Hurricane Sandy Forces Thousands of Flight Cancellations in New York City; American Airlines, Jet Blue, US Airways, Delta Cancel Flights to JFK, LGA, PHL, EWR Through Wednesday?

Hurricane Sandy's projected path has forced the hands of airlines who cancelled over 5,000 flights in the Northeast area.

Among the major carriers that have cancelled flights are American Airlines, Jet Blue, United, US Airways, and Delta. All these airlines cancelled flights heading into and out of the major Northeast airports, the nation's busiest airspace. According to the Washington Post, more than 6,800 flights were cancelled for Sunday and Monday as early as Sunday evening.

The Huffington Post adds that 857 Monday flights at Newark International Airport, 632 at New York Kennedy Airport, and 500 from New York La Guardia and Philadelphia International were cancelled.

More daunting is that some airlines are cutting flights all the way through Wednesday. According to the Associated Press, Jet Blue Airways Corp canceled more than 1,000 flights from Sunday through Wednesday morning. American Airlines and American Eagle cancelled 1,431 flights from Monday through Wednesday.

United cancelled 3,700 flights in Northeast airports from Sunday through Wednesday and will not operate any flights in Newark, La Guardia, Kennedy, Washington Dulles, Washington National, or Baltimore-Washington International.

US Airways cancelled 483, though more are expected. The airline will not operate any flights at Philadelphia or Washington National on Monday according to Forbes.

All the major airlines have already offered passengers the opportunity to rebook their flights in affected areas without any change fees.