A ground delay will be in effect at Denver International Airport until Monday evening, with nearly 900 flights delayed as thunderstorms and hail landed around the Denver metro area.
The ground delay is in effect until 8:59 p.m., according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The FAA had previously instituted a ground stop at the airport, before shifting to a delay around 5:30 p.m. The average delay is roughly 76 minutes.
Six flights have been canceled at DIA and 897 more have been delayed, according to the flight tracking website Flight Aware. More than half of the delayed flights originated in Denver, and 426 more were bound for the city.
The disruptions come as the National Weather Service projected that the metro area, up to Fort Collins and east across the plains, could face severe thunderstorms and hail as large as 3.5 inches. The NWS had also warned that high winds and tornadoes were possible.
By early evening, most of the storm had moved into the eastern part of the state.