The massive winter weather system that will impact nearly 200 million people across dozens of states is wreaking havoc on air travel as flight delays and cancellations are impacting airports across the country.

"An Arctic siege has taken over our state," says New York governor Kathy Hochul, adding: "It is brutal, it is bone-chilling and it is dangerous."

Most of the delayed flights at the time of publication were through Southwest Airlines, while most of the canceled flights were through American Airlines.