# Christmas and New Year 2020 air travel: how US airports and states did

Source: Passenger Index, https://passengerindex.com/web/holidays/christmas-new-year-2020/ (CC BY 4.0). Updated 2026-10-20.

TSA screened 14,944,402 passengers nationwide over the Christmas and New Year 2020 travel period (Sun, Dec 20, 2020 – Sat, Jan 2, 2021), down 56.3% from 34,199,975 over the same period a year earlier. The busiest day was Sunday, December 27, with 1,334,030 screenings.

The busiest airports by departing passengers screened were Orlando International Airport (MCO, about 598,000), Denver International Airport (DEN, about 522,000) and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL, about 487,000). Among states, Florida led with about 2.3 million.

## Key facts

- **Travel period:** Sun, Dec 20, 2020 – Sat, Jan 2, 2021
- **TSA screenings:** 14,944,402 (-56.3% YoY)
- **Busiest day:** December 27, 2020: 1,334,030
- **Busiest airport:** MCO, about 598,000

## Day by day, nationwide

| 2020 | Screened | Year earlier | Screened | YoY |
|---|--:|---|--:|--:|
| Sun, Dec 20 | 1,111,609 | Fri, Dec 20, 2019 | 2,681,695 | -58.5% |
| Mon, Dec 21 | 1,002,953 | Sat, Dec 21, 2019 | 2,557,988 | -60.8% |
| Tue, Dec 22 | 1,043,366 | Sun, Dec 22, 2019 | 2,589,688 | -59.7% |
| Wed, Dec 23 | 1,244,556 | Mon, Dec 23, 2019 | 2,562,555 | -51.4% |
| Thu, Dec 24 | 885,065 | Tue, Dec 24, 2019 | 2,042,078 | -56.7% |
| Fri, Dec 25 | 683,838 | Wed, Dec 25, 2019 | 1,996,541 | -65.7% |
| Sat, Dec 26 | 1,181,793 | Thu, Dec 26, 2019 | 2,623,113 | -54.9% |
| Sun, Dec 27 | 1,334,030 | Fri, Dec 27, 2019 | 2,654,247 | -49.7% |
| Mon, Dec 28 | 1,161,059 | Sat, Dec 28, 2019 | 2,540,383 | -54.3% |
| Tue, Dec 29 | 1,069,787 | Sun, Dec 29, 2019 | 2,647,034 | -59.6% |
| Wed, Dec 30 | 1,215,423 | Mon, Dec 30, 2019 | 2,572,305 | -52.7% |
| Thu, Dec 31 | 914,456 | Tue, Dec 31, 2019 | 2,073,706 | -55.9% |
| Fri, Jan 1 | 849,514 | Wed, Jan 1, 2020 | 2,196,916 | -61.3% |
| Sat, Jan 2 | 1,246,953 | Thu, Jan 2, 2020 | 2,461,726 | -49.3% |

## By state (departing passengers screened, 3 significant figures)

| State | Departing screened | YoY | Busiest airport |
|---|--:|--:|---|
| Florida | 2.3 million | -44.7% | MCO |
| Texas | 1.5 million | -47.2% | DFW |
| California | 1.3 million | -72.1% | LAX |
| New York | 683,000 | -70.8% | JFK |
| Illinois | 662,000 | -54.9% | ORD |
| Colorado | 604,000 | -44.9% | DEN |
| Nevada | 432,000 | -52.6% | LAS |
| New Jersey | 401,000 | -60.4% | EWR |
| Washington | 357,000 | -62.5% | SEA |
| Michigan | 329,000 | -51.4% | DTW |
| Massachusetts | 263,000 | -68.1% | BOS |
| Tennessee | 259,000 | -45.9% | BNA |
| Missouri | 240,000 | -51.5% | STL |
| Pennsylvania | 236,000 | -59.1% | PHL |
| Minnesota | 235,000 | -59.1% | MSP |
| Utah | 214,000 | -43.8% | SLC |
| Virginia | 214,000 | -65.5% | DCA |
| Ohio | 210,000 | -50.7% | CLE |
| Hawaii | 202,000 | -74.8% | HNL |
| Maryland | 185,000 | -58.7% | BWI |
| North Carolina | 184,000 | -57.7% | RDU |
| Oregon | 170,000 | -62.6% | PDX |
| Louisiana | 148,000 | -55.7% | MSY |
| Kentucky | 143,000 | -50.5% | CVG |
| Indiana | 134,000 | -47.5% | IND |
| South Carolina | 105,000 | -46.8% | CHS |
| Wisconsin | 103,000 | -54.9% | MKE |
| Oklahoma | 83,200 | -46.4% | OKC |
| Arizona | 74,500 | -49.8% | TUS |
| Montana | 71,900 | -37.5% | BZN |
| Idaho | 68,200 | -38.9% | BOI |
| Alabama | 57,800 | -44.9% | BHM |
| Nebraska | 57,300 | -47.6% | OMA |
| Alaska | 54,400 | -54.2% | ANC |
| Connecticut | 52,300 | -62.9% | BDL |
| Iowa | 48,800 | -48.3% | DSM |
| Arkansas | 43,100 | -45.7% | LIT |
| Georgia | 40,300 | -44.7% | SAV |
| New Mexico | 39,500 | -68.6% | ABQ |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 32,100 | -20.4% | STT |
| North Dakota | 31,000 | -45.7% | FAR |
| Rhode Island | 28,100 | -64.7% | PVD |
| South Dakota | 27,200 | -38.8% | FSD |
| Wyoming | 22,600 | -24.6% | JAC |
| Maine | 21,900 | -53.9% | PWM |
| Kansas | 21,100 | -49.6% | ICT |
| Mississippi | 20,900 | -47.6% | JAN |
| New Hampshire | 11,500 | -64.2% | MHT |
| Vermont | 6,140 | -78.3% | BTV |
| West Virginia | 5,480 | -49.7% | CRW |
| Guam | 4,780 | -94.8% | GUM |

