More than 1,800 US flights have been canceled as March’s worst storm disrupts travel
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More than 1,800 flights within, to or from the United States have been canceled as of 7 a.m. ET Monday, as a severe weather system disrupted air travel in parts of the country, according to flight tracking website FlightAware.
More than 1,200 additional delays were also reported involving US flights, the data showed.
The disruption comes during the busy spring break season – one of the peak times for flights – leaving many travelers scrambling to find alternative flights.
The majority of cancellations were reported at airports in the New York region, with 149 flights canceled at LaGuardia Airport, 88 at John F. Kennedy International Airport, about 63 at Boston Logan International Airport and 27 at Newark Liberty International Airport, according to FlightAware.
2K FLIGHTS CANCELED IN ONE DAY, MAJOR AIRPORT TURNED INTO VIRTUAL GHOST TOWN
Travelers look at a flight information display board showing several flights canceled due to weather at LaGuardia Airport in New York. (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP via Getty Images / Getty Images)
The region is home to some of the busiest air routes in the world, meaning disruptions there could be felt across the national air travel network.
Another area of major disruption was Chicago O’Hare International Airport, one of the largest airports in the country, which reported 133 canceled departures and 202 canceled arrivals, according to the data.
Several major airlines have also been severely affected. Endeavor Air reported 278 cancellations, followed by Southwest Airlines with 265, Delta Air Lines with 231, American Airlines with 181, Republic with 171 and SkyWest with 156, FlightAware data showed.
Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport was like a ghost town on March 15, 2026. (Fox 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul / Fox News)
Other major US hubs reported cancellations including Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, Baltimore/Washington International Airport and Orlando International Airport, indicating that severe weather was disrupting air travel in many regions of the country.
The travel disruptions come as a powerful March storm system sweeps across the United States, bringing blizzard conditions to parts of the Midwest and the threat of a rare storm surge along the East Coast.
The FOX Forecast Center warned that the East Coast is facing a Level 4 out of 5 severe weather event, with damaging winds of 70 to 80 mph and a few possible hurricanes from the Mid-Atlantic to parts of the Carolinas later Monday.
Meanwhile, parts of the Midwest and Great Lakes are putting up historic snowfall totals, including Green Bay, Wisconsin, which recorded 14.8 inches on its snowiest day in 137 years, according to FOX Weather. Spalding, Michigan, also recorded 26 inches of snow, FOX Weather reported.
A heavy snowstorm hit the airport’s exterior, grounding flights and disrupting MSP operations. (MSP Airport/Fox 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul / Fox News)
FOX Weather reported that more than 5,000 flights have already been canceled across the country through Tuesday as the ongoing storm system continues to disrupt travel in many areas.
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Outages are expected in large areas later Monday as the storm approaches the Atlantic coast, according to FOX Weather.
