Originally Posted by wmuflyboy

My buddy was supposed to fly from ORD to ICT tonight but the flight got cancelled. The reason United gave to the pax was it was due to ATC. I dont really understand this. It was cancelled almost 4 hours before the scheduled departure time. Is there a more detailed explanation for the cancellation? Or is that just a made up excuse to cover up the real reason, for example, the plane not having enough pax to make it worth to fly the trip or something like that.