By land size, at 53 square miles (140 km2), Denver International Airport is the largest international airport in the United States, and the third largest international airport in the world after King Fahd International Airport and Montréal-Mirabel International Airport. Runway 16R/34L is the longest public use runway in the United States. In 2009, Denver International Airport was the tenth-busiest airport in the world by passenger traffic with 50,167,485 passengers. It was also the fifth-busiest airport in the world by aircraft movements with 606,006 movements. Denver International Airport is the only airport in the United States to have designed and implemented an ISO 14001-certified environmental management system that covers the entire airport.
DIA, Denver International Airport, is 25 miles (40 km) from downtown Denver, which is 19 miles (31 km) farther away than Stapleton International Airport, the airport it replaced. The distant location was chosen to avoid noise impacts to developed areas, to accommodate a generous runway layout, and to allow for future expansion. The airport started with 4 runways. Currently the airport operates 6 runways, and can expand to 12. The 33,457 acres (52.277 sq mi; 135.40 km2)[25] of land occupied by the airport is nearly twice the land area of Manhattan, and is designed to be expanded for 50 years.
Rank
Airport
Location
Code(IATA/ICAO)
Total Movements
Rank Change
Change
1.
United States Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
ATL/KATL
717,001
steady
decrease1.9%
2.
United States O'Hare International Airport
Chicago, Illinois, United States
ORD/KORD
662,018
steady
increase6.1%
3.
United States Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
By land size, at 53 square miles (140 km2), Denver International Airport is the largest international airport in the United States, and the third largest international airport in the world after King Fahd International Airport and Montréal-Mirabel International Airport. Runway 16R/34L is the longest public use runway in the United States. In 2009, Denver International Airport was the tenth-busiest airport in the world by passenger traffic with 50,167,485 passengers. It was also the fifth-busiest airport in the world by aircraft movements with 606,006 movements. Denver International Airport is the only airport in the United States to have designed and implemented an ISO 14001-certified environmental management system that covers the entire airport.