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Denver still has the issue that it's a 20 mile drive from downtown out of some misguided belief that the city was just going to instantly grow out to it.
by hvs 11y ago
Denver still has the issue that it's a 20 mile drive from downtown out of some misguided belief that the city was just going to instantly grow out to it.
- ramidarigaz 11y agoThat seems to be slooowwwwwwly improving, but honestly the biggest improvement for me will be the light rail from downtown.
- strictnein 11y agoAnd all the crazy artwork. The conspiracy theorists go nuts over it. http://mysteryoftheiniquity.com/2011/03/20/denver-international-airport-dia/ http://mysteryoftheiniquity.com/2011/03/20/denver-internatio...
- calbear81 11y agoI was really intrigued by the comment about how the Queen of England bought property near the airport which is apparently proof that the United States has never been an independent country but a pawn of good ol' England.
- Loughla 11y agoI love conspiracy theorists that see anything marked New World, and then immediately start in on how the new world order wants to kill/chip all of us. As if the existence of an elite group of puppet masters is just an established fact, and it's just the end result that the group wants that is up for debate. Delusions are terrifying.
- eric_the_read 11y agoI had no idea there were so many conspiracies about the airport, despite the fact that I fly out of it all the time. http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Denver_Airport_conspiracy_theories http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Denver_Airport_conspiracy_theor... debunks several, though all it can really say about the art is, "Huh, yeah, that's weird. So what?" which isn't particularly dispositive. That demon horse scares the crap out of me, though.
- lotharbot 11y ago> "That demon horse scares the crap out of me, though" We call him "Blucifer". He killed his creator (really -- a piece of the sculpture fell on the artist's leg and severed an artery.) http://www.slate.com/blogs/atlas_obscura/2014/03/17/the_blue_mustang_is_part_of_several_conspiracy_theories_centered_on_denver.html http://www.slate.com/blogs/atlas_obscura/2014/03/17/the_blue...
- zzalpha 11y agoAt least they're finally building a light rail link to downtown Denver...
- krschultz 11y agoHonestly it's a PITA when you fly, but how often do you fly? I'd rather the airport be far from downtown than have the approach/departure routes right over populated neighborhoods. That gets really annoying really quickly.
- kjs3 11y ago> Honestly it's a PITA when you fly, but how often do you fly? I was a Delta Gold Medallion flyer for years (50k+ miles), and couple of times flirted with Platinum (75k+ miles). So...basically on a flight a couple of times a week, every week. There are large numbers of us. Denver is a pain in the ass.
- johnbeerboost 11y agoA couple of times a week? That doesn't really add up. I flew London to San Francisco and back just once a month - not several times a week - for a year and that was 130k miles.
- kjs3 11y agoAtlanta to Charlotte is about 215 miles. Atlanta to Tampa is 415. Atlanta to Denver is about 1200. Not everyone's commute is half way around the world.
- HNaTTY 11y agoFlying into Colorado Springs is a bit sketchy, there is often turbulence from the mountains when you're descending. I wouldn't be surprised if DIA being located so far east has something to do with that.
- MadManE 11y agoDIA was built so far away due to complaints of noise from the locals. The distance was intentional, however dumb.
- koenigdavidmj 11y agoWhen you build an airport near the city, it becomes impossible to expand. San Diego is a good example of this, a single-runway airport that's surrounded by the bay, I-5, the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, and a residential neighborhood. It's running near capacity and impossible to expand. There's simply nowhere to go.
- goodcanadian 11y agoTijuana! Actually, I thought it was just a proposal to link the airport with a foot bridge to the U.S., but it sounds like it is already under construction: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_Border_Xpress https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_Border_Xpress http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2015/feb/16/skybridge-pedestrian-tijuana-san-diego/ http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2015/feb/16/skybrid...
- peterfirefly 11y agoThey can expand into the water, adding an extra East-West strip. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Artificial_island_airports https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Artificial_island_air...
- koenigdavidmj 11y agoOrdinarily yes, but the bay might not be wide enough to fill in part of it, especially when you're trying to fit aircraft carriers through it.
- AaronIG 11y agoThat's unlikely an option due to North Island, though.
- leejoramo 11y agoDIA was also designed to be a high volume hub airport with a huge number of fights and massive expansion capacity without running into noise issues. I believe the vast majority of passengers are changing flights at DIA and never leave the airport. You can switch most flights without changing terminals.
- lotharbot 11y agoDIA was built far out specifically for noise and expansion -- with the understanding/hope that the city would never get particularly close to it. The big mistake was not connecting it to the city's light rail sooner.
- chadgeidel 11y agoThe road is a high-volume direct route and they are adding a rail line that goes directly to the airport. It's trivial to drive there and wouldn't be much different than if the airport was closer. Even if Denver doesn't grow to the airport, I don't see the downside of having an airport a few miles out of town.