More than 6,400 flights in the US were cancelled on Saturday 14 November, according to FlightAware data reported by Yahoo News. Earlier on Saturday the count had stood at just over 5,000.
The FAA Administrator, Bryan Bedford, had forecast 4,000 to 5,000 cancellations for Saturday. The latest FlightAware figure is more than 1,400 above the top of that range.
The Statesman, also citing FlightAware, gives a lower total of more than 6,150 cancellations and more than 7,300 delays. That count was taken at 6.45pm ET, earlier than the Yahoo News figure.
Sunday's disruption has also grown. More than 800 flights scheduled for Sunday 15 November had been cancelled as of 9pm ET on Saturday, Yahoo News reports, up from 160 at 3.30pm ET. Nearly all are on two airlines:
- American: 293 cancellations
- JetBlue: 241 cancellations, about 26% of its Sunday schedule
- Southwest, Delta and United: fewer than 65 each
Bedford said airlines were unlikely to resume normal schedules until late Sunday, The Statesman reports. That is consistent with what he told a press conference earlier on Saturday.