Thunderstorms delay more than 350 flights at Denver International Airport

DENVER - Thunderstorms have delayed more than 350 flights in and out of Denver International Airport on Saturday afternoon.

The storms were not severe enough as of 4:45 p.m. to warrant official warnings from the National Weather Service, but posed enough risk to delay 143 departing flights and 107 arrivals, according to tracking service FlightAware.

As of 7:20 p.m. the number grew to 358 total delayed flights. Four departing flights were canceled, though the service does not detail if that is due to weather or other issues.

Southwest accounted for 113 delays, United accounted for 124 and SkyWest accounted for 63 delays. Frontier experienced 19 delays and American Airlines had 11. American also had two cancellations, while Alaska Airlines and United each canceled one flight on Saturday.

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This story was originally published June 6, 2026 at 7:31 PM.