Plane slides off runway at Detroit Airport

The Delta Airlines plane in Detroit. Photo / via Twitter

Heavy snowfall has caused chaos to the Midwest region of the United States - including affecting air travel.

Reports said a Delta flight landing at Detroit Metro Airport slid off the runway and into the snow-covered grass. There were no reported injuries.

Flight DL 724 departed from Buffalo and was scheduled to arrive at 11.27am (US time). Passengers exited the aircraft from its tail after the overshot landing.

Detroit Metro Airport tweeted earlier that it is "keeping our airfield in good shape" during the snowstorm, but "there are delays".

Flight slid off the runway when we landed in #Detroit. We in the grass and stuck. Epic!!! pic.twitter.com/ym0sWI7QDh

— 𝖎𝖘𝖆𝖆𝖈 𝖕𝖗𝖎𝖈𝖊 (@FFMBA3N) December 11, 2016

Earlier, weather reports said snow would cover the Great Lakes and the Northeast ahead of an expected dip into Arctic-cold temperatures.

The wintry weather mostly moved out of the Plains overnight, pushing further into Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana.

The National Weather Service said Chicago would see an additional 7cm-13cm Sunday.

The city's aviation website said more than 1200 flights had been cancelled at O'Hare and about 160 at Midway as of Sunday morning (US time).

We got to exit off the tail of the plane. That was kind of cool. pic.twitter.com/TC2XJZgCPe

— 𝖎𝖘𝖆𝖆𝖈 𝖕𝖗𝖎𝖈𝖊 (@FFMBA3N) December 11, 2016

Reports said Detroit could see the heaviest amount of snow Sunday, about 20cm. To the east, Cleveland could see up to 15cm, while Burlington, Vermont, could get up to three.

The Ohio River valley and Mid-Atlantic will see a mix of snow, freezing rain and rain.

Temperatures 15 to 30 degrees below average will follow the cold rain and snow in the coming days through much of the Midwest and East.

- AP