Airlines and Aircraft Serving Denver Effective April 1, 1981
AIR LINK CORPORATION
Aircraft Operated:
Cessna 207
Destinations Served:
Fort Collins (CO)
AIR MIDWEST
Aircraft Operated:
Swearingen Metroliner
Destinations Served:
Garden City (KS), Goodland (KS), Lamar (CO)
AIR U.S.
Aircraft Operated:
Handley Page Jetsream
Destinations Served:
Gunnison (CO), Sheridan (WY)
ASPEN AIRWAYS
Aircraft Operated:
Convair 580
Destinations Served:
Aspen (CO)
BRANIFF INTERNATIONAL AIRWAYS
Aircraft Operated:
Boeing 727-100, Boeing 727-200
Destinations Served:
Colorado Springs (CO), Dallas/Fort Worth (TX), Salt Lake City (UT)
COLORADO AIRLINES
Aircraft Operated:
Cessna 206
Destinations Served:
Crested Butte (CO)
CONTINENTAL AIRLINES
Aircraft Operated:
Boeing 727-100, Boeing 727-200, McDonnell Douglas DC-10
Destinations Served:
Albuquerque (NM), Burbank (CA), Casper (WY), Chicago O'Hare (IL), Colorado Springs (CO), El Paso (TX),
Grand Junction (CO), Houston Intercontinental (TX), Kansas City (MO), Las Vegas (NV), Los Angeles (CA),
Miami (FL), Midland/Odessa (TX), New Orleans (LA), Newark (NJ), Oklahoma City (OK), Ontario (CA),
Peoria (IL), Phoenix (AZ), Portland (OR), San Antonio (TX), San Diego (CA), San Francisco (CA),
San Jose (CA), Seattle/Tacoma (WA), Tucson (AZ), Tulsa (OK), Washington Dulles (DC), Wichita (KS)
DELTA AIR LINES
Aircraft Operated:
Boeing 727-200, Lockheed L-1011 TriStar, McDonnell Douglas DC-8-60/70
Destinations Served:
Atlanta (GA), Dallas/Fort Worth (TX), Reno (NV), Salt Lake City (UT)
EASTERN AIR LINES
Aircraft Operated:
Boeing 727-100, Boeing 727-200
Destinations Served:
Atlanta (GA), Salt Lake City (UT)
FRONTIER AIRLINES
Aircraft Operated:
Boeing 737-200, Convair 580
Destinations Served:
Alamosa (CO), Albuquerque (NM), Atlanta (GA), Billings (MT), Bismarck (ND), Boise (ID), Casper (WY),
Cheyenne (WY), Colorado Springs (CO), Dallas/Fort Worth (TX), Des Moines (IA), Detroit Metro (MI),
Durango (CO), Farmington (NM), Grand Junction (CO), Houston Hobby (TX), Jackson (WY),
Kansas City (MO), Las Vegas (NV), Lincoln (NE), Little Rock (AR), Montrose (CO), Oklahoma City (OK),
Omaha (NE), Phoenix (AZ), Pueblo (CO), Rapid City (SD), Reno (NV), Riverton (WY), Rock Springs (WY),
Sacramento (CA), Saint Louis (MO), Salt Lake CIty (UT), Spokane (WA),
Steamboat Springs/Hayden Airport (CO), Tucson (AZ), Tulsa (OK), Wichita (KS)
MESA AVIATION SERVICES
Aircraft Operated:
Piper
Destinations Served:
Farmington (NM)
MEXICANA DE AVIACION
Aircraft Operated:
Boeing 727-200
Destinations Served:
Mazatlan (Mexico), Puerto Vallarta (Mexico)
OZARK AIR LINES
Aircraft Operated:
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-10, McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30
Destinations Served:
Des Moines (IA), Peoria (IL), Saint Louis (MO), Sioux City (IA), Sioux Falls (SD), Springfield (MO)
PIEDMONT AIRLINES
Aircraft Operated:
Boeing 727-100
Destinations Served:
Cincinati (OH), Louisville (KY), Nashville (TN)
PIONEER AIRWAYS
Aircraft Operated:
Beechcraft
