Originally Posted by
amanuensis
So, then DEN did not get a new airport, either, because they didn't change the IATA code?
DEN did because it physically moved locations. If you have an airport that is literally the exact same footprint (property wise, not terminal), then its silly to say its a new airport. Its got the same address. Who cares if the old building is demolished. If the old terminal was going to stay, people wouldnt say its a new airport, just a new terminal. Yet somehow the demolishing of the old terminal at the same time somehow makes the whole airport new...doesnt make sense. They are not mutually exclusive.