## By airport (departing passengers screened, 3 significant figures)

| Code | Airport | State | Departing screened | YoY |
|---|---|---|--:|--:|
| MCO | Orlando International Airport | FL | 598,000 | -42.0% |
| DEN | Denver International Airport | CO | 522,000 | -46.0% |
| FLL | Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport | FL | 487,000 | -40.8% |
| ORD | Chicago O'Hare International Airport | IL | 486,000 | -56.7% |
| LAX | Los Angeles International Airport | CA | 481,000 | -71.1% |
| DFW | Dallas Fort Worth International Airport | TX | 477,000 | -41.5% |
| MIA | Miami International Airport | FL | 424,000 | -53.7% |
| EWR | Newark Liberty International Airport | NJ | 393,000 | -60.3% |
| LAS | Harry Reid International Airport | NV | 386,000 | -52.6% |
| JFK | John F. Kennedy International Airport | NY | 362,000 | -73.0% |
| IAH | George Bush Intercontinental Airport | TX | 331,000 | -52.2% |
| SEA | Seattle-Tacoma International Airport | WA | 286,000 | -64.2% |
| TPA | Tampa International Airport | FL | 269,000 | -46.0% |
| BOS | Boston Logan International Airport | MA | 262,000 | -68.1% |
| DTW | Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport | MI | 256,000 | -52.8% |
| MSP | Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport | MN | 227,000 | -59.2% |
| SLC | Salt Lake City International Airport | UT | 205,000 | -44.3% |
| SFO | San Francisco International Airport | CA | 200,000 | -81.0% |
| PHL | Philadelphia International Airport | PA | 199,000 | -59.5% |
| LGA | LaGuardia Airport | NY | 197,000 | -68.3% |
| BWI | Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport | MD | 183,000 | -58.8% |
| RSW | Southwest Florida International Airport | FL | 181,000 | -34.1% |
| SAN | San Diego International Airport | CA | 170,000 | -67.8% |
| BNA | Nashville International Airport | TN | 162,000 | -45.8% |
| MDW | Chicago Midway International Airport | IL | 151,000 | -49.1% |
| AUS | Austin-Bergstrom International Airport | TX | 147,000 | -56.9% |
| PDX | Portland International Airport | OR | 133,000 | -65.2% |
| DAL | Dallas Love Field | TX | 132,000 | -45.5% |
| HOU | William P. Hobby Airport | TX | 129,000 | -40.0% |
| STL | St. Louis Lambert International Airport | MO | 119,000 | -51.9% |
| RDU | Raleigh-Durham International Airport | NC | 116,000 | -61.0% |
| MSY | Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport | LA | 116,000 | -58.6% |
| SMF | Sacramento International Airport | CA | 115,000 | -56.7% |
| IND | Indianapolis International Airport | IN | 104,000 | -49.6% |
| DCA | Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport | VA | 104,000 | -73.9% |
| CLE | Cleveland Hopkins International Airport | OH | 104,000 | -46.1% |
| MCI | Kansas City International Airport | MO | 102,000 | -51.9% |
| HNL | Daniel K. Inouye International Airport | HI | 100,000 | -77.4% |
| SAT | San Antonio International Airport | TX | 98,600 | -53.1% |
| PBI | Palm Beach International Airport | FL | 87,200 | -57.7% |
| CVG | Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport | KY | 86,700 | -50.0% |
| CMH | John Glenn Columbus International Airport | OH | 79,400 | -53.7% |
| OAK | Oakland International Airport | CA | 75,100 | -70.7% |
| JAX | Jacksonville International Airport | FL | 66,100 | -51.8% |
| SNA | John Wayne Airport | CA | 63,800 | -68.1% |
| SJC | San José Mineta International Airport | CA | 61,900 | -79.7% |
| MKE | Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport | WI | 61,100 | -57.1% |
| OGG | Kahului Airport | HI | 56,200 | -64.6% |
| OMA | Eppley Airfield | NE | 55,500 | -47.6% |
| BOI | Boise Airport | ID | 55,400 | -40.5% |
| BDL | Bradley International Airport | CT | 52,300 | -62.4% |
