LAX, SoCal airports see hundreds of flight cancellations on day after Christmas

LAX travelers say they can't book new Southwest flights until Dec. 31

LAX travelers tell FOX 11 they're struggling to book flights leaving Los Angeles until December 31 as some continue to be stranded at the airport.

LOS ANGELES - Monday was a disastrous travel day at airports nationwide as millions of Americans were trying to make it home after Christmas.

The busy travel day combined with the leftover issues from a mass winter storm made for a recipe for disaster. Officials said nearly 3,000 flights were canceled on Christmas Day and those travelers hoped to get on new flights.

Despite sunny skies and warm temperatures, travelers in Southern California were also impacted by the travel nightmare.

Busy travel day clashes with leftover weather delays on the day after Christmas

As of Monday morning, 64 flights were cancelled out of LAX.

Below is a list of flight cancellations for Southland airports as of 10:45 p.m. Monday:

Los Angeles International Airport

110 cancellations

Long Beach Airport

60 cancellations

Hollywood Burbank Airport

82 cancellations

Ontario International Airport

49 cancellations

John Wayne Airport

97 cancellations

Those numbers could change throughout the day and travelers are encouraged to stay updated on their itineraries.

The Federal Aviation Administration reported New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Detroit and Minneapolis are expected to have the worst delays and out of all the airlines, Southwest has been the hardest hit.

Those who couldn’t make it home for Christmas were forced to cancel or rethink their holiday plans and now thousands are facing difficulties finding an easy route back home.

Laura Alvarez told FOX 11 that her flight back to Michigan got canceled, and she was on the phone for nearly two hours with a customer support agent.

"They finally gave us another choice, which was Chicago. So, the plan was to go back to Chicago and then drive five hours home," she explained. However, that second flight was canceled and eventually, she found another flight home.

According to the tracking website Flight Aware, U.S. airlines have canceled over 12,000 flights since Wednesday.