DENVER — Denver International Airport is one of 40 major airports across the country facing a 10% reduction in air traffic by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) due to the federal government shutdown.

DIA has experienced 80 total delays and two cancellations, as of 9:40 a.m. Thursday, but other airlines across the country that are seeing more drastic impacts could affect Denver.

Airport leaders announced Wednesday, they submitted a request to start paying federal air traffic controllers out of DIA's own budget as the federal government remains in the longest shutdown in U.S. history. DIA had not yet heard back, as of 10:22 a.m. Thursday.

Frontier Airlines

With Frontier Airlines' main hub in Denver, the company said most of its flights will operate as planned. Frontier will tell

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