More than 1,900 flights canceled, leaving passengers frustrated

An abundance of flights have been canceled and delayed on Wednesday, leaving passengers frustrated and in many cases waiting at airports for extended periods of time.

More than 1,900 flights in, out of and across the U.S. were delayed by 2 p.m. FlightAware said that the flight-tracking website was open Wednesday.

Flight delays surpassed 4,500, but FlightAware's live flight delay and cancelation figures have been steadily increasing, even though it is still down from Tuesday.

Airlines have already canceled 550 flights across the country as of 2 p.m. According to the data, the data shows that ET Wednesday.

Travelers posted on social media this week that they have been at the airport for as long as 12 hours due to delays.

One user tweeted that a flight that is straight up canceled and heading to a hotel for a full night's sleep or a late night at the airport with longer and longer delays was a glimmer of hope that you'll take off.

According to the President of the airline, Nicholas Calio, airlines dropped 15% of the flights they originally planned for June through August because of the busy travel season.

Calio said that its member carriers accelerated robust hiring and training programs in all areas, including flight crew, customer service agents and airport staff, in addition to increasing pay for many positions. According to Calio, airlines have given passengers more flexibility to change their travel plans.

According to FlightAware, scores of passengers have been left in a bind during major summer holidays because of the problems, and scores of passengers have been left in a bind.

Delta Air Lines told FOX Business that Delta teams continue to manage safely, including higher-than-planned unscheduled absences in some of our work groups, weather and air traffic control constraints.

Airlines struggled with bad weather and shortages of workers, leading to widespread cancellations over the Memorial Day holiday weekend, which usually kicks off the summer travel season.

Kathleen Bangs, FlightAware spokeswoman, said that delays over the long weekend averaged 21%. On Friday, cancellations reached as high as 4.7%, according to Bangs.

The website also saw a series of delays and even higher cancellations over Father's Day and the Juneteenth holiday weekend as well, according to Bangs. She said cancellations reached 6% and 5% on Thursday and Friday of the weekend.

The next major summer holiday nears and the problems haven't slowed.

More than from Friday through Sunday, more than from the past weekend, according to FlightAware data. According to the data, 23% of all flights were delayed and about 3% were canceled.

More than 47 million people are expected to travel for the July 4 weekend. More than 3 million of them are planning to fly.