Jan. 24 (UPI) -- Thousands of flights have been canceled or delayed from Texas through the Northeast as 18 states declared emergencies amid a massive winter storm on Saturday.
Politico reported nearly 12,000 flights have been canceled through the weekend across the United States, but FlightAware showed 3,876 cancellations and 2,783 delays of flights within, into or out of the country on Saturday.
Dallas is the most affected, by far, among locales with 717 outgoing flights canceled and 91 delayed at the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. Those account for 81% and 10% of outgoing flights, respectively, affected at the airport.
The DFW airport also has 683 incoming flights that were affected, 77% of which were canceled while 64, or 7%, were delayed on Saturday.
Related
