Christmas and New Year 2022 air travel: how US airports and states did
· TSA checkpoint screenings and CBP international arrivals · updated · how it is measured
TSA screened 30,205,987 passengers nationwide over the Christmas and New Year 2022 travel period (Tue, Dec 20, 2022 – Mon, Jan 2, 2023), up 11.0% from 27,218,417 over the same period a year earlier. The busiest day was Wednesday, December 21, with 2,428,528 screenings.
The busiest airports by departing passengers screened were Los Angeles International Airport (LAX, about 1.3 million), John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK, about 1.2 million) and Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD, about 1.0 million). Among states, California led with about 3.8 million.
Key facts
- Travel period
- TSA screenings
- 30,205,987 (+11.0% YoY)
- Busiest day
- : 2,428,528
- Busiest airport
- LAX, about 1.3 million
Day by day, nationwide
| 2022 | Screened | Year earlier | Screened | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,216,373 | 2,099,852 | +5.5% | ||
| 2,428,528 | 1,996,071 | +21.7% | ||
| 2,366,608 | 2,106,209 | +12.4% | ||
| 2,096,506 | 2,197,896 | -4.6% | ||
| 1,834,551 | 1,713,351 | +7.1% | ||
| 1,800,463 | 1,535,935 | +17.2% | ||
| 2,218,145 | 2,074,458 | +6.9% | ||
| 2,178,719 | 2,093,615 | +4.1% | ||
| 2,153,682 | 2,000,891 | +7.6% | ||
| 2,178,433 | 2,029,343 | +7.3% | ||
| 2,383,422 | 2,069,413 | +15.2% | ||
| 1,935,413 | 1,658,357 | +16.7% | ||
| 2,046,950 | 1,616,850 | +26.6% | ||
| 2,368,194 | 2,026,176 | +16.9% |
Biggest movers
Among airports with at least 100,000 departing passengers screened in the year-earlier period. Up most: SFO +38.3%, IAD +37.2%, JFK +33.5%, HNL +24.8%, BOS +21.3%. Down most: RSW -22.8%, MKE -10.2%, BUR -9.2%, DAL -8.5%, CMH -6.1%.
By state
| State | Departing screened | YoY | Busiest airport | Airports |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 3.8 million | +16.6% | LAX | 21 |
| Florida | 3.1 million | +5.6% | MCO | 17 |
| Texas | 2.6 million | +11.8% | DFW | 25 |
| New York | 1.5 million | +27.4% | JFK | 13 |
| Illinois | 1.3 million | +18.4% | ORD | 8 |
| Colorado | 992,000 | +5.7% | DEN | 9 |
| Georgia | 975,000 | +7.3% | ATL | 8 |
| New Jersey | 953,000 | +14.5% | EWR | 2 |
| Virginia | 940,000 | +17.3% | IAD | 9 |
| Nevada | 867,000 | +9.3% | LAS | 3 |
| Arizona | 863,000 | +10.2% | PHX | 6 |
| Washington | 751,000 | +13.9% | SEA | 8 |
| Massachusetts | 714,000 | +21.6% | BOS | 3 |
| Hawaii | 661,000 | +19.1% | HNL | 4 |
| Pennsylvania | 651,000 | +10.3% | PHL | 9 |
| Michigan | 556,000 | +9.1% | DTW | 7 |
| Minnesota | 486,000 | +13.8% | MSP | 5 |
| Missouri | 402,000 | +2.3% | STL | 4 |
| Tennessee | 374,000 | +6.8% | BNA | 4 |
| Utah | 373,000 | +7.0% | SLC | 5 |
| North Carolina | 351,000 | +6.2% | RDU | 9 |
| Oregon | 336,000 | +3.4% | PDX | 4 |
| Maryland | 327,000 | +8.7% | BWI | 2 |
| Puerto Rico | 325,000 | +17.3% | SJU | 3 |
| Louisiana | 253,000 | +3.3% | MSY | 7 |
| Kentucky | 245,000 | +6.3% | CVG | 4 |
| Indiana | 208,000 | -0.7% | IND | 4 |
| South Carolina | 193,000 | +4.0% | CHS | 6 |
| Wisconsin | 178,000 | -3.6% | MKE | 7 |
| Ohio | 165,000 | -6.2% | CMH | 3 |
