More flight delays on 4th of July

Photo by: WDAY Radio Staff
Photo by: WDAY Radio Staff

(Fargo, ND) -- Fourth of July has just started and air travelers already are facing hundreds of delays.

FlightAware reports over 350 delays in the U.S. in the early hours of the holiday. Cancelations are starting to pile up early, with more than a hundred flights scrubbed so far.

The busy travel weekend has seen almost 15-thousand flight delays and 15-hundred cancelations.

On Friday, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said his agency will monitor how airlines are performing throughout the weekend.