5K flights canceled Tuesday amid northeast snow

Airlines canceled 4,987 flights amid a large snowstorm that has hit major cities in the Northeast, according to the website FlightAware.com. 

As much as two feet of snow was forecasted to fall in major cities on the East Coast like New York City and Boston, although New York ended up receiving about eight inches, which was much less snowfall than anticipated. 

There was enough snow at airport hubs like Newark Liberty International Airport to result in widespread flight cancellations, however. 

{mosads}The FlightAware website said airlines canceled 2,522 flights that were scheduled for Monday, in addition to the 4,987 Tuesday in response to the storm. Another 1,282 flights Tuesday were delayed because of the storm, according to the site.

The leading airport for cancellations on Tuesday was New York’s LaGuardia Airport, which had 537 outgoing and 517 inbound flights canceled. 

Newark Liberty International, New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport, Philadelphia International Airport and Boston’s Logan Airport rounded out the top five on the delay list Tuesday.