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Airlines cancel more than 1,400 US flights Friday

Pete Muntean, CNN • Updated 5th August 2022

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Planes on the tarmac at LaGuardia Airport in New York, on August 2, 2021.

(CNN) — Massive flight cancellations have spilled over into a second day after thunderstorms pounded major airports on the East Coast on Thursday.

As of 6:50 p.m. ET Friday, flight tracking site FlightAware showed more than 1,400 flights in the United States had been canceled. Once again, New York's LaGuardia, Newark Liberty International and Reagan National Airport outside Washington were at the top for cancellations.

On Thursday, airlines canceled 1,248 flights nationwide, one of the worst days for flight cancellations of the past six weeks. Southwest Airlines canceled 370 flights, or 9% of its Thursday schedule. Southwest delayed another 1,800 flights, 46% of its Thursday schedule.

"We are working through a variety of weather-related challenges that are affecting a number of our larger operations across the country this week," Southwest Airlines said in a statement on Friday.

There were more than 6,600 reported delays in the United States on Friday, according to FlightAware.

Summer of flight discontent

CNN's Pete Muntean breaks down new air traffic analysis showing where flight cancellation issues are the worst in the nation.

Airlines have been struggling with flight cancellations and delays this summer as they face staffing shortages, severe weather and air traffic control delays.

US airlines have been preemptively trimming their schedules to ease air traffic disruptions, with American Airlines the latest to make cuts, particularly at its hub in Philadelphia.