Dozens of flights have been cancelled or delayed out of Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) Wednesday night, with Environment Canada issuing a winter storm warning for the City of Toronto as of 5:55 p.m. EST on Feb. 22.
At around 9 p.m. EST, 110 flights (roughly 20 percent) had been cancelled, with another 126 (about 24 percent) delayed, according to Flight Aware, an online flight tracking website.
The airport also cancelled 79 departure flights (about 14 percent), and another 215 (40 percent) were delayed.
The Toronto forecast indicates snow, heavy at times, and ice pellets, with an accumulation of 15 to 20 centimetres. Accumulations may be lower if a region experiences a long period of mixing with ice pellets and freezing rain, notes the advisory….