December 28, 2006: Denver International Airport before and after snowstorm

SPUCK · 12-29-2006, 04:41 AM

I was told that the Denver Airport was 50sq miles.. Sheesh!

glatt · 12-29-2006, 07:54 AM

On the radio this morning, (NPR) there was a very short story that hinted there was a bunch of mismanagement at the airport during this storm. There was confusion between the airport management and the airlines about whose job it was to plow the runways. So the runways weren't plowed for a while. Now, with the second storm coming, they are apparently talking to one another and figuring out who is responsible for what.

xoxoxoBruce · 12-29-2006, 11:05 AM

Ah, thanks glatt. Dat 'splain it.

kerosene · 12-29-2006, 01:31 PM

DIA has been a nightmare with the storms. I knew a lot of people trying to fly and having to wait for an available seat on another flight because theirs were cancelled. When this happened last week, DIA was actually completely shut down for a while...people were camped out there, some for several nights. There were a lot of pissed off travelers.

Denver Post Article about DIA in yesterday's/today's storm

As for Denver being brown, one thing to keep in mind is that DIA is actually on the Eastern outskirts of Denver.

Here are some Google Earth screenshots for reference (notice these were captured pre-snow. Everything does look brown, here, too, but I think some of that is the way Google Earth captures some of its land photos.)

My neck of the woods (or mountains):

DIA is out on the right side of this photo, where Denver is toward the middle. For reference, I included a tag for Golden, where you can see the mountains up next to it:

edit: I hope it was okay to post images in an already started IOTD thread. If not, I am sorry. Let me know.

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12-29-2006, 04:41 AM	#1
SPUCK Professor Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,911	I was told that the Denver Airport was 50sq miles.. Sheesh!

12-29-2006, 07:54 AM	#2
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	On the radio this morning, (NPR) there was a very short story that hinted there was a bunch of mismanagement at the airport during this storm. There was confusion between the airport management and the airlines about whose job it was to plow the runways. So the runways weren't plowed for a while. Now, with the second storm coming, they are apparently talking to one another and figuring out who is responsible for what.

12-29-2006, 01:31 PM	#4
kerosene Touring the facilities Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The plains of Colorado Posts: 3,476	DIA has been a nightmare with the storms. I knew a lot of people trying to fly and having to wait for an available seat on another flight because theirs were cancelled. When this happened last week, DIA was actually completely shut down for a while...people were camped out there, some for several nights. There were a lot of pissed off travelers. Denver Post Article about DIA in yesterday's/today's storm As for Denver being brown, one thing to keep in mind is that DIA is actually on the Eastern outskirts of Denver. Here are some Google Earth screenshots for reference (notice these were captured pre-snow. Everything does look brown, here, too, but I think some of that is the way Google Earth captures some of its land photos.) My neck of the woods (or mountains): DIA is out on the right side of this photo, where Denver is toward the middle. For reference, I included a tag for Golden, where you can see the mountains up next to it: edit: I hope it was okay to post images in an already started IOTD thread. If not, I am sorry. Let me know.

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