# Christmas and New Year 2021 air travel: how US airports and states did

Source: Passenger Index, https://passengerindex.com/web/holidays/christmas-new-year-2021/ (CC BY 4.0). Updated 2026-10-20.

TSA screened 27,218,417 passengers nationwide over the Christmas and New Year 2021 travel period (Mon, Dec 20, 2021 – Sun, Jan 2, 2022), up 82.1% from 14,944,402 over the same period a year earlier. The busiest day was Thursday, December 23, with 2,197,896 screenings.

The busiest airports by departing passengers screened were Los Angeles International Airport (LAX, about 1.1 million), Orlando International Airport (MCO, about 911,000) and John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK, about 909,000). Among states, California led with about 3.3 million.

## Key facts

- **Travel period:** Mon, Dec 20, 2021 – Sun, Jan 2, 2022
- **TSA screenings:** 27,218,417 (+82.1% YoY)
- **Busiest day:** December 23, 2021: 2,197,896
- **Busiest airport:** LAX, about 1.1 million

## Day by day, nationwide

| 2021 | Screened | Year earlier | Screened | YoY |
|---|--:|---|--:|--:|
| Mon, Dec 20 | 2,099,852 | Sun, Dec 20, 2020 | 1,111,609 | +88.9% |
| Tue, Dec 21 | 1,996,071 | Mon, Dec 21, 2020 | 1,002,953 | +99.0% |
| Wed, Dec 22 | 2,106,209 | Tue, Dec 22, 2020 | 1,043,366 | +101.9% |
| Thu, Dec 23 | 2,197,896 | Wed, Dec 23, 2020 | 1,244,556 | +76.6% |
| Fri, Dec 24 | 1,713,351 | Thu, Dec 24, 2020 | 885,065 | +93.6% |
| Sat, Dec 25 | 1,535,935 | Fri, Dec 25, 2020 | 683,838 | +124.6% |
| Sun, Dec 26 | 2,074,458 | Sat, Dec 26, 2020 | 1,181,793 | +75.5% |
| Mon, Dec 27 | 2,093,615 | Sun, Dec 27, 2020 | 1,334,030 | +56.9% |
| Tue, Dec 28 | 2,000,891 | Mon, Dec 28, 2020 | 1,161,059 | +72.3% |
| Wed, Dec 29 | 2,029,343 | Tue, Dec 29, 2020 | 1,069,787 | +89.7% |
| Thu, Dec 30 | 2,069,413 | Wed, Dec 30, 2020 | 1,215,423 | +70.3% |
| Fri, Dec 31 | 1,658,357 | Thu, Dec 31, 2020 | 914,456 | +81.3% |
| Sat, Jan 1 | 1,616,850 | Fri, Jan 1, 2021 | 849,514 | +90.3% |
| Sun, Jan 2 | 2,026,176 | Sat, Jan 2, 2021 | 1,246,953 | +62.5% |