| Connecticut | 142,000 | +19.7% | BDL | 2 |
| Oklahoma | 130,000 | +1.0% | OKC | 4 |
| Alaska | 112,000 | +13.3% | ANC | 5 |
| Idaho | 111,000 | +15.2% | BOI | 4 |
| Montana | 111,000 | +3.2% | BZN | 12 |
| New Mexico | 98,300 | +0.9% | ABQ | 4 |
| Nebraska | 95,300 | -1.1% | OMA | 5 |
| Iowa | 84,500 | +1.9% | DSM | 4 |
| Alabama | 84,200 | -0.5% | BHM | 5 |
| Arkansas | 74,800 | +4.5% | LIT | 4 |
| Rhode Island | 62,800 | +2.8% | PVD | 1 |
| North Dakota | 47,600 | +15.2% | FAR | 8 |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 44,800 | -1.4% | STT | 2 |
| Guam | 42,500 | +242.5% | GUM | 1 |
| South Dakota | 39,100 | -6.1% | FSD | 5 |
| Maine | 38,500 | +1.0% | PWM | 3 |
| Kansas | 37,900 | +6.4% | ICT | 6 |
| Mississippi | 36,600 | -4.2% | JAN | 4 |
| Wyoming | 29,400 | -1.2% | JAC | 4 |
| New Hampshire | 22,800 | -14.1% | MHT | 1 |
| West Virginia | 12,700 | -6.9% | CRW | 6 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 7,290 | +206.8% | GSN | 1 |
| Vermont | 225 | n/a | RUT | 1 |
By airport
| # | Code | Airport | State | Departing screened | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LAX | Los Angeles International Airport | CA | 1.3 million | +19.3% |
| 2 | JFK | John F. Kennedy International Airport | NY | 1.2 million | +33.5% |
| 3 | ORD | Chicago O'Hare International Airport | IL | 1.0 million | +21.0% |
| 4 | MCO | Orlando International Airport | FL | 1.0 million | +12.9% |
| 5 | EWR | Newark Liberty International Airport | NJ | 944,000 | +15.6% |
| 6 | ATL | Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport | GA | 905,000 | +8.4% |
| 7 | DEN | Denver International Airport | CO | 858,000 | +7.2% |
| 8 | SFO | San Francisco International Airport | CA | 848,000 | +38.3% |
| 9 | DFW | Dallas Fort Worth International Airport | TX | 836,000 | +16.8% |
| 10 | LAS | Harry Reid International Airport | NV | 784,000 | +10.2% |
| 11 | PHX | Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport | AZ | 726,000 | +9.8% |
| 12 | BOS | Boston Logan International Airport | MA | 709,000 | +21.3% |
| 13 | FLL | Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport | FL | 705,000 | +13.2% |
| 14 | IAH | George Bush Intercontinental Airport | TX | 683,000 | +20.4% |
| 15 | SEA | Seattle-Tacoma International Airport | WA | 638,000 | +15.1% |
| 16 | MSP | Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport | MN | 476,000 | +14.4% |
| 17 | DTW | Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport | MI | 453,000 | +13.2% |
| 18 | TPA | Tampa International Airport | FL | 445,000 | -0.3% |
| 19 | PHL | Philadelphia International Airport | PA | 422,000 | +13.3% |
| 20 | SAN | San Diego International Airport | CA | 416,000 | +15.3% |
| 21 | IAD | Washington Dulles International Airport | VA | 393,000 | +37.2% |
| 22 | HNL | Daniel K. Inouye International Airport | HI | 380,000 | +24.8% |
| 23 | AUS | Austin-Bergstrom International Airport | TX | 354,000 | +11.6% |
| 24 | SLC | Salt Lake City International Airport | UT | 351,000 | +4.4% |
| 25 | DCA | Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport | VA | 348,000 | +8.5% |
| 26 | BWI | Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport | MD | 325,000 | +8.8% |
