Flying back home today and noticed that B46 at DIA seems to be the only gate with an American flag on the Jetway. Is there a specific reason for this gate?

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shankillfalls@reddit

The US really is a country of flagshaggers, I’ve never understood it. And every time I visit there seem to be more and more, bigger and bigger. People bring their own flagpoles to the beach. And now there’s concern about jetways having flags.

Anyway, just an observation.

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JMulroy03@reddit

The flag represents our nation’s history, unity, and the sacrifices made for our freedom. It’s a strong symbol of our national identity.

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747ER@reddit

Sure, but all countries’ flags represent that. Why is the USA in particular so prone to displaying their flags?

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SeaMareOcean@reddit

It’s a bunch of uneducated religious extremists that have it drilled into their lead—addled brains that they’re “exceptional.”

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aviation-ModTeam@reddit

This sub is about aviation and the discussion of aviation, not politics and religion.

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JMulroy03@reddit

Because we can. If you feel strongly about it, you can simple ignore it.

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GiveUpYouAlreadyLost@reddit

Does it really matter if they are?

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747ER@reddit

No, it doesn’t. Why answer my question with an unrelated question?

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GiveUpYouAlreadyLost@reddit

Because I don't understand why you would get so worked up over Americans flying their flag.

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747ER@reddit

Did you mistake me for someone else? I’m not worked up at all.

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RoooDog@reddit

Pretty rich take coming from an Irish.

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AggravatingPermit910@reddit

Don’t come back then

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OceanRadioGuy@reddit

Did anyone ask?

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reagbotics@reddit (OP)

KDEN/ DIA — Denver International

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Swimming_Way_7372@reddit

You can call it DIA, see people refer to Logan, Reagan, Dulles and other. No reason you can't say DIA.

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IvyGold@reddit

Reagan

Ugh. I was a complete Reaganite back in the day, but I hate that DCA was named after him. So does everybody else. We say National or DCA.

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cat_astropheeee@reddit

I know a DC native who is gay and was a young man in the 80s during Reagan's administration and the AIDS crisis in the US and he insists on calling it National. He said he can't ever bring himself to call it Reagan.

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747ER@reddit

Except DIA is the name of another large airport, which makes it confusing. Using ‘DEN’ for Denver and ‘DIA’ for Doha makes the most sense.

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theaviationhistorian@reddit

I always get confused between Doha & Dulles. Especially since Dulles used to be DIA but it changed when airlines and passengers kept confusing it with DAL. But I still wonder why the FAA chose IAD, what a random set of letters!

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TrainAirplanePerson@reddit

International Airport Dulles

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rambleriver@reddit

Why did you bring DAL into your word salad? Dallas Love Field or Delta Air Lines?

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theaviationhistorian@reddit

I see you are unfamiliar with IATA airport codes, which is what myself and the two others above were talking about. These are three letter codes designated to airports by the International Air Transport Association. Dallas Love Field is DAL just as Dulles is IAD and Reagan National is DCA.

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AllanNavarro@reddit

Doha’s airport code is DOH, and it has been for some time. So they should both be their own things.

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747ER@reddit

DOH (Hamad International Airport) is a different airport to DIA (Doha International Airport).

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AllanNavarro@reddit

and that airport doesn’t have commercial service anymore, so using DIA to refer to another airport that does is reasonable. No one will mistake them for one another.

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747ER@reddit

Just because commercial flights have stopped at an airport doesn’t mean it never existed. I’ve personally flown to DIA twice… should I have to say “I’ve flown to Doha International Airport” instead, just because some people on the other side of the world want to intentionally use the wrong name for their airport? Unless you’re suggesting using ‘DIA’ to refer to both, in which case we’re back to my initial comment.

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Swimming_Way_7372@reddit

Chances are there won't be a US flag flying at the airport in Doha. I'm pretty sure we know which DIA OP is on about.

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747ER@reddit

Qatar has one of the largest United States military installations outside the USA of any country in the world. Are you really suggesting that the airport they use to welcome foreign dignitaries wouldn’t have a US flag at it?

