Nonstop flight route between Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas, United States and Denver, Colorado, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW), Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas, United States and Denver International Airport (DEN), Denver, Colorado, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 641 miles (or 1,032 kilometers).

A Great Circle is the shortest distance between 2 points on a sphere. Because most world maps are flat (but the Earth is round), the route of the shortest distance between 2 points on the Earth will often appear curved when viewed on a flat map, especially for long distances. If you were to simply draw a straight line on a flat map and measure a very long distance, it would likely be much further than if you were to lay a string between those two points on a globe. Because of the relatively short distance between Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and Denver International Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW):

• American Airlines operates all the gates at Terminal C, originally called "Terminal 3E," for only domestic flights.
• The furthest airport from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,926 miles (17,583 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport handled 60,470,507 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) is Dallas Love Field (DAL), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) ESE of DFW.
• In 1940 the Civil Aeronautics Administration earmarked $1.9 million for the construction of a Dallas/Fort Worth Regional Airport.
• Delta Air Lines also built up a hub operation at DFW, which occupied most of Terminal 4E through the 1990s.
• The terminals at DFW are semicircular and built around the airport's central north-south arterial road, Spur 97, also known as "International Parkway." Until the late 1990s, they were designated by a number and a letter suffix.
• Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) has 7 runways.
• Following airline deregulation, American Airlines, which had already been one of the largest carriers serving the Dallas/Fort Worth area for many years, established its first hub at DFW on June 11, 1981.
• Because of Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport's relatively low elevation of 607 feet, planes can take off or land at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
• As of January 2014, DFW Airport had service to a total of 205 destinations, including 56 international and 148 U.S.
• On April 3, 2014 DFW Airport director Sean Donohue announced that Emirates Airlines would upgrade their service from the Boeing 777-200LR to the Airbus A380 from October 1, 2014.

Facts about Denver International Airport (DEN):

• On September 25, 1994, the airport hosted a fly-in that drew several hundred general aviation aircraft, providing pilots with a unique opportunity to operate in and out of the new airport, and to wander around on foot looking at the ground-side facilities—including the baggage system, which was still under testing.
• The system's $186 million original construction costs grew by $1 million per day during months of modifications and repairs.
• The midfield concourses allow passengers to be screened in a central location efficiently and then transported via a rail system to three different passenger concourses.
• Because of Denver International Airport's high elevation of 5,431 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at DEN. Combined with a high temperature, this could make DEN a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The closest airport to Denver International Airport (DEN) is Centennial Airport (APA), which is located 22 miles (36 kilometers) SSW of DEN.
• Denver International Airport (DEN) has 6 runways.
• Another blizzard on December 20 and 21, 2006 dumped over 20 inches of snow in about 24 hours.
• Between February and August 2008, construction of an on-site, two-megawattsolar energy system took place.
• "Mustang" has gotten mixed reviews.
• The furthest airport from Denver International Airport (DEN) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,877 miles (17,505 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• The automated baggage system never worked as designed, and in August 2005 it became public knowledge that United would abandon the system, a decision that would save them $1 million per month in maintenance costs.
• Denver International Airport handled 52,556,359 passengers last year.