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'''Stapleton International Airport''' was ], ]'s primary ] from 1929 to 1995. At different times it served as a hub for ], ], ] and ] as well as a hub for ] and ] when the airport was closed. In 1995, Stapleton was replaced by ]. It has now been decommissioned, and redeveloped as a neighborhood.
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Stapleton was opened on ], ] as '''Denver Municipal Airport''', which was later renamed to '''Stapleton Airfield''' after expansion in 1944. The renaming was in honor of ], the city's ] most of the time from 1923 to 1947, and the major force behind the project when it began in 1928.
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===Air disasters===
'''Tito<small>XD</small>''' is a Wikipedian currently attending his freshman year of college. While he is too busy most of the time to post new articles in Misplaced Pages, he is an active user of this valuable source of information, even before he created his Wiki account in ] ]. He has been a Misplaced Pages ] since ] ].
Several major air ]es involved Stapleton as the origin airport, while only one major air disaster occurred there.


*On ], ], ] exploded over nearby ] while en route to ] from Stapleton, killing all 44 persons on board. A man named ] was found to have planted a ] bomb in a suitcase that was loaded onto the plane in order to murder his mother in revenge for the way he was treated by her as a child. He was executed two years after Flight 629 exploded.
Being a bit of an academian, Tito<small>XD</small> is always glad to copyedit the articles he reads to correct grammar mistakes and other conventions.
* On ], ], Continental Airlines Flight 426 crashed due to windshear after taking off and climbing to 100 feet on runway 35L. Fortunately, nobody was killed in the accident.
*On ], ], ], which took off from Stapleton, made a forced landing near Portland, Oregon. Ten people died while 179 survived.
*On ], ], when ], a ]-14 jetliner, crashed on takeoff during a snowstorm. The probable cause of the crash was the failure of the flight crew to have the aircraft de-iced prior to take-off and the over-rotation of the aircraft on take-off. Twenty-eight persons were killed, while 54 survived. It was the only fatal crash at Stapleton.
*On ], ], ], a ], crash-landed at the ] airport on a flight which originated at Stapleton. Flight 232 experienced a catastrophic engine failure over ] on a flight to ]. One hundred and eleven people died in the crash, while 185 survived.


===Jet age===
For those who are wondering why this page is written in 3rd person, I'm practicing my formal writing so I can become a more active member/editor of Misplaced Pages.
The facility received a new jet runway and terminal building in the 1960s. After deregulation, three different airlines operated large hubs out of Stapleton (], ], and ]), leading to large levels of congestion. In order to combat the congestion, a new runway was added (36/18) in the 1980s and the terminal was again expanded. At the time of its closure in 1995, Stapleton sported six runways (2 sets of 3 parallel runways) and five terminal concourses.


==Decommissioning==
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By the 1980s, plans were underway to replace Stapleton with a new airport. Stapleton was plagued with a number of problems, including:
*inadequate separation between runways, leading to extremely long waits in bad weather
*a ] over ], brought by residents of nearby Park Hill community
*legal threats by ] to block runway extension into ] lands.
While there was ample evidence to support the argument that Stapleton was truly plagued by these problems, some people continue to maintain that the construction of ] was nothing more than expensive politics.


The Colorado General Assembly brokered a deal in 1985 to annex a plot of land in Adams County into the city of Denver, and use that land to build a new airport. Adams County voters approved the plan in 1988, and Denver voters approved the plan in a referendum in 1989.
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On ], ], the last commercial flight left Stapleton (a ] flight to ]). Stapleton was closed later that evening, and a massive ] of all airport vehicles (everything from baggage carts to rental cars) headed for DIA, which opened the following morning. White "X"es were placed across all Stapleton ]s to keep ] from landing at the now-closed airport. DIA dropped DVX and KDVX as its temporary ]s, adopting Stapleton's DEN and KDEN. Visitors to or from Denver at that time had the unusual experience of arriving at a different airport than they left the same city from.
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All of Stapleton's airport infrastructure has been removed except for the control tower, which will remain standing as a reminder of the site's former days. The parking structure also remains standing.
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At the time of its decommissioning, the airport had the following runways :
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While Denver International was being constructed, planners began to decide how the Stapleton site would be redeveloped. A private group of Denver civic leaders, the Stapleton Development Foundation, convened in 1990 and produced a master plan for the site in 1995, emphasizing a pedestrian-oriented design rather than the automobile-oriented designs found in many other planned developments. Nearly a third of the airport site was slated for redevelopment as public park space.