Anyway it’s clear that you’re not going to change your opinion, and neither am I. We could go around in circles for hours, but I’ll elect not to. Have a great day mate.

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AllanNavarro@reddit

if locals in a city call an airport with 77 million passengers a year something that clashes with another airport that has 0 passengers a year, common usage should win out. You can just say “I flew into Doha’s old airport.” and you’d be covered just fine. You’re the exceptional situation, not the thousands that transit through Denver everyday

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EnergiaBuran@reddit

should I have to say “I’ve flown to Doha International Airport” instead, just because some people on the other side of the world want to intentionally use the wrong name for their airport?

Yes. You should clarify because you are in the extreme minority. I know this might feel like an exceptional burden, but it is one you will have to bear.

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747ER@reddit

Wouldn’t be the first time Americans have taken over something from the Middle-East as theirs ;)

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According-Way9438@reddit

People do the same with kc. KCI vs MCI

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omalley4n@reddit

It's even signed as KCI on local exit signs

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BavarianBanshee@reddit

My condolences for having to go through that forsaken place.

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freezingcoldfeet@reddit

best large airport in America imo. def better than dallas, lax, jfk or atl

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CapStar362@reddit

HA! ATL isn't the worlds busiest for a decade + for no reason

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Terrible_Toaster@reddit

World's best.... Not even close. World's BUSIEST though? That distinction ATL does in fact hold and has for a few years

https://airportindustry-news.com/atl-remains-worlds-busiest-airport-in-2024-oag-reports/#:~:text=Atlanta%20Hartsfield%2DJackson%20International%20Airport,combined%20domestic%20and%20international%20capacity.

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CapStar362@reddit

i live in ATL, have worked at KATL, hell, i used to live literally right across I-285 when the 5th runway was being built from KATL.

Did I say ATL was the best though? No i did not, but you have to be up there as one of the best, in order to facilitate the numbers that KATL pushes.

I Am MORE than aware of KATL's achievements, I dont need a news article to tell me this.

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Terrible_Toaster@reddit

You edited your comment. Your original comment stated that it had not been the busiest for more than a decade.

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CapStar362@reddit

tell me why, or at least explain to me, why i would tell a bold face lie, having lived in GA for 43 years ( my entire life ), having had previous employment at KATL, having family and friends also having previous, current employments.... watching KATL become what it is now.

I would make such an asinine comment.

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CapStar362@reddit

"CapStar362 • 3m ago• Edited1m ago"

\^ \^ \^ If i edited my comment, like i just did here, it would indicate this.

once a comment is posted, if it is edited after 30 seconds - you get this added to the timestamp.

Now again, miss me with the BS please.

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CapStar362@reddit

I am sorry, but you are delusional, i most certainly did not edit my comment.

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CapStar362@reddit

i most certainly did not. else it would say (EDITED) next to it

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HighlyRegard3D@reddit

Two decades

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WHB-AU@reddit

^arguing KDEN >>> ATL is hilarious

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twarr1@reddit

If you don’t mind taxiing for miles

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fighterpilot248@reddit

Fun fact: the airport property is twice the size of Manhattan. Thing is crazy huge

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xphyria@reddit

until the train breaks down which seems to be a monthly thing now

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1-760-706-7425@reddit

Better than MSP?

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santacruz6789@reddit

MSP is a shopping mall now. I miss flying out of there sometimes

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brickson98@reddit

Best? Idk about that. But I do enjoy going thru Denver much better than Saint Louis, which is the other common layover for me, on the route I usually fly. Overall, I like Denver's airport.

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RyzOnReddit@reddit

That’s because you don’t fly Delta and thus haven’t experienced their Fortress Hub in DTW. They don’t even let non-SkyTeam planes on their side of the airport 😎

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BavarianBanshee@reddit

Damn. I didn't realize there were so many DIA fans. I don't understand what you guys like so much about it.

I think it's ugly, laid out in a confusing way, and makes getting to certain gates way more of a pain than necessary.