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

| State | Departing screened | YoY | Busiest airport |
|---|--:|--:|---|
| California | 3.3 million | +145.4% | LAX |
| Florida | 2.9 million | +53.2% | MCO |
| Texas | 2.3 million | +61.5% | DFW |
| New York | 1.7 million | +148.7% | JFK |
| Illinois | 1.1 million | +66.1% | ORD |
| Colorado | 938,000 | +55.5% | DEN |
| New Jersey | 833,000 | +107.6% | EWR |
| Nevada | 793,000 | +83.5% | LAS |
| Washington | 661,000 | +85.4% | SEA |
| Massachusetts | 586,000 | +122.6% | BOS |
| Hawaii | 555,000 | +182.1% | HNL |
| Virginia | 515,000 | +140.2% | DCA |
| Michigan | 512,000 | +56.4% | DTW |
| Pennsylvania | 438,000 | +85.9% | PHL |
| Tennessee | 432,000 | +66.3% | BNA |
| Minnesota | 427,000 | +82.7% | MSP |
| Missouri | 394,000 | +64.6% | STL |
| Utah | 349,000 | +62.8% | SLC |
| Ohio | 341,000 | +62.9% | CLE |
| North Carolina | 329,000 | +78.7% | RDU |
| Oregon | 325,000 | +91.3% | PDX |
| Maryland | 301,000 | +62.9% | BWI |
| Louisiana | 245,000 | +65.9% | MSY |
| Kentucky | 231,000 | +61.7% | CVG |
| Indiana | 209,000 | +56.6% | IND |
| Wisconsin | 185,000 | +81.0% | MKE |
| South Carolina | 184,000 | +75.9% | CHS |
| Oklahoma | 127,000 | +52.5% | OKC |
| Connecticut | 109,000 | +109.1% | BDL |
| Montana | 107,000 | +49.3% | BZN |
| Alaska | 101,000 | +85.9% | ANC |
| Nebraska | 97,700 | +60.4% | OMA |
| New Mexico | 97,400 | +146.4% | ABQ |
| Idaho | 97,200 | +45.1% | BOI |
| Alabama | 84,600 | +47.0% | BHM |
| Iowa | 81,700 | +68.2% | DSM |
| Georgia | 73,200 | +81.8% | SAV |
| Arizona | 72,200 | +73.1% | TUS |
| Arkansas | 70,300 | +63.0% | LIT |
| Rhode Island | 61,100 | +117.2% | PVD |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 45,500 | +41.7% | STT |
| South Dakota | 41,600 | +52.8% | FSD |
| North Dakota | 41,300 | +33.2% | FAR |
| Maine | 38,400 | +77.0% | PWM |
| Mississippi | 38,200 | +85.6% | JAN |
| Kansas | 35,400 | +68.0% | ICT |
| Wyoming | 33,800 | +40.2% | JAC |
| New Hampshire | 26,600 | +131.9% | MHT |
| Guam | 12,400 | +159.5% | GUM |
| West Virginia | 9,000 | +66.6% | CRW |
| Vermont | 216 | n/a | RUT |

