Flight cancellations and delays and other transportation challenges continued to pile up on Christmas Day.
, flight cancellations and delays and other transportation challenges continued to pile up on Christmas Day.
Just over 1,350 flights within, into or out of the United States were already canceled by 8:20 a.m. ET Sunday, according to flight tracking website FlightAware. And delays of flights still able to takeoff numbered just over 1,280. Christmas Day is traditionally a light day for passenger flights. As the sun was rising on the East Coast, it was an airport in the South -- Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International , the busiest in the world for passengers -- leading the pack on cancellations and delays. The rest of the top five were in traditionally colder climes:• Newark Liberty International Airport in nearby New Jersey Buffalo Niagara International airportA pair of travelers sleep while others line up to pass through a security checkpoint in Denver International Airport on Friday.
On Christmas Eve, there were a total of 3,487 flights canceled, according to FlightAware. Friday was the worst day with 5,934 cancellations, while Thursday saw almost 2,700 cancellations. This megablast of winter weather across the eastern two-thirds of the nation is forecast to slowly moderate into Monday. As of 8:20 a.m. ET, there were just 81 cancellations for Monday.
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