DENVER — More than 140 flights for Wednesday have been canceled at Denver International Airport (DIA) as a winter storm drops several inches of snow across the metro area.
As of 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, 144 flights have been canceled and 86 delayed at DIA on Wednesday, according to FlightAware.
Airlines canceling flights were Southwest, SkyWest, CommutAir, United, American Airlines, Spirit and Frontier.
Passengers should check their flight status with their airline before going to the airport. The blast of winter weather has dropped heavy snow across a wide swath of the U.S. and is disrupting travel from Colorado to the Midwest to Texas.
The snowstorm started Tuesday afternoon along the Front Range. The heaviest snow and highest impacts will likely be Wednesday morning, though both the Wednesday morning and evening commutes will be disrupted by snow.
This is a long-duration snow event, meaning Denver and the Front Range could see nonstop snow for 24 hours or perhaps longer.
Higher snowfall totals in the Denver area will fall west of Interstate 25, with between 6-10 inches in Arvada, Wheat Ridge and Littleton. The area of east of I-25 was forecast to get lower amounts, likely closer to 2-6 inches.
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