Denver International Airport
Denver metropolitan area, Front Range Urban Corridor
- IATADEN
- ICAOKDEN
- FAADEN
- Serves
- Denver metropolitan area, Front Range Urban Corridor
- Operator
- City & County of Denver Department of Aviation
- Owner
- City & County of Denver
- Opened
- 28 February 1995
- Elevation
- 5,434 ft (1,656 m)
- Runways
- 6 (longest 4,877 m)
- Airlines based here
- United Airlines
- Website
- flydenver.com
About the airport
Denver International Airport (IATA: DEN, ICAO: KDEN, FAA LID: DEN), often referred to by locals 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. Runway 16R/34L, with a length of 16000 ft (4877 m), is the longest public use runway in North America and the fifth longest in the world. The airport is 25 miles (40 km) driving distance northeast of Downtown Denver, 19 miles (31 km) farther than the former Stapleton International Airport which 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. Opened on February 28, 1995, DEN serves 26 airlines (as of 2025) providing nonstop service to 230 destinations throughout the Americas, Europe, and Asia; it was the fourth airport in the United States to exceed 200 destinations. The airport has been the largest operating hub for Frontier Airlines and Southwest Airlines for several years and, as of 2024, DEN has eclipsed Chicago's O'Hare International Airport as the largest operating hub for United Airlines…
This summary is adapted from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence. Passenger and runway figures come from the same source and can lag the latest annual totals, so check the figures the operator publishes for the current total.