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More than 1,800 flights canceled, delayed at DIA amid weekend snow, freezing temperatures

As of 4:30 p.m. Sunday, 496 flights had been delayed and another 96 were canceled at DIA

Lauren Penington of Denver Post portrait in Denver on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
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More than 600 flights were canceled or delayed at Denver International Airport on Sunday as light snow continued to fall across the mountains and Front Range and temperatures hovered below freezing across the state.

As of 5:45 p.m. Sunday, 533 flights at DIA had been delayed and another 98 were canceled entirely, according to data from flight tracking software .

That’s fewer than when at least 1,120 flights were delayed and another 70 were canceled. So far this weekend, that puts the total number of delayed and canceled flights at just over 1,820.

Southwest took first for flight delays this weekend with 353 flights on Saturday and 160 flights on Sunday failing to leave the gate on time, according to FlightAware data. United followed closely behind with 364 delays on Saturday and 143 delays on Sunday.

Frontier, American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, Delta, Key Lime Air, JetBlue, Southern Express Airways, Air Canada, Lufthansa, Allegiant Air, AeroMéxico, Jazz, VivaAerobus, British Airways, Sun Country Airlines, Cayman Airways, Copa Airlines, Envoy Air, Icelandair, Volaris and Air France all delayed flights at DIA over the weekend.

SkyWest, the airline that operates United Express, canceled the most flights on both days — 41 on Saturday and 36 on Sunday, according to FlightAware.

United and Southwest both canceled 42 flights between Saturday and Sunday, overshadowing two flights canceled each by Frontier and American Airlines.

This is a developing story and may be updated. 

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