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 on October 17, 1929, …

May 13, 2024 · DENVER (KDVR) — What started as grazing land for a dairy farm turned into the city’s first airport in 1929 when the Stapleton Airport opened up. The history of the Stapleton Airport and...

Stapleton International Airport opened as a small municipal airport in 1929–30 and went on to become Denver’s primary airport for sixty-five years, until it was replaced by Denver International Airport in …

Stapleton International Airport was a major airport in the western United States, and the primary airport of Denver, Colorado. It opened on October 17, 1929, and was replaced by Denver International …

Oct 10, 2025 · Before the massive and mysterious Denver International Airport opened on February 28, 1995, Colorado's main air transportation hub was located in Denver's Central Park and was known …

Feb 27, 2025 · A small municipal airport opened in Denver in 1929. The landing strip would become Stapleton Airport while the city grew around the site, which could no longer handle the city’s airplane …

Jul 25, 2025 · Opening in 1929, Denver Municipal Airport, later known as Stapleton Airport, began as a small facility. Over the subsequent years, it became the region's primary airport, a status it enjoyed …

The airport encountered opposition from the start, as some argued that Denver had no right to build a facility that would be a commercial venture for the city. The site that Stapleton and Vail selected was …

Denver International Airport is one of the busiest airports in the world. DEN is the primary economic engine for the state of Colorado, generating more than $47.2 billion for the region annually.

Stapleton International Airport was Denver, Colorado's primary airport from 1929 to 1995. At different times it served as a hub for TWA, People Express, Frontier Airlines and Western Airlines as well as a …