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

| Code | Airport | State | Departing screened | YoY |
|---|---|---|--:|--:|
| LAX | Los Angeles International Airport | CA | 1.1 million | +128.0% |
| MCO | Orlando International Airport | FL | 911,000 | +52.3% |
| JFK | John F. Kennedy International Airport | NY | 909,000 | +151.1% |
| ORD | Chicago O'Hare International Airport | IL | 852,000 | +75.2% |
| EWR | Newark Liberty International Airport | NJ | 816,000 | +107.7% |
| DEN | Denver International Airport | CO | 801,000 | +53.4% |
| DFW | Dallas Fort Worth International Airport | TX | 716,000 | +50.0% |
| LAS | Harry Reid International Airport | NV | 711,000 | +84.4% |
| FLL | Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport | FL | 623,000 | +27.9% |
| SFO | San Francisco International Airport | CA | 613,000 | +207.3% |
| BOS | Boston Logan International Airport | MA | 585,000 | +122.8% |
| IAH | George Bush Intercontinental Airport | TX | 567,000 | +71.3% |
| SEA | Seattle-Tacoma International Airport | WA | 554,000 | +93.8% |
| LGA | LaGuardia Airport | NY | 494,000 | +150.1% |
| TPA | Tampa International Airport | FL | 446,000 | +65.7% |
| MSP | Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport | MN | 416,000 | +83.5% |
| DTW | Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport | MI | 400,000 | +56.7% |
| PHL | Philadelphia International Airport | PA | 372,000 | +86.9% |
| SAN | San Diego International Airport | CA | 361,000 | +111.9% |
| SLC | Salt Lake City International Airport | UT | 337,000 | +64.0% |
| DCA | Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport | VA | 321,000 | +208.6% |
| AUS | Austin-Bergstrom International Airport | TX | 317,000 | +116.2% |
| HNL | Daniel K. Inouye International Airport | HI | 305,000 | +204.0% |
| BWI | Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport | MD | 299,000 | +63.2% |
| BNA | Nashville International Airport | TN | 283,000 | +75.0% |
| RSW | Southwest Florida International Airport | FL | 279,000 | +54.0% |
| PDX | Portland International Airport | OR | 262,000 | +97.2% |
| RDU | Raleigh-Durham International Airport | NC | 223,000 | +91.6% |
| MDW | Chicago Midway International Airport | IL | 211,000 | +39.7% |
| SMF | Sacramento International Airport | CA | 210,000 | +83.1% |
| STL | St. Louis Lambert International Airport | MO | 208,000 | +74.8% |
| DAL | Dallas Love Field | TX | 204,000 | +55.0% |
| MSY | Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport | LA | 203,000 | +75.2% |
| SNA | John Wayne Airport | CA | 185,000 | +189.1% |
| OAK | Oakland International Airport | CA | 182,000 | +142.6% |
| SAT | San Antonio International Airport | TX | 179,000 | +81.9% |
| SJC | San José Mineta International Airport | CA | 178,000 | +187.9% |
| IND | Indianapolis International Airport | IN | 168,000 | +61.4% |
| HOU | William P. Hobby Airport | TX | 164,000 | +27.1% |
| PBI | Palm Beach International Airport | FL | 164,000 | +87.6% |
| CLE | Cleveland Hopkins International Airport | OH | 161,000 | +55.1% |
| MCI | Kansas City International Airport | MO | 160,000 | +56.6% |
| OGG | Kahului Airport | HI | 143,000 | +154.4% |
| CMH | John Glenn Columbus International Airport | OH | 142,000 | +79.2% |
| CVG | Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport | KY | 136,000 | +56.6% |
| JAX | Jacksonville International Airport | FL | 119,000 | +79.5% |
| MKE | Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport | WI | 116,000 | +90.1% |
| BUR | Hollywood Burbank Airport | CA | 110,000 | +274.8% |
| BDL | Bradley International Airport | CT | 109,000 | +109.1% |
| ONT | Ontario International Airport | CA | 104,000 | +102.1% |
| SRQ | Sarasota Bradenton International Airport | FL | 93,500 | +153.8% |
| ABQ | Albuquerque International Sunport | NM | 89,100 | +146.3% |
| OMA | Eppley Airfield | NE | 88,300 | +59.1% |
| CHS | Charleston International Airport | SC | 84,100 | +83.3% |
| KOA | Ellison Onizuka Kona International at Keahole Airport | HI | 82,700 | +160.0% |
| RIC | Richmond International Airport | VA | 82,400 | +93.1% |
| ORF | Norfolk International Airport | VA | 81,600 | +62.2% |
