More people than ever before flew out of Iowa’s commercial airports in 2025. The Iowa Department of Transportation’s Stuart Anderson says December numbers resumed the upward trend after a drop in November.
Anderson says the drop in November travel was due in part to the government shutdown. Back on the ground, December highway travel was down, but overall 2025 travel was up slightly.
Iowa traffic deaths were at a record low of 259 in 2025, but Anderson says January started the new year with 24 traffic deaths, which is seven more than last January.
The state’s top two airports in Des Moines and Cedar Rapids each saw record use in 20025. Anderson made his comments during a report to the Transportation Commission.
