DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

- Each runway approach is equipped with Instrument Landing Systems
- The southern approaches to the three parallel runways are rated Category III-b, allowing auto-landing even in the lowest visibility conditions.

All paired parallel runways are at least 4,300 feet apart, the minimum required by the Federal Aviation Administration for simultaneous landings in instrument flight conditions (bad weather). Dual or triple streams of aircraft can land simultaneously at DIA in such conditions, reducing system delays.

• FAA statistics for the period Feb. 28, 1995 to Jan. 31, 1996 (the first 11 months of DIA operations), show that of the 20 busiest U.S. airports( by operations), Denver International Airport´s delays, as a percent of total operations, was 0.31%. Only Honolulu International and Las Vegas McCarran-airports in moderate climes-had lower delay percentages.

·Each runway is 12,000 feet (3,658 meters) long and 150 feet (46 meters) wide.

·The runways are about twice as thick as an average road and four times wider. DIA´s design standards specify runways with a 40-year life span-double the life span of most runways. These specifications exceed FAA certification requirements.

• Air controllers can shift traffic quickly from one runway to another, depending on the wind direction, with minimal delays or disruption of air traffic.
• No runway crosses another, minimizing the chance of aircraft traffic jams or collisions.

DEICING

Deicing is available at three deicing pads, located west of each concourse just off the apron perimeter taxiway. A fourth pad is located near the cargo apron.

• The pads accommodate as many as five or six aircraft each
• Aircraft rarely have to queue after deicing because the pads are located close to north/south Runway 16/34. Planes can proceed to takeoff shortly after leaving a pad.
• Deicing fluids are collected and piped into storage tanks for recycling.

ASDE-III (Airport Surface Detection Equipment) radar enables controllers to monitor airport ground traffic and is especially valuable when weather obscures part of the airfield.

Linking this technology and other FAA facilities and systems is a network of more than 800,000 feet (152 miles) of fiber optic cable. All of the FAA´s navigational, warning and controlling systems at DIA give the airport the most advanced aviation technology available.

Denver International Airport's terminal building is named for businessman and aviation pioneer Elrey B. Jeppesen, whose "Jepp" navigational maps and charts are standard equipment in every commercial airline cockpit around the world.

Denver architectural firm Fentress Bradburn Architects and Associates designed the Jeppesen Terminal.

The terminal has approximately 1.5 million square feet of space, including a central atrium that is walled by glass and covered by a translucent tensile membrane roof.

- The terminal, at 1,200 feet in length, is longer than Chicago's Sears Tower is tall.
- DIA's atrium, or "Great Hall", is 900 feet by 210 feet.
- The roof's outer waterproof shell is made of Teflon-coated woven fiberglass; the inner membrane is made of uncoated woven fiberglass.

- Inner and outer roof membranes comprise 15 acres of material.
- Ten percent of visible light passes through roof fabric for daylighting and the fiberglass has little mass, so it does not conduct heat or store it.
- The white color reflects 90 percent of sunlight.

- The Teflon coating allows for easy wash-down and maintenance.
- Varieties of granite from around the world -- Asia, Africa, Europe, North America and South America -- are contained in the terminal floor. The floor pattern echoes the roof design and subtly reinforces passenger flows.

- Departing passengers arrive at the dual-sided Jeppesen Terminal via Peña Boulevard, the airport roadway. The roadway divides to Terminal West and East-- but also separates into three traffic levels for greater convenience and less traffic congestion:

Upper Level -- departing passengers; curbside baggage check in and airline ticket counters

Commercial Level -- drop-off/pickup lanes for taxis, car rental vans, shuttles and buses

Lower Level -- passenger pickup.

Ticketing is on Level 6 and baggage claim is on Level 5.

17,000 public spaces are available for short- and long-term parking; 2,400 spaces for overflow.

Central security-screening areas at entrances to airport subway system (AGTS)

The AGTS links the Jeppesen Terminal and Concourses A, B and C. Passengers using Concourse A have the option of walking to or from the terminal via a glass-enclosed bridge.

Flight information monitors are located at each entrance to the subway station for convenient reference. Baggage information monitors are located near baggage claim carousels.

Car rental and ground transportation carrier counters are in the central terminal atrium between security-screening areas.

Passengers can find a variety of shops and restaurants in the terminal atrium, including a food court and a casual dining establishment. Emphasis is on quality at a reasonable cost.

International arrivals proceed through FIS and Customs, located at the north end of Terminal Level 5.
The following airport services are available in DIA's Jeppesen Terminal:

- luggage carts - luggage storage facility (Terminal East, Level 5, southeast corner of atrium) - newspaper stands - a travel agency - public telephones, pay TTYs (Telecommunications Device for the Deaf), ATM and change machines - paging and information - computer data jacks (north and south ends of Terminal Level 5 -- west ends of the telephone banks) - travel insurance and foreign currency exchange - interfaith chapel and Islamic prayer hall  - smoking lounge

Unique displays of art and artifacts:
- bronze statue of Elroy B. Jeppesen
- memorabilia from Jeppesen's career
- large murals
- fossils discovered during DIA construction
- gargoyles
- ceramic balustrades
- brass floor inlays
- collection of Native American art and photographs 

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