Flight schedules appeared to be running close to normal Thursday morning at most big U.S. airports.
If that holds, it would end a miserable four-day stretch for air travelers, who have suffered more than 7,500 flight cancellations and more than 10,000 delays since just Sunday.
Flight-tracking service FlightAware.com counted about 400 delays nationwide as of 11:30 a .m. ET.
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That's not an extreme figure, and more nearly a quarter of that came from four airports experiencing only minor problems as of 11:30 a.m. ET.
At Dallas/For Worth, 44 departures had been canceled as of 11:30 a.m. ET as snow fell in the area. In California, about 20 San Francisco departures — a small number given the scale of operations there — were canceled because of poor visibility. In in the New York City-area, a combined 35 departures had been scrapped at LaGuardia and Newark airports, which are getting back to normal following this week's storm weather.
Elsewhere, no major disruptions were affecting air travelers as of 11:30 a.m. ET, though the number of overall cancellations had begun to trend upward.
Thursday morning's cancellation tally is less than the number of cancellations reported Wednesday at several individual airports.
For example, more than 530 flights were canceled Wednesday just at Newark's Liberty International. At Chicago O'Hare, more than 520 flights were canceled on Wednesday while the total at LaGuardia came in at about 475, according to FlightAware.
All told, 2,900 flights were canceled nationwide on Wednesday as a major winter storm slammed the Midwest and Northeast. That was the fourth consecutive day of major disruptions, following 1,620 cancellations on Tuesday, 2,090 on Monday and about 950 on Sunday, according to FlightAware.
Now, with the respite from stormy weather, airlines can tackle the challenge of recovering from this week's disruptions. Tens of thousands of passengers have been affected by cancellations since Sunday, meaning carriers have a sizeable backlog of customers to get to their destinations.
Nearly every big airline had waived change fees and relaxed rebooking rules for fliers, though the precise details varied by airline.