Airlines have canceled more than 100 flights out of Chicago's two airports because of a Saturday snowstorm that reduced visibility.
The Chicago Department of Aviation says more than 120 flights out of O'Hare International Airport have been canceled, along with another 24 at Midway International Airport.
According to the air travel tracking website FlightAware.com, more than 80 other inbound flights that had been scheduled to land at O'Hare were also canceled.
The website reported that all inbound flights to O'Hare were being held at their points of origin until 9:30 a.m.
The Chicago area was forecast to get 3 to 6 inches of snow by late Saturday afternoon.
The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory until 6 p.m.
Meanwhile, a fast-moving storm expected to drop a foot of snow or more in the Northeast over the weekend moved into the region Saturday as road crews went on high alert and airlines began canceling flights.
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Airlines have canceled about 940 flights because of the storm, mostly in the Northeast and Midwest. Almost 350 flights into and out of Newark, N.J., have been canceled, and 172 at Chicago's O'Hare airport have been called off. ExpressJet and United have canceled the most flights so far.
"It's a pretty bad day for Newark," said Mark Duell, a spokesman for FlightAware, a website that tracks commercial airlines. About 40 percent of Newark's 900 flights have been cut, he said.
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