Southwest Airlines Cancels Over 70 Percent of Flights, Blames Winter Storm

A traveler looks at an information board showing flight cancellations and delays at Reagan National airport during a winter storm ahead of the Christmas holiday in Arlington, Va., on Dec. 23, 2022. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images

Thousands of people have been left stranded this holiday weekend after Southwest Airlines canceled more than 2,000 flights amid extreme winter weather conditions.

The Dallas, Texas-based airline canceled approximately 2,897 flights as of 22:03 p.m. ET Monday; making up at least 71 percent of its scheduled flights for the day, according to flight tracker FlightAware. That is more cancellations than any other airline.