B727 CREW WERE INSTRUCTED TO TURN L OFF DEN RWY 17 ASAP.

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THE CLRNC FROM DEN TWR OFF RWY 17L 'TURN ASAP 070 DEGS; WIND 230 DEGS AT 13 KTS; CLRED FOR TKOF.' AT 500 FT AGL; FLAPS 15 DEGS; 165 KIAS; 30 DEG ANGLE OF BANK; HDG 100 DEGS; CAME WITHIN APPROX 1 - 1 1/2 MI OF DEP END OF TKOF RWY (E/W RWY) OF FRONT RANGE ARPT. NO AIR TFC IN PATTERN OR ON GND AT FRONT RANGE SEEN OR RPTED. WE WERE COMING L TO 070 DEGS TO JOIN PLAINS 2 DEP AT DEN. ON THE DEP SID; NOTE SAYS FRONT RANGE IS 6 NM FROM VOR AT S END OF DEP RWY 17R. COMMERCIAL CHART PICTURE MAKES ARPT (FRONT RANGE) APPEAR TO BE FARTHER AWAY AND TO THE S. THERE ARE NO NOTES ON 10-7 PAGE ABOUT DEPS ON RWY 17L AND FRONT RANGE ARPT. NEED A NOTE ABOUT THAT AND THE ALT THAT YOU COULD CROSS FRONT RANGE AT IN CLASS B AIRSPACE. DEN TWR; AS WE ARE COMING THROUGH 100 DEG HDG; AT ABOUT 1000 FT AGL COMES ON TO TELL ME ABOUT FRONT RANGE ARPT DISTANCE; CEILING; ETC. WE WERE TOO BUSY SCANNING FOR TFC KEEPING TIGHTEST TURN POSSIBLE WHILE CLBING AT BEST ANGLE OF CLB TO GET OUT OF THE WAY. WE WERE TOO CLOSE TO FRONT RANGE TO DO ANYTHING BUT KEEP CLB AND TURN TO HAVE SMALLER TIME LINE IN THE WAY. DEN TWR CTLR SAID NOTHING ELSE TO US OTHER THAN CONTACT DEP CTL. NEXT TIME; I'LL WAIT TILL 1000 FT AGL BEFORE STARTING MY TURN ON A RWY THAT I HAVE NEVER DEPARTED BEFORE. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATED THERE WERE WIND RPTS FOR THE AREA AND SAW A NUMBER OF MISSED APCHS MADE. HE SAID THE VERBIAGE USED BY THE ZDV CTLR; 'TURN L ASAP;' WAS NOT EXPLAINED AND A REASON WASN'T GIVEN. AFTER TKOF AND IN THE TURN; THE RPTR SAID HE SAW THE W END OF FTG ARPT. AT 1000 FT; HE BELIEVED HE HAD VIOLATED THE ARPT'S TFC PATTERN. HE SAID THE COMMERCIAL PAGE PICTURE SHOWED THE FTG ARPT MORE S THAN IT ACTUALLY IS AND FAULTED THE DRAWING FOR NOT INDICATING A BETTER LOCATION OF FTG.