| RNO | Reno-Tahoe International Airport | NV | 81,400 | +77.0% |
| MEM | Memphis International Airport | TN | 81,000 | +57.6% |
| BOI | Boise Airport | ID | 77,600 | +39.9% |
| GRR | Gerald R. Ford International Airport | MI | 74,300 | +56.6% |
| OKC | Will Rogers International Airport | OK | 74,100 | +57.8% |
| BUF | Buffalo Niagara International Airport | NY | 73,100 | +154.4% |
| SDF | Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport | KY | 72,600 | +80.2% |
| SFB | Orlando Sanford International Airport | FL | 70,500 | +73.4% |
| ANC | Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport | AK | 69,700 | +83.2% |
| PSP | Palm Springs International Airport | CA | 68,400 | +197.6% |
| TUS | Tucson International Airport | AZ | 67,900 | +79.0% |
| ELP | El Paso International Airport | TX | 67,500 | +65.7% |
| GEG | Spokane International Airport | WA | 67,200 | +36.7% |
| PVD | Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport | RI | 61,100 | +117.2% |
| LGB | Long Beach (Daugherty Field) | CA | 58,000 | +319.0% |
| SAV | Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport | GA | 56,600 | +105.1% |
| DSM | Des Moines International Airport | IA | 54,500 | +68.2% |
| PGD | Punta Gorda Airport | FL | 51,900 | +57.9% |
| TUL | Tulsa International Airport | OK | 51,800 | +45.1% |
| BZN | Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport | MT | 51,400 | +87.8% |
| SYR | Syracuse Hancock International Airport | NY | 48,800 | +154.3% |
| BHM | Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport | AL | 48,600 | +52.5% |
| ALB | Albany International Airport | NY | 48,400 | +141.8% |
| PNS | Pensacola International Airport | FL | 47,100 | +46.5% |
| ROC | Frederick Douglass/Greater Rochester International Airport | NY | 45,200 | +156.6% |
| TYS | Mc Ghee Tyson Airport | TN | 44,700 | +47.8% |
| COS | City Of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport | CO | 44,200 | +123.2% |
| FAT | Fresno Yosemite International Airport | CA | 43,100 | +67.3% |
| MYR | Myrtle Beach International Airport | SC | 40,400 | +105.0% |
| LIT | Bill and Hillary Clinton National/Adams Field | AR | 38,600 | +50.1% |
| GSP | Greenville Spartanburg International Airport | SC | 37,200 | +57.4% |
| ISP | Long Island Mac Arthur Airport | NY | 36,100 | +114.9% |
| MSN | Dane County Regional/Truax Field | WI | 35,000 | +94.9% |
| STT | Cyril E King Airport | VI | 34,800 | +47.2% |
| EYW | Key West International Airport | FL | 34,700 | +53.5% |
| AVL | Asheville Regional Airport | NC | 34,400 | +69.0% |
| VPS | Eglin AFB/Destin-Ft Walton Beach | FL | 30,500 | +67.3% |
| ICT | Wichita Dwight D Eisenhower National Airport | KS | 30,000 | +59.2% |
| XNA | Northwest Arkansas National Airport | AR | 29,800 | +91.2% |
| HPN | Westchester County Airport | NY | 29,600 | +83.5% |
| GSO | Piedmont Triad International Airport | NC | 29,500 | +88.0% |
| PWM | Portland International Jetport | ME | 27,900 | +66.5% |
| FSD | Joe Foss Field | SD | 26,700 | +61.0% |
| MHT | Manchester Boston Regional Airport | NH | 26,600 | +131.9% |
| CID | The Eastern Iowa Airport | IA | 26,300 | +67.2% |
| EUG | Mahlon Sweet Field | OR | 26,300 | +111.5% |
| JAC | Jackson Hole Airport | WY | 25,300 | +46.9% |
| MDT | Harrisburg International Airport | PA | 24,300 | +85.8% |
| ITO | Hilo International Airport | HI | 24,100 | +190.6% |
| JAN | Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport | MS | 23,700 | +129.8% |
| ECP | Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport | FL | 23,100 | +24.5% |
| MAF | Midland International Air And Space Port Airport | TX | 22,700 | +32.8% |
| DAY | James M Cox Dayton International Airport | OH | 22,400 | +44.7% |
| LEX | Blue Grass Airport | KY | 21,900 | +45.2% |
| SGF | Springfield-Branson National Airport | MO | 20,600 | +37.9% |
| SBA | Santa Barbara Municipal Airport | CA | 20,500 | +227.6% |
| HSV | Huntsville International-Carl T Jones Field | AL | 19,700 | +58.3% |
| MFE | Mc Allen Miller International Airport | TX | 19,100 | +69.5% |
| RDM | Roberts Field | OR | 19,100 | +58.8% |
| HDN | Yampa Valley Airport | CO | 18,900 | +91.3% |
