2023 saw Denver International Airport’s busiest year ever and O.J. Watson Equipment is proud to have helped make it possible.

According to a press release by the airport, Denver International served 77,837,917 passengers in 2023, a 12.3% increase over the previous record, set the previous year, and securing its place as the third-busiest airport in the US (and fifth busiest in the world).

Each month was a new record, and July 2023 was the first month ever to record more than 400,000 international passengers. In total, international passengers accounted for 5.2% of the traffic in 2023 (or over 4 million), up from the pre-pandemic level of 4.6% in 2019.

We Keep ‘Em Flying

In the past couple of years, travelers and tourists have been flocking to planes, trains, and automobiles to release their pent-up wanderlust from COVID times. That makes keeping runways and highways open year-round and in all sorts of weather all the more important.

And that’s where work trucks from O.J. Watson Equipment shine.

DEN Depends on Us

We can’t control the weather, but when Nature throws air travelers curveballs, O.J. Watson Equipment specializes in trucks and equipment to handle snow and ice control for airport runways, taxiways, and aprons—and the aircraft themselves.

Covering more land area than San Francisco, Miami, or Boston, Denver International Airport also has 33 miles of runways and taxiways comprising 6 million square yards of concrete. There’s an 11-mile-long freeway connecting it to the surrounding metro area and 23 football fields worth of parking. So when it snows, there’s a lot of the white stuff to move and it needs to be moved quickly to handle planes taking off or landing every few seconds at peak times. That’s why we’re proud to be the supplier of much of Denver International’s 270-vehicle snow and ice removal equipment fleet.

Road Warriors Need Us Too

Whether it’s families traveling away for visits or vacations, skiers and shredders heading to the slopes, or drivers of big rigs hauling goods to keep shelves and warehouses stocked, keeping roads and highways clear of ice and snow is crucial.

Much of the same heavy-duty snow and ice removal equipment used at Denver International also sees duty on our streets and roadways, too. Lighter-duty plows and sanders are used for residential streets and parking lots, equipment that’s also available from O.J. Waston.

We Know Snow

O.J. Watson Equipment specializes in trucks and equipment to handle snow and ice control for airport runways to major highways to the smallest lots—in some of the worst conditions imaginable. We design central hydraulic systems that operate in conjunction with the latest, most sophisticated snow and ice removal equipment to operate snowblowers, plows, sanders, deicers, and snow disposal vehicles that keep airports and roadways safe and clear year-round.

The kings of the road (and runway) are heavy-duty truck bodies with Oshkosh dual-engine blowers that can throw as much as 5,000 tons of snow an hour as far as 200 feet making them the ultimate solution to airport and highway snow removal. The blowers are synched to the truck wheels to allow the drivers to concentrate on the path ahead, adding a large measure of safety to hazardous operating conditions.

We don’t overlook the small stuff, either. From plows and sweepers designed to clear tight streets and spaces to easily attached pickup-mounted blades, we have the trucks to do the job quickly and efficiently.

OJ is the OG in Work Trucks

O.J. Watson Equipment has been customizing trucks from pickups to large workhorses for over 100 years, so you can be sure you're getting the finest designs and equipment backed up by OEM parts and superior service. With facilities in Denver and Greeley, we’re easy to get to from all Front Range and rural Colorado locations. We also have a huge variety of accessory items and parts at both our locations, and we are experts in custom fabrication to meet every need.

We also retrofit and repurpose existing work trucks and can equip any truck with multiple attachments for maximum efficiency and ROI. So whatever specialized truck and truck equipment you require, from large to small, O.J. Watson is proudly prepared to handle it.

Learn more about snow and ice control equipment and our other many products and services on our website: ojwatson.com.