Airport Management
The City of Denver owns and operates Denver International Airport. Under the
city charter, the management, operation and control of Denver International Airport
is delegated to the city’s Department of Aviation. Denver’s mayor appoints a manager to direct the Department of Aviation, and the manager reports directly to the mayor.
Denver has designated
the department as an “enterprise” as defined by the Colorado Constitution, and the department has the authority to issue its own revenue bonds or other financial obligations in the name of the city.
 Read more in the City Charter. Search by keyword "aviation" or "airport system."
In April of 2008, the mayor named Kim Day as new aviation manager for Denver
International Airport.
Kim Day has more than 30 years of experience, including service as executive
director of Los Angeles World Airports, a system comprising Ontario International
Airport, Van Nuys Airport, Palmdale Regional Airport, and the world’s
fifth-busiest airport, Los Angeles International. Before assuming the
top position with LAWA, she oversaw design and construction for the system.
She also spent 20 years as an architect and planner, specializing in
airports.
Kim Day is strong, approachable, and inspiring, according
to the people who work with her. Day received her bachelor of architecture
degree from Cornell University and completed graduate course work at
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Kim Day, Manager of Aviation |
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Her career began with DMJM (Daniel, Mann, Johnson & Mendenhall),
a major international architectural and engineering firm. As vice president
with the firm, she oversaw many aviation and transportation projects,
from pre-Olympics improvements at Kingsford Smith International Airport
in Sydney, Australia, to two new terminals at Ontario International Airport,
to a privatization proposal for Perth International. At the well-known
architectural, design, and planning firm Gensler, she participated in
renovations at Corpus Christi International Airport, and at Will Rogers
Airport in Oklahoma City.
Day’s most recognized achievements were at Los Angeles World Airports.
As executive director, she managed 3,000 employees and oversaw a $600
million operating budget. She obtained federal, state, and city entitlement,
as well as airline support for the $11 billion LAX master plan—a
plan that addresses growth of LAX from 64 million annual passengers to
nearly 80 million passengers. She negotiated a $350 million reimbursement
with the Transportation Security Administration and maintained an AA
bond rating after Sept. 11, 2001, the only major airport authority in
the United States to do so. She executed a $500 million community benefits
agreement with a coalition of 20 community groups to prevent litigation.
As LAWA’s deputy executive director of project and facilities
development, she was responsible for all capital projects. Her projects
included the design for the renovation of Tom Bradley International Terminal
at LAX and the lobby baggage screening system, which went operational
on Dec. 31, 2002, making Los Angeles the first Category X airport to
achieve 100-percent baggage screening.
Following her time at Los Angeles World Airports, Day worked with Jacobs
Consultancy (formerly Leigh Fisher), an aviation planning company.
Day recently started her own consultancy, but was eager to accept the
challenge as DIA’s manager. She now looks forward to leading the
future of Denver International Airport. She believes that DIA is an incredible
facility and wants to ensure DIA is sustainable in the coming decades.
She sees DIA bringing in more international service, increasing cargo,
raising revenues, and, most importantly, making the passenger experience
even better than it is today. Kim Day believes in Denver International
Airport and she is motivated to see that the airport remains the world’s
premier aviation facility.
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