Canceled Flights Rise Across US as Summer Travel Heats Up

Travelers queue up at the north security checkpoint in the main terminal of Denver International Airport in Denver on May 26, 2022. David Zalubowski/AP Photo

U.S. airlines canceled high numbers of flights as they tried to recover from storms while accommodating growing crowds of summer vacationers.

By early afternoon on Saturday in the United States, airlines have scrubbed more than 700 flights after canceling more than 1,400 on Friday, according to tracking service FlightAware.