Denver International Airport is one of the largest in the United States and is located 40 kilometers northeast of the capital of Colorado. It belongs to the civil type of buildings and is located at an altitude of 1655 meters above sea level. Denver Airport, according to 2011, served 52.7 million passengers.
Airport characteristics. What it was built for
The area of the airport in Denver is 140 square kilometers, which makes this facility the largest civilian type in the United States and the second after the King Khalid International Airport in Saudi Arabia.
Denver Airport's 16R / 34L is also the longest runway in the entire United States. And, according to the results of 2007, it took 11th place in the TOP of the world's airports in terms of passenger traffic - only about 49, 863 million people.
The airport in Denver in the same year was in the lead in another indicator, when it took the 5th place in the ranking in terms of traffic volume, servicing 614,169 departures and landings.
Construction of the airport in the capital of Colorado began in 1995 and cost developers $ 4.8 billion. Its structure is also one of the country's landmarks - the airport is built in the form of rocky snowy mountain peaks.
Passengers traveling to Denver can travel with maximum convenience throughout Colorado as the airport road connects to two highways, Interstate 70 and E-470.
It is on its territory that Frontier Airlines is based, as well as the second hub of United Airlines.
In addition to the construction of one of the most impressive landmarks in the state, the founders of this project pursued another goal - to ensure the safety of US citizens. High-tech and spacious shelters have been built under the airport in case of disasters, war or some other global troubles.
Interesting facts regarding Denver airport
One of them is the frescoes by artist Leo Tanguma on the walls of the airport, allegedly related to the worldwide conspiracy theory. They depict a dead leopard, three dead girls in coffins, a huge soldier in a gas mask, and many other, sometimes shocking, images.
Another very common rumor regarding the construction of the airport is that its underground premises can also be used as a concentration camp for Jews and other people disliked by the American government.
The case that occurred on October 15, 2009, when part of the planes landing on the Denver lanes was redirected to others, is also a hoax. The reason for this is that there was a rumor about a balloon approaching Denver, which was allegedly controlled by a six-year-old kid who hijacked it. Subsequently, this information turned out to be false.
