Airlines at had delayed or canceled at least 613 flights Monday as wind blew at speeds around 48 mph amid dry, warm conditions that elevated fire risks.
DIA airlines had delayed 612 flights and canceled one as of 2:20 p.m., according to the flight-tracking website .
Travelers on Southwest Airlines faced 236 delays and a cancelation, United reported 163 delays, Skywest had 105, and Frontier had 38.
forecasters at DIA measured the afternoon temperature at 58 degrees. An NWS for fire risk warned conditions were favaorable for the rapid spread of fire.
DIA officials said operations at the airport were normal.
Transportation Security Administration were measured at 11 minutes or less.
officials reported airborne delays of 15 minutes or less for flights to and from DIA. FAA officials said flights arriving at DIA were experiencing average delays around 24 minutes due to construction on runways or taxiways and that departing flights also could be delayed.
