US Travel Delays

Jamie Sims left, and Carlos Serna, right, try to get some rest as they wait for their cancelled flight to El Paso, texas to be rescheduled at Love Field Airport in Dallas, Monday, March 16, 2026.

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Flight cancellations and delays continue after US storms dump snow in the Midwest and head east

Flight cancellations and delays continue after US storms dump snow in the Midwest and head east

Thousands of flights are canceled or delayed one day after powerful storms swept across the eastern half of the country and disrupted thousands of others. The flight-tracking site FlightAware says more than 1,000 flights scheduled to fly into, out of or within the U.S. have been called off Tuesday, It says 4,200 others have been delayed. Travelers have been facing additional jams at airport security checkpoints as a partial government shutdown strains screener staffing. The disruptions come at an already challenging time for air travel, in part because the shutdown that began Feb. 14 has pressured staffing at some security checkpoints.