DIA prepares for busy fall journey weekend regardless of authorities shutdown

DENVER — The Denver International Airport is ready to see an inflow of vacationers this weekend, regardless of the continuing authorities shutdown.

More than 938,000 vacationers are anticipated between Oct. 9 and Oct. 13. Friday and Sunday are predicted to be a number of the busiest days, as many college students take pleasure in fall break alongside the Front Range.

The busy journey weekend comes amid the continuing authorities shutdown, which has brought about delays at airports nationwide as a consequence of staffing shortages. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and air visitors controllers have been working with out pay for 10 straight days.

Despite the crowds, vacationers didn’t see any main delays or prolonged traces at DIA on Friday.

“Things at the airport have been super smooth,” mentioned Bob Dold, who flew in from Chicago.

Dold instructed Denver7 he didn’t expertise any delays on his journey via Chicago O’Hare, both. But others touring again house to Colorado weren’t so fortunate

“Usually we’re about a couple hours early, but with everything that’s been going on, we ended up showing up at the airport at seven for our 10 o’clock flight,” mentioned Amanda, a Denver resident.

Amanda flew again to Denver from Newark Airport and mentioned there have been dozens of planes backed up on the tarmac there this morning.

“Our flight was delayed an hour and a half,” she mentioned. “I think everybody’s on the same mindset to just help each other out and keep moving together.”

Other than a quick practice outage this morning at DIA, delays on Friday have been minimal.

“It worked out to be really simple, was straightforward. I thanked all the TSA people for working through all this stuff,” mentioned George Ross, who flew in from Las Vegas.

If you are touring this weekend, examine TSA wait instances and parking on DIA’s web site. Parking is shortly filling up, so that you’re suggested to take the A-Line in case you dwell within the Denver metro.