A U.S. Airways plane had to make an emergency landing at Dyess Air Force Base Friday afternoon.

Flight 544 was enroute from Phoenix to Dallas - Fort Worth when it's landing was delayed at DFW by bad weather.

A passenger told us, as the weather delay continued, the plane was told to divert to Abilene.

Abilene Regional Airport manager Don Green says the pilot then had to declare a "fuel emergency" and landed at Dyess about 5:30.  The plane was an Airbus 319.

It finally departed for DFW about 7:30.