| 27 | BNA | Nashville International Airport | TN | 300,000 | +5.8% |
| 28 | SJU | Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport | PR | 292,000 | +15.9% |
| 29 | PDX | Portland International Airport | OR | 266,000 | +1.7% |
| 30 | MDW | Chicago Midway International Airport | IL | 235,000 | +11.5% |
| 31 | RDU | Raleigh-Durham International Airport | NC | 233,000 | +4.5% |
| 32 | RSW | Southwest Florida International Airport | FL | 216,000 | -22.8% |
| 33 | MSY | Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport | LA | 211,000 | +3.9% |
| 34 | SMF | Sacramento International Airport | CA | 207,000 | -1.8% |
| 35 | SNA | John Wayne Airport | CA | 201,000 | +9.1% |
| 36 | STL | St. Louis Lambert International Airport | MO | 201,000 | -3.3% |
| 37 | SJC | San José Mineta International Airport | CA | 194,000 | +8.9% |
| 38 | SAT | San Antonio International Airport | TX | 190,000 | +6.1% |
| 39 | DAL | Dallas Love Field | TX | 187,000 | -8.5% |
| 40 | PBI | Palm Beach International Airport | FL | 185,000 | +13.1% |
| 41 | OAK | Oakland International Airport | CA | 181,000 | -0.5% |
| 42 | MCI | Kansas City International Airport | MO | 174,000 | +8.2% |
| 43 | IND | Indianapolis International Airport | IN | 168,000 | +0.1% |
| 44 | PIT | Pittsburgh International Airport | PA | 164,000 | +7.2% |
| 45 | HOU | William P. Hobby Airport | TX | 163,000 | -0.7% |
| 46 | OGG | Kahului Airport | HI | 159,000 | +11.1% |
| 47 | CVG | Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport | KY | 150,000 | +10.6% |
| 48 | JAX | Jacksonville International Airport | FL | 135,000 | +14.0% |
| 49 | CMH | John Glenn Columbus International Airport | OH | 134,000 | -6.1% |
| 50 | BDL | Bradley International Airport | CT | 117,000 | +6.9% |
| 51 | ONT | Ontario International Airport | CA | 115,000 | +10.0% |
| 52 | MKE | Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport | WI | 104,000 | -10.2% |
| 53 | BUR | Hollywood Burbank Airport | CA | 100,000 | -9.2% |
| 54 | SRQ | Sarasota Bradenton International Airport | FL | 99,800 | +6.8% |
| 55 | CHS | Charleston International Airport | SC | 97,500 | +15.9% |
| 56 | BOI | Boise Airport | ID | 91,500 | +18.0% |
| 57 | ABQ | Albuquerque International Sunport | NM | 91,200 | +2.3% |
| 58 | KOA | Ellison Onizuka Kona International at Keahole Airport | HI | 89,800 | +8.6% |
| 59 | OMA | Eppley Airfield | NE | 87,000 | -1.5% |
| 60 | RIC | Richmond International Airport | VA | 86,800 | +5.4% |
| 61 | ORF | Norfolk International Airport | VA | 84,900 | +3.9% |
| 62 | PSP | Palm Springs International Airport | CA | 84,000 | +22.8% |
| 63 | RNO | Reno-Tahoe International Airport | NV | 82,900 | +1.9% |
| 64 | ELP | El Paso International Airport | TX | 79,600 | +17.9% |
| 65 | TUS | Tucson International Airport | AZ | 78,200 | +15.2% |
| 66 | ANC | Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport | AK | 77,900 | +11.8% |
| 67 | OKC | Will Rogers International Airport | OK | 73,100 | -1.4% |
| 68 | SDF | Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport | KY | 71,700 | -1.2% |
| 69 | GEG | Spokane International Airport | WA | 70,600 | +5.1% |
