Service area · King County
Freight delivery and airport cargo recovery in Des Moines.
About 4-6 miles south of SEA: the business park literally abuts the airport's west side off S 216th Street, so drive times are often under 10 minutes. Access is via SR 509, Des Moines Memorial Drive, or 24th/28th Ave S rather than the freeway. For airport recovery work this is about as short a lane as exists in the region.
Recovery into Des Moines
Recovering your air freight from SEA to Des Moines.
We collect import freight at the airline and handler warehouses at Seattle-Tacoma International and run it out to Des Moines. You confirm the shipment is released and good to go; that is the job of the person who hires us. Once you have, we commit the truck.
Send dispatch the Delivery Order, the master and house bill numbers, the piece count and weight, the warehouse location, and the consignee with their receiving hours. With those in hand we can tell you honestly whether the shipment makes today’s cycle or tomorrow morning’s.
Des Moines receiving realities.
Des Moines has become one of the most important air-cargo-adjacent industrial markets in the region thanks to Des Moines Creek Business Park, immediately west of SEA. The park was planned for up to two million square feet of flexible, manufacturing, distribution, and industrial space explicitly aimed at freight companies, aviation manufacturers, and air cargo offices; tenants have included K2 Sports, XPO Logistics, PODS, Greencore, and Hearthside Food Solutions, and the FAA's regional headquarters sits nearby. The Pacific Highway S corridor adds light industrial and lodging, while the Des Moines Marina, with moorage for about 840 vessels, supports the waterfront and commercial fishing side.
Districts and corridors we run to
- Des Moines Creek Business Park
- FAA Northwest Mountain Regional headquarters
- Pacific Highway S (SR 99) commercial and light industrial corridor
- Des Moines Marina
- Highline College
- Redondo waterfront
Who we deliver to in Des Moines.
Freight forwarders & brokers
Recovery from SEA, delivered to your dock or your consignee
Manufacturers & suppliers
Palletized freight, parts runs, and machine-down urgency
Medical, dental & lab
Time-sensitive consignments with appointment windows
Retail, hospitality & trades
Liftgate, inside delivery, and restricted receiving hours
Local questions
Des Moines freight questions.
How quickly can you get freight from SEA to Des Moines?
About 4-6 miles south of SEA: the business park literally abuts the airport's west side off S 216th Street, so drive times are often under 10 minutes. Access is via SR 509, Des Moines Memorial Drive, or 24th/28th Ave S rather than the freeway. For airport recovery work this is about as short a lane as exists in the region. In practice the drive is rarely the constraint. Release status at the warehouse and the receiving hours at the far end decide the day far more often than traffic does. Give dispatch the arrival notice time and the consignee's receiving window and you will get a straight answer about whether it lands today or tomorrow morning.
Dispatch · 6:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Moving freight in Des Moines?
Tell us what is moving and where it has to be. Dispatch comes straight back to you.