More than 850 flights canceled in US early Wednesday, tracker says

At slightest 878 flights were canceled successful the United States aboriginal connected Wednesday, with the departures from the engaged hubs of Chicago, Denver and Atlanta starring the database of the astir cancellations, according to a flight-data tracker. 

Another 404 flights had been delayed arsenic of astir 5 a.m. ET, according to FlightAware. 

Travelers locomotion done Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport connected Nov. 11, 2025 successful Arlington, Virginia.

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Chicago O’Hare International topped the tracker’s database of cancellations, with 44 arsenic of astir 4 a.m. section time. Next was Denver with 43 and Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson with 37. 

Wednesday’s formation cancellations appeared acceptable to proceed a dayslong streak of chaos astatine American airports, which were operating nether duress amid a national authorities shutdown.

Travelers locomotion done the terminal astatine Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, much than a period into the ongoing U.S. authorities shutdown, successful Arlington, Virginia, Nov. 11, 2025.

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The Federal Aviation Administration continues to bounds capableness astatine 40 large U.S. airports. Many national employees, including Transportation Security Administration staffers, were working without pay arsenic the partisan impasse dragged connected successful Washington.  

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