Flight cancellations top 1,600 on Christmas Day
More than 2,200 flights within, into or out of the United States were already canceled by 5:30 p.m. ET Sunday, according to flight tracking website FlightAware. And delays of flights still able to takeoff numbered almost 5,800. Christmas Day is traditionally a light day for passenger flights.
The storm's effects in parts of the West are abating, though. The temperature at 3:30 p.m. MT at Denver International was already well above freezing at 46F .Buffalo Niagara International Airport tweeted that it would remain closed entirely until 11 am. Tuesday, December 27 -- extending out a closing originally set to end at 11 a.m. Monday.
On Christmas Eve, there were a total of 3,487 flights canceled, according to FlightAware. Friday was the worst day with 5,934 cancellations, while Thursday saw almost 2,700 cancellations.
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