The best area to spot is on the Northwest corner, which has stairs and a raised concrete flat surface to place things on.ģ4R landings, and aircraft taxiing in/out of the south side Concourse A. Once in the garage, navigate to the top level and walk to the most Westerly point. From there, go left and exit out into the dropoff/pickup area. Take the escalator up and walk into the terminal. Public transport is an option to get to this spot.įOR PUBLIC TRANSPORT: From Union Station in downtown Denver, take the RTD A line to its terminus at Denver Airport station. There are several levels of the garage, drive/walk to the highest open level. Spot #1 – West Garage – 34R arrivals, taxiway G, Concourse Aįollow the signs on Pena Blvd and navigate to the West Garage. Used for predominatly landings, occasional takeoffs on 17R. Most heavies land on this runway when landing from the south. Heavies prefer to use this runway when landing from the North due to its longer length.ġ7L is used occasionally for takeoffs, but landings here are rare. Departures or landings of any kind on 26 are rare.ġ6R is used for landings, while 34L is mostly used for departures. Heavies will occasionally use this runway for departure during the summer.
Heavies are rare on this runway.Ġ8 is frequently used for departures to the East. 07 is rarely used for departures or landings of any kind. Occasionally, 17R is also used.Ģ5 is used often for departures to the West. Almost all landings occur on 16/34 and 17/35 Takeoffs usually happen on 34L, 25, and 08. The runways are set up in a pinwheel configuration to allow use in any wind direction.
It should be known that spotting at 114th Avenue may prompt airport security to request your departure. But usually spotters do not experience harassment by security. We recommend to drop a mail to or leave a voice mail at 3 with a description of your car and let them know that you are out for spotting. Winters usually average around 20-40 Fahrenheit. Other hotels are West of the airport, about 10-15 minutes of driving away.Ĭolorado has plenty of sunshine, but afternoon thunderstorms are frequent in the summer, combined with high wind speeds due to the openness of the area. The closest one is located directly on airport grounds, the Westin. There are several convience stores and restaurants located West of the airport. No other restrooms can be accessed without going into the main terminal.įood can be purchased inside the terminals or at the Final Approach. Public restrooms are located at the East side of the airport, in the Final Approach. You can take the RTD Train from Downtown to the airport and access the West Garage and East Garage spots. United, American, JetBlue, Frontier, all international arrivals, small Denver Air Connection feeder flights to rural airports.Ĭar is needed for almost all of the locations. Pictures provided by Watts Brooks, Yixin Chen and Caleb Fleming. Written by Tyler Chan (Follow him on Instagram). These usually fly in at extreme hours of the day, usually very early. During the Christmas season, there are sometimes UPS 747-400 aircraft. UPS and FedEx MD-11F, A300F, and 757F also fly here.
Asian or UAE carriers are scarce commodity.Ĭargo terminal receives traffic that takes the form of UPS, FedEx and Prime Air 767s. Lufthansa, Icelandair, Norwegian, Edelweiss (charter) and British Airways are the only airlines from Europe. Even the passangers numbers are so high, international carriers are a rare sight. The high amount of passengers is caused by United Airlines, Southwest Airlines and Frontier Airlines. With six runways on almost 35000 acres, the areal of the airport is enourmous and has plenty of room for expansions. DIA was opened in 1995 and replaced the former Stapelton airport. Denver International Airport, with almost 70 mio passengers the fifth busiest airport in the USA and #16 worldwide.
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