A surge in flight cancellations throughout the United States is mounting, as a major winter storm moves in before the Christmas holiday weekend.
As of 3:20 p.m. ET on Dec. 23, the total number of cancellations within, into, or out of the United States on Friday hit 4,679, while delays reached 6,675 on Friday, according to FlightAware.
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport had 46 percent of departing flights canceled after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) early on Friday issued a ground stop due to snow and ice.
More than 40 percent of departing flights at Detroit Metro were canceled, 62 percent at Portland, 35 percent at New York’s LaGuardia, 27 percent in Boston, and 23 percent at Chicago O’Hare International Airport, which noted that wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph are expected in Chicago on Friday….