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Denver ground stop lifted, flights delayed after high winds

More than 200 flights were delayed Saturday

DENVER, CO - OCTOBER 10: Denver Post reporter Katie Langford. (Photo By Patrick Traylor/The Denver Post)
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All for about an hour Saturday afternoon because of high winds, according to the Federal Aviation Administration officials.

FAA officials ordered the ground stop at 3:49 p.m. and lifted it at approximately 5 p.m., according to an agency alert.

Weather sensors at DIA recorded gusts as high as 32 mph on Saturday afternoon, with sustained wind speeds reaching 25 mph, according to the

Airlines reported 212 and three canceled flights as of 5:55 p.m., according to the flight tracking site FlightAware, including 74 delayed flights on Southwest Airlines, 54 delayed flights on United and 48 delayed flights on SkyWest.

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