Flight Cancellations Pile Up As Major Winter Storm Wreaks Havoc On East Coast

Flight cancellations and delays are stacking up as a major winter storm makes its way across the East Coast.

As of shortly after 10 a.m. EST, there were 1,525 flight cancellations and 1,931 flight delays within, into or out of the United States on Monday.

Those flight cancellations hit the D.C. area particularly hard.

At Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA), 60 percent of all outgoing flights were canceled, totaling 239 cancellations. At Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI), 38 percent of outgoing flights were canceled, for a total of 109 cancellations. And at Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD), 24 percent of outgoing flights were canceled, for a total of 92 flights.

At DCA, 2 percent, or 11 flights, were delayed. At BWI, 12 percent, or 34 flights, were delayed. And at IAD, 7 percent, or 28 flights, were delayed.

The storm continued to ground flights in the central U.S. as well.

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