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Ground delay at DIA affects hundreds of flights Wednesday

More than 700 flights were delayed or canceled

Lauren Penington of Denver Post portrait in Denver on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)DENVER, CO - OCTOBER 10: Denver Post reporter Katie Langford. (Photo By Patrick Traylor/The Denver Post)
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More than 700 flights headed in and out of Denver International Airport on Wednesday were delayed amid afternoon thunderstorms.

A ground delay that caused average delays of 1 hour and 21 minutes Wednesday afternoon was lifted as of 7 p.m., but airlines still reported 722 delays and 11 canceled flights, according to

Flood threat alert issued for metro Denver, Front Range

Southwest delayed the most flights Wednesday at 237, followed by 232 from United and 144 from SkyWest.

United canceled six flights, SkyWest canceled three and Southwest canceled two, according to FlightAware.

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