Snow storm cancels over 1400 U.S. flights

Agency Reports

More than 1,400 U.S. flights were canceled in the U.S. on Sunday after the nation’s northeast states were walloped a day earlier by a deadly winter storm.

The total number of flight cancellations within, into, or out of the United States was about 1,450 as of Sunday afternoon, according to flight-tracking website FlightAware.com.

Another 1,774 U.S.-related flights were delayed, the data showed.

LaGuardia Airport and John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City and Boston Logan International Airport were among the hardest hit by delays and cancellations.

The fierce winter storm on Saturday dropped more than 2 feet (60 cm) of snow on some areas while packing high winds, prompting thousands of flight cancellations and leading governors in Rhode Island and other states to curtail access to the roads.

New York’s Long Island town of Islip was the hardest hit statewide, Governor Kathy Hochul told WCBS-TV on Sunday.

“We’re going to give them the golden snowball award for this week, this storm. They were at 24.7 inches,” Hochul said.