欧洲很多机场由于大雪和结冰而关闭，航班停飞，造成众多圣诞节游客不得不在拥挤不堪的机场里搭起行军床或者在候机大厅的地上过夜。
在巴黎，由于缺少除冰剂和更多的降雪，至少400次航班停飞。在此之前，恶劣的天气已经导致很多从巴黎机场起飞的航班延迟。
星期五早上，很多滞留在巴黎戴高乐机场主要候机楼的旅客被从睡梦中叫醒，当局要他们转移到机场的另一区域，因为积雪过厚可能导致机场房顶倒塌。
2004年，戴高乐机场的同一候机楼的屋顶瘫塌，碎玻璃、钢铁和混凝土块像雪崩一样滑落，造成4人死亡。
在爱尔兰，弥漫的大雪导致4万乘客滞留在都柏林机场。同样的天气状况也导致德国杜塞尔多夫机场关闭。在布鲁塞尔，更多的降雪打乱了空中和陆路交通。
大多数欧洲人按照传统庆祝圣诞前夜，也就是12月24日。
Last-minute Christmas travelers around Europe found themselves sleeping on cots or on the floor of crowded airports as heavy snows and ice forced airlines to ground their planes.
In Paris, a shortage of de-icing fluid, used to clear airplanes of ice, and more snow meant that on Friday, at least 400 flights were grounded. The airport is already dealing with a backlog of flights after days of winter-related delays.
Stranded passengers at one of Paris’ main Charles de Gaulle airport terminals woke up Friday only to be rushed to another part of the airport as heavy snows threatened the roof.
In 2004, a roof at the same terminal collapsed and killed four people in an avalanche of glass, steel and concrete.
Blinding snow in Ireland stranded some 40,000 travelers at the main Dublin airport, and similar conditions in Germany shut down its Dusseldorf airport. Fresh snowfall also disrupted flights and road travel in Brussels.
Most Europeans traditionally celebrate Christmas Eve (December 24).