| ONT | Ontario International Airport | CA | 51,600 | -59.4% |
| MEM | Memphis International Airport | TN | 51,400 | -49.2% |
| ORF | Norfolk International Airport | VA | 50,300 | -42.4% |
| GEG | Spokane International Airport | WA | 49,200 | -42.3% |
| GRR | Gerald R. Ford International Airport | MI | 47,500 | -42.0% |
| OKC | Will Rogers International Airport | OK | 47,000 | -47.7% |
| RNO | Reno-Tahoe International Airport | NV | 46,000 | -52.6% |
| CHS | Charleston International Airport | SC | 45,900 | -49.5% |
| RIC | Richmond International Airport | VA | 42,600 | -53.8% |
| ELP | El Paso International Airport | TX | 40,800 | -49.8% |
| SFB | Orlando Sanford International Airport | FL | 40,700 | -48.0% |
| SDF | Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport | KY | 40,300 | -50.6% |
| ANC | Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport | AK | 38,100 | -52.5% |
| TUS | Tucson International Airport | AZ | 37,900 | -58.4% |
| SRQ | Sarasota Bradenton International Airport | FL | 36,800 | -38.9% |
| ABQ | Albuquerque International Sunport | NM | 36,200 | -68.8% |
| TUL | Tulsa International Airport | OK | 35,700 | -44.7% |
| PGD | Punta Gorda Airport | FL | 32,900 | -30.4% |
| DSM | Des Moines International Airport | IA | 32,400 | -46.2% |
| PNS | Pensacola International Airport | FL | 32,200 | -32.6% |
| BHM | Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport | AL | 31,900 | -44.8% |
| KOA | Ellison Onizuka Kona International at Keahole Airport | HI | 31,800 | -65.7% |
| TYS | Mc Ghee Tyson Airport | TN | 30,200 | -41.6% |
| AZA | Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport | AZ | 29,800 | -36.6% |
| BUR | Hollywood Burbank Airport | CA | 29,400 | -77.7% |
| BUF | Buffalo Niagara International Airport | NY | 28,700 | -69.7% |
| PVD | Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport | RI | 28,100 | -64.7% |
| SAV | Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport | GA | 27,600 | -48.9% |
| BZN | Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport | MT | 27,400 | -36.4% |
| FAT | Fresno Yosemite International Airport | CA | 25,800 | -46.0% |
| LIT | Bill and Hillary Clinton National/Adams Field | AR | 25,700 | -40.2% |
| GSP | Greenville Spartanburg International Airport | SC | 23,700 | -52.0% |
| STT | Cyril E King Airport | VI | 23,600 | -19.0% |
| PSP | Palm Springs International Airport | CA | 23,000 | -65.7% |
| EYW | Key West International Airport | FL | 22,600 | -5.7% |
| AVL | Asheville Regional Airport | NC | 20,300 | -51.3% |
| ALB | Albany International Airport | NY | 20,000 | -68.8% |
| COS | City Of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport | CO | 19,800 | -45.7% |
| MYR | Myrtle Beach International Airport | SC | 19,700 | -24.8% |
| SYR | Syracuse Hancock International Airport | NY | 19,200 | -63.5% |
| ICT | Wichita Dwight D Eisenhower National Airport | KS | 18,900 | -48.1% |
| ECP | Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport | FL | 18,600 | -6.9% |
| VPS | Eglin AFB/Destin-Ft Walton Beach | FL | 18,200 | -29.9% |
| MSN | Dane County Regional/Truax Field | WI | 17,900 | -62.4% |
| ROC | Frederick Douglass/Greater Rochester International Airport | NY | 17,600 | -67.3% |
| JAC | Jackson Hole Airport | WY | 17,200 | -21.6% |
| MAF | Midland International Air And Space Port Airport | TX | 17,100 | -39.1% |
| ISP | Long Island Mac Arthur Airport | NY | 16,800 | -62.9% |
| PWM | Portland International Jetport | ME | 16,800 | -54.5% |
| FSD | Joe Foss Field | SD | 16,600 | -38.3% |
| HPN | Westchester County Airport | NY | 16,100 | -58.4% |
| CID | The Eastern Iowa Airport | IA | 15,800 | -51.8% |
