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More than 500 flights delayed at DIA as high winds batter plains

As high winds stoke up fire dangers across the eastern side of the state Monday morning, they are also causing problems at Denver International Airport.

More than 500 flights have been delayed as of 1:30 p.m. — the majority through Southwest Airlines, according to airline tracking site FlightAware.

Southwest has 273 delays, or 50% of their traffic through Denver; United Airlines has 118 delays; SkyWest has 48 delays; Frontier has 30 delays; American Airlines has 12 delays; and CommuteAir has 11 delays.

Mesa, Delta, Southern Airways Express, JetBlue, Key Lime Air, Allegiant Air, Alaska Airlines, Air Canada, Copa Airlines, Air Canada and Lufthansa all have less than 10 delays each.

A United Airlines flight from San Francisco to Denver was canceled as well.

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