Did you know that Denver International Airport (DIA) is one of the busiest airports in the U.S.? We did some digging to understand just how busy it is. Here’s what we found.
Percentage of on-time flights
- 83% of 2016 flights arriving at DIA were on time
- 78% of 2016 flights departing DIA were on time
Share of flights operated by various airlines
- 42% United
- 30% Southwest
- 12% Frontier
- 5% American
- 5% Delta
- 5% Other
Transportation of cargo
- 375 million pounds of cargo were transported by cargo airlines (UPS, FedEx, etc.) in 2016
- 119 million pounds of cargo were transported by passenger airlines
DIA facility stats
- 50+ million passengers flew in and out of DIA in 2016
- $337.4 million total spent by passengers waiting for flights in 2016
- Food & beverage sales: $217.9 million in 2016
- Retail sales: $88.9 million in 2016
- Duty-Free sales: $2.5 million in 2016
- The remaining $28 million was spent in airport-wide services and passenger services.
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