Denver International Airport (DIA)

Denver airport expects today's electrical demand of 45 megawatts to expand to 300 to 400 megawatts in the next two decades.

Passengers may not feel the sting, but workers will.

Airlines will likely keep their major routes but cut regional flights.

Denver is now the top airport for the number of nonstop destinations within the U.S.

Colorado artist Detour is known for his colorful murals all around Denver. But a recent installation in Concourse B at Denver International Airport is a different type of experience.

Earlier this year, a commercial airliner struck an animal as it was taking off from Denver International Airport and had to make an emergency landing. Which led KUNC investigative reporter Scott Franz to ask: Just how often does this kind of thing happen? Scott found documents that show planes at DIA hit birds and other animals hundreds of times each year.

The firefighting foam used by airports has long contained toxic “forever chemicals.” Denver International Airport recently completed a huge project to clean up those chemicals from runways and airport firefighting equipment. You can hear why the cleanup was needed – and what might happen next with all that toxic waste,

Federal agents killed 6,421 wild animals at Denver International Airport last year and hazed away more than 130,000 in their quest to protect airplane passengers from wildlife strikes. Despite these efforts, the airport reported a record-high 878 wildlife strikes with planes last year.

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Air traffic controllers in Denver had to scramble to use backup frequencies after their main communications lines went down for 90 seconds earlier this week in the latest Federal Aviation Administration equipment failure. The FAA's head of air traffic control, Frank McIntosh, said during a House hearing Thursday that the outage in Denver happened Monday afternoon but its radar remained online.