| 70 | GRR | Gerald R. Ford International Airport | MI | 69,800 | -6.0% |
| 71 | SFB | Orlando Sanford International Airport | FL | 68,300 | -3.2% |
| 72 | PVD | Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport | RI | 62,800 | +2.8% |
| 73 | IWA | Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport | AZ | 55,400 | +10.7% |
| 74 | DSM | Des Moines International Airport | IA | 55,200 | +1.2% |
| 75 | TUL | Tulsa International Airport | OK | 53,900 | +4.2% |
| 76 | SAV | Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport | GA | 53,800 | -5.0% |
| 77 | PGD | Punta Gorda Airport | FL | 52,000 | +0.2% |
| 78 | SYR | Syracuse Hancock International Airport | NY | 51,100 | +4.5% |
| 79 | TYS | Mc Ghee Tyson Airport | TN | 50,300 | +12.6% |
| 80 | BZN | Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport | MT | 50,100 | -2.6% |
| 81 | LGB | Long Beach (Daugherty Field) | CA | 49,400 | -14.7% |
| 82 | ALB | Albany International Airport | NY | 49,100 | +1.4% |
| 83 | BHM | Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport | AL | 46,600 | -4.1% |
| 84 | ROC | Frederick Douglass/Greater Rochester International Airport | NY | 46,400 | +2.5% |
| 85 | PNS | Pensacola International Airport | FL | 46,000 | -2.3% |
| 86 | HPN | Westchester County Airport | NY | 45,400 | +53.4% |
| 87 | FAT | Fresno Yosemite International Airport | CA | 43,600 | +1.2% |
| 88 | GUM | Guam International Airport | GU | 42,500 | +242.5% |
| 89 | AVL | Asheville Regional Airport | NC | 41,500 | +20.7% |
| 90 | LIT | Bill and Hillary Clinton National/Adams Field | AR | 40,400 | +4.7% |
| 91 | GSP | Greenville Spartanburg International Airport | SC | 38,400 | +3.0% |
| 92 | MSN | Dane County Regional/Truax Field | WI | 38,000 | +8.8% |
| 93 | COS | City Of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport | CO | 37,800 | -14.6% |
| 94 | MYR | Myrtle Beach International Airport | SC | 36,100 | -10.5% |
| 95 | STT | Cyril E King Airport | VI | 34,300 | -1.4% |
| 96 | GSO | Piedmont Triad International Airport | NC | 32,000 | +8.4% |
| 97 | ITO | Hilo International Airport | HI | 31,800 | +32.0% |
| 98 | ICT | Wichita Dwight D Eisenhower National Airport | KS | 31,700 | +5.7% |
| 99 | EYW | Key West International Airport | FL | 31,600 | -9.0% |
| 100 | XNA | Northwest Arkansas National Airport | AR | 31,000 | +4.1% |
| 101 | EUG | Mahlon Sweet Field | OR | 30,300 | +15.4% |
| 102 | MDT | Harrisburg International Airport | PA | 30,100 | +23.8% |
| 103 | VPS | Eglin AFB/Destin-Ft Walton Beach | FL | 28,000 | -8.2% |
| 104 | PWM | Portland International Jetport | ME | 28,000 | +0.2% |
| 105 | CID | The Eastern Iowa Airport | IA | 27,800 | +5.7% |
| 106 | HVN | Tweed/New Haven Airport | CT | 25,500 | +165.4% |
| 107 | FSD | Joe Foss Field | SD | 25,200 | -5.4% |
| 108 | BQN | Rafael Hernandez Airport | PR | 25,000 | +25.8% |
| 109 | JAC | Jackson Hole Airport | WY | 24,600 | -3.0% |
| 110 | ISP | Long Island Mac Arthur Airport | NY | 24,100 | -33.3% |
| 111 | ILM | Wilmington International Airport | NC | 23,900 | +35.7% |
| 112 | SBA | Santa Barbara Municipal Airport | CA | 22,900 | +11.8% |
| 113 | SGF | Springfield-Branson National Airport | MO | 22,900 | +11.2% |
