Overview
- United completed phase one on Thursday, adding 40 CAE training devices and raising the Denver campus to 86 devices total with 52 full‑motion simulators and 34 fixed training units.
- The expanded 22‑acre, eight‑building campus can now train up to 860 pilots per day and handle about 32,000 training events a year, serving roughly 18,000 current and newly hired United pilots.
- United and CAE said the center operates nearly continuously and is the airline’s sole pilot training hub, which concentrates initial qualifications and recurrent simulator sessions every nine months in Denver.
- The airline has invested about $370 million in the campus since 2016, including more than $145 million in the newest building, and the expansion has created over 300 jobs at the training center and more than 1,600 local staff roles overall.
- Denver rezoned parcels United bought near DEN in July 2026 and the airline expects to break ground on a second training facility in 2027 with operations targeted around 2030 to meet long‑term pilot and fleet growth needs.