Over 1,300 US flights canceled the day after Christmas

Over 1,300 US flights canceled the day after Christmas

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(CNN) — Dangerously cold and winter weather continued across the country, with air transportation cancellations and delays continuing to affect travelers on Monday.
By 5 a.m. ET on Monday, more than 1,360 flights inside and outside the United States had already been canceled and 641 flights had been delayed, according to flight tracking website FlightAware.

Post-holiday travel disruptions have affected much of the country, with the site reporting the most cancellations at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, followed by Buffalo Niagara International Airport and Baltimore-Washington International Airport Thurgood.・Marshall Airport and Denver International Airport follow.

On Christmas Sunday, 3,178 flights were canceled and 6,870 were delayed.

The winter storm that hit the United States was ill-timed for travelers as flights over the Christmas week began to return to pre-pandemic levels.

A total of 3,487 flights were canceled on Christmas Eve, according to FlightAware. Friday was his worst day with 5,934 cancellations, while Thursday had about 2,700 cancellations.

Across the eastern two-thirds of the country, this massive winter weather is expected to ease slowly this week.