Denver is $4.50 See http://www2.faa.gov/arp/financial/pfc/pfclist.cfm?ARPnav=pfc for a list of all Passenger Facility Extortions, er, Charges For an eye-opening article on all the frigging taxes that the government feels obligated to extort from us, see http://www.startribune.com/stories/1631/1115654.html > I happen to have my ticket for a trip I made SEA-DEN last month for business. If > someone can tell me what the code is for the pax-fee, I'll find it on here. > > I've also wondered why they used DEN. DEN was for Stapleton. I guess they > figured it would have been too much of an effort to change it since Stapleton > was going away anyway. The locals (I was once one) call Denver International > DIA, just like the people in Kansas City refer to MCI as KCI. > > I think the expense of operating at DEN is why Southwest won't fly there. I've > always wondered with Southwest preference for using smaller airports (i.e. DAL, > HOU), if they'd ever fly into Colorado Springs (COS). What do you all think? It > could open up the Colorado ski traffic in the winter and the tourist traffic in > the summer. > > My Denver office is almost on the Centennial Airport (APA) airfield. I remember > when I lived there, the FAA told APA to open itself up to scheduled flights, and > APA said no. The FAA pulled it's funding but the airport is so busy they can > operate without it. If APA opened up, do any of you think Southwest would look > there? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Alireza Alivandivafa [mailto:DEmocrat2n@xxxxxxx] > Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 2:26 AM > Subject: Re: Airport official: replacement for United may be necessary > > > What is the PFC at DEN anyway? And why did they use the code DEN, when DIA > was obvious. I know LAX is finally going to go to 4.50, hopefully they wont > use it to bulldoze half the airport like Hahn wants