Denver airport will add 39 more gates by 2021

Denver • Denver’s airport is expanding to keep up with a growing number of passengers and flights.Denver International Airport broke ground Tuesday on a $1.5 billion project to add 39 more gates across its three concourses by spring 2021, a 35 percent increase.Denver’s airport opened in 1995. It was built to handle up to 50 million passengers a year but 58 million people passed through last year.In 2017, Denver also approved contracts to renovate the airport’s terminal and