charts add wider VFR geographical context beyond the terminal procedures.
| ID | Airport | City | Distance | Charts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KIKV | Ankeny Rgnl | ANKENY, IA | 10 nm NE | 7 |
| 3Y3 | Winterset Muni | WINTERSET, IA | 19 nm SW | 3 |
| KAMW | Ames Muni | AMES, IA | 28 nm N | 7 |
| KPRO | Perry Muni | PERRY, IA | 28 nm NW | 4 |
| KOXV | Knoxville Muni | KNOXVILLE, IA | 28 nm SE | 4 |
| I75 | Osceola Muni | OSCEOLA, IA | 29 nm S | 4 |
| KTNU | Newton Muni-Earl Johnson Fld | NEWTON, IA | 30 nm E | 6 |
| KBNW | Boone Muni | BOONE, IA | 32 nm N | 4 |
15 current FAA charts for Des Moines Intl, including 10 instrument approachs, 1 departure procedure, 1 airport diagram. All are free to download as PDFs from this page, from the 6 August 2026 cycle.
Tower 118.3; Ground 121.9; ATIS 119.55; UNICOM 122.95; Clearance delivery 134.15. Full civil VHF list, with sector notes, is in the frequencies table on this page — from the FAA NASR subscription.
Des Moines Intl has 2 runways. The longest is 05/23 at 9,004 ft by 150 ft, concrete. Full runway dimensions, lighting and approach aids are listed on this page.
Yes — 5 ILS procedures are published, including CAT II/III minima. In total KDSM has 10 published instrument approaches, of which 4 are RNAV (GPS).
The official FAA airport diagram for Des Moines Intl is free to download at the top of this page. It shows runways, taxiways, ramp layout and hold-short positions, and is reissued every 28 days.
Yes. 1 of the published ILS procedures carry CAT II/III minima, which allow approaches in lower visibility than a standard CAT I ILS. Those plates are listed separately in the approach table above, marked CAT II or CAT III in the chart name.
Yes. Des Moines Intl has an operating control tower, within Minneapolis Center's airspace. Tower, ground and clearance frequencies are listed on this page.
They are from the FAA cycle effective 6 August 2026, which is superseded on 3 September 2026. We publish each new cycle on its effective date. They are for flight simulation and reference only — not for real-world navigation.
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