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GaiusFrakknBaltar@reddit

The airport? As far as airports go I think it's actually pretty nice.

I mean yeah, there's more turbulence there than elsewhere, but once you're on the ground, nothing at that airport stands out to me as bad.

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fighterpilot248@reddit

Tbh I’d rather taxi around DEN than ORD. At least you MOVE in DEN.

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LATER4LUS@reddit

I’m from Denver. I say “DIA” when referring to the airport verbally, but typing it as “DIA” has become second nature due to experience.

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Natural_Wrongdoer_83@reddit

I believe there is a gateway to hell there👀

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Te_Luftwaffle@reddit

The I in DIA stands for Illuminati

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PourLarryaCrown@reddit

UA uses that gate for honor flights.

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chucchinchilla@reddit

Wow, my initial thought was tragedy considering BOS has flags just like this on the 2 gates used on 9/11.

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I_Dunno_Its_A_Name@reddit

Does anyone know what two gates? I fly out of BOS frequently. Would be interested to know if I have ever been to those gates.

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chucchinchilla@reddit

C-19 and B-32 I believe, although the C gate is no longer United and is now occupied by JetBlue.

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imaguitarhero24@reddit

That's a random thing I never thought about: the gates used on 9/11. The very same jet bridge some people walked down not long before tragedy... definitely eerie.

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opteryx5@reddit

Are the jet bridges themselves ever swapped though in favor of newer ones? Or does that never happen?

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warrenslo@reddit

Rarely. Jet bridges can probably outlast a terminal

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imaguitarhero24@reddit

Now I want to know if the same old jet bridges have ever been reinstalled at a newly rebuilt terminal 🤔

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theaviationhistorian@reddit

I always thought it was odd considering there are many gates in US where people walked down before crashing. One I do wonder sometimes is at O'Hare where American flight 191 crashed and became the deadliest accident in the US.

But 9/11 did change this century for the worse and was part of the world we live in today. And I guess it is more of a tribute to a terrorist attack than terrifying passengers with marking airbridges where people passed while living their final hours.

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jalexandref@reddit

There are also many hospitals where people were born before they came to die at a certain point in their life.

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ObserverAtLarge@reddit

But, BOS also has a flag at gate B-11. What is that one for?

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viperlemondemon@reddit

Dulles and Newark also do it for the two gates also

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popups4life@reddit

Since EWR has now replaced the old Terminal A they did move the flag, as the original gate A17 no longer exists.

I believe it was moved to a police training center near or on the airfield.

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Regansmash33@reddit

Per this NJ.com article from 2021,the flag was moved to Building One at Newark Airport.

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amailer101@reddit

I was always wondering what happened to that flag, Thanks for the info

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Osiris@reddit

And what’s that?

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Grunti_Appleseed2@reddit

Honor Flight or Angel Flight is when a commercial aircraft brings the remains of a fallen service member back to the US

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mduell@reddit

Angel flight is a completely different thing, using general aviation primarily.

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Grunti_Appleseed2@reddit

Crazy how I said that

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mduell@reddit

A commercial flight brining remains is not an angle flight. Totally unrelated.

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Grunti_Appleseed2@reddit

The organization is completely unrelated to what I was talking about

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Osiris@reddit

And by vet you mean a retired soldier. Not animal helpers?

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Grunti_Appleseed2@reddit

Not necessarily retired but yes, a veteran. Not a veterinarian

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Osiris@reddit

We call veterinarians vets where I live tis all.

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peteroh9@reddit

Do you not use it both ways in New Zealand?

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Osiris@reddit

Probs

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Grunti_Appleseed2@reddit

So do we, it's just kinda interchangeable. In context, Americans and probably Commonwealth would assume I didn't mean the blessed pet doctors

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Centrist_gun_nut@reddit

Some vets are vets, however.

