{"id":165918,"date":"2026-02-23T18:22:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T18:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/165918\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T18:22:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T18:22:07","slug":"more-than-240-orlando-flights-canceled-as-northeast-faces-severe-snowstorm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/165918\/","title":{"rendered":"More than 240 Orlando flights canceled as Northeast faces severe snowstorm"},"content":{"rendered":"

ORLANDO, Fla. \u2013 Thousands of travelers in Orlando are scrambling to make new plans after a powerful snowstorm<\/a> brought air traffic to a standstill in much of the northeast United States.<\/p>\n

On Monday, flight disruptions piled up as more than 240 flights were canceled through Orlando International Airport and 5,800 flights were canceled across the U.S., according to online tracker FlightAware. Hundreds of others were delayed.<\/p>\n

Damon Cooper planned to spend a couple of extra days in Orlando after his American Airlines flight home to Philadelphia was cancelled.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAmerican did compensate us. The earliest they can get us out is probably Wednesday evening,\u201d Cooper said. \u201cI\u2019ll just go to the hotel and relax and hope for the best.\u201d<\/p>\n

New York\u2019s John F. Kennedy International Airport and LaGuardia Airport had the highest numbers of cancellations on Monday, followed by airports in Boston, Newark, New Jersey, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n

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More than 4,000 U.S. flights were previously canceled on Sunday. And another nearly 1,600 trips scheduled for Tuesday have already been cut, in disruptions that could continue to climb.<\/p>\n

Katycia Alvarado\u2019s trip to Philadelphia was also canceled, and she said her airline gave her mixed messages.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe person I called said come here. Then I came here, and they said call,\u201d Alvarado said. \u201cToo much frustration. It\u2019s hard because you expect to be on the next flight they go on time.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Federal Aviation Administration urged travelers to monitor updates and check with their airlines on the status of their flights.<\/p>\n

The National Weather Service on Monday called travel conditions \u201cextremely treacherous\u201d and \u201cnearly impossible\u201d in areas hit hardest by the storm.<\/p>\n

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