United States airlines cancel 5400 flights as winter storm dumps snow on Northeast

In addition to checking flight status, travelers may also want to get going early because lines could be longer than expected, and also pack a positive attitude to avoid travel stress.

More than 6, ooo flights have been cancelled, according to Flightaware, the website that tracks flights and records disruption to air travel.

The worst of Monday’s problems were in Chicago, where more than 450 flights were grounded at Chicago O’Hare and another 160 at Chicago Midway as of 11:55 a.m. ET, according to FlightAware.

In second place is New York’s La Guardia airport, which has so far canceled 856 flights on Tuesday.

The majority of the flights from the Blue Grass Airport are heading out on time. These included 907 Southwest flights, 700 American Airlines flights, 639 Jet Blue flights and 559 United flights, among many others. Over all about 22-hundred flights cancelled. Amtrak also cancelled and modified service up and down the Northeast Corridor.

Metro areas from Washington, D.C., to Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York City and Boston are seeing a combination of rain, ice and snow.

All flights from Baltimore/Washington International, Philadelphia International and Boston Logan International are canceled.

Travelers should expect “significant vehicular traffic” at the airports on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday as they try to get on rescheduled flights, said officials from the Port Authority of NY and New Jersey, the agency that oversees the airports.

Cuomo’s office adds that blizzard conditions are possible with 10-20 inches of snow forecast to cover western New York, the Finger Lakes and Central New York, with the highest falls of up to 24 inches.

JetBlue, American Airlines, Republic, and United have all waived their regular change fees for travelers affected by Stella; Southwest doesn’t charge waive fees in general.