- Nearly 7,000 U.S. flights were delayed and more than 2,600 were canceled as a winter storm moved eastward.
- The winter storm was set to dump about a foot of snow on areas around Washington, D.C.
- The worst of the disruptions were centered in and around Washington, D.C., but flights were delayed around as far west as Dallas.
Thousands of flights were disrupted Monday as a winter storm moved eastward, snarling air travel in the eastern U.S.
By 5:45 p.m. ET, more than 6,900 U.S. flights were delayed while more 2,130 were canceled, according to flight tracker FlightAware.
The storm, which was moving from the Ohio Valley to the mid-Atlantic, was set to dump as much as a foot of snow in the Washington, D.C., area, though cold weather stretched through the southern U.S., according to federal forecasters.
More than 300 flights, or 80% of the day's schedule, were canceled at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, while about a third of the scheduled flights were canceled at each Washington Dulles International Airport and Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.
Each of the major New York-area airports had about 200 flight delays, FlightAware tallies showed, and there were significant slowdowns at other major airports like Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and Chicago O'Hare International Airport.
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United, Southwest, American and other airlines waived change fees and fare differences for travelers affected by the storm.
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