Cancellations, delays continue Sunday at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport

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ATLANTA(CBS46) -- Dozens of cancellations and delays continue into Sunday at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport as the northeast was blanketed with several inches of snow.

FILE - Flight cancellations show on a departure board at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport as a winter storm moves into the area Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Ben Gray)
© ASSOCIATED PRESSFILE - Flight cancellations show on a departure board at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport as a winter storm moves into the area Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Ben Gray)

As of 10 a.m. Sunday, 58 total flights had been canceled either departing or arriving ATL. 39 of those were flights arriving to Hartsfield-Jackson. Another 38 flights had been delayed.

LINK: Updated flight cancellations/delays at Hartsfield-Jackson

The travel headaches were mostly caused by heavy snow in the northeast, as gusty winds and falling temperatures plunged the East Coast into a deep freeze as people dig out after a powerful nor'easter dumped mounds of snow, flooded coastlines and knocked out power to tens of thousands.

FILE - A passenger wears a face mask to help prevent the spread of the new coronavirus as he waits for a Delta Airlines flight at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta on Feb. 18, 2021. Delta Air Lines said Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022, it will extend through 2023 the window for customers to rebook credits earned when they purchased but then canceled flights during the pandemic. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
© Charlie RiedelFILE - A passenger wears a face mask to help prevent the spread of the new coronavirus as he waits for a Delta Airlines flight at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta on Feb. 18, 2021. Delta Air Lines said Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022, it will extend through 2023 the window for customers to rebook credits earned when they purchased but then canceled flights during the pandemic. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Airports in the northeast saw significantly worse days than here in Atlanta. Sunday, New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport has already canceled another 357 flights, while the city's other airport, LaGuardia, has canceled 378. Boston's Logan International Airport has canceled 340 flights as of Sunday morning, while Newark International in New Jersey has canceled 91.

Dangerous wind chills fell below zero in many locations across the region on Sunday after the storm dumped snow from Virginia to Maine. Philadelphia and New York had plenty of snow, but Massachusetts bore the brunt of the storm, with the town of Sharon getting more than 30 inches of snow before the storm moved out.

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