| GSO | Piedmont Triad International Airport | NC | 15,700 | -61.4% |
| XNA | Northwest Arkansas National Airport | AR | 15,600 | -52.5% |
| DAY | James M Cox Dayton International Airport | OH | 15,500 | -55.4% |
| LEX | Blue Grass Airport | KY | 15,100 | -53.6% |
| SGF | Springfield-Branson National Airport | MO | 14,900 | -39.6% |
| BIL | Billings Logan International Airport | MT | 14,300 | -35.2% |
| LGB | Long Beach (Daugherty Field) | CA | 13,800 | -81.6% |
| EGE | Eagle County Regional Airport | CO | 13,600 | -35.1% |
| LBB | Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport | TX | 13,500 | -36.5% |
| MDT | Harrisburg International Airport | PA | 13,100 | -59.8% |
| MFR | Rogue Valley International - Medford Airport | OR | 12,800 | -48.8% |
| ILM | Wilmington International Airport | NC | 12,800 | -45.0% |
| FAR | Hector International Airport | ND | 12,700 | -46.7% |
| EUG | Mahlon Sweet Field | OR | 12,400 | -52.9% |
| HSV | Huntsville International-Carl T Jones Field | AL | 12,400 | -47.1% |
| ASE | Aspen-Pitkin County/Sardy Field | CO | 12,400 | -40.9% |
| SBN | South Bend International Airport | IN | 12,100 | -36.2% |
| FWA | Fort Wayne International Airport | IN | 12,000 | -40.1% |
| RDM | Roberts Field | OR | 12,000 | -42.3% |
| CAE | Columbia Metropolitan Airport | SC | 11,900 | -49.7% |
| MHT | Manchester Boston Regional Airport | NH | 11,500 | -64.2% |
| MFE | Mc Allen Miller International Airport | TX | 11,300 | -45.6% |
| CHA | Lovell Field | TN | 10,900 | -41.2% |
| MSO | Missoula Montana Airport | MT | 10,900 | -45.6% |
| AMA | Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport | TX | 10,800 | -29.1% |
| GPI | Glacier Park International Airport | MT | 10,700 | -28.1% |
| ATW | Appleton International Airport | WI | 10,500 | -28.5% |
| PSC | Tri-Cities Airport | WA | 10,400 | -44.1% |
| JAN | Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport | MS | 10,300 | -51.2% |
| ABE | Lehigh Valley International Airport | PA | 10,100 | -45.4% |
| HRL | Valley International Airport | TX | 10,000 | -41.0% |
| CRP | Corpus Christi International Airport | TX | 9,900 | -38.8% |
| HDN | Yampa Valley Airport | CO | 9,890 | -21.8% |
| TLH | Tallahassee International Airport | FL | 9,830 | -46.4% |
| MTJ | Montrose Regional Airport | CO | 9,580 | -24.5% |
| FNT | Bishop International Airport | MI | 9,560 | -45.6% |
| RAP | Rapid City Regional Airport | SD | 9,220 | -36.8% |
| GPT | Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport | MS | 9,020 | -40.9% |
| PIA | General Downing - Peoria International Airport | IL | 8,720 | -41.5% |
| DAB | Daytona Beach International Airport | FL | 8,650 | -36.8% |
| BIS | Bismarck Municipal Airport | ND | 8,640 | -43.4% |
| BTR | Baton Rouge Metropolitan, Ryan Field | LA | 8,600 | -44.7% |
| STX | Henry E Rohlsen Airport | VI | 8,460 | -23.9% |
| FAI | Fairbanks International Airport | AK | 8,300 | -60.3% |
| ITO | Hilo International Airport | HI | 8,280 | -68.9% |
| TTN | Trenton Mercer Airport | NJ | 8,150 | -63.2% |
| AGS | Augusta Regional at Bush Field | GA | 8,120 | -32.3% |
| SHV | Shreveport Regional Airport | LA | 7,900 | -45.0% |
| MOB | Mobile Regional Airport | AL | 7,840 | -42.7% |
| MLI | Quad Cities International Airport | IL | 7,530 | -53.6% |
| GJT | Grand Junction Regional Airport | CO | 7,500 | -43.1% |
| ROA | Roanoke/Blacksburg Regional (Woodrum Field) | VA | 7,400 | -53.1% |
| GRB | Green Bay/Austin Straubel International Airport | WI | 7,180 | -41.1% |
| TVC | Cherry Capital Airport | MI | 6,940 | -40.7% |
| CAK | Akron-Canton Regional Airport | OH | 6,840 | -63.7% |
| LFT | Lafayette Regional/Paul Fournet Field | LA | 6,680 | -32.1% |
