Air travel is off to a smooth start this long weekend, but that's likely to change — first from snow in the Northeast then in the Deep South thanks to a second winter storm, this one a potential whopper now brewing off the Texas coast.
Winter blast: Half of DFW flights canceled; Atlanta and Charlotte next in line
09.01.2025 - 19:01 / thepointsguy.com
Another blast of winter weather is wreaking havoc on air travel. Two busy hubs in Texas have already been hit with disruptions, and they could spread to the South and mid-Atlantic by Friday as the nation's latest storm heads east.
As of 11 a.m. EST, more than 530 departures had been canceled at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW), according to data from FlightAware. That's nearly half of all planned flights Thursday at the nation's second busiest airport and the home base for American Airlines.
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Over 40% of departures had been scrapped at nearby Dallas Love Field Airport (DAL), the home of Southwest Airlines.
According to FlightAware, more than 1,300 flights nationwide had been canceled by late morning Thursday, with the disruptions heavily concentrated in Texas.
Forecasters expect the winter storm that's affecting flights at DFW and DAL to cause even more problems across a large section of the southern U.S. in the coming days, though.
Several major U.S. carriers have already issued travel advisories for dozens of airports ranging from Texas to Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina.
Such waivers allow travelers more flexibility to make free ticket changes to avoid travel during a major weather event. (Airlines have also issued similar waivers for parts of Southern California affected by the ongoing wildfires.)
Amid this latest winter storm, Delta Air Lines has issued a travel alert for a large section of the Southeast, including its massive hub operation at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL).
The world's busiest airport this week took to social media to confirm it's preparing for the effects of the storm — expected to hit the region on Friday.
American Airlines' vast travel alert covers a slew of southeastern airports, including its Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) hub.
The National Weather Service on Thursday warned the storm would strengthen and spread a mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain across the South and Southeast. Ice and "dangerous travel conditions" are expected from Atlanta to North and South Carolina.
That same storm system could bring wintry conditions and more flight disruptions to the mid-Atlantic and Northeast by the weekend, Accuweather added.
This latest round of weather-fueled flight disruptions comes after a previous winter storm scuttled thousands of flights between Jan. 4 and Jan. 6 and led Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to shut down its runways on Monday.
Meanwhile, the hundreds of cancellations at DFW Thursday are just the latest hurdle for the major hub and American, its dominant airline. The airport had to halt flights
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