Denver Worldwide Airport (DEN) will add 11 gates to Concourse C as air site visitors booms within the Mile Excessive Metropolis.
The $700 million extension to the western finish of C, in any other case generally known as “C-West,” will add 400,000 extra sq. toes to the concourse for the 11 gates and new concessions, in addition to a brand new out of doors patio with panoramic views of the Rocky Mountains.
The venture is a part of DEN’s “Imaginative and prescient 100” program to broaden the airport’s services to accommodate a forecasted 100 million annual passengers inside the subsequent decade. DEN dealt with a report 82.4 million vacationers in 2024.
The Denver Metropolis Council’s Transportation and Infrastructure committee accepted a venture administration contract for the extension on Dec. 17, transferring the venture one step nearer to actuality.
The C-West extension comes three years after DEN accomplished a 39-gate growth of its three concourses. These gates had been taken by Southwest Airways and United Airways to assist their quickly rising hubs on the airport.
Phil Washington, CEO of DEN, couldn’t say what airline would take the 11 new C-West gates.
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“Now we have a ready checklist for gates, for these 11 gates,” he informed the Metropolis Council committee on Dec. 17. “Airways need to develop and that ready checklist is what we have now proper now.”
Southwest or United are the most probably beneficiaries, as they’re driving a lot of DEN’s site visitors development. Southwest, the principle tenant in Concourse C, may broaden into the brand new gates — or Delta Air Strains may transfer from Concourse A, thus permitting United to broaden its presence in A.
United executives have publicly mentioned they need to develop the airline’s DEN hub to round 700 each day departures. With solely round 575 departures scheduled in June 2026, in accordance with information from aviation analytics agency Cirium, there’s important development forward for the service at DEN.
DEN is awash in growth work. The ultimate part of the delayed and over-budget renovation of the airport’s important terminal — which features a new “lounge” space outdoors safety — is ready to open in 2027. Design is underway on a brand new United Polaris lounge. Different enhancements and upgrades are additionally underway.
A DEN spokesperson mentioned the airport has not finalized the timing of the C-West extension. The venture is a part of airport’s capital plan via 2035.
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