Funviralpark According to flight-tracking website FlightAware, more than 2,200 flights to and from the United States were canceled by 5:30 p.m. Sunday, and nearly 5,800 flights that could still take off were delayed. Christmas Day is traditionally a bright day for passenger flights.
The airports in the Deep South were most affected on Christmas Day, demonstrating the magnitude and impact of the storm. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) – the busiest airport in the world – had the highest number of cancellations and delays.
No. 2 was at Denver International in the Rocky Mountains over 1,000 miles away.
However, the effects of the storm are easing in parts of the west. Temperatures at Denver International at 3:30 PM MT were already well above minus 46°F (8°C).
Things were still too rough and humorless in hard-hit western New York.
According to the National Weather Service, the temperature at BUF at 3pm ET was 20°F (-7°C) with winds of 24 mph.
Tough week for flying
Two travelers are sleeping while others line up to get through security at Denver International Airport on Friday.
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The arrival of a major storm was ill-timed for travelers as flights over the Christmas week began to return to pre-pandemic levels.
According to FlightAware, a total of 3,487 flights were canceled on Christmas Eve. Friday was his worst day with 5,934 cancellations, while Thursday had about 2,700 cancellations.
Across the eastern two-thirds of the country, this massive winter weather is expected to ease slowly towards the final week of the year. As of 5:30 PM ET, there were still over 260 preemptive cancellations for Monday.
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Danielle Wiener-Bronner and Rebekah Riess of CNN contributed to this report.
