DIA Acknowledges Travel Woes, Adjusts for the Future

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The Denver International Airport knows you're tired of construction, car thefts and train malfunctions. It's working to do something about it.

thought it would reach 100 million annual passengers by 2032. It's now realized those numbers aren't fairy dust; in fact, they're coming much sooner than that., CEO of DIA, the airport now projects it will hit 100 million annual passengers by 2027, and it's adjusting its future plans based on the new numbers.

By 2045, the plan is for the airport to add four new concourses directly attached to the main terminal meant for larger processing and gate capacity. “We're preparing for the immediate time frame with security improvements and things like that but we're also looking out to 2045 as well,” Washington explained. “It is our responsibility as infrastructure professionals to prepare for the next generation of passengers that come through here.

The new checkpoint will have seventeen lanes and be evaluated for a few weeks starting February 6, 2024, at which point the North Security checkpoint will close for renovation and eventually transform into a new"East Security" checkpoint. From closure to reopening, Washington expects it should take eighteen to 24 months.

“What we talked to the administrator about was, 'How can that be?'” Washington remembered. “The question that I posed to the administrator was, ‘What is going into your model?’” “We will extend the tents to the airport office building and have a processing center where airlines can have ticket counters, where we can have additional security areas,” Washington said Wednesday. “Through that processing center, people can walk to their gates."

 

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