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File:Stapletonhlight.jpg
Stapleton highlighted on this map of Denver's neighborhoods.

Stapleton International Airport was Denver, Colorado's primary airport from 1929 to 1995. At different times it served as a hub for TWA, People Express, Frontier Airlines and Western Airlines as well as a hub for Continental Airlines and United Airlines when the airport was closed. In 1995, Stapleton was replaced by Denver International Airport. It has now been decommissioned, and redeveloped as a neighborhood.

History

Former Stapleton International Airport from the air (6 February 2006)

Stapleton was opened on October 17, 1929 as Denver Municipal Airport, which was later renamed to Stapleton Airfield after expansion in 1944. The renaming was in honor of Benjamin F. Stapleton, the city's mayor most of the time from 1923 to 1947, and the major force behind the project when it began in 1928.

Air disasters

Several major air crashes involved Stapleton as the origin airport, while only one major air disaster occurred there.

Jet age

The facility received a new jet runway and terminal building in the 1960s. After deregulation, three different airlines operated large hubs out of Stapleton (Frontier Airlines, Continental Airlines, and United Airlines), leading to large levels of congestion. In order to combat the congestion, a new runway was added (36/18) in the 1980s and the terminal was again expanded. At the time of its closure in 1995, Stapleton sported six runways (2 sets of 3 parallel runways) and five terminal concourses.

Decommissioning

By the 1980s, plans were underway to replace Stapleton with a new airport. Stapleton was plagued with a number of problems, including:

  • inadequate separation between runways, leading to extremely long waits in bad weather
  • a lawsuit over noise, brought by residents of nearby Park Hill community
  • legal threats by Adams County to block runway extension into Rocky Mountain Arsenal lands.

While there was ample evidence to support the argument that Stapleton was truly plagued by these problems, some people continue to maintain that the construction of Denver International Airport was nothing more than expensive politics.

The Colorado General Assembly brokered a deal in 1985 to annex a plot of land in Adams County into the city of Denver, and use that land to build a new airport. Adams County voters approved the plan in 1988, and Denver voters approved the plan in a referendum in 1989.

On February 27, 1995, the last commercial flight left Stapleton (a Continental Airlines flight to London Gatwick). Stapleton was closed later that evening, and a massive convoy of all airport vehicles (everything from baggage carts to rental cars) headed for DIA, which opened the following morning. White "X"es were placed across all Stapleton runways to keep aircraft from landing at the now-closed airport. DIA dropped DVX and KDVX as its temporary airport codes, adopting Stapleton's DEN and KDEN. Visitors to or from Denver at that time had the unusual experience of arriving at a different airport than they left the same city from.

All of Stapleton's airport infrastructure has been removed except for the control tower, which will remain standing as a reminder of the site's former days. The parking structure also remains standing.

Facilities

At the time of its decommissioning, the airport had the following runways :

  • 18/36 (7,700 ft)
  • 17R/35L (11,500 ft)
  • 17L/35R (12,000 ft)
  • 7/25 (4871 ft)
  • 8L/26R (8599 ft)
  • 8R/26L (10,004 ft)

The old airport terminal had five concourses .

Redevelopment

Stapleton Redevelopment Neighborhood

While Denver International was being constructed, planners began to decide how the Stapleton site would be redeveloped. A private group of Denver civic leaders, the Stapleton Development Foundation, convened in 1990 and produced a master plan for the site in 1995, emphasizing a pedestrian-oriented design rather than the automobile-oriented designs found in many other planned developments. Nearly a third of the airport site was slated for redevelopment as public park space.

The former airport site is now being redeveloped as the largest new urbanist project in the United States. Construction began in 2001, and as of 2004, over a thousand homes have been built on the Stapleton site. The new community is zoned for residential and commercial development, including office parks and "big box" shopping centers. Stapleton is by far the largest neighborhood in the city of Denver, and an eastern portion of the redevelopment site lies in the neighboring city of Aurora. Eventually, Stapleton will be home to at least 30,000 residents.

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