RADAR-SIMKDEN – Denver International Airport
Denver, United States · 39.860°N 104.674°W · elevation 5,430 ft
Control the traffic at Denver International Airport in radar-sim, a free air traffic control simulator that runs in the browser: as tower you issue take-off and landing clearances on 07/25, 08/26, 16L/34R, 16R/34L, 17L/35R and 17R/35L, as approach you vector and sequence the arrivals onto the ILS. No download, no account.
Start as tower at KDEN ▶ · Start as approach at KDEN ▶ · choose traffic level and wind first
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | True heading |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 3,658 m (12,001 ft) | 46 m | concrete | 090° / 270° |
| 08/26 | 3,658 m (12,001 ft) | 46 m | concrete | 091° / 271° |
| 16L/34R | 3,658 m (12,001 ft) | 46 m | concrete | 180° / 000° |
| 16R/34L | 4,877 m (16,001 ft) | 61 m | concrete | 181° / 001° |
| 17L/35R | 3,658 m (12,001 ft) | 46 m | concrete | 181° / 001° |
| 17R/35L | 3,658 m (12,001 ft) | 46 m | concrete | 181° / 001° |
The airport has 6 runways. The parallels 07/25 and 08/26 are far enough apart for independent parallel approaches (ICAO requires 1035 m between the centrelines): aircraft established on both finals are not subject to the radar minima against each other. The parallel runways 16L/34R, 16R/34L, 17L/35R and 17R/35L: 16L/34R – 16R/34L (805 m) allows segregated operations only (760–1035 m): approaches on one and departures or missed approaches on the other, but no simultaneous approaches; the other combinations are far enough apart (1035 m) for independent parallel approaches. The runways in use depend on the traffic level and the wind: one (the best headwind among the longest, here 16R/34L with 4,877 m) on low, two on medium, and on high every runway with a headwind component and at most 20 kt crosswind.
Airspace
The simulated control zone is a circle of 5 NM around the field with extensions along the instrument runways, up to 8,000 ft. In approach sessions arrivals check in over an entry fix and are vectored or sent direct to the initial approach fix of the runway in use; in tower sessions a virtual approach controller does this and hands them over established on the ILS inside 10 NM.
| Approach | Initial approach fix (bearing / distance from KDEN) |
|---|---|
| RWY 07 | OKPET (266° / 14 NM) |
| RWY 08 | EPUSO (276° / 12 NM) |
| RWY 16L | UZPET (358° / 14 NM) |
| RWY 16R | UPZAB (357° / 14 NM) |
| RWY 17L | EGERI (008° / 12 NM) |
| RWY 17R | EPOZU (004° / 12 NM) |
| RWY 25 | DIGSI (096° / 12 NM) |
| RWY 26 | AKMEZ
(087° / 15 NM) |
| RWY 34L | EKGEG (186° / 13 NM) |
| RWY 34R | ERROK (183° / 12 NM) |
| RWY 35L | LIDDA (179° / 14 NM) |
| RWY 35R | MAPED (175° / 14 NM) |
Entry fixes: GATVI (100° / 35 NM), GUKZO (322° / 32 NM), IRKAV (271° / 31 NM), IVEGU (029° / 29 NM), KONAP
(216° / 35 NM), MOUGE (149° / 32 NM).
Nearby airports
Controlled airports within 80 NM are drawn on the scope; departures leave towards their destination's direction.
KBKFBuckley Space Force Base – 10 NM, bearing 201°KAPACentennial Airport – 19 NM, bearing 205°KBJCRocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport – 21 NM, bearing 278°KFNLNorthern Colorado Regional Airport – 39 NM, bearing 336°KCOSCity of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport – 63 NM, bearing 181°KCYSCheyenne Regional Jerry Olson Field – 78 NM, bearing 355°
Other airports: all 20 airports in radar-sim · how to play and the command reference.