Denver Worldwide Airport (DEN) will add 11 gates to Concourse C as air visitors booms within the Mile Excessive Metropolis.
The $700 million extension to the western finish of C, in any other case often known as “C-West,” will add 400,000 extra sq. ft 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 undertaking is a part of DEN’s “Imaginative and prescient 100” program to develop the airport’s amenities 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 accredited a undertaking administration contract for the extension on Dec. 17, shifting the undertaking 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 have been taken by Southwest Airways and United Airways to help 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 wish to develop and that ready checklist is what we’ve got proper now.”
Southwest or United are the almost certainly beneficiaries, as they’re driving a lot of DEN’s visitors development. Southwest, the principle tenant in Concourse C, might develop into the brand new gates — or Delta Air Traces might transfer from Concourse A, thus permitting United to develop its presence in A.
United executives have publicly stated they wish to develop the airline’s DEN hub to round 700 day by day departures. With solely round 575 departures scheduled in June 2026, in line with knowledge from aviation analytics agency Cirium, there’s vital development forward for the provider at DEN.
DEN is awash in growth work. The ultimate section of the delayed and over-budget renovation of the airport’s principal terminal — which features a new “front room” space exterior safety — is about to open in 2027. Design is underway on a new United Polaris lounge. Different enhancements and upgrades are additionally underway.
A DEN spokesperson stated the airport has not finalized the timing of the C-West extension. The undertaking is a part of airport’s capital plan by means of 2035.
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