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Winter Storm Causes Thousands of Delayed, Canceled Flights

Snow covered cars sit in an airport parking lot, with the tail of a plane visible in the background.
Vehicles covered in snow by the winter storm moving through the country at Muhammad Ali International🏅 Airport in Louisville, Kentucky on Jan. 5, 2025.

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Key Takeaways

  • Thousands of flights have been delayed or canceled over the weekend and into Monday as a winter storm moves through the U.S.
  • The storm has moved east, impacting hundreds of flights into and out of the Washington, D.C. area after heavily impacting Midwestern airports over the weekend.
  • Several governors have declared states of emergency and warned residents to not travel unless necessary.

The winter storm currently moving through the middle of the꧑ U.S. to the East Coast has caused thousands of flights to be delayed or canceled entering Monday.

Hundreds of flights across the U.S. were delayed Monday morning after more than 8,000 were delayed each on Saturday and Sunday, according to the flight tracking website FlightAware. The Weather Channel, which dubbed the storm Winter Storm Blair, said that some areas like northeast Kansas have received over a foot of snow already.

Over 1,400 flights have been canceled across the U.S. Monday, with the most impacted airports including Reagan National, Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, and Dulles International Airport in Virginia. Some Midwestern airports like St. Louis Lambert International and Kansas City Internatio🎃nal are also s🃏till affected after being heavily impacted over the weekend, per FlightAware data.

Southwest (LUV) and American Airlines (AAL) each had hundreds of combined cancellations and delays Monday morning, with other airlines like United (UAL), JetBlue (JBLU), and Delta Air Lines (DAL) delaying or canceling dozens of flights, according to Fl🥂ightAware.

The National Weather Service said in its latest update Monday that it still expects "moderate to heavy snow from the Ohio Valley to the Mid-Atlantic" through Monday night with the expectation of "severe travel delays."

Some areas of the country like Washington, D.C. could get up to a foot of snow by the time t♏he storm passes, while it could also produce freezing rain across the affected area. Warmer areas into the South could also experience severe thunderstorms, the NWS said.

Several states declared states of emergency as the storm rolled across the region this weekend. A number of officials like Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear and Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin told residents to stay off the roads or adjust the timeline of their travel plans if possible.

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