LONG LINES, DELAYED FLIGHTS: MS NOW’s Alex Tabet shares the chaos inside Denver’s airport

The nationwide ground stop has been lifted. after more than four hours. of almost no domestic flights being able. to take off. At least 10 ,000 flights delayed, more. than 6 ,000 flights canceled. And according to the New York Times, there are. already 1 ,500 flight cancellations tomorrow. Now, the question on thousands. of travelers' minds, how long before I can get to my destination. It's not clear how quickly flights will. be able to get back on track.

after a four-hour ground stoppage. Eastern time, we've opened up the airspace. Now, does that mean every flight is going to fly. right now? It's going to be slow, right? So if you're watching, you're at an airport, check with your airline. It depends on do we have crews available? Do we have pilots and flight attendants? Available to fly your flight. We're going to try to move as many. of those as we can tonight. if we have the capacity with crews to move those. flights. If not, we're going to start. tomorrow morning with our airline.

partners moving those aircraft, but it's going to take us some time. to unwind what's happened. Joining us now from Denver International Airport. is MS Now's Alex. I want to show you that slowness in real time. This is the line to check-in. for customer service at United here. at Denver International Airport. This is about the shortest we've seen. the line since the ground stop,

and it's been getting slightly shorter. since that ground stop has been lifted. I also want to show you the flight board. right here. So every time you see a on-time text in white, that means of course the flight is on time. But you also notice there's a lot. of text in yellow, that means delay, and a lot of text in red, that means canceled if you. zoom. out YOU CAN SEE A TON OF YELLOW, A TON OF RED, NOT THAT MUCH WHITE, NOT THAT MANY FLIGHTS ARE ON TIME. AND DENVER IS ONE OF THE BUSIEST AIRPORTS IN THE.

COUNTRY, ACTUALLY THE FOURTH BUSIEST AIRPORT IN THE COUNTRY. IN FACT, THE TENTH BUSIEST AIRPORT. AROUND THE WORLD. ABOUT 225 ,000 PEOPLE COME THROUGH THIS airport every. single day. And we've been hearing frustration, anger. A lot of people is telling me that they're. on the verge of crashing out. But there's one woman who I want to introduce you. YOU HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE 1 P .M., ABOUT EIGHT.

HOURS BUT YOU'RE STAYING POSITIVE. WHY ARE YOU STAYING POSITIVE RIGHT NOW, KATHRYN? BECAUSE I REALIZE THAT BUT WHAT ELSE DO YOU DO? YOU JUST CAN'T GIVE UP. AND THE LORD GIVES ME PEACE, AND I HAVE JOY IN MY HEART, AND I JUST KEEP GOING, BECAUSE MIGHT AS WELL KEEP. GOING IN LIFE. WELL, CATHERINE, I KNOW YOU'RE. ON YOUR WAY TO WASHINGTON STATE TO VISIT YOUR. MOTHER-IN-LAW. GOOD LUCK FINDING A NEW FLIGHT. GOOD LUCK FINDING A NEW FLIGHT. GOOD LUCK FINDING A NEW FLIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND JONATHAN, I WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO.

SOMEBODY ELSE. HIS NAME IS WE'LL GO FOR A LITTLE RIDE HERE. WE'LL GO FOR A LITTLE RIDE HERE. BOB, HE'S ON HIS WAY TO LANSING, MICHIGAN. BOB, LET'S HOP ON THE ESCALATOR. IF YOU DON'T MIND. WE'LL GO FOR A LITTLE RIDE. WE ARE GOING TO GO TO LANSING MICHIGAN TODAY, HOW IS THAT WORKING OUT FOR YOU? WE ARE STUCK HERE. I'M GOING TO MAKE 86, Ethan Melville playing. for Michigan State University. But now we're stuck. Are you hopeful it's all going to work out? I guess one word to describe how you're feeling. right now. A little frustrated, a little anxious.

I think it's going to work out Well, because my understanding is. that Washington football team is also stuck. in Seattle. So I think the game's going to get delayed. and we'll make it on time. Thank you. I really appreciate it. And that frustration, that anxiety, it's shared by a lot of people. WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE DOWN. HERE IN THE BAGGAGE CLAIM, JONATHAN. AS YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE PEOPLE. PICKING UP THEIR LUGGAGE BUT. THERE'S ALSO A WHOLE LINE OF PEOPLE WAITING TO TALK. I TALKED TO ONE MAN, A HUNTER. HE SAID HE FROZE HIS GAME, HIS CONNECTING FLIGHT GOT.

CANCELED. AND NOW HE'S WORRIED THAT THE. ANIMAL THAT HE SHOT AND FROZE. I DON'T THINK IT'S A LITTLE. SCENES WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW. AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. JONATHAN? MS NOW'S ALEX TABBIT, I HAVE TO TELL YOU, every live shot you do is an adventure. but this was an incredible adventure. we've got escalators we've got a man.

with a suitcase who the meat might thaw. um alex thank Thank you very, very much. Coming to us from Denver International Airport.