US Airports Suspend Most Flights Along East Coast Amid Blizzard

Feb. 23, 2026, 7:59 AM UTC

A powerful winter storm sweeping the US East Coast shut down the vast majority of flights out of the region’s largest airports on Monday, including in the New York area and in Boston.

More than 5,300 flights in, out or within the US were scrapped at the start of the week, according to FlightAware as of 2 a.m. New York time. The impact on the region’s airports are at least as severe as the late-January winter storms.

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