Destinations Served:
Gunnison (CO), Santa Fe (NM), Sheridan (WY), Sidney (MT)
REPUBLIC AIRLINES
Aircraft Operated:
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-50
Destinations Served:
Minneapolis/Saint Paul (MN), Tucson (AZ), Wichita (KS)
REPUBLIC AIRLINES (WEST) *
Aircraft Operated:
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30
Destinations Served:
Boise (ID), Burbank (CA), Idaho Falls (ID), Las Vegas (NV), Milwaukee (WI), Salt Lake City (UT)
* The Civil Aeronautics Board approved Republic's takeover of Hughes Airwest on September 12, 1980. The carrier
operated as Republic Airlines West and continued using Hughes Airwest's "RW" code until January 1983 when the final
integration of the two carriers occurred.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN AIRWAYS
Aircraft Operated:
DeHavilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter, DeHavilland Canada DHC-7
Destinations Served:
Alamosa (CO), Aspen (CO), Cheyenne (WY), Colorado Springs (CO),
Steamboat Springs/Steamboat Springs Airport (CO), Vail
SHAVANO AIR
Aircraft Operated:
Cessna
Destinations Served:
Salida (CO)
TEXAS INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES
Aircraft Operated:
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-10, McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30
Destinations Served:
Amarillo (TX), Dallas/Fort Worth (TX), Dallas/Fort Worth (TX), Houston Intercontinental (TX),
Salt Lake CIty (UT)
TRANS-COLORADO AIRLINES
Aircraft Operated:
Swearingen Metroliner
Destinations Served:
Gunnison (CO)
TRANS WORLD AIRLINES
Aircraft Operated:
Boeing 707, Boeing 727-100, Boeing 727-200
Destinations Served:
Chicago O'Hare (IL), Colorado Springs (CO), Kansas City (MO), Pittsburgh (PA), Saint Louis (MO)
UNITED AIRLINES
Aircraft Operated:
Boeing 727-100, Boeing 727-200, Boeing 737-200, Douglas DC-8, McDonnell Douglas DC-10
Destinations Served:
Baltimore (MD), Boise (ID), Boston (MA), Cedar Rapids (IA), Charlotte (NC), Chicago O'Hare (IL),
Cleveland (OH), Columbus (OH), Dayton (OH), Des Moines (IA), Detroit Metro (MI), Eugene (OR),
Fort Wayne (IN), Fresno (CA), Grand Rapids (MI), Huntsville (AL), Kansas City (MO), Las Vegas (NV),
Lincoln (NE), Los Angeles (CA), Memphis (TN), Miami (FL), Milwaukee (WI), Minneapolis/Saint Paul (MN),
Milwaukee (WI), Moline (IL), Monterey (CA), New York Kennedy (NY), Newark (NJ), Oakland (CA),
Omaha (NE), Ontario (CA), Orlando (FL), Philadlephia (PA), Pittsburgh (PA), Portland (OR), Reno (NV),
Sacramento (CA), Saginaw (MI), Salt Lake City (UT), San Diego (CA), San Francisco (CA),
San Jose (CA), Santa Barbara (CA), Seattle/Tacoma (WA), South Bend (IN), Spokane (WA), Tampa (FL),
Toledo (OH), Washington Dulles (DC)
WESTERN AIRLINES
Aircraft Operated:
Boeing 727-200, Boeing 737-200
Destinations Served:
Billings (MT), Calgary (AB), Edmonton (AB), Minneapolis/Saint Paul (MN), Palm Springs (CA),
Phoenix (AZ), Rapid City (SC), Salt Lake City (UT), San Diego (CA), San Francisco (CA), Sioux Falls (SD)