More than 900 US flights canceled, and 6,300 US flights delayed on Sunday

by Kenneth Nzeh August 8, 2022

August 8, 2022 294 views

900 US flights canceled, and 6,300 US flights delayed on Sunday

More than 900 US flights were canceled, and 6,300 US flights delayed on Sunday

According to the flight tracking website, FlightAware, there have been 912 flights

canceled so far on Sunday.

A total of 6,378 flights have been delayed across the United States.

‎Chicago O’Hare saw the most cancellations and delays on Sunday, with

approximately 12% of flights were canceled, and over 40% of flights were delayed.

Chicago saw heavy rain on Sunday, including a flash flood warning that was in place

for parts of the afternoon for portions of Cook County.

Weekend of cancellations

Saturday saw a total of 657 flight cancellations and 7,267 delays within, into or out of

the United States.

American Airlines canceled 4% of its flights and 24% of its Saturday flights were

delayed, according to FlightAware.

United had 4% of its flights canceled and 23% delayed, followed by Delta with 2%

canceled and 22% of its Saturday flights delayed, FlightAware notes.

41% of JetBlue’s flights and 36% of Southwest’s flights were also delayed on Saturday,

according to the website.