Nearly 500 flights delayed at DIA amid Sunday thunderstorms

Hundreds of flights headed in and out of Denver International Airport on Sunday were delayed amid afternoon thunderstorms The ground delay a traffic management plan issued by the Federal Aviation Administration started just before p m Sunday and was scheduled to last through p m according to the federal agency As of p m Sunday flights were seeing average delays of roughly an hour according to the FAA Those delay times were expected to increase after p m officers declared At that same time flights had been delayed and four had been canceled according to figures from flight tracking system FlightAware Southwest delayed the majority flights on Sunday and United flights failed to leave the gate on time Related Articles Colorado weather Landspout tornado spotted near DIA Small earthquake hits town north of Denver early Friday morning FAA issues ground delay at DIA for thunderstorms hundreds of flights affected Colorado weather Storms to bring severe hail winds to southeastern part of the state Colorado weather Tornado watch in effect for Front Range Eastern Plains Other DIA delays included SkyWest flights Frontier flights and American Airlines flights Nearly a dozen other airlines delayed between one and flights Southwest also canceled two flights at DIA on Sunday according to FlightAware United and Delta each canceled one Get more Colorado news by signing up for our daily Your Morning Dozen email newsletter