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Grunti_Appleseed2@reddit

And those vet vets are beyond recognition. We sent a MWD to a field vet for shrapnel wounds and that lady made that dog just like new in like a week

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HuntingtonNY-75@reddit

Honor Flight is a program that takes veterans to Washington DC to visit memorials. Dignified Transfer’s take place when US service member KIA or LOD remains are carried to a home or connecting airport.

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Grunti_Appleseed2@reddit

Is that not what I said

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MrB10b@reddit

His explanation was better. Yours made it sound like it takes them to go on holiday or smth...

His explained the purpose is to go to a memorial.

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HuntingtonNY-75@reddit

You said HF brings vets overseas, that is not correct.

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Grunti_Appleseed2@reddit

They do though, they bring them to Normandy and Holland

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HuntingtonNY-75@reddit

https://www.honorflight.org/about-us/

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Grunti_Appleseed2@reddit

That's great. The guys we brought to Normandy in 2018 and 2019 were not on the C-17s and they sure as shit didn't pay their own way. Honor Flights might also be domestic, but they also go overseas

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homie_j88@reddit

Angel flight is also not just for wounded or fallen service members but also civilians in need of medical treatment far from home. Also includes for community service, like flying to NC bringing supplies for hurricane relief and to CA for fire victims

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Grunti_Appleseed2@reddit

Yeah I mentioned that in a different comment. That's not what I was talking about though

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Zestyclose-Ad-5305@reddit

Uh, angel flight is a group of pilots with their own planes who fly very sick people to get medical treatment where there isn’t a specialist in the area.

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Grunti_Appleseed2@reddit

That might be a civilian thing but that's absolutely not what it is in the military. I sent a couple guys home that were destined for Angel Flights and I promise you they were very much dead

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SentientTapeworm@reddit

“Honor flights”?

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Small_Collection_249@reddit

What is that? We don’t have that in Canada

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1-760-706-7425@reddit

An Honor Flight is conducted by non-profit organizations dedicated to transporting as many United States military veterans as possible to see the memorials of the respective war(s) they fought in Washington, DC, at no cost to the veterans.

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Small_Collection_249@reddit

Learned something new today.

That’s pretty cool they do that for vets.

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Logical_Marsupial140@reddit

When you signup to risk your life and fuck shit up for politicians, they have to give you some bread crumbs.

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GrottyKnight@reddit

Except its not 5 doing it. They are, in fact, screwing shit up for vets at a pretty good click

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Logical_Marsupial140@reddit

That's the irony.

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Foggl3@reddit

Don't forget the free meal one day a year

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SeenSoManyThings@reddit

Thanks for the source. I had seen the term honor flights used for a commercial flight carrying remains of armed service members who died in the line of duty.

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Mudbutt7@reddit

This is incorrect.

United could use this gate for an honor flight. However, we have no dedicated gate for this. Usually depends on aircraft type and time of arrival/departure.

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reagbotics@reddit (OP)

That’s awesome. Thank you so much!

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Confident-Security84@reddit

All hail Blucifer

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iReply2StupidPeople@reddit

I've flown hundreds of times into DEN and I've never seen the damn bull. My coworker talks about it all the time.

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wlonkly@reddit

Horse.

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Confident-Security84@reddit

It’s at the entry/exit, you need to be in a vehicle. Cooler at night with the red eyes.

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AquafreshBandit@reddit

More terrifying at night with the blue eyes, you mean.

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iReply2StupidPeople@reddit

Well I've driven a rental into the rental lot and been to the gas station literally 100 times, is it at arrivals/departures for dropoffs or something? That's the only place I can think i might not have seen.

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Gemini00@reddit

It's right here

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iReply2StupidPeople@reddit

Okay, that makes sense. I'm always on the access road at that point of pena.

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Malefectra@reddit

It’s just before the large illuminated airport name signage coming in from I-225.

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SeaweedCritical1917@reddit

It’s when you drive into the main terminal

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spillman13@reddit

Blucifer is a bronco, and his eyes glow red. He’s magnificent. I ask and thank him for safe travels every time I fly.

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PlayonWurds@reddit

It's actually a giant sea horse.

