More than 1,300 flights headed in and out of Denver International Airport were delayed or canceled amid a winter storm on Friday as federal officials ordered a ground delay because of snow and ice.
As of 4:45 p.m. Friday, 1,238 flights were delayed and 115 were canceled, according to flight tracking software . The ground delay is in effect until 7:59 p.m. was delaying departing flights by an average of 61 minutes, according to the .
About .25 inches of snow accumulated at DIA by 2:53 p.m. Friday, according to observation records from the .
Up to six inches of snow was expected throughout the metro area Friday and a winter storm warning is in place until 8 p.m. for the Denver area.
United delayed the most flights at DIA at 437, followed by 402 Southwest flights, 223 SkyWest flights, 74 Frontier flights, 34 Delta flights, 25 American Airlines flights and 13 Key Lime Air flights, according to FlightAware. Seven other airlines delayed between one and seven flights.
SkyWest canceled 68 flights, United canceled 26, Southwest canceled 14, American canceled four and Frontier canceled three.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
