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Check Your Flights, JWA, LAX Recommends
With record cold, blizzards and more flights to the east coast may be affected. Here is how to check your flight schedule.
NEWPORT BEACH, CA — Much of the midwest and the east coast is buried in snow with freezing temperatures and blizzard conditions plaguing the right side of the nation, Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service.
Travelers heading out of John Wayne and Los Angeles International Airports were being advised to plan ahead and ensure their flights are on time.
"Please check with your airline for delays and cancellations," LAX officials warned travelers on Twitter.
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According to the FlightAware website, there were 24 cancellations of flights into or out of LAX as of late Tuesday morning, including four flights bound for Chicago and one for Milwaukee. There were 54 flight delays reported.
Nationally, nearly 1,700 flights had been scrubbed as of late morning, including 149 in or out of Chicago Midway International Airport, 117 at Chicago O'Hare International and 147 at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International.
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More than 7,700 flights were delayed nationally, according to FlightAware.
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City News Service, Patch editor Ashley Ludwig contributed to this report.
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