| 114 | MHT | Manchester Boston Regional Airport | NH | 22,800 | -14.1% |
| 115 | LEX | Blue Grass Airport | KY | 22,800 | +3.9% |
| 116 | JAN | Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport | MS | 22,700 | -4.3% |
| 117 | FAR | Hector International Airport | ND | 22,600 | +24.1% |
| 118 | MAF | Midland International Air And Space Port Airport | TX | 21,700 | -4.4% |
| 119 | MFE | Mc Allen Miller International Airport | TX | 21,700 | +13.6% |
| 120 | RDM | Roberts Field | OR | 21,400 | +12.4% |
| 121 | EGE | Eagle County Regional Airport | CO | 21,400 | +24.0% |
| 122 | HSV | Huntsville International-Carl T Jones Field | AL | 21,400 | +8.8% |
| 123 | ECP | Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport | FL | 21,200 | -8.3% |
| 124 | DAY | James M Cox Dayton International Airport | OH | 20,800 | -7.0% |
| 125 | ASE | Aspen-Pitkin County/Sardy Field | CO | 19,700 | +15.5% |
| 126 | FAI | Fairbanks International Airport | AK | 19,600 | +23.8% |
| 127 | ABE | Lehigh Valley International Airport | PA | 19,000 | +1.5% |
| 128 | ATW | Appleton International Airport | WI | 18,700 | +27.1% |
| 129 | HDN | Yampa Valley Airport | CO | 18,100 | -4.5% |
| 130 | BIL | Billings Logan International Airport | MT | 18,100 | +18.5% |
| 131 | MFR | Rogue Valley International - Medford Airport | OR | 18,000 | +1.2% |
| 132 | CAE | Columbia Metropolitan Airport | SC | 17,700 | -1.2% |
| 133 | LBB | Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport | TX | 17,200 | -2.4% |
| 134 | HRL | Valley International Airport | TX | 17,000 | +7.3% |
| 135 | MTJ | Montrose Regional Airport | CO | 16,900 | -3.6% |
| 136 | SBN | South Bend International Airport | IN | 16,800 | +0.2% |
| 137 | FWA | Fort Wayne International Airport | IN | 16,800 | -3.0% |
| 138 | MSO | Missoula Montana Airport | MT | 16,500 | -0.7% |
| 139 | PVU | Provo Municipal Airport | UT | 16,300 | +173.4% |
| 140 | PSC | Tri-Cities Airport | WA | 16,000 | +9.8% |
| 141 | TLH | Tallahassee International Airport | FL | 15,900 | -4.8% |
| 142 | CHA | Lovell Field | TN | 15,300 | +11.2% |
| 143 | GPI | Glacier Park International Airport | MT | 15,300 | +12.3% |
| 144 | AMA | Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport | TX | 14,100 | +6.2% |
| 145 | FNT | Bishop International Airport | MI | 13,900 | -7.6% |
| 146 | PIA | General Downing - Peoria International Airport | IL | 13,300 | +1.6% |
| 147 | SBP | San Luis County Regional Airport | CA | 13,200 | +31.6% |
| 148 | CRP | Corpus Christi International Airport | TX | 13,100 | +2.2% |
| 149 | BTR | Baton Rouge Metropolitan, Ryan Field | LA | 12,900 | +16.9% |
| 150 | ROA | Roanoke/Blacksburg Regional (Woodrum Field) | VA | 12,400 | +1.4% |
| 151 | STS | Charles M Schulz - Sonoma County Airport | CA | 12,100 | +13.6% |
| 152 | RAP | Rapid City Regional Airport | SD | 12,000 | +1.8% |
| 153 | GRB | Green Bay/Austin Straubel International Airport | WI | 11,900 | +6.6% |
| 154 | BLI | Bellingham International Airport | WA | 11,800 | -2.1% |
| 155 | GPT | Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport | MS | 11,700 | -3.6% |
| 156 | DAB | Daytona Beach International Airport | FL | 11,600 | +0.3% |
