Stapleton International Airport

Stapleton International Airport
Stapleton International Airport looking north, shortly before its closure.
IATA: DEN ICAO: KDEN FAA LID: DEN
Summary
Airport type	Defunct
Owner/Operator	City of Denver
Serves	Denver metropolitan area
Location	Central Park, Colorado, U.S.
Opened	October 17, 1929 (1929-10-17)
Closed	February 27, 1995 (1995-02-27)[1]
Hub for	Braniff International Airways Continental Airlines (1972–1995) Frontier Airlines I Frontier Airlines II Hughes Airwest People Express Airlines Trans World Airlines United Airlines Western Airlines
Elevation AMSL	5,333 ft / 1,625 m
Coordinates	39°45′40″N 104°53′31″W / 39.761°N 104.892°W / 39.761; -104.892
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 17R/35L 3,505 11,500 Concrete 17L/35R 3,658 12,000 Concrete 8L/26R 2,621 8,599 Concrete 8R/26L 3,049 10,004 Concrete 7/25 1,485 4,871 Concrete 18/36 2,362 7,750 Asphalt

Stapleton International Airport (IATA: DEN, ICAO: KDEN, FAA LID: DEN) was a major airport in the western United States, and the primary airport of Denver, Colorado. It opened in 1929, and was replaced by the current Denver International Airport in 1995.

It was a hub for Continental Airlines, the original Frontier Airlines, People Express, United Airlines, and Western Airlines. Other airlines with smaller operations at Stapleton included Aspen Airways, today’s Frontier Airlines, and Rocky Mountain Airways, all three being based in Denver at the time.^[2]

Stapleton International Airport was replaced by Denver International Airport in 1995;^[1] it was closed and the property redeveloped as the commercial and residential neighborhood of Central Park, which was named Stapleton until 2020. The Stapleton International Airport codes were transferred to the new airport, which continues to use them today.