Winter storm: More than 4500 flights cancelled in U.S

The latest winter storm in U.S.A. is causing a lot of mayhem for the passengers for the last three days. More than 4,500 flights were grounded and thousands were delayed since Saturday due to

this latest natural calamity.

 
Monday started with further rough weather conditions and the airlines announced more than 2000 flight cancellations across the nation as of 4 a.m. ET. According to the flight-tracking service FlightAware, most of the cancellations were preemptive, canceled on Sunday by airline that were reluctant to fly their planes and crews into airports forecast to receive poor weather.

According to weather forecasters, the cancellations and delay are likely to increase significantly today and the next few days. Most of the airlines eased rebooking rules for for passengers scheduled to fly during this span of winter storm. The passengers are advised to check flight status prior to heading towards the airports.

Washington’s Reagan National Airport reported Monday’s most-severe flight disruptions though major problems had popped up across the region by early Monday morning. More than 500 flights – more than half of the airport’s entire daily schedule – had been grounded at National Airport as of 4 a.m. ET. Most of those cancellations were made Sunday, though the number could grow with ice and snow beginning to overtake the D.C. area.

The Monday cancellation percentages were lower but still significant at the region’s other two big airports, Washington Dulles (more than 20% canceled) and Baltimore/Washington (more than 30%).

More than 200 of Monday’s flights had been canceled at New York LaGuardia as of 4 a.m. ET, which is nearly 15% of the daily schedule there, according to FlightAware. More than 10% of Monday’s flight schedule had been canceled at New York JFK and Newark Liberty airports.

In Philadelphia – a big hub for American merger partner US Airways – almost one third of Monday’s flight schedule were cancelled as of 4 a.m. ET, according to FlightAware.

A number of other busy airports were being affected as well. Among those reporting significant cancellation numbers for Monday as of 4 a.m. ET: Boston; Buffalo; Nashville; Norfolk, Va.; Pittsburgh; Raleigh/Durham; Richmond, Va.; and Westchester County, N.Y.

In Florida, FlightAware reported5% of the entire Monday flight schedule as canceled as of 4 a.m. ET at the Fort Lauderdale and Orlando airports. Those were likely preemptive cancellations on flights that had been scheduled to fly to Washington, Baltimore or other points in the Northeast.

 
More than 580 combined arrivals and departures had been canceled at the worst-hit airport Dallas/Fort Worth, the biggest hub for American Airlines on Sunday .