Airports across the United States are expected one, if not, the busiest holiday travel weekends in their history as the 2024 Thanksgiving holidays get underway. While many will take to the country’s highways for their holiday getaways, many millions will take to the air to escape for a few days, between November 25, 2024, and December 1, 2024.  

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) says it expects to screen around 18.3 million people at US airports during the period. That number would equate to an amount of 6% higher than during the corresponding days in 2023. The TSA predicts that over three million people will pass through airport security checkpoints on Sunday, December 1, 2024 – the last day of the holidays before the great return to work and school on Monday, December 2, 2024.

This number of passengers on that day could even break the record of the 3.01 million passengers that were handled on Sunday, July 7, 2024, following the annual July 4th Independence Day celebrations. Wednesday, November 27, 2024, is expected to be the next busiest day.

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