The first passenger flight took off from Denver International Airport in the early hours of Feb. 28, 1995, in the foggy and snowy conditions the airport is now used to after three decades of operation.
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Former Denver Mayor and then-U.S. Secretary of Transportation Federico Peña presented Mayor Wellington Webb with the Federal Aviation Administration operating certificate the night before, marking the official opening of the airport…