Severe winter weather is impacting travel for the fourth day in a row, as travelers make their last-minute trips on Christmas Eve.
As of 8:00 a.m. Saturday, 1,522 flights within, to, or from the United States have been canceled, according to the Flight Aware tracking service.
At the time of this report, an additional 1,123 flights have been delayed.
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Fog rises from Chicago and Lake Michigan at dawn on December 23, 2022, where temperatures hit -6F (-21C), ahead of the Christmas holidays. – A “once-in-a-generation” winter storm with temperatures as low as -40F (-40C) wreaked havoc on Christmas travel in the US on December 22, 2022, with thousands of flights canceled and major highways closed. (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / AFP)
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A massive winter storm Moving east across the United States is bringing bitter cold and life-threatening temperatures to dozens of states. A widespread flash freeze is forecast across the Midwest, East and South as heavy rains are accompanied by freezing temperatures as far as Florida.
This continues the frustrations for airlines that began Wednesday as wind chill, icy conditions and snow descended across large areas of the United States.
As of Friday morning, more than 10,415 flights have been delayed and 5,732 cancelled.
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Travelers check flight schedules at Miami International Airport during a winter storm ahead of the Christmas holidays in Miami, Florida on December 23, 2022. – Nearly 1.5 million US energy customers They were in the dark on Friday as a severe winter storm battered the country, causing road closures and thousands of flight cancellations days before Christmas. Heavy snow, howling winds and air so frigid it instantly turned boiling water to ice gripped much of the nation, including the normally temperate southern states. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP)
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Dangerous wind chills and snow accumulation are expected across much of the US, resulting in multiple cold weather warnings and watches for more than 150 million Americans. FOX Weather reported.
On Thursday, more than 10,000 flights within, to or from the US were delayed and more than 2,500 cancelled. On Wednesday, FlightAware reported more than 8,100 delayed flights.
Approximately 54 million passengers they are expected to depart from US airports during the Christmas and New Year holiday period. Thursday and Friday have been projected to be the busiest days during the year-end holiday period, with 3.34 million passengers scheduled to fly each day, according to travel app Hopper.
Travelers make their way through a security line at Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 23, 2022. – A historic and brutal winter storm put an estimated 240 million Americans under severe weather warnings on Friday. when US flights canceled and major highways closed. (Photo by Joseph Prezioso / AFP) (Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images)
Heavy snow, ice, and high winds hit various parts of the US., from the Plains and Midwest to the East Coast as early as Thursday.
Winter storm warnings and winter weather advisories have also been issued from the central and northern Plains eastward to the Midwest, the Great Lakes, the MidSouth, central Appalachians, and the northeastern interior, including the cities of Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis, Kansas City in Missouri, Milwaukee, Minneapolis-St. Paul and Memphis and Nashville in Tennessee.
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Hazardous weather is expected to last through Saturday, followed by a surge of arctic air.
Fox News’ Elizabeth Pritchett contributed to this report.
