{"id":1033,"date":"2026-05-31T12:03:45","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T12:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=1033"},"modified":"2026-05-31T12:03:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T12:03:45","slug":"denver-international-airport-ground-stop-lifted-hundreds-of-flights-delayed-by-storms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=1033","title":{"rendered":"Denver International Airport ground stop lifted, hundreds of flights delayed by storms"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><strong>Getting your Trinity Audio player ready&#8230;<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Flights at Denver International Airport were grounded for about 90 minutes on Saturday afternoon because of thunderstorms, causing hundreds of flight delays.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=1032\">Today in History: May 31, South Fork Dam collapse kills more than 2,200<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Federal Aviation Administration issued the ground stop at 3:13 p.m. and lifted it as of 4:50 p.m., according to agency alerts.<\/p>\n<p>Thunderstorms could bring tennis-ball-sized hail, winds up to 70 mph and tornadoes to Colorado\u2019s Eastern Plains through Saturday night, according to the National Weather Service.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=1030\">Colorado has known for years that it must allow appeals of unemployment overpayments. So why doesn\u2019t it?<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Colorado weather: Severe thunderstorm watch active for Eastern Plains<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"ETtGGzX9K1\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"282\" loading=\"lazy\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" scrolling=\"no\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2026\/05\/30\/colorado-weather-thunderstorm-hail-forecast\/embed\/#?secret=ETtGGzX9K1\" title=\"\u201cColorado weather: Severe thunderstorm watch active for Eastern Plains\u201d \u2014 The Denver Post\" width=\"500\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Weather sensors logged 40 mph wind gusts at the airport on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Airlines at DIA reported 276 delayed flights as of 4:55 p.m., including 96 delays on United Airlines, 73 on Southwest and 61 on SkyWest, according to the flight tracking website FlightAware.<\/p>\n<p><em>Get more Colorado news by signing up for our daily Your Morning Dozen email newsletter.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=1028\">Colorado weather: Severe thunderstorm watch active for Eastern Plains<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DIA flights are grounded after FAA officials ordered a ground stop because of thunderstorms on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":711,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colorado-news","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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