 centennial airport  is a public use airport in arapahoe county, colorado, united states. it is owned by the arapahoe county public airport authority and located 15&nbsp;nautical miles (17&nbsp;mi, 28&nbsp;km) southeast of downtown denver, colorado. the national plan of integrated airport systems for 2011â2015 categorized it as a reliever airport.  located in dove valley, an unincorporated area of arapahoe county, the airportâs runways extend into douglas county. it opened on may 12, 1967 as arapahoe county airport, and was renamed on july 13, 1984. the new name reflects coloradoâs admission to the union as the 38th state in 1876, the centennial of the united states declaration of independence. == facilities== thumb|left|diagram as of february 2008 centennial airport covers 1,400 acres (567 ha) at an elevation of 5,885 feet (1,794 m). it has three asphalt runways: 17l/35r is 10,001 by 100 feet (3,048 x 30 m); 17r/35l is 7,000 by 77 feet (2,134 x 23 m); 10/28 is 4,800 by 75 feet (1,463 x 23 m). in 2010 the airport had 283,1
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