| OAJ | Albert J Ellis Airport | NC | 6,310 | -15.1% |
| SBA | Santa Barbara Municipal Airport | CA | 6,240 | -73.7% |
| BTV | Burlington International Airport | VT | 6,050 | -78.4% |
| IDA | Idaho Falls Regional Airport | ID | 5,990 | -6.4% |
| FAY | Fayetteville Regional/Grannis Field | NC | 5,970 | -31.5% |
| DRO | Durango-La Plata County Airport | CO | 5,900 | -37.1% |
| MLB | Melbourne Orlando International Airport | FL | 5,890 | -48.7% |
| SBP | San Luis County Regional Airport | CA | 5,640 | -56.4% |
| BMI | Central Illinois Regional/Bloomington-Normal Airport | IL | 5,620 | -41.9% |
| GNV | Gainesville Regional Airport | FL | 5,440 | -48.0% |
| EVV | Evansville Regional Airport | IN | 5,420 | -42.2% |
| GRK | Robert Gray AAF Airport | TX | 5,280 | -14.0% |
| GTF | Great Falls International Airport | MT | 5,070 | -37.9% |
| TRI | Tri-Cities Airport | TN | 5,010 | -48.5% |
| MOT | Minot International Airport | ND | 5,010 | -35.7% |
| GUM | Guam International Airport | GU | 4,780 | -94.8% |
| BGR | Bangor International Airport | ME | 4,770 | -48.6% |
| CHO | Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport | VA | 4,720 | -67.2% |
| AVP | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport | PA | 4,630 | -62.0% |
| AEX | Alexandria International Airport | LA | 4,510 | -13.0% |
| JQF | Concord-Padgett Regional Airport | NC | 4,460 | -57.2% |
| CRW | West Virginia International Yeager Airport | WV | 4,460 | -48.5% |
| SGU | St George Regional Airport | UT | 4,430 | -29.0% |
| BFL | Meadows Field | CA | 4,370 | -35.2% |
| JNU | Juneau International Airport | AK | 4,320 | -55.8% |
| MGM | Montgomery Regional (Dannelly Field) | AL | 4,230 | -44.0% |
| TOL | Eugene F Kranz Toledo Express Airport | OH | 4,120 | -42.6% |
| LIH | Lihue Airport | HI | 4,080 | -94.5% |
| PVU | Provo Municipal Airport | UT | 3,880 | -23.3% |
| BRO | Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport | TX | 3,810 | -22.5% |
| HXD | Hilton Head Airport | SC | 3,570 | -32.6% |
| SUN | Friedman Memorial Airport | ID | 3,280 | -42.7% |
| MRY | Monterey Regional Airport | CA | 3,210 | -68.8% |
| MLU | Monroe Regional Airport | LA | 3,170 | -46.2% |
| ABI | Abilene Regional Airport | TX | 3,140 | -5.9% |
| LBE | Arnold Palmer Regional Airport | PA | 3,090 | -54.0% |
| NYL | Yuma MCAS/Yuma International Airport | AZ | 3,080 | -32.0% |
| PAE | Snohomish County (Paine Field) | WA | 3,060 | -86.7% |
| BLI | Bellingham International Airport | WA | 3,060 | -79.0% |
| DLH | Duluth International Airport | MN | 3,060 | -54.1% |
| STS | Charles M Schulz - Sonoma County Airport | CA | 3,010 | -73.1% |
| FLG | Flagstaff Pulliam Airport | AZ | 3,000 | -34.4% |
| UNV | University Park Airport | PA | 2,970 | -68.7% |
| GUC | Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional Airport | CO | 2,910 | -22.4% |
| PHF | Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport | VA | 2,860 | -65.1% |
| RST | Rochester International Airport | MN | 2,780 | -59.6% |
| CPR | Casper/Natrona County International Airport | WY | 2,700 | -34.9% |
| EWN | Coastal Carolina Regional Airport | NC | 2,400 | -51.3% |
| CWA | Central Wisconsin Airport | WI | 2,370 | -52.8% |
| GFK | Grand Forks International Airport | ND | 2,340 | -48.0% |
| LAN | Capital Region International Airport | MI | 2,330 | -67.8% |
| LSE | La Crosse Regional Airport | WI | 2,290 | -32.9% |
| AZO | Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport | MI | 2,250 | -65.3% |
| LRD | Laredo International Airport | TX | 2,240 | -45.3% |
| LYH | Lynchburg Regional/Preston Glenn Field | VA | 2,190 | -49.3% |
| ERI | Erie International/Tom Ridge Field | PA | 2,180 | -45.7% |
| HLN | Helena Regional Airport | MT | 2,160 | -55.5% |
