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FILE - Travelers are lining up at O'Hare airport in Chicago, Friday, July 2, 2021. The federal requirement to wear face masks on airplanes and public transportation is scheduled to expire next week, and airline executives and Republican lawmakers are urging the Biden administration to let the mandate die. The fate of the rule — and consideration of an alternate “framework” of moves to limit the spread of COVID-19 — was under discussion Monday, April 11, 2022 within the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

1.5K flights canceled amid ‘record’ 4th of July travel

Thousands of flights are delayed across America during what analysts call a record-setting July 4 travel weekend. According to Flight Aware, at least 15,000 flights have been delayed and another 1,500 flights were canceled as of Sunday amid a surge in demand for air travel.