Winter weather disrupts air travel in mid-Atlantic

WASHINGTON – A winter storm is disrupting air travel in the mid-Atlantic region.

FlightAware.com shows Reagan National Airport leading the country in cancellations Wednesday morning, with 37 per cent of departures and 33 per cent of arrivals cancelled.

Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport is seeing about 32 per cent of departures and 31 per cent of arrivals cancelled. Dulles International Airport is seeing about 26 per cent of departures and 23 per cent of arrivals cancelled.

Christina Saull, a spokeswoman for the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, which operates Reagan and Dulles, says many airlines cancelled flights ahead of the storm. Still, Saull says the runways are open and flights are taking off.

BWI spokesman Jonathan Dean says the snow team has been treating and clearing the airfield and despite delays and cancellations, flights are continuing.