Flight cancellations pile up as major winter storm hits East Coast

Flight cancellations and delays are stacking up as a major winter storm makes its way across the East Coast.

As of shortly after 10 a.m. EST, there were 1,525 flight cancellations and 1,931 flight delays within, into or out of the United States on Monday.

Those flight cancellations hit the D.C. area particularly hard.

At Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA), 60 percent of all outgoing flights were canceled, totaling 239 cancellations. At Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI), 38 percent of outgoing flights were canceled, for a total of 109 cancellations. And at Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD), 24 percent of outgoing flights were canceled, for a total of 92 flights.

At DCA, 2 percent, or 11 flights, were delayed. At BWI, 12 percent, or 34 flights, were delayed. And at IAD, 7 percent, or 28 flights, were delayed.

The storm continued to ground flights in the central U.S. as well.

At St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL) in Missouri, 42 percent, or 93 flights, were canceled, and 5 percent were delayed. At Kansas City International Airport (MCI), 37 percent, or 54 flights, were canceled, and 17 percent were delayed.

And Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG), 34 percent, or 51 flights, were canceled, and 4 percent were delayed. Both Indianapolis International Airport (IND) and Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport (SDF) saw more than a quarter of flights canceled.

A major winter storm brought snow, ice, wind and falling temperatures to much of the country heading into this week, as the storm makes its way across central and southern states to the east coast.

Snow and ice blanketed major roads across Kansas, western Nebraska and parts of Indiana. Nearly 300,000 customers were without power early Monday across Kentucky, Indiana, Virginia, West Virginia, Illinois and Missouri, according to electric utility tracking website PowerOutage.us.

The National Weather Service issued winter storm warnings for Kansas and Missouri, where blizzard conditions brought wind gusts of up to 45 mph. The warnings extended to New Jersey for Monday and into early Tuesday.

The Associated Press contributed

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