More than 600 flights delayed at DIA during Sunday storms

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More than 600 flights were delayed Sunday at Denver International Airport during a wave of severe weather across Colorado that ranged from thunderstorms and hail to tornadoes.

As of 3:40 p.m. Sunday, 625 flights had been delayed and one had been canceled at DIA, according to flight tracking software from FlightAware.

Southwest had delayed the most flights at 257 and another 157 United flights failed to leave the gate on time. Southwest also documented the airport’s only canceled flight Sunday afternoon.

Other DIA flight delays included 106 from SkyWest, 34 from Frontier, 25 from Delta, 14 from Key Lime Air and 13 from American Airlines, according to Flight Aware.

Key Lime Air, Alaska Airlines, Air Canada, JetBlue, Lufthansa, Edelweiss Air AG, Southern Airways Express, Contour Airlines and WestJet all delayed between one and five flights on Sunday.

Flights arriving at DIA on Sunday also experienced between 30- and 45-minute delays due to the ongoing thunderstorms, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. As of 3:40 p.m., FAA officials expected those incoming waits to increase.

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