More individuals than ever earlier than flew out of Iowa’s industrial airports in 2025.
The Iowa Department of Transportation’s Stuart Anderson says December numbers resumed the upward development after a drop in November. “We ended the year up 4.8% over calendar year 2024. So for the first time ever more than five million passengers flew out of Iowa’s eight commercial service airports,” he says.
Anderson says the drop in November journey was due partly to the federal government shutdown. The state’s prime two airports in Des Moines and Cedar Rapids every noticed document use in 20025.
Back on the bottom, December freeway journey was down, however general 2025 journey was up barely. “We were down about four-tenths of a percent compared to December of ’24. Of course, we did have some weather towards the end of the month, which probably impacted that a bit,” he says. “Over the entire year, we are two-tenths of a percent higher than calendar year ’24.”
Iowa visitors deaths have been at a document low of 259 in 2025, however Anderson says January began the brand new yr with 24 visitors deaths, or 7 greater than final January. “This month, we saw more fatalities in younger and older drivers, and we had at least one multi-fatality incident. So we’re hoping this is a bit of a bit of an outlier,” Anderson says.
Anderson made his feedback throughout a report back to the Transportation Commission.