| ABE | Lehigh Valley International Airport | PA | 18,800 | +84.9% |
| FAR | Hector International Airport | ND | 18,200 | +43.5% |
| CAE | Columbia Metropolitan Airport | SC | 17,900 | +50.9% |
| MFR | Rogue Valley International - Medford Airport | OR | 17,800 | +38.8% |
| ILM | Wilmington International Airport | NC | 17,600 | +37.8% |
| LBB | Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport | TX | 17,600 | +30.7% |
| MTJ | Montrose Regional Airport | CO | 17,500 | +82.6% |
| EGE | Eagle County Regional Airport | CO | 17,300 | +27.1% |
| FWA | Fort Wayne International Airport | IN | 17,300 | +43.8% |
| ASE | Aspen-Pitkin County/Sardy Field | CO | 17,000 | +37.7% |
| SBN | South Bend International Airport | IN | 16,800 | +39.1% |
| TLH | Tallahassee International Airport | FL | 16,700 | +70.3% |
| TTN | Trenton Mercer Airport | NJ | 16,600 | +103.7% |
| MSO | Missoula Montana Airport | MT | 16,600 | +52.7% |
| HRL | Valley International Airport | TX | 15,900 | +58.6% |
| FAI | Fairbanks International Airport | AK | 15,800 | +90.7% |
| BIL | Billings Logan International Airport | MT | 15,200 | +6.8% |
| FNT | Bishop International Airport | MI | 15,000 | +57.2% |
| ATW | Appleton International Airport | WI | 14,700 | +39.6% |
| PSC | Tri-Cities Airport | WA | 14,600 | +40.3% |
| CHA | Lovell Field | TN | 13,800 | +26.7% |
| GPI | Glacier Park International Airport | MT | 13,600 | +26.8% |
| AMA | Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport | TX | 13,300 | +22.9% |
| PIA | General Downing - Peoria International Airport | IL | 13,100 | +50.2% |
| CRP | Corpus Christi International Airport | TX | 12,800 | +29.1% |
| GUM | Guam International Airport | GU | 12,400 | +159.5% |
| ROA | Roanoke/Blacksburg Regional (Woodrum Field) | VA | 12,200 | +64.8% |
| GPT | Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport | MS | 12,200 | +34.9% |
| BLI | Bellingham International Airport | WA | 12,100 | +294.9% |
| RAP | Rapid City Regional Airport | SD | 11,800 | +27.9% |
| DAB | Daytona Beach International Airport | FL | 11,600 | +34.2% |
| CAK | Akron-Canton Regional Airport | OH | 11,500 | +68.7% |
| MLB | Melbourne Orlando International Airport | FL | 11,400 | +94.2% |
| SHV | Shreveport Regional Airport | LA | 11,400 | +44.0% |
| MLI | Quad Cities International Airport | IL | 11,200 | +48.7% |
| GRB | Green Bay/Austin Straubel International Airport | WI | 11,200 | +55.8% |
| BTR | Baton Rouge Metropolitan, Ryan Field | LA | 11,100 | +28.7% |
| IDA | Idaho Falls Regional Airport | ID | 10,800 | +79.9% |
| STX | Henry E Rohlsen Airport | VI | 10,700 | +26.4% |
| BIS | Bismarck Municipal Airport | ND | 10,700 | +23.5% |
| STS | Charles M Schulz - Sonoma County Airport | CA | 10,600 | +253.5% |
| CHO | Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport | VA | 10,300 | +117.9% |
| BGR | Bangor International Airport | ME | 10,100 | +111.1% |
| SBP | San Luis County Regional Airport | CA | 10,000 | +77.9% |
| GJT | Grand Junction Regional Airport | CO | 9,990 | +33.1% |
| GNV | Gainesville Regional Airport | FL | 9,260 | +70.2% |
| TVC | Cherry Capital Airport | MI | 9,260 | +33.4% |
| MOB | Mobile Regional Airport | AL | 9,240 | +17.9% |
| AGS | Augusta Regional at Bush Field | GA | 9,220 | +13.6% |
| DRO | Durango-La Plata County Airport | CO | 8,980 | +52.2% |
| LFT | Lafayette Regional/Paul Fournet Field | LA | 8,840 | +32.4% |
| TRI | Tri-Cities Airport | TN | 8,690 | +73.4% |
| JNU | Juneau International Airport | AK | 8,680 | +101.0% |
| BMI | Central Illinois Regional/Bloomington-Normal Airport | IL | 8,360 | +48.8% |
| MRY | Monterey Regional Airport | CA | 7,900 | +146.2% |
| JQF | Concord-Padgett Regional Airport | NC | 7,380 | +65.4% |
| FAY | Fayetteville Regional/Grannis Field | NC | 7,320 | +22.5% |
| AVP | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport | PA | 7,280 | +57.4% |
| EVV | Evansville Regional Airport | IN | 7,180 | +32.5% |
| OAJ | Albert J Ellis Airport | NC | 7,090 | +12.3% |
| CRW | West Virginia International Yeager Airport | WV | 7,080 | +58.7% |
| ACV | California Redwood Coast-Humboldt County Airport | CA | 6,900 | +305.2% |
| BFL | Meadows Field | CA | 6,610 | +51.2% |
