Feb. 3—Two runways at DFW Airport have been reopened after the airport announced its runways were experiencing stoppages throughout the day Thursday amid winter weather conditions. More than 1,300 flights, both arriving and departing, were canceled in 24 hours.

The runways at DFW Airport, which were non-operational early Thursday morning, were still being treated for snow and ice into the evening.

At about 11 a.m., the airport confirmed on Twitter that its first runway was reopened for operations. It said around 2:30 it had cleared a second runway for use.

More than 700 flights departing DFW Airport have been canceled amid the winter storm affecting North Texas, according to the tracking website FlightAware. More than 600 arriving flights have also been canceled.

Dallas Love Field has canceled 350 flights in the last 24 hours, according to FlightAware. That includes nearly 180 departing flights, or 77% of those planned.

Love Field has not released any updates on how many, if any, runways were closed but said on Twitter that crews stayed overnight to work on runways.

As of 8 p.m. Thursday, DFW Airport has the most canceled incoming and outgoing flights in the world by a large margin. Dallas Love Field has the fourth-most cancellations. FlightAware showed 75% of outgoing flights and 68% of incoming flights at DFW Airport were canceled as of that time.

North Texas-based Southwest and American Airlines lead the world in flight cancellations by airlines, with Southwest contributing to more than 1,000 cancellations around the world.

More than 6,300 flights were canceled Thursday nationwide as winter weather moves across the south and northeast U.S.

Chicago O'Hare, Austin-Bergstrom and St Louis Lamber International join DFW and Dallas Love Field with the most flight cancellations, and at least 10 U.S. airports have more than 100 canceled flight departures, according to FlightAware.

This story was originally published February 3, 2022 9:38 AM.

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