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More than 800 flights delayed amid high winds at Denver International Airport

Flights were being delayed by an average of 92 minutes at DIA on Wednesday, according to the FAA

Lauren Penington of Denver Post portrait in Denver on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
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Hundreds of flights headed in and out of Denver International Airport were delayed on Wednesday as high winds gusted through Colorado.

As of 3:45 p.m., 804 flights had been delayed and five had been canceled, .

At that time, a wind-fueled ground delay issued by the Federal Aviation Administration was delaying flights by an average of 92 minutes, .

Southwest delayed 286 flights on Wednesday, followed by 246 from United, 176 from SkyWest, 24 from Frontier, 19 from Delta and 16 from American Airlines, according to FlightAware. Seven other airlines delayed between one and nine flights.

United canceled four flights and Delta canceled one, according to FlightAware.

This is a developing story and may be updated.

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