<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by worldtrav:
Hmmm....if you are on a 9am flight and are advised to arrive 2 hours ahead, why would you be arriving at the airport at 5am??</font>
As rfrost says, as well as the DIA website and Denver news stations, the time to your gate at Denver International has sometimes been very long, as much as 4 HOURS. There are just two security access areas out to all the gates. Early morning is said to be the worst, although I think there is a point where you are ahead of the crowd and can breeze through. Unfortunately I don't know if the crowd arrives at 5:37 or 6:18 or 7:30 or . . .