SEMI HIJACK
As I was thinking about airports, I wondered which ones really are the busiest:
Here's the answer:
http://geography.about.com/library/misc/blairports.htm
I've flown through 17 of the twenty.
A couple quick things about the Denver International Airport -- the airport is called "DIA" by locals (like LAX for Los Angeles), but the actual airport code is "DEN." Also, DIA is the largest airport in the world in physical size at 56 sq. miles of land. It's sixth runway, the world's longest at 16,000 ft., just opened. That's necessary for the "heavy" long range intercontinental jets to take off in thin summertime at our mile high altitude. There is room for six more.
Someone finally planned for the future in a public works project.
End of highjack.
edited to add: It's probably not a good thing to use the words airport and hijack in the same post, is it? If the Feds are reading my posts, there is no relationship between the terms -- just slang. OK, then.