Travelers have also been forced to wait for extended periods of time to pass through security and endure long waits for flights.

The Atlanta airport is facing hundreds of delays and cancellations, as well as lengthy security wait times, as a winter storm hits the South.

As winter weather bears down on the metro Atlanta area and dangerously cold temperatures remain through the day, there have already been a number of cancellations and delays for flights into and out of the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.