Airlines Cancel Over 2,700 US Flights as Winter Storm Hits US East Coast

American Airlines passenger planes crowd a runway, at Tulsa International Airport in Tulsa, Okla., on March 23, 2020. Nick Oxford/Reuters

Airlines canceled over 2,700 U.S. flights on Sunday as a winter storm combining high winds and ice was poised to hit the U.S. East Coast over the holiday weekend.

The flights canceled by 12:30 p.m. ET on Sunday included over 2,700 entering, departing from, or within the United States, according to flight tracking website FlightAware.com. Over 1,500 flights were delayed, the data showed.