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Mile High City

Official achievement authored by JimG008.

Denver is a consolidated city and county, the capital, and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. It is the 19th-most populous city in the United States and the fifth most populous state capital and is the principal city of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and the first city of the Front Range Urban Corridor.

Denver is located in the Southwestern United States, in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. Its downtown district is immediately east of the confluence of Cherry Creek and the South Platte River, approximately 12 mi (19 km) east of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains.

The city is named after James W. Denver, a governor of the Kansas Territory. It is nicknamed the Mile High City because its official elevation is exactly one mile (5280 feet or 1609.344 meters) above sea level. The 105th meridian west of Greenwich, the longitudinal reference for the Mountain Time Zone, passes directly through Denver Union Station. Denver has hosted the Democratic National Convention twice, in 1908 and again in 2008. It promoted the city on the national, political, and socioeconomic stage.

On August 10–15, 1993, Denver hosted the Catholic Church's 6th World Youth Day, which was attended by an estimated 500,000, making it the largest gathering in Colorado history.

Denver has been known historically as the Queen City of the Plains and the Queen City of the West, because of its important role in the agricultural industry of the High Plains region in eastern Colorado and along the foothills of the Colorado Front Range. Several U.S. Navy ships have been named USS Denver in honor of the city.

Criteria

Depart from an airport of your choice, fly to and land at KDEN, your flight distance must be further than 120 NM.
Date Departure Arrival Pilot Aircraft Landing rate Distance Flight time
13DEC24 1836Z KSFO KDEN VAF155 Alberto Boeing 737-700 (B737) -131 ft/m 900 nm 00:38 View
13DEC24 0624Z KORD KDEN MuhammadHossein Doustipour Boeing 737-800 (B738) -161 ft/m 799 nm 02:24 View
10DEC24 0430Z KMSP KDEN Andy Wu Boeing 777-300ER (B77W) -172 ft/m 624 nm 01:38 View
09DEC24 0034Z KLAX KDEN Hai Airbus A320 neo (A20N) -100 ft/m 861 nm 02:05 View
08DEC24 2148Z KMSP KDEN Geo Scully Airbus A380-800 (A388) -3 ft/m 618 nm 01:37 View
08DEC24 2107Z PANC KDEN eXorCyst Airbus A320 neo (A20N) -95 ft/m 2185 nm 04:32 View
06DEC24 1727Z KFSD KDEN RonMont [MONT] Boeing 737-800 (B738) -51 ft/m 437 nm 01:11 View
03DEC24 1806Z KSTL KDEN Ömer Airbus A320 (A320) -224 ft/m 707 nm 00:15 View
03DEC24 0426Z KJAC KDEN Caylen Knowles Airbus A320 (A320) -402 ft/m 403 nm 01:03 View
02DEC24 1046Z KSLC KDEN Peamvzy Airbus A320 (A320) -305 ft/m 449 nm 01:18 View
27NOV24 2254Z CYYZ KDEN Cortain A380 Air Canada -148 ft/m 1212 nm 03:10 View
26NOV24 0950Z KDFW KDEN Parker Airbus A330-300 (A333) -248 ft/m 632 nm 01:43 View
22NOV24 0113Z KTEX KDEN Deezknots78 Boeing 737-800 (B738) -15 ft/m 256 nm 00:50 View
21NOV24 0437Z KLAX KDEN BigRigBones Airbus A320 neo (A20N) -158 ft/m 824 nm 01:59 View
20NOV24 1949Z KMCI KDEN Sascha O. Airbus A380-800 (A388) -528 ft/m 481 nm 01:12 View
18NOV24 1018Z KSFO KDEN Brett Chapman Boeing 737-900 (B739) -185 ft/m 955 nm 02:10 View
18NOV24 0245Z KAUS KDEN NightCross00 Cessna Caravan (C208) -192 ft/m 678 nm 06:03 View
18NOV24 0224Z KHLN KDEN Rathole80 Boeing 737-800 (B738) -258 ft/m 537 nm 01:20 View
17NOV24 1807Z KGEG KDEN Emegaz Avro RJ-100 Avroliner (RJ1H) -446 ft/m 760 nm 01:58 View
16NOV24 1525Z KSEA KDEN Ali Riza Mortas Boeing 777-300ER (B77W) -153 ft/m 921 nm 01:56 View