Airplanes on the tarmac throughout a snow storm at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, US, on Monday, Jan. 6, 2025.
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Thousands of flights had been disrupted Monday as a winter storm moved eastward, snarling air journey within the jap U.S.
By 5:45 p.m. ET, greater than 6,900 U.S. flights had been delayed whereas extra 2,130 had been canceled, in keeping with flight tracker FlightAware.
The storm, which was transferring from the Ohio Valley to the mid-Atlantic, was set to dump as a lot as a foot of snow within the Washington, D.C., space, although chilly climate stretched by the southern U.S., in keeping with federal forecasters.
More than 300 flights, or 80% of the day’s schedule, had been canceled at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, whereas a couple of third of the scheduled flights had been canceled at every Washington Dulles International Airport and Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.
Each of the foremost New York-area airports had about 200 flight delays, FlightAware tallies confirmed, and there have been vital slowdowns at different main airports like Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and Chicago O’Hare International Airport.
United, Southwest, American and different airways waived change charges and fare variations for vacationers affected by the storm.
