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The location of Stapleton Airport on a map of Denver neighborhoods. Looking west, January 1966. Only concourses A, B, and C existed then. A United Airlines Pilot Training Center was later built on the vacant land between the airport's west boundary and the housing tracts. Looking north, January 1966. Runway 35 became 35L, after 35R was built.
Commercial service – primary airports: Alamosa: ALS: ALS KALS San Luis Valley Regional Airport (Bergman Field) P-N 11,987 Aspen: ASE: ASE KASE Aspen/Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field) P-N 248,781 Colorado Springs: COS: COS KCOS City of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport: P-S 941,917 Denver: DEN: DEN KDEN Denver International Airport: P-L ...
The airport is 23 miles (37 km) from Downtown Denver, which is 15 miles (24 km) farther away than Stapleton International Airport, the airport DEN replaced. [ 10 ] The 52.4 square miles (136 km 2 ; 33,500 acres) [ 6 ] of land occupied by DEN is the largest amount of commercial airport land area in North America, by a great extent.
After 19 years as airport director, Dennis Heap and the airport board parted ways in August 2013. [7] Heap was replaced in the late spring of 2014 by Dave Ruppel. [ 8 ] The airport was originally owned by the Front Range Airport Authority (FRAA), continuing until January 1, 2014, when the FRAA was dissolved and the airport and all employees ...
In 2018 the airport had 337,947 aircraft operations, averaging 925 per day: 89% general aviation, 10% air taxi, and 2% military. 840 aircraft were then based at this airport: 569 single-engine, 104 multi-engine, 147 jets, and 20 helicopters. [1] Key Lime Air has its corporate headquarters on the airport property.
The northeastern and western portions of area code 303, including Fort Collins, Grand Junction, Vail and Aspen, were separated on April 2, 1995, and became area code 970. This split reduced 303 to the Denver-Boulder area. [3] With the 1995 split, 303 was the only Colorado area code that did not border another state.
The station is located near Smith Road and Central Park Boulevard in the redevelopment area of the decommissioned Stapleton International Airport. It replaced the Stapleton Park and Ride. The bus service to the station opened on September 13, 2015, replacing with bus canopies and paved lots, unlike the old area. [4]
Trans-Colorado Airlines was incorporated on August 25, 1980, as Commuter Airlines of Colorado. Operations began on December 23, 1980, with one Swearingen Metro II.It served and was based in Gunnison, CO, with scheduled flights to and from Stapleton International Airport in Denver.