BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport saw 27 more flight cancellations on Tuesday, on top of the dozens it saw over the weekend and on Monday, as travelers continue to wait for the government shutdown to end.

Flight cancellations are escalating to 6% nationwide, and ramping up to 10% by the end of the week as the longest government shutdown in U.S. history continues.

"Very nerve-wracking, checking on my phone all day today, whether or not Southwest, which is the airline I'm flying, is canceling the flight," said Ari Asag, from Columbia, Maryland, who's traveling to Chicago.

Travelers at BWI Airport said they were glued to their phones on Tuesday, checking to see if their flight was canceled.

"Mostly just a lot of worry that I was even going to be able to get home," said Mirabel Boctoi, who liv

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