Over 800 flights delayed or canceled at Denver International Airport on Saturday

Over 800 flights delayed or canceled at Denver International Airport on Saturday

DENVER (KDVR) — Over 150 flights were canceled and over 700 were delayed at Denver International Airport on Saturday as winter weather moved through the area.

Saturday, Sunday and Monday are all Pinpoint Weather Alert Days, with temperatures not expected to climb above freezing until Tuesday.

Coldest below-zero temperatures recorded in Colorado on Saturday

As of 9 p.m., there were 160 canceled flights out of DIA, with 3 carriers seeing the most impact, according to FlightAware:

• United Airlines – 66 canceled flights
• SkyWest Airlines — 44 canceled flights
• Southwest Airlines – 33 canceled flights

Flights to and from Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport in Montana saw the largest number of canceled flights, with 12.

Other airports impacted included Eppley Airfield in Omaha, Nebraska, with 10 flights to and from it canceled and Chicago O’Hare International Airport, with four flights to and from it canceled.

There were 723 delays as of 9 p.m. Southwest and United saw the bulk of the flight delays, with 238 and 250 respectively. SkyWest also saw 104 flight delays.

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The specific reasons for each of the flight cancelations were not known. However, the winter weather was likely a major factor, as well as the continued grounding of Boeing 737 Max 9 planes.

Alaska Airlines did not have any canceled flights at DIA on Saturday.

According to the Federal Aviation Administration, planes leaving DIA were being sprayed with deicing fluid to remove snow and ice earlier in the day. By the afternoon, that advisory had been removed from the FAA website.

Denver, Colorado weather resources

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