Overview
- Screening set a new TSA record on Sunday with 3,133,924 passengers, intensifying pressure on an already weather-stressed system.
- Chicago remained the biggest trouble spot on Monday, with O’Hare reporting 249 cancellations and 936 delays by 5 p.m., an FAA ground delay averaging 82 minutes, and a brief ground stop at Midway as fresh snow moved in.
- Nationwide flight disruptions eased Monday to 218 cancellations and 1,920 delays, a marked improvement from the thousands recorded on Sunday, according to FlightAware.
- An FAA/EASA emergency directive requiring software updates on Airbus A320-family jets continued to ripple through schedules, with JetBlue canceling about 74 flights Sunday as updates progressed and Frontier and Spirit reporting completions or limited impact.
- Additional shocks compounded the weekend chaos, including an FAA ground stop at Denver due to high winds and a Delta jet sliding off a runway in Des Moines on Saturday that temporarily closed the airport, with no injuries reported.