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Mobiusixxi@reddit

When I worked there, it was Silver... Gah dang I'm getting old.

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SeaMareOcean@reddit

Blucifer has always been blue, even before installation.

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Mobiusixxi@reddit

I found out why I thought that. It was like this for like a week before unveiling.

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ywgghia@reddit

I believe it is the gate one of the 9/11 planes left from.

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Mike__O@reddit

The 9/11 airplanes took off from Boston (AA11, UA175), Dulles (AA77) and Newark (UA93).

I'm assuming OP meant Denver, but got the identifier wrong (that's why we should just name the damn city and stop trying to be cool with three letter identifiers in this sub). Denver had nothing to do with 9/11

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Sturnella64@reddit

Denver locals insist on calling it DIA and not DEN, it's a whole thing

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Automatic_Mammoth684@reddit

Are the Denver locals on this sub? Why cater to morons?

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doctor_of_drugs@reddit

why you got beef with Denver

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Automatic_Mammoth684@reddit

Denver is cool, but who cares if the locals mislabel their airport? This sub shouldn't cater to people like that.

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myschoolcmptr@reddit

"honey I need to drive to ICAO:KDEN for my flight tomorrow"

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npantages@reddit

shakes fist at people who call MCO OIA….

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Ryan1869@reddit

Yeah that's it's name (Denver International Airport), most locals are oblivious to airport codes.

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Mike__O@reddit

It's more of a problem in this sub. People will drop a three or four letter identifier for an airport trying to act like one of the cool kids and just assume everyone knows what airport they're talking about.

Just drop the name of the damn city. If the city has more than one airport, or more than one city by that name (i.e. Portland) use amplifying information.

tl;dr-- talk like a real person

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iReply2StupidPeople@reddit

Most people that fly regularly know airports (and cities for that matter) by the airport code.

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Mike__O@reddit

I fly regularly and I don't know half the damn codes posted here.

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ANITIX87@reddit

Hahahah absolutely not. The aircraft used on 9/11 departed BOS, EWR, and IAD.

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Sturnella64@reddit

None of those flights left from DEN

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TrainingReward4308@reddit

Correct

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shiftyjku@reddit

Didn’t the 9-11 flights leave from Boston and New York?

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Inevitable_Street458@reddit

So the flag question was answered, now can we do something about painting B terminal? Surely paint isn’t THAT expensive.

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ztaylor16@reddit

Passengers rarely look AT the building because they’re inside of it, or too busy looking at ground crews and buckling their seatbelts to glance at the terminal. Realistically that’s why they don’t paint it… because it doesn’t matter

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Confident_As_Hell@reddit

But wouldn't painting it lessen the wear on the building and increase the lifetime?

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Tupcek@reddit

sooner it crumbles sooner they can build new terminal

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Longjumping-Jello459@reddit

Look at you making sense when it comes to business questions.

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Impossible_Angle752@reddit

You need to find a contractor large enough to take on the job, that can fit it in their schedule and can get all their employees past the necessary background checks.

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Z_3977@reddit

They are( or at least were) working on it as of a few months ago but I have not seen them doing any more painting since August or September

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Slavx97@reddit

Ahh but you see it’s airport paint so therefore it’ll be 5x the price

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toborgps@reddit

Was just looking at that. They’re too busy remodeling the terminals to fix things 😂

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JohnHazardWandering@reddit

When American emissaries visit, this is the gate they use before meeting with the New World Order in the basement.

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cyberentomology@reddit

That’s DEN, not DIA

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DjQball@reddit

Quit being pedantic. It’s the local name and you know it.

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LostPilot517@reddit

DIA (Denver International Airport) not to be confused with Dulles, Washington, DC.

I know the ICAO is KDEN(DEN).

That is why others are downvoting.

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mamandemanqu3@reddit

Maybe a recent human remains came in to that gate.

Or it’s just a single flag on a single gate. Don’t over think it.

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Artrobull@reddit

the whole flag thing in usa is so disturbing only other place like that i can think of is Berlin in 1930s... and you make kids pray to it?