US EditionUS Airlines and Airports Brace for a Brutal Travel Day Amid Massive Winter Storm
Over 10,000 flights were canceled on Sunday, making it the highest cancellation event since the pandemic, as a polar vortex-driven storm disrupts travel across major US hubs.
- On Jan 25, 2026, U.S. airlines and airports faced massive travel disruption as Cirium says over 29% of departing flights were canceled amid a winter storm, with Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warning up to 240 million Americans could be affected.
- Meteorologists say a stretched polar vortex sent Arctic air south as the system tracked from eastern Texas through the Southwest and central United States into the Mid‑Atlantic and Northeast, prompting states of emergency in at least 16 states and Washington.
- At regional hubs, Charlotte Douglas International Airport reported 1,080 canceled and 12 delayed flights, Raleigh‑Durham International Airport had 318 canceled and 2 delayed, and Piedmont Triad International Airport recorded 76 canceled.
- More than 180,000 customers lost power early Sunday, including about 45,000 in Texas and around 67,000 in Louisiana, while at least 16 states and Washington declared states of emergency.
- The weather service warned snow and sleet impacts will linger well into next week with rounds of re-freezing, and the National Weather Service forecast an astonishingly long swath of snowfall from New Mexico to Maine.
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