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Denver
International Airport Opens Sixth
Runway New Runway Will
Improve Efficiency and Help Attract Additional
International Flights Denver International Airport
officially opened runway 16R/34L for regular flight
operations. The first operation on the new runway
was a United Airlines 777 departure, flight 244 to
Chicago at 10:38 a.m. local time. The runway was
built at a cost of approximately $166 million
dollars with the Federal Aviation Administration
funding 74% of the project. The new runway came in
on-time and on-budget. The new runway is 16,000
feet long and 200 feet wide, making it the largest
commercial runway in North America. It is also
4,000 feet longer than any of DEN's other runways.
This extra distance will give fully loaded jumbo
jets additional length to take off in Denver's
altitude during summer months, thereby providing
unrestricted global access for any airline using
DEN. The new runway will also be able to
accommodate the new generation of massive
airliners, including the Airbus A-380. The sixth runway is a
north/south runway in the northwest part of
the airfield and will enhance
DEN's already nationally renowned
airfield efficiency. In bad weather
situations, DEN will still be able to land
three aircraft simultaneously on
its existing north/south runways while using
the new runway for
departures. During normal weather
conditions, aircraft will be able to depart
using the two north/south runways
on the west side of the airfield and arrive
using the two north/south runways
on the east side of the airfield. This makes
for short aircraft taxis and
quicker turnarounds. DEN's cost benefit analysis
of the runway estimates the new
runway will save the national aviation
system more than $1 billion over
the life of the runway. DEN also has the added
luxury of having space for an additional
six runways on its 34,000 acres
of land. At full build-out, DEN would have
a total of 12
runways. SOURCE Denver International
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