| MOT | Minot International Airport | ND | 6,470 | +29.3% |
| SUN | Friedman Memorial Airport | ID | 6,100 | +85.8% |
| PVU | Provo Municipal Airport | UT | 5,960 | +53.7% |
| DLH | Duluth International Airport | MN | 5,850 | +91.6% |
| MGM | Montgomery Regional (Dannelly Field) | AL | 5,690 | +34.6% |
| LBE | Arnold Palmer Regional Airport | PA | 5,680 | +83.6% |
| PAE | Snohomish County (Paine Field) | WA | 5,430 | +77.1% |
| UNV | University Park Airport | PA | 5,260 | +76.9% |
| GTF | Great Falls International Airport | MT | 5,250 | +3.6% |
| GRK | Robert Gray AAF Airport | TX | 5,200 | -1.4% |
| SGU | St George Regional Airport | UT | 5,070 | +14.4% |
| SAF | Santa Fe Municipal Airport | NM | 5,010 | +146.8% |
| LRD | Laredo International Airport | TX | 4,980 | +122.1% |
| ELM | Elmira/Corning Regional Airport | NY | 4,910 | +139.4% |
| PBG | Plattsburgh International Airport | NY | 4,860 | n/a |
| BRO | Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport | TX | 4,600 | +20.7% |
| AEX | Alexandria International Airport | LA | 4,520 | +0.2% |
| HXD | Hilton Head Airport | SC | 4,470 | +25.4% |
| LAN | Capital Region International Airport | MI | 4,460 | +91.5% |
| LNK | Lincoln Airport | NE | 4,430 | +187.3% |
| TOL | Eugene F Kranz Toledo Express Airport | OH | 4,280 | +3.9% |
| RDD | Redding Regional Airport | CA | 3,940 | n/a |
| GUC | Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional Airport | CO | 3,940 | +35.5% |
| MLU | Monroe Regional Airport | LA | 3,910 | +23.4% |
| CWA | Central Wisconsin Airport | WI | 3,850 | +62.7% |
| PHF | Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport | VA | 3,760 | +31.3% |
| HLN | Helena Regional Airport | MT | 3,700 | +71.2% |
| COU | Columbia Regional Airport | MO | 3,500 | +124.0% |
| ERI | Erie International/Tom Ridge Field | PA | 3,300 | +51.5% |
| GRI | Central Nebraska Regional Airport | NE | 3,280 | +19.9% |
| AZO | Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport | MI | 3,270 | +45.3% |
| RST | Rochester International Airport | MN | 3,270 | +17.5% |
| LYH | Lynchburg Regional/Preston Glenn Field | VA | 3,200 | +46.4% |
| MBS | MBS International Airport | MI | 3,180 | +55.5% |
| NYL | Yuma MCAS/Yuma International Airport | AZ | 3,160 | +2.5% |
| EWN | Coastal Carolina Regional Airport | NC | 3,120 | +29.9% |
| KTN | Ketchikan International Airport | AK | 3,020 | +79.6% |
| LSE | La Crosse Regional Airport | WI | 2,970 | +30.0% |
| MHK | Manhattan Regional Airport | KS | 2,920 | +162.5% |
| ABI | Abilene Regional Airport | TX | 2,880 | -8.5% |
| CMI | University Of Illinois/Willard Airport | IL | 2,780 | +32.0% |
| ITH | Ithaca Tompkins International Airport | NY | 2,750 | +166.8% |
| CSG | Columbus Airport | GA | 2,720 | n/a |
| CPR | Casper/Natrona County International Airport | WY | 2,580 | -4.6% |
| PUW | Pullman/Moscow Regional Airport | WA | 2,490 | +84.1% |
| SJT | San Angelo Regional/Mathis Field | TX | 2,420 | +16.4% |
| SBY | Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport | MD | 2,340 | +33.7% |
| LCH | Lake Charles Regional Airport | LA | 2,320 | n/a |
| ROW | Roswell Air Center Airport | NM | 2,180 | +102.9% |
| XWA | Williston Basin International Airport | ND | 2,070 | +88.5% |
| CLL | Easterwood Field | TX | 2,020 | -5.9% |
| ADQ | Kodiak Airport | AK | 2,010 | +86.1% |
| FSM | Fort Smith Regional Airport | AR | 2,010 | +6.0% |
| GFK | Grand Forks International Airport | ND | 1,990 | -15.2% |
| SIT | Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport | AK | 1,960 | +94.9% |
| LWS | Lewiston/Nez Perce County Airport | ID | 1,960 | n/a |
| TYR | Tyler Pounds Regional Airport | TX | 1,900 | +1.8% |
| EAT | Pangborn Memorial Airport | WA | 1,800 | +37.9% |
| YKM | Yakima Air Terminal/Mcallister Field | WA | 1,780 | +13.7% |
| ACT | Waco Regional Airport | TX | 1,680 | +17.4% |
| ALW | Walla Walla Regional Airport | WA | 1,650 | n/a |
| CKB | North Central West Virginia Airport | WV | 1,600 | n/a |
| GTR | Golden Triangle Regional Airport | MS | 1,510 | n/a |
| BQK | Brunswick Golden Isles Airport | GA | 1,450 | +37.6% |
| DHN | Dothan Regional Airport | AL | 1,440 | +19.4% |
