Hundreds Of Flights Cancelled In Denver Blizzard

April 17, 2016

A powerful blizzard swept through Colorado on Saturday, dumping at least 2 feet (61 cm) of snow in some parts of the state and forcing the cancellation of most of the scheduled flights at Denver Airport.

United Airlines cancelled all of its flights to and from Denver, the airport said in a statement.

All told, more than 800 flights were grounded on Saturday, or more than 65 percent of all scheduled take-offs and landings there, the FlightAware airline tracking website showed. Dozens of other flights were delayed.

Denver International is the fourth-largest hub for United and Southwest, and the primary hub for Frontier.

The heavy snow began falling on Friday night and was expected to continue through Sunday, the National Weather Service said.

By noon local time on Saturday, nearly 5 inches (13 cm) had fallen in Denver, while the storm dumped up to 2 feet (61 cm) of snow in the mountains and foothills, said National Weather Service meteorologist Jim Kalina.

(Reuters)