Mid-March Winter-Storm Complex Snarls U.S. Air and Road Networks, Triggers CBP Staffing Shifts
A powerful March 13–16 winter-storm complex has cancelled more than 3,200 U.S. flights, shut key interstate corridors and forced CBP to redeploy border officers to Northeast airports to handle backlogs. Mobility planners should brace for knock-on effects in air, rail and trucking capacity through mid-week.
Mar 17, 2026
