Travellers stuck at YVR question call to cancel flights due to snow

People travelling out of YVR Sunday are being "strongly advised" to check their flight status due to the potential for delays and cancellations following a snowstorm.

More than 200 flights were cancelled this weekend at Vancouver International Airport and some impacted travellers are questioning the move.

On Saturday YVR announced it was pre-emptively cancelling roughly 15 per cent of flights in anticipation of issues due to incoming snow. By Sunday morning, as snow began melting away and turned to slush on roads and sidewalks across the Lower Mainland, an update from the airport urged people with travel plans to check for delays or cancellations.

Nicole Bitz and her brother Dwight had a flight booked to Kelowna Sunday morning and the pair were perplexed when they saw it was called off.

“I think it was maybe a bit premature. There wasn’t really that much snow and then it got pretty sunny afterwards. It all melted anyway," Nicole told CTV News.

"I was sitting over near the windows earlier and there’s not even any snow on the ground anymore."

In total, the two were facing a delay of 17 hours, which they planned to spend hunkered down in the airport with their phones and snacks to pass the time.

“They have to have a little bit of better protocols in place." said Dwight.