Yesterday saw the highest number of flight cancelations in a single day since Hurricane Sandy struck.
Over 7,100 US flights fell victim to the artic weather, just shy of the 7,400 scrapped because of Sandy on October 29, 2012.
Weather related cancelations so far this year have surpassed 75,000 with almost 15,000 this week alone.
Airlines are working to get schedules back on track and overnight there were around 600 pre-emptive cancelations in order to get misplaced flight crews and aircraft in position.
Today’s forecast for the Northeast raises the possibility of fresh snowfall in New York City, Washington DC and Philadelphia.
Yesterday’s big casualties were Baltimore Washington International and Washington’s Reagan National airports, and Charlotte Douglas International in North Carolina, all with over 80% of scheduled flighs canceled, according to aviation data provider FlightAware.
Over 70% of flights were scrapped at Philadelphia International.
Although not entirely immune from schedule disruptions, Amtrak has been steadily picking up business from stranded flyers.
"There’s no question that when airports shut down people divert to Amtrak where Amtrak is a travel option and so long as we’re running, we do see some uptick from airline diversions," said Amtrak spokesman Steve Kulm.
