O’Hare International Airport was leading the nation in delays and cancellations Monday after Chicago’s first major winter storm of the season brought a fraction of the anticipated snowfall.

Passengers were dealing with a double-whammy: weather-related delays and the stress of being caught up in the fourth day of government-mandated flight cancellations amid an air traffic controller shortage and a prolonged government shutdown.

“You can either make a choice to be frustrated — or you accept your fate,” said Rhiannon Pabich, 32, who was dealing with a 2-hour delay on her flight from Chicago back to Boston.

O’Hare had logged more than 500 flight cancellations from Sunday afternoon to Monday afternoon, according to the according to the Chicago Department of Aviation. No other airport in the

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