Washington, Feb 24 (UNI) More than 2,000 flights were canceled across the United States on Tuesday as a major winter storm continued to disrupt travel, according to the flight-tracking website FlightAware.
“Total cancellations within, into, or out of the United States today: 2,026,” the portal said, adding that another 700 flights were delayed.
Airports in the Northeast were hit particularly hard. Up to half of scheduled flights were canceled at John F. Kennedy International Airport, LaGuardia Airport, Newark Liberty International Airport, and Boston Logan International Airport.
The National Weather Service warned that a major winter storm was expected to bring heavy snow, strong winds, and coastal flooding across the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, potentially creating impossible travel conditions and causing power outages.
As of early Tuesday, more than 2,000 flights to and from US airports had been canceled, down from over 5,700 on Monday, according to FlightAware. At least 50 percent of scheduled departures from Boston Logan were canceled. At Newark Liberty and LaGuardia, 49 percent of departures were scrapped, while 41 percent were canceled at Kennedy Airport.
Nearly 23 inches of snow fell at LaGuardia during the storm, according to the National Weather Service, along with nearly 17 inches in Boston.
American Airlines said operations at Philadelphia International Airport and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport had resumed on Monday and that it planned to restart flights in Boston and New York on Tuesday morning. United Airlines and Delta Air Lines also said they planned to add flights on Tuesday.
“Delta teams are in close contact with local airport authorities as they focus on significant snow removal, and we will safely resume flights once weather and airport conditions allow,” Delta said in a statement.
