Stapleton International Airport

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Stapleton International Airport was Denver’s former primary airport, operating from 1929 until its closure in 1995 when it was superseded by Denver International Airport.

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Stapleton International Airport canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct airport
transport infrastructure
cityServed Denver, Colorado
continent North America
country United States of America
dateOfClosure 1995
elevationAboveSeaLevel 1626 meters
5333 feet
endOfOperation 1995
FAAIdentifier DEN
formerName Denver Municipal Airport
Stapleton Airfield
IATACode DEN
ICAOCode KDEN
inception 1929
locatedIn Denver, Colorado
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Denver County, Colorado
surface form: City and County of Denver
locatedInTimeZone Mountain Time Zone
locatedNortheastOf downtown Denver
namedAfter Benjamin F. Stapleton
numberOfRunways 6
operator Denver County, Colorado
surface form: City and County of Denver
postClosureUse Stapleton neighborhood redevelopment
commercial development
parkland
residential development
primaryAirportFor Denver, Colorado
reasonForClosure capacity limitations
inability to expand
noise concerns
superseded by Denver International Airport
replacedBy Denver International Airport
runwaySurface asphalt
concrete
serves Denver–Aurora–Lakewood metropolitan area
surface form: Denver metropolitan area
startOfOperation 1929
wasHubFor Continental Airlines
Frontier Airlines
surface form: Frontier Airlines (original)

United Airlines

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Denver International Airport replaced Stapleton International Airport
DEN replacedAirport Stapleton International Airport
KDEN replacedAirport Stapleton International Airport