Airlines Scrap Over 2,000 US Flights as Hurricane Ian Set to Make Landfall

Planes parked at Tampa International Airport before the airport is due to close at 5 p.m. ET ahead of Hurricane Ian, in Tampa, Fla., on Sept. 27, 2022. Bryan R. Smith/AFP via Getty Images

Airlines canceled over 2,000 U.S. flights on Tuesday and Wednesday and some Florida airports halted operations as they braced for impact from Hurricane Ian, which was set to make landfall in the state.

As of 1:20 p.m. ET Wednesday, airlines had scrapped 403 flights on Tuesday and 2,100 on Wednesday across the United States, and 3,286 flights within, into, or out of the United States were delayed on Tuesday, and 1,491 on Wednesday, according to flight-tracking website Flightaware.com.