| CLL | Easterwood Field | TX | 2,150 | -12.6% |
| CMI | University Of Illinois/Willard Airport | IL | 2,100 | -58.3% |
| SJT | San Angelo Regional/Mathis Field | TX | 2,080 | -34.5% |
| ELM | Elmira/Corning Regional Airport | NY | 2,050 | -75.5% |
| MBS | MBS International Airport | MI | 2,040 | -54.9% |
| SAF | Santa Fe Municipal Airport | NM | 2,030 | -65.2% |
| FSM | Fort Smith Regional Airport | AR | 1,890 | -48.8% |
| TYR | Tyler Pounds Regional Airport | TX | 1,860 | -29.5% |
| SBY | Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport | MD | 1,750 | -34.6% |
| ACV | California Redwood Coast-Humboldt County Airport | CA | 1,700 | -66.7% |
| KTN | Ketchikan International Airport | AK | 1,680 | -54.7% |
| YKM | Yakima Air Terminal/Mcallister Field | WA | 1,560 | -50.2% |
| COU | Columbia Regional Airport | MO | 1,560 | -72.2% |
| ACT | Waco Regional Airport | TX | 1,440 | -21.7% |
| PUW | Pullman/Moscow Regional Airport | WA | 1,350 | -64.4% |
| TWF | Joslin Field/Magic Valley Regional | ID | 1,300 | -53.2% |
| EAT | Pangborn Memorial Airport | WA | 1,300 | -58.2% |
| VLD | Valdosta Regional Airport | GA | 1,280 | -31.6% |
| MQT | Sawyer International Airport | MI | 1,220 | -43.9% |
| PIH | Pocatello Regional Airport | ID | 1,210 | -28.3% |
| DHN | Dothan Regional Airport | AL | 1,210 | -46.4% |
| JLN | Joplin Regional Airport | MO | 1,200 | -46.9% |
| MHK | Manhattan Regional Airport | KS | 1,110 | -64.9% |
| XWA | Williston Basin International Airport | ND | 1,100 | -69.4% |
| ADQ | Kodiak Airport | AK | 1,080 | -46.1% |
| ROW | Roswell Air Center Airport | NM | 1,080 | -57.2% |
| COD | Yellowstone Regional Airport | WY | 1,070 | -12.8% |
| GGG | East Texas Regional Airport | TX | 1,060 | +1.7% |
| BQK | Brunswick Golden Isles Airport | GA | 1,060 | -36.6% |
| ABY | Southwest Georgia Regional Airport | GA | 1,040 | -22.5% |
| ITH | Ithaca Tompkins International Airport | NY | 1,030 | -78.8% |
| SIT | Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport | AK | 1,010 | -59.4% |
| LWS | Lewiston/Nez Perce County Airport | ID | 994 | -46.7% |
| GCC | Northeast Wyoming Regional Airport | WY | 960 | -38.7% |
| LCH | Lake Charles Regional Airport | LA | 952 | -58.4% |
| ALW | Walla Walla Regional Airport | WA | 915 | -62.1% |
| PBG | Plattsburgh International Airport | NY | 909 | -88.8% |
| CSG | Columbus Airport | GA | 865 | -22.7% |
| GTR | Golden Triangle Regional Airport | MS | 820 | -49.4% |
| BJI | Bemidji Regional Airport | MN | 817 | -39.9% |
| ABR | Aberdeen Regional Airport | SD | 750 | -37.4% |
| ART | Watertown International Airport | NY | 728 | -60.3% |
| CKB | North Central West Virginia Airport | WV | 717 | -51.4% |
| EAR | Kearney Regional Airport | NE | 700 | -59.8% |
| PRC | Prescott Regional - Ernest A Love Field | AZ | 688 | -46.5% |
| RDD | Redding Regional Airport | CA | 680 | -67.0% |
| RKS | Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport | WY | 661 | -39.7% |
| RHI | Rhinelander/Oneida County Airport | WI | 651 | -41.3% |
| PLN | Pellston Regional/Emmet County Airport | MI | 636 | n/a |
| EAU | Chippewa Valley Regional Airport | WI | 616 | -48.9% |
| BTM | Bert Mooney Airport | MT | 596 | -46.6% |
| EKO | Elko Regional Airport | NV | 582 | n/a |
| SWO | Stillwater Regional Airport | OK | 581 | -42.4% |
| CIU | Chippewa County International Airport | MI | 576 | n/a |
| DIK | Dickinson/Theodore Roosevelt Regional Airport | ND | 543 | -53.9% |
| OWB | Owensboro/Daviess County Regional Airport | KY | 517 | n/a |
| BFF | Western Nebraska Regional/William B Heilig Field | NE | 515 | n/a |
| BRD | Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport | MN | 496 | n/a |
