More than 300 flights were canceled at Denver International Airport on Saturday and Sunday as airlines braced for a severe winter storm threatening a large swath of the country.
There were 170 canceled flights and 246 flight delays at DIA as of 3:40 p.m. Saturday, according to the flight tracking website FlightAware. Airlines have already canceled 202 .
DIA flight delays and cancellations:
- American Airlines: 14 canceled, one delayed Saturday; 15 canceled Sunday.
- Delta Air Lines: one canceled, 10 delayed Saturday; 11 canceled Sunday.
- Frontier Airlines: eight canceled, four delayed Saturday; 15 canceled Sunday.
- SkyWest: 51 flights canceled, 46 delayed Saturday; 20 canceled Sunday.
- Southwest Airlines: 55 flights canceled, 78 delayed Saturday; 64 canceled Sunday.
- United Airlines: 40 canceled, 82 delayed Saturday; 72 canceled Sunday.
Airlines have canceled more than 12,000 weekend flights across the nation because of the storm, with about 40% of the U.S. population under a winter storm warning from New Mexico to New England, according to .
Most of Colorado’s Front Range and Eastern Plains will see temperatures stay below freezing, if not below zero, through the weekend as an arctic airmass moves over the state.
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Snow is also in the forecast, with the heaviest snowfall expected in the mountains, National Weather Service forecasters said.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
