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Winter weather is expected to disrupt air travel on Tuesday as well.
More than 1,200 flights have already been canceled and more than 1,300 delayed, according to tracking site FlightAware. United Airlines and Southwest Airlines each canceled more than 250 flights, the site said.
The storm affected most of the country’s airports, from Houston and Chicago, where United Airlines held incoming flights, to New York, where Delta Air Lines held flights to Kennedy Airport.
Flights to Newark and LaGuardia were also slowed or stopped by the Federal Aviation Administration.
Tuesday’s disruption comes on top of more than 3,300 flight cancellations on Monday, the highest number of canceled flights since the 2022 Southwest meltdown, according to FlightAware data.
United Airlines and Alaska Airlines continue to experience cancellations related to the grounding of Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft. The FAA grounded Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 after the door plug exploded. There are only two airlines operating similar aircraft: Alaska Airlines and United Airlines. .
More than 1,000 flights have been canceled each day since Friday, with nearly 2,300 flights cancelled, according to FlightAware. About 8,600 flights were canceled between Friday and Monday.