More than 100 kids have been treated to an airplane flight and visit to a hangar at Denver International Airport that was transformed into the North Pole.

The Polar Express is a train that gets you to the North Pole but United Airlines is taking to the skies with its holiday tradition, sending kids and their families on a flight to Santa’s workshop. The airline hosted its annual Holiday Fantasy Flight for children in local hospitals on

Santa had some help making it all happen, so we want to give a special shoutout to United Airlines and the Alexandria nonprofit Children's Hospice International for helping to create beautiful, lasting memories for these kids and their loved ones.

It took a mere thirty minutes, and a little holiday magic, to transport about 60 Cleveland area kids from gate C29 at Cleveland Hopkins airport to the “North Pole” during United’s annual Fantasy Flight.

Through Dec. 24, children can talk to Santa – all they need is access to amateur radio equipment. Children, also known as “little harmonics” in amateur radio lingo, can call “the

Dozens of kids cheered on a festively decked-out plane in Denver on Saturday when the pilot announced their destination for the day: the North Pole. (AP video by Thomas Peipert)