DENVER — People flying out of Denver International Airport should make sure to pack their patience as delays are likely due to staffing shortages at the airport’s air traffic control tower beginning at around 6 p.m. Tuesday.

In an advisory published Tuesday afternoon, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced Denver International Airport would activate staffing triggers at the airport’s air traffic control tower from 6 p.m. through 10 p.m. Tuesday.

The staffing triggers indicate when an airport’s air traffic control towers have insufficient staff to safely manage flights going in and out of their airspace, which forces the FAA to either delay or completely stop air traffic temporarily.

The staffing shortages at DIA’s air traffic control tower are the latest example of real-li

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