Over 3,000 flights have been canceled at major Big Apple airports as a historic blizzard threatens to bury the region in at least two feet of snow, reports said.
With perilous conditions expected to batter the Northeast Sunday, several major airlines grounded flights Saturday at key hubs, including JFK, LaGuardia, Newark, and airports in Philadelphia and Boston — and the number is expected to skyrocket once snow begins to fall, according to FOX Weather.
Major carriers, including Delta, American, and United, scrapped flights in the New York City area and Boston’s Logan Airport ahead of the massive nor’easter, with JetBlue cutting 40% of its Sunday schedule, according to FlightAware data reviewed by the outlet.
The carrier also canceled 24 percent of its flights scheduled for Monday.
American Airlines will suspend operations at LaGuardia, JFK, and Philadelphia starting Sunday afternoon, with flights expected to resume Tuesday.
“Teams across the airline are working around the clock and will be ready to resume operations at the affected airports Tuesday, Feb. 24 as soon as the conditions allow airlines to safely do so,” the airline said in a statement, WABC reported.
Cancellations and delays could stretch through Wednesday, as major airlines roll out winter travel waivers for impacted airports, the outlet reported.
The monster storm is set to hit Sunday and rage into Monday, bringing wind gusts over 60 mph and snow falling up to 3 inches per hour, threatening power outages and coastal flooding for more than 30 million people from Delaware and Maryland to New York and Boston, forecasters said.
A state of emergency has been declared for New York City, Long Island and Westchester County beginning Sunday morning ahead of the storm, which is forecast to dump 18 to 24 inches of snow on the Big Apple alone.
“We are describing this storm as a major nor’easter,” AccuWeather senior meteorologist Carl Erickson told The Post Saturday, adding the blizzard will have “very strong winds” and “treacherous travel conditions.”
NYC, Long Island, and New Jersey will be under blizzard warnings from 6 a.m. Sunday to 6 p.m. Monday.
The snow is expected to remain heavy until mid-Monday morning but taper off by late afternoon, he said.
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