| VLD | Valdosta Regional Airport | GA | 1,430 | +11.1% |
| SHR | Sheridan County Airport | WY | 1,220 | n/a |
| BJI | Bemidji Regional Airport | MN | 1,180 | n/a |
| PRC | Prescott Regional - Ernest A Love Field | AZ | 1,140 | n/a |
| ABY | Southwest Georgia Regional Airport | GA | 1,130 | +8.6% |
| COD | Yellowstone Regional Airport | WY | 1,120 | +4.5% |
| CIU | Chippewa County International Airport | MI | 1,120 | n/a |
| ABR | Aberdeen Regional Airport | SD | 1,110 | n/a |
| ATY | Watertown Regional Airport | SD | 1,100 | n/a |
| GCC | Northeast Wyoming Regional Airport | WY | 1,100 | n/a |
| GGG | East Texas Regional Airport | TX | 1,090 | +2.6% |
| JLN | Joplin Regional Airport | MO | 1,090 | -9.3% |
| HOB | Lea County Regional Airport | NM | 1,040 | n/a |
| SWO | Stillwater Regional Airport | OK | 1,040 | n/a |
| SLN | Salina Regional Airport | KS | 1,020 | n/a |
| DIK | Dickinson/Theodore Roosevelt Regional Airport | ND | 1,010 | n/a |
| RKS | Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport | WY | 1,000 | n/a |
| ART | Watertown International Airport | NY | 981 | n/a |
| PIR | Pierre Regional Airport | SD | 979 | n/a |
| BTM | Bert Mooney Airport | MT | 898 | n/a |
| RHI | Rhinelander/Oneida County Airport | WI | 858 | n/a |
| ALO | Waterloo Regional Airport | IA | 839 | n/a |
| TWF | Joslin Field/Magic Valley Regional | ID | 839 | -35.7% |
| MEI | Key Field | MS | 824 | n/a |
| LBF | North Platte Regional/Lee Bird Field | NE | 795 | n/a |
| CYS | Cheyenne Regional/Jerry Olson Field | WY | 723 | n/a |
| LAR | Laramie Regional Airport | WY | 715 | n/a |
| HYS | Hays Regional Airport | KS | 662 | n/a |
| BFF | Western Nebraska Regional/William B Heilig Field | NE | 661 | n/a |
| MCN | Middle Georgia Regional Airport | GA | 637 | n/a |
| OGS | Ogdensburg International Airport | NY | 626 | n/a |
| CDC | Cedar City Regional Airport | UT | 626 | n/a |
| JST | John Murtha Johnstown/Cambria County Airport | PA | 625 | n/a |
| ESC | Delta County Airport | MI | 611 | n/a |
| ACK | Nantucket Memorial Airport | MA | 607 | n/a |
| EKO | Elko Regional Airport | NV | 595 | n/a |
| JMS | Jamestown Regional Airport | ND | 574 | n/a |
| APN | Alpena County Regional Airport | MI | 535 | n/a |
| CGI | Cape Girardeau Regional Airport | MO | 533 | n/a |
| VEL | Vernal Regional Airport | UT | 496 | n/a |
| TVF | Thief River Falls Regional Airport | MN | 432 | n/a |
| VCT | Victoria Regional Airport | TX | 427 | n/a |
| BGM | Greater Binghamton/Edwin A Link Field | NY | 412 | n/a |
| OTH | Southwest Oregon Regional Airport | OR | 411 | n/a |
| DDC | Dodge City Regional Airport | KS | 406 | n/a |
| MWA | Veterans Airport Of Southern Illinois | IL | 398 | n/a |
| LBL | Liberal Mid-America Regional Airport | KS | 369 | n/a |
| CEC | Jack Mc Namara Field | CA | 323 | n/a |
| DVL | Devils Lake Regional Airport | ND | 319 | n/a |
| MVY | Martha's Vineyard Airport | MA | 279 | n/a |
| SDY | Sidney-Richland Regional Airport | MT | 272 | n/a |
| IRK | Kirksville Regional Airport | MO | 242 | n/a |
| RUT | Rutland - Southern Vermont Regional Airport | VT | 216 | n/a |
| BHB | Hancock County/Bar Harbor Airport | ME | 215 | n/a |
| DUJ | Dubois Regional Airport | PA | 206 | n/a |
| OWB | Owensboro/Daviess County Regional Airport | KY | 202 | n/a |
| BKW | Raleigh County Memorial Airport | WV | 194 | n/a |
| SLK | Adirondack Regional Airport | NY | 191 | n/a |
| BFD | Bradford Regional Airport | PA | 187 | n/a |
| AOO | Altoona/Blair County Airport | PA | 179 | n/a |
| AIA | Alliance Municipal Airport | NE | 170 | n/a |
| RKD | Knox County Regional Airport | ME | 154 | n/a |
| PVC | Provincetown Municipal Airport | MA | 154 | n/a |
| MBL | Manistee County/Blacker Airport | MI | 153 | n/a |
| MSS | Massena International-Richards Field | NY | 135 | n/a |
| LWB | Greenbrier Valley Airport | WV | 125 | n/a |
| GGW | Wokal Field/Glasgow-Valley County | MT | 108 | n/a |
| OLF | L M Clayton Airport | MT | 103 | n/a |
| HVR | Havre City-County Airport | MT | 103 | n/a |
| GDV | Dawson Communicipalty Airport | MT | 84 | n/a |
| MCE | Merced Regional/Macready Field | CA | 79 | n/a |
| HYA | Cape Cod Gateway Airport | MA | 51 | n/a |

