More than 10,000 U.S. flights delayed or cancelled due to major storms

An airplane arrives at the O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

WASHINGTON -- More than 10,000 U.S. flights were delayed or cancelled Monday amid a series of storms affecting several major airports along the East Coast and some other locales.

Because of the risk of high winds and severe thunderstorms, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration ordered delays at the New York City area’s three airports - New York’s LaGuardia and JFK and Newark airport in New Jersey - as well as at Reagan Washington National Airport, airports at Charlotte and Atlanta, and Houston’s Bush airport.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the weather was impacting flights across the country. A major winter storm was also snarling flights across the Midwest and Great Lakes states.

The FAA earlier imposed ground stops at Reagan National, Chicago O’Hare and at Charlotte before lifting them.

FlightAware, a flight-tracking site, said more than 6,500 U.S. flights had been delayed and more than 3,500 cancelled as of 1:30 p.m. EDT.

American Airlines, Southwest Airlines and Delta Air Lines all have about a third of flights delayed or cancelled, according to FlightAware, while United Airlines has 25 per cent of flights delayed or canceled.

About 40 per cent of flights at Atlanta were cancelled or delayed, a third at Chicago O’Hare and 50 per cent at LaGuardia.

The U.S. government ordered federal employees in the Washington area to leave offices by 2 p.m. because of weather risks.

(Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by Franklin Paul and Will Dunham)