Wanna GTFO of Denver? Here Are Nine New DIA Destinations, From Maine to Central Mexico

With one of the busiest airports in the country, Denver residents have plenty of travel options. And as Denver International Airport grows in size, so do its flight offerings.

Over the last two years, DIA has added direct routes to Istanbul, Turkey, Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic, Rome, Italy and Saskatchewan, Canada (let’s go, Roughriders), as well as a handful of new domestic routes to the East Coast, including Buffalo, New York and Wilmington, North Carolina. This year, flights will leave the Denver airport for even more destinations, with nine new direct stops and four new service lines to existing DIA destinations.

DIA flyers now have their choice of 34 international destinations across twenty countries, and at least one more will be added in June.

See the latest additions to Denver airport destinations, domestic and foreign, below:

New Direct Routes

Queretaro, Mexico (QRO)
Carrier: Volaris
First Flight: June 3, 2026

Abilene, Texas (ABI)
Carrier: United Airlines
First Flight: March 17, 2026

Bangor, Maine (BGR)
Carrier: United Airlines
First Flight: June 27, 2026

Carlsbad, California (CLD)
Carrier: United Airlines
First Flight: March 30, 2026

Carlsbad, New Mexico (CNM)
Carrier: Contour
First Flight: May 1, 2026

Chattanooga, Tennessee (CHA)
Carrier: United Airlines
First Flight: May 23, 2026

Destin-Fort Walton Beach, Florida (VPS)
Carrier: Allegiant
First Flight: May 21, 2026

Roswell, New Mexico (ROW)
Carrier: United Airlines
First Flight: February 17, 2026

Santa Rosa, California (STS)
Carrier: Southwest Airlines
First Flight: April 11, 2026

Albany, New York (ALB)
New Carrier: United Airlines
First Flight: April 30, 2026

Destin-Fort Walton Beach, Florida (VPS)
New Carrier: Southwest Airlines
First Flight: June 6, 2026

Knoxville, Tennessee (TYS)
New Carrier: Southwest Airlines
First Flight: April 11, 2026

On top of the confirmed new routes, another route to Mexico City through Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA), the second-largest airport in Mexico, could be added in 2026 through budget airline Viva, according to Pável Meléndez Cruz, the consul general for Mexico in Denver. In a speech on February 5, Meléndez Cruz announced the additional Mexico City route and the upcoming Queretaro flights; the consul general also mentioned an upcoming direct route to Zacatecas International Airport (ZCL), which would be a new DIA destination to Central Mexico.

The first flights to Felipe Ángeles International Airport in Mexico City were supposed to take off last year, but President Donald Trump revoked approval for the Denver-to-AIFA line, along with a dozen other routes to Mexico, in October. According to Meléndez Cruz, the DIA-AIFA line “has already been authorized,” and he expects the route to begin “this year.”