Stapleton International Airport 1993 2020

Just a timelapse from the sky. When I traveled for work I flew through Stapleton a lot, it was probably my favorite airport for some odd reason. I got curious about what had happened with it since the new Denver International Airport replaced it. So I looked and then made this.

[@trr9230]

Stapleton was once one of the biggest airports in the world, and now it's completely gone. That baffles me, it's fascinating.

[@timdouglass9831]

It was one of my favorite airports. Very strange to see it go away like that.

[@trr9230]

@@timdouglass9831 from what I've read, it was really well-functioning at the end, apart from in poor weather. So basically, a new N-S runway would've fixed it?

[@timdouglass9831]

@@trr9230 IIRC they needed a new and longer runways. Also wanted to move farther out because of noise. But it's been a long time and what I recall isn't entirely reliable.

[@trr9230]

@@timdouglass9831 anyway it blows my mind that an airport this big and iconic is gone forever. Imagine LaGuardia, Schiphol or Haneda being demolished. Crazy.
It's just mind-blowing.

[@j.bstudios48]

i remember when i used to drive under the runways and the old skylights and the smell of jet-fuel at Stapleton, my old home airport

[@gavinslatter]

The old Stapleton airport tower is still standing.

[@timdouglass9831]

That is very cool! Is it used for something or is it just sort of a monument?

[@sumeetbeniwal6365]

@@timdouglass9831 it is now a restaurant called punch bowl social

[@groth3395]

is each image 1 year later?

[@timdouglass9831]

Not really, just whatever interval Google Earth had.

[@groth3395]

@@timdouglass9831 no easy task since google earth didn't even exist until 2005

[@timdouglass9831]

@@groth3395 But Google bought satellite data going back into the 70s in some areas, so you can get a lot of history on it.

[@reesepoole7151]

what is this song called??

[@timdouglass9831]

All I have in my notes is "Konstantin Kovalsky theremin 1960". It seems to just have been something I had on my computer that seemed old enough not to generate a copyright violation. Of course now that I've identified it more or less I guess that ship may have sailed.

[@reesepoole7151]

found it! don't worry it doesn't have a copyright label on it, just looked it up