After decades of passenger traffic growth at Denver International Airport , the surge has stalled this year, slowing progress toward Denver’s 100 million travelers-a-year target.

DIA officials blamed economic uncertainty and “geopolitics” for a decrease in 2025, compared with 2024, by 0.4%.

But DIA recently snagged first place among U.S. airports for nonstop domestic destinations — travelers can fly to 197 — and continues to set records for international traffic.

This “connectivity” , some analysts say, will be the ultimate measure of the airport’s success.

Denver’s passenger traffic target has become “a stupid goal” for measuring airport value, said Mike Boyd, a Colorado-based aviation industry consultant, because passenger metrics depend largely on whether airlines offer good dea

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