Denver International Airport

Denver International Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity & County of Denver
OperatorCity & County of Denver Department of Aviation
ServesDenver metropolitan area and Front Range Urban Corridor
LocationNortheast Denver, Colorado, U.S.
OpenedFebruary 28, 1995 (1995-02-28)
Hub for
Operating base for
Elevation AMSL5,434 ft / 1,656 m
Coordinates39°51′42″N 104°40′23″W / 39.86167°N 104.67306°W / 39.86167; -104.67306
Websiteflydenver.com
Maps
FAA airport diagram
FAA airport diagram
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
7/25 12,000 3,658 Concrete
8/26 12,000 3,658 Concrete
16L/34R 12,000 3,658 Concrete
16R/34L 16,000 4,877 Concrete
17L/35R 12,000 3,658 Concrete
17R/35L 12,000 3,658 Concrete
Statistics (2023)
Passengers77,837,917[2]
Aircraft operations662,010
Total cargo681,534,753 lb
309,138,964 kg
Economic contribution (2018)$33.5 billion[3]
Source: Denver International Airport[4][5]

Denver International Airport (IATA: DEN, ICAO: KDEN, FAA LID: DEN), locally known as DIA, is an international airport in the Western United States, primarily serving metropolitan Denver, Colorado, as well as the greater Front Range Urban Corridor. At 33,531 acres (52.4 sq mi; 135.7 km2),[6][7] it is the largest airport in the Western Hemisphere by land area and the second largest on Earth, behind King Fahd International Airport.[8] Runway 16R/34L, with a length of 16,000 feet (3.03 mi; 4.88 km), is the longest public use runway in North America and the seventh longest on Earth. The airport is 25 miles (40 km) driving distance northeast of Downtown Denver,[9] 19 miles (31 km) farther than the former Stapleton International Airport, the facility DEN replaced: the airport is actually closer to the City of Aurora than central Denver, and many airport-related services, such as hotels, are located in Aurora.[10]

Opened in 1995, DEN currently serves 25 different airlines offering non-stop service to over 215 destinations throughout the Americas, Europe, and Asia; it was the fourth airport in the U.S. to exceed 200 destinations.[11] The airport is a major hub for United Airlines and is the largest operating base for both Frontier Airlines and Southwest Airlines.[12] With over 40,000 employees, the airport is the largest employer in Colorado. The airport is located on the western edge of the Great Plains and within sight of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains.

In both 2021 and 2022, DEN was the third busiest airport in the world as well as the third busiest airport in the United States by passenger traffic. In 2023, it was the sixth busiest airport in the world and remained the third busiest airport in the United States having served around 77.8 million passengers, more than a 12% increase from the prior year. DEN has been among the top 20 busiest airports in the world every year since 2000.[13]

  1. ^ "Southwest Airlines Announces New Crew Base for Pilots and Flight Attendants at Nashville International Airport (BNA)" (Press release). August 14, 2023. Retrieved October 26, 2023.
  2. ^ "Denver International Airport Sets All-Time Passenger Traffic Record in 2023 | Denver Airport".
  3. ^ 2013 Economic Impact Study for Colorado Airports (PDF) (Report). Colorado Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
  4. ^ "Passenger Traffic Reports". Denver International Airport. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
  5. ^ "Denver Int'l Airport Operations and Traffic December 2023" (PDF). flydenver.com. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
  6. ^ FAA Airport Form 5010 for DEN PDF
  7. ^ "Denver International Airport data at skyvector.com". skyvector.com. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
  8. ^ "Denver Airport Second Largest In The World, Twice the Size of Manhattan". Industry Tap. August 26, 2013. Archived from the original on August 29, 2015. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
  9. ^ "Distance From Downtown Denver As Per MapQuest". MapQuest. Retrieved September 8, 2011.
  10. ^ Cite error: The named reference NYT March 1, 1995 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  11. ^ "Denver International Airport reaches milestone with 200 nonstop destinations". The Denver Post. August 22, 2018. Archived from the original on August 28, 2018. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
  12. ^ Radka, Ricky (December 23, 2021). "Airline Hub Guide: Which U.S. Cities Are Major Hubs and Why it Matters". airfarewatchdog.com. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
  13. ^ 2020 Airport Traffic Report, Port Authority NY NJ. Published July 2021. "Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Airport Traffic Statistics".

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