## 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 (Sun, Dec 20, 2020 – Sat, Jan 2, 2021). 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 (317 of 404 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 2021 air travel: how US airports and states did", https://passengerindex.com/web/holidays/christmas-new-year-2021/ (CC BY 4.0).

## Frequently asked questions

### How many people flew over Christmas and New Year 2021?

TSA screened 27,218,417 passengers nationwide over the Christmas and New Year 2021 travel period (Mon, Dec 20, 2021 – Sun, Jan 2, 2022), up 82.1% from 14,944,402 over the same period a year earlier. The busiest day was Thursday, December 23, with 2,197,896 screenings.

### What was the busiest airport over Christmas and New Year 2021?

The busiest airports by departing passengers screened were Los Angeles International Airport (LAX, about 1.1 million), Orlando International Airport (MCO, about 911,000) and John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK, about 909,000). Among states, California led with about 3.3 million.

### Which airports grew the most over Christmas and New Year 2021?

Among airports with at least 100,000 departing passengers screened in the year-earlier period, the largest gains were DCA (+208.6%), SFO (+207.3%), HNL (+204.0%), JFK (+151.1%) and LGA (+150.1%) and the largest declines HOU (+27.1%), FLL (+27.9%), MDW (+39.7%), DFW (+50.0%) and MCO (+52.3%).

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

As December 20 through January 2 (14 days). The 2021 period ran Mon, Dec 20, 2021 – Sun, Jan 2, 2022 and is compared with Sun, Dec 20, 2020 – Sat, Jan 2, 2021 - the same calendar dates, so the mix of weekdays differs between the years.

### When is the Christmas and New Year 2022 travel period?

Tue, Dec 20, 2022 – Mon, Jan 2, 2023. Passenger Index publishes airport and state results a few days after it ends, once TSA releases the checkpoint data.