Winter storms blasting America have caused chaos at the nation’s airports in the midst of the holiday travel season.
As of 3:30 p.m. EST Thursday, there had been 5,778 delays and 2,137 cancellations, according to flight tracker FlightAware.com.
Southwest Airlines was the most affected U.S. air carrier, with 832 flights canceled, 20% of its total for Thursday, and 1037 flights delayed, another 25% of their planned flights for Thursday.
Denver International Airport and Chicago O’Hare International Airport saw the most affected flights.
Chicago saw 252 departures canceled, 24% of planned flights, and 220 delays, 21% of planned departures.