Though Las Vegas isn’t in the path of a giant winter storm sweeping the country, poor weather appears to be affecting hundreds of flights at Harry Reid International Airport.
Airlines on Sunday canceled more than 11,800 flights as of Sunday afternoon, according to flight-tracking company FlightAware. Reid airport had 162 of those cancellations, making up 9 percent of all departures and 11 percent of all arrivals at the airport.
The airport has also seen 142 delayed flights, making up 8 percent of all departures and 9 percent of all arrivals.
The winter storm, expected to bring snow, sleet and freezing rain to nearly 180 million people across the country, is the highest experienced flight cancellation event since the pandemic, the Associated Press reported.
