A check-in worker at Auckland Airport will come into view in court later this week accused of assaulting radio host Iain Stables.

The man was under arrest by police behind the controversial shock jock here at the airport on Saturday night to catch a Jetstar flight to Wellington and was told by the employee he was too late.

A stable allegedly called the man "loser" and was then allegedly assaulted by the worker who had to be pulled off by airport security.

A county Manukau spokeswoman established this afternoon that a man had been arrested and would appear in Manukau District Court on Friday.

A 2nd straight day of stormy climate caused some lunchtime delay today at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.

Winds and storms rolled through the Phoenix area late Tuesday morning. That caused for some departure delays and fewer arrivals until the climate cleared.

Assistant airport director Deb Ostreicher said at 1:30 p.m. that 40 to 50 planes were lined up to take off after the weather had cleared. The prospects of more high winds required those planes to be spread out more which makes catching things up at the airport a little longer, Ostreicher said.