| LBF | North Platte Regional/Lee Bird Field | NE | 450 | n/a |
| MEI | Key Field | MS | 440 | -61.8% |
| MKK | Molokai Airport | HI | 436 | -69.8% |
| HIB | Range Regional Airport | MN | 415 | -61.4% |
| ACK | Nantucket Memorial Airport | MA | 399 | n/a |
| ALO | Waterloo Regional Airport | IA | 391 | n/a |
| JMS | Jamestown Regional Airport | ND | 390 | n/a |
| HYS | Hays Regional Airport | KS | 384 | n/a |
| ALS | San Luis Valley Regional/Bergman Field | CO | 375 | n/a |
| SLN | Salina Regional Airport | KS | 370 | n/a |
| PIR | Pierre Regional Airport | SD | 368 | n/a |
| CDC | Cedar City Regional Airport | UT | 366 | n/a |
| SDY | Sidney-Richland Regional Airport | MT | 362 | n/a |
| LNY | Lanai Airport | HI | 352 | -78.7% |
| ATY | Watertown Regional Airport | SD | 352 | n/a |
| PUB | Pueblo Memorial Airport | CO | 324 | n/a |
| VEL | Vernal Regional Airport | UT | 322 | n/a |
| MCN | Middle Georgia Regional Airport | GA | 308 | n/a |
| BGM | Greater Binghamton/Edwin A Link Field | NY | 303 | -80.8% |
| PIB | Hattiesburg/Laurel Regional Airport | MS | 301 | n/a |
| MKG | Muskegon County Airport | MI | 296 | n/a |
| APN | Alpena County Regional Airport | MI | 295 | n/a |
| DVL | Devils Lake Regional Airport | ND | 292 | n/a |
| CGI | Cape Girardeau Regional Airport | MO | 290 | n/a |
| MSL | Northwest Alabama Regional Airport | AL | 284 | n/a |
| MWA | Veterans Airport Of Southern Illinois | IL | 279 | n/a |
| PQI | Presque Isle International Airport | ME | 230 | n/a |
| TVF | Thief River Falls Regional Airport | MN | 225 | n/a |
| HOB | Lea County Regional Airport | NM | 213 | -87.1% |
| DEC | Decatur Airport | IL | 210 | n/a |
| CNY | Canyonlands Regional Airport | UT | 206 | n/a |
| LBL | Liberal Mid-America Regional Airport | KS | 180 | n/a |
| MGW | Morgantown Municipal (Walter L Bill Hart Field) | WV | 171 | n/a |
| VCT | Victoria Regional Airport | TX | 165 | n/a |
| INL | Falls International/Einarson Field | MN | 164 | n/a |
| DDC | Dodge City Regional Airport | KS | 160 | n/a |
| MVY | Martha's Vineyard Airport | MA | 155 | n/a |
| OGS | Ogdensburg International Airport | NY | 140 | -93.7% |
| MCW | Mason City Municipal Airport | IA | 137 | n/a |
| GGW | Wokal Field/Glasgow-Valley County | MT | 136 | n/a |
| LWB | Greenbrier Valley Airport | WV | 135 | n/a |
| CEC | Jack Mc Namara Field | CA | 134 | n/a |
| FOD | Fort Dodge Regional Airport | IA | 132 | n/a |
| IRK | Kirksville Regional Airport | MO | 129 | n/a |
| HVR | Havre City-County Airport | MT | 127 | n/a |
| DUJ | Dubois Regional Airport | PA | 127 | n/a |
| OLF | L M Clayton Airport | MT | 126 | n/a |
| MCE | Merced Regional/Macready Field | CA | 119 | n/a |
| IPL | Imperial County Airport | CA | 116 | n/a |
| AIA | Alliance Municipal Airport | NE | 104 | n/a |
| OTH | Southwest Oregon Regional Airport | OR | 100 | n/a |
| LNS | Lancaster Airport | PA | 99 | n/a |
| GDV | Dawson Communicipalty Airport | MT | 92 | n/a |
| JST | John Murtha Johnstown/Cambria County Airport | PA | 88 | n/a |
| RUT | Rutland - Southern Vermont Regional Airport | VT | 83 | n/a |
| MSS | Massena International-Richards Field | NY | 76 | n/a |
| BFD | Bradford Regional Airport | PA | 74 | n/a |
| AOO | Altoona/Blair County Airport | PA | 72 | n/a |
| BHB | Hancock County/Bar Harbor Airport | ME | 71 | n/a |
| PVC | Provincetown Municipal Airport | MA | 65 | n/a |
| RKD | Knox County Regional Airport | ME | 60 | n/a |
| AUG | Augusta State Airport | ME | 41 | n/a |
| HYA | Cape Cod Gateway Airport | MA | 33 | n/a |
| SLK | Adirondack Regional Airport | NY | 32 | n/a |
| HVN | Tweed/New Haven Airport | CT | 0 | -100.0% |
| FLO | Florence Regional Airport | SC | 0 | -100.0% |

