Airport Airline Lease Agreements and Deportation Flight Concerns
At a glance
What: Resolutions 26-1348 through 26-1357, ten airline use and lease agreements at Denver International Airport, and council concerns about deportation flights operating from the airport.
Where it stands: Approved 11-1 in a block on 2026-10-13 (one member opposed).
Next: Airport leadership committed to continue talks with council and advocates and to return to the Transportation Committee before the end of 2026.
Log
2026-10-13: 2026-10-13 - City Council. Airport counsel said the agreements require compliance with state and local law, do not govern deportation flights, and that denying a lease could create federal grant-assurance risk. Several members said they would vote yes reluctantly and demanded a written plan, timeline and public reporting; the member who opposed cited an airline's role in deportation flights. Passed 11-1.