Denver Airports: From Stapleton to Dia

by Jeffrey S Forrest, Shahn G Sederberg, Jeffrey C Price

On the cusp of the Great Depression, Denver mayor Benjamin Stapleton pushed for the development of the first city-operated airport. Denver Municipal Airport opened in 1929 with three hub airlines. While Stapleton would be honored to later have the airport named after him, by the mid-1980s, the name Stapleton had become synonymous with congestion, flight delays, and frequent closures when the snow moved in. To solve the problem, Denver mayor Federico...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1540236196
• ISBN13: 9781540236197
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions
• Length: 130 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.7" x 9.6"