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Flights in the U.S. have been hampered by delays and cancellations Thursday, impacting over 7,000 flights as the latest issues for air travel during a week of significant disruptions.
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There have been 6,670 flight delays Thursday as of p.m. EDT, according to data from FlightAware, after more than 8,500 Wednesday.
Total cancellations numbered 358 as of Thursday evening, putting Thursday on pace to have far fewer than the more than 900 canceled flights Wednesday, when widespread thunderstorms peppered East Coast cities like Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia.
Origin airports with the most delays include Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, Chicago O'Hare International Airport and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, which have all recorded over 200 delays Thursday.
Origin airport cancellations have been led by Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (32), LaGuardia Airport (28) and Newark Liberty International Airport (20).
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6,100. There have been at least 6,100 flight delays every day so far this week.
Flight delays this week were initially spurred by flash flooding in the Northeast that brought one to two inches of rain to parts of New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Flight disruptions rocketed Monday, reaching as high as 10,800 delays and over 2,600 cancellations that slammed LaGuardia, Reagan, Newark and Denver International Airport. Disruptions eased a bit Tuesday and Wednesday but still left at least 7,000 flights delayed and at least 700 others cancelled.
Over 10,000 U.S. Flights Disrupted As Thunderstorms Pummel East Coast Monday (Forbes)