## How it is measured

The Christmas and New Year travel period is December 20 through January 2 (14 days). It is compared with the same period a year earlier (Fri, Dec 20, 2019 – Thu, Jan 2, 2020). These are fixed calendar dates, so the mix of weekdays differs between the two years; compare with care. National figures are TSA's published daily checkpoint totals (tsa.gov). Airport and state figures add up TSA's FOIA hourly checkpoint throughput files; they count departing passengers screened, not arrivals or connecting passengers, so they run below airport-reported totals. An airport is included only when TSA's files are complete for it on every day of both periods (340 of 407 reporting airports); nothing is estimated. International arrivals are passengers processed by US Customs and Border Protection at the airports it monitors. Full definitions: methodology. Cite as: Passenger Index, "Christmas and New Year 2020 air travel: how US airports and states did", https://passengerindex.com/web/holidays/christmas-new-year-2020/ (CC BY 4.0).

## Frequently asked questions

### How many people flew over Christmas and New Year 2020?

TSA screened 14,944,402 passengers nationwide over the Christmas and New Year 2020 travel period (Sun, Dec 20, 2020 – Sat, Jan 2, 2021), down 56.3% from 34,199,975 over the same period a year earlier. The busiest day was Sunday, December 27, with 1,334,030 screenings.

### What was the busiest airport over Christmas and New Year 2020?

The busiest airports by departing passengers screened were Orlando International Airport (MCO, about 598,000), Denver International Airport (DEN, about 522,000) and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL, about 487,000). Among states, Florida led with about 2.3 million.

### Which airports grew the most over Christmas and New Year 2020?

Among airports with at least 100,000 departing passengers screened in the year-earlier period, the largest gains were RSW (-34.1%), HOU (-40.0%), FLL (-40.8%), DFW (-41.5%) and MCO (-42.0%) and the largest declines SFO (-81.0%), SJC (-79.7%), BUR (-77.7%), HNL (-77.4%) and DCA (-73.9%).

### How does Passenger Index define the Christmas and New Year travel period?

As December 20 through January 2 (14 days). The 2020 period ran Sun, Dec 20, 2020 – Sat, Jan 2, 2021 and is compared with Fri, Dec 20, 2019 – Thu, Jan 2, 2020 - the same calendar dates, so the mix of weekdays differs between the years.

### When is the Christmas and New Year 2021 travel period?

Mon, Dec 20, 2021 – Sun, Jan 2, 2022. Passenger Index publishes airport and state results a few days after it ends, once TSA releases the checkpoint data.