I thought one of the selling points of the new airport was NOT having to do this every time it snows?
https://www.9news.com/article/weathe...9-23458037ca57
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Dozens of flights canceled at DIA as Denver prepares for Wednesday snow
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I thought one of the selling points of the new airport was NOT having to do this every time it snows?
https://www.9news.com/article/weathe...9-23458037ca57
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Dozens of flights canceled at DIA as Denver prepares for Wednesday snow
Gene Amole is spinning in his grave.
He was a columnist for the Rocky Mountain News that reported daily what a fiasco DIA was when it was being planned and built.
He also served under Patton in WWII and had a lot of stories from the foot soldier's point of view - not all complimentary
Slightly off topic. :)
DIA since 1993 had issues. Bonds. Automated baggage devices we almost never used since ~1997? Train issues.
Construction issues 1 2 3 4 5.
Only thing kids like about this airport is thst little train we ride on. Nice walk to A when train is unfunctional can be a great workout w/ 2 luggages
Stapleton would stay open and fly during blizzards. I miss that place.
Don't forget Blucifer, the killer bronco statue
https://hashtagcoloradolife.com/the-...%20was%20alive.
Yeah, 'all weather airport" my ass. Yet another boondoggle thanks to Federico Pena
Yeah, but who owned and sold the property to the airport?
I just wanted to jump in the “bi?€# about dia” thread. [Coffee]
I like nothing about the place.
It was an all weather airport. I remember 200x flying out in a blizzard to Hawaii. Colorado Springs closed but united bussed us to DIA.
About 5 years ago, leadership changed and closure became more common but could still fly in few inches of snow.
Are these recent closures from lack of staffing to clear runways and deicing? Cost of deicing? Or just the feminization of risk analysis in general? This whole "abundance of caution" garbage.
DIA shouldn?t be a long term problem. The way they keep building out east it will be in the middle of town before you know it and everyone will gripe and they?ll build a new airport out east.
Love the blue horse! Wish you could actually stop and walk up to and look at it.
As for closing in snow storms, DIA has the longest commercial runway in North America at 16,000 feet, it is just 1 of 6 runways all of which are longer than the average commercial runway in the US, add on the taxi ways and tarmac between terminals, they simply aren't keeping enough staff to keep enough snowplows running to keep all of it clear, along with DIA has become I believe the 3rd busiest airport in the country, at some point you have more flights trying to come in and go out than you have available takeoff and landing slots. The sheer number of flights coming in and out is amazing. I'm working at a jobsite near one of the light rail stations and there isn't a single point in time during the day that you can't look up and see an airplane.
When I was stationed at Lowry AFB, I was told Denver was the "alternative capital" of the US. This was the height of the Cold War. Maybe that was the cause of all the Apocalyptic art displays. Rocky Flats was in full production mode. I was 17 and could buy beer without being carded when in uniform.
Speaking of DIA abominations. That W hotel and those crappy looking telephone poles are hideous.
We saw this but people who didn't get to see the crossing...
http://www.aviationphotographs.net/S...d/thom-002.jpg
Awesome pic!
I remember all of the highway drama that happened out there.
One evening, one direction was closed for several hours due to cow escaping from a trailer and being frozen in place from fright.
I rarely remember how i70 looked like (east of i270). They changed so little at a time since 95.
Looks like some things never change: What's in the back of the parked truck- old junk bicycles?
After reading many earlyStapletonCentral Park
Airport story here, it reminds me of when I was young. :)