Denver International Airport hit the 200 mark for nonstop flights to domestic destinations — more than any other U.S. airport — and officials estimate travelers will be able to reach 250 destinations nonstop by 2030.
DIA’s total increased to 200 from 197 after United Airlines, the largest carrier, added three new routes this month. Denver’s airport ranks ahead of Chicago/O’Hare and Dallas-Ft. Worth, the closest competitors for domestic nonstops, DIA officials said.
While primarily domestic, DIA also offers nonstop flights to 34 international destinations in 19 countries, for a total of 234 destinations. Airport officials say they are exploring additional nonstop routes to Europe — Amsterdam, Barcelona, and Madrid — as well as routes to Asia and South America.
“In five years, we could be at 250 destinations,” DIA’s chief executive Phil Washington said in an interview.
Meanwhile, DIA officials received one go-ahead from the Denver city council for an expansion project on Concourse C, and they’ll seek approval by early summer for another expansion to boost overall capacity by adding 111 gates.
Even though growth in the overall number of travelers DIA handles has flattened in recent years, there’s no reason to hold off on expansion, Washington said.
“That tapering off is temporary. When all this is built out — it’s going to be four years from now — we’re going to see an increase,” Washington said. “We’re all in. Our forecast still shows 100 million travelers in the next two years, and 120 million by 2045. Construction is not going to be any cheaper anytime soon. So we are pushing ahead.”
The number of travelers at DIA increased slightly to a record high of 82.4 million in 2025, based on preliminary airport data. The number of international travelers, about 6% of the total, increased by 5.4%, the data show.
DIA has seen an overall increase by 19.3% since 2019. The number of international travelers increased by more than 46% during that period, airport officials said. DIA opened in 1995, built to handle a maximum of 50 million travellers. It currently ranks fourth-busiest in the United States and ninth-busiest in the world, airport officials said, citing an October 2025 report from the Airports Council International.
United Airlines, the largest carrier at DIA, recorded 20.7 million passengers at DIA, its largest hub, up from 19.5 million in 2024, airline spokesman Russell Carlton said. United officials announced the following new routes and start dates:
– Albany, N.Y. (April 30) – year-round daily service on Boeing 737-800s
– Chattanooga, Tenn. (May 23) – seasonal on Saturdays through Aug. 8 on Embraer E175s
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On Jan. 5, Denver’s city council approved a $70 million contract with V-1 Consulting to oversee a 400,000 square feet expansion of the C Concourse to add 11 gates, giving the airport enough capacity overall to handle 100 million travellers a year. Design and construction contracts haven’t been completed. DIA officials said they’ll line up a contractor in 2027 and that travelers will see “very minimal impacts” compared with the Great Hall terminal overhaul in progress because the expansion will be done at the far west end of the concourse behind walls.
There’s a waiting list of airlines seeking access to those gates, Washington said. “That tells us their growth forecasts are similar to ours.”
The North Terminal Expansion, if approved, would bring two new concourses with space for a total of 50 gates, increasing DIA’s total gates to 234, he said, adding that the first six gates would be for international flights.
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