Severe Winter Storm Causes Widespread Flight Cancellations and Travel Disruptions
Fox News correspondent Sarah Alegre joins Fox & Friends Weekend from Nashville, Tennessee, to discuss sweeping power outages across the U.S. as accumulated ice from a winter storm takes down power lines.
More than 12,000 flights were canceled or delayed across the U.S. on Monday, following a massive winter storm that disrupted air travel at some of the nation’s busiest airports over the weekend.
According to flight-tracking site FlightAware, cancellations totaled 4,245, while delays reached 8,831 as of 7 a.m. Monday. Major hubs nationwide were still feeling the impact of the storm, which dumped heavy snow and unleashed crippling ice.
Boston Logan International Airport reported 296 flight cancellations, while New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport and LaGuardia International Airport faced 262 and 233 cancellations, respectively.
MORE THAN 1 MILLION AMERICANS LOSE POWER AS MONSTER WINTER STORM SWEEPS ACROSS THE US
A snow removal machine is seen working while a Boeing 737 American Airlines passenger aircraft is parked at a gate on the tarmac of LaGuardia Airport in New York on January 25, 2026. (Charly Triballeau / AFP via Getty Images / Getty Images)
At Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey, over 40% of flights were canceled. Major hubs in North Carolina and Texas also reported more than 150 cancellations on Monday.
A detailed view of flight listings at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport on January 24, 2026, in Dallas, Texas. (Ron Jenkins/Getty Images / Getty Images)
FEMA PREPARATIONS FOR ‘MASSIVE WINTER STORM’ SET TO IMPACT MORE THAN 30 STATES REVEALED IN MEMO
American Airlines led the cancellations with 600, while JetBlue, Delta Air Lines, and Southwest each reported over 300 cancellations. Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia had 69 cancellations, but airlines planned to gradually resume flights early Monday as the snow and sleet subsided.
Southwest Airlines planes at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) in Arlington, Virginia, on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026. (Luke Johnson/Bloomberg via Getty Images / Getty Images)
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The historic 2,000-mile-wide winter storm peaked on Sunday, affecting over 245 million people from New Mexico to Maine through Monday morning, as reported by FOX Weather.
On Sunday, more than 11,400 flights were canceled nationwide, marking the largest single-day cancellation event since the pandemic, according to aviation analytics firm Cirium.
Fox News correspondent Sarah Alegre joins Fox & Friends Weekend from Nashville, Tennessee, to discuss sweeping power outages across the U.S. as accumulated ice from a winter storm takes down power lines.
More than 12,000 flights were canceled or delayed across the U.S. on Monday, following a massive winter storm that disrupted air travel at some of the nation’s busiest airports over the weekend.
According to flight-tracking site FlightAware, cancellations totaled 4,245, while delays reached 8,831 as of 7 a.m. Monday. Major hubs nationwide were still feeling the impact of the storm, which dumped heavy snow and unleashed crippling ice.
Boston Logan International Airport reported 296 flight cancellations, while New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport and LaGuardia International Airport faced 262 and 233 cancellations, respectively.
MORE THAN 1 MILLION AMERICANS LOSE POWER AS MONSTER WINTER STORM SWEEPS ACROSS THE US
A snow removal machine is seen working while a Boeing 737 American Airlines passenger aircraft is parked at a gate on the tarmac of LaGuardia Airport in New York on January 25, 2026. (Charly Triballeau / AFP via Getty Images / Getty Images)
At Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey, over 40% of flights were canceled. Major hubs in North Carolina and Texas also reported more than 150 cancellations on Monday.
A detailed view of flight listings at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport on January 24, 2026, in Dallas, Texas. (Ron Jenkins/Getty Images / Getty Images)
FEMA PREPARATIONS FOR ‘MASSIVE WINTER STORM’ SET TO IMPACT MORE THAN 30 STATES REVEALED IN MEMO
American Airlines led the cancellations with 600, while JetBlue, Delta Air Lines, and Southwest each reported over 300 cancellations. Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia had 69 cancellations, but airlines planned to gradually resume flights early Monday as the snow and sleet subsided.
Southwest Airlines planes at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) in Arlington, Virginia, on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026. (Luke Johnson/Bloomberg via Getty Images / Getty Images)
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP
The historic 2,000-mile-wide winter storm peaked on Sunday, affecting over 245 million people from New Mexico to Maine through Monday morning, as reported by FOX Weather.
On Sunday, more than 11,400 flights were canceled nationwide, marking the largest single-day cancellation event since the pandemic, according to aviation analytics firm Cirium.
