1 of 2 | Millions of Americans heading home from their Memorial Day holiday faced thousands of flight delays and cancellations due to storms across the United States, as the number of travelers in the air broke records. File Photo by Erik S. Lesser/EPA-EFE
May 27 (UPI) — Millions of Americans heading home from their Memorial Day holiday faced thousands of flight delays and cancellations due to storms across the United States, as the number of travelers in the air and on the roads broke records. There were more than 6,000 flight delays in the United States as of Monday night and nearly 500 cancellations, according to FlightAware, for the unofficial start of the summer travel season. Advertisement
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport experienced the most delays and cancellations after the Federal Aviation Administration issued a ground stoppage due to severe thunderstorms. All flights were grounded for more than an hour Monday morning in Atlanta with incoming flights diverted to Savannah-Hilton Head International Airport.
Flights heading to Boston’s Logan International Airport experienced hour-long delays Monday night due to the large number of Memorial weekend travelers.
All three of New York’s airports — John F. Kennedy International Airport, La Guardia Airport and Newark International Airport — were averaging delays between two and three hours due to severe weather, according to the FAA.
On Friday, the U.S. Transportation Security Administration announced it had screened nearly 3-million people at U.S. airports, breaking a record for the most travelers in a single day, with most of those same travelers expected to return home on Monday.
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Memorial Day holiday travel breaks records as storms delay, cancel flights
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