US Airlines Cancel Almost 5,000 Flights Ahead of Nor'easter

US Airlines Cancel Almost 5,000 Flights Ahead of Nor'easter
An American Airlines aircraft flies past the U.S. Capitol before landing at Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Va., on Jan. 24, 2022. Joshua Roberts/Reuters
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CHICAGO—U.S. carriers on Friday canceled thousands of flights through the weekend in anticipation of a winter storm forecast to bring high winds and heavy snow across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic.

The National Weather Service said in an advisory that the Nor'easter would result in dangerous blizzards and make travel “nearly impossible.” Flight-tracking service FlightAware reported about 4,900 U.S. flights were canceled between Friday and Sunday.