| 157 | MLI | Quad Cities International Airport | IL | 11,600 | +3.6% |
| 158 | MLB | Melbourne Orlando International Airport | FL | 11,500 | +0.2% |
| 159 | BIS | Bismarck Municipal Airport | ND | 11,300 | +5.9% |
| 160 | SHV | Shreveport Regional Airport | LA | 11,300 | -0.6% |
| 161 | IDA | Idaho Falls Regional Airport | ID | 11,000 | +1.9% |
| 162 | CAK | Akron-Canton Regional Airport | OH | 10,800 | -6.2% |
| 163 | STX | Henry E Rohlsen Airport | VI | 10,500 | -1.5% |
| 164 | BGR | Bangor International Airport | ME | 10,400 | +2.7% |
| 165 | TVC | Cherry Capital Airport | MI | 10,300 | +11.3% |
| 166 | PAE | Snohomish County (Paine Field) | WA | 9,920 | +82.9% |
| 167 | JNU | Juneau International Airport | AK | 9,520 | +9.6% |
| 168 | TTN | Trenton Mercer Airport | NJ | 9,440 | -43.1% |
| 169 | MOB | Mobile Regional Airport | AL | 9,350 | +1.2% |
| 170 | AGS | Augusta Regional at Bush Field | GA | 9,320 | +1.1% |
| 171 | MRY | Monterey Regional Airport | CA | 8,980 | +13.6% |
| 172 | TRI | Tri-Cities Airport | TN | 8,900 | +2.4% |
| 173 | LFT | Lafayette Regional/Paul Fournet Field | LA | 8,590 | -2.9% |
| 174 | CHO | Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport | VA | 8,570 | -16.6% |
| 175 | GJT | Grand Junction Regional Airport | CO | 8,460 | -15.3% |
| 176 | PSE | Mercedita Airport | PR | 8,280 | +53.9% |
| 177 | DRO | Durango-La Plata County Airport | CO | 8,030 | -10.6% |
| 178 | GNV | Gainesville Regional Airport | FL | 8,030 | -13.3% |
| 179 | BLV | Scott AFB/Midamerica St Louis | IL | 7,680 | -0.4% |
| 180 | JQF | Concord-Padgett Regional Airport | NC | 7,640 | +3.5% |
| 181 | BMI | Central Illinois Regional/Bloomington-Normal Airport | IL | 7,430 | -11.2% |
| 182 | GSN | Francisco C Ada/Saipan International Airport | MP | 7,290 | +206.8% |
| 183 | SWF | New York Stewart International Airport | NY | 7,030 | +42.5% |
| 184 | SUN | Friedman Memorial Airport | ID | 7,000 | +14.7% |
| 185 | BFL | Meadows Field | CA | 6,780 | +2.6% |
| 186 | AVP | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport | PA | 6,660 | -8.5% |
| 187 | GTF | Great Falls International Airport | MT | 6,630 | +26.1% |
| 188 | CRW | West Virginia International Yeager Airport | WV | 6,380 | -9.9% |
| 189 | MOT | Minot International Airport | ND | 6,290 | -2.8% |
| 190 | EVV | Evansville Regional Airport | IN | 6,060 | -15.5% |
| 191 | FAY | Fayetteville Regional/Grannis Field | NC | 5,800 | -20.8% |
| 192 | MGM | Montgomery Regional (Dannelly Field) | AL | 5,780 | +1.6% |
| 193 | ORH | Worcester Regional Airport | MA | 5,100 | +79.7% |
| 194 | DLH | Duluth International Airport | MN | 5,000 | -14.5% |
| 195 | PBG | Plattsburgh International Airport | NY | 4,950 | +1.8% |
| 196 | ACV | California Redwood Coast-Humboldt County Airport | CA | 4,810 | -30.3% |
| 197 | LRD | Laredo International Airport | TX | 4,750 | -4.6% |
| 198 | LNK | Lincoln Airport | NE | 4,640 | +4.8% |
| 199 | SGU | St George Regional Airport | UT | 4,610 | -9.1% |
| 200 | OAJ | Albert J Ellis Airport | NC | 4,420 | -37.6% |
| 201 | BRO | Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport | TX | 4,320 | -6.1% |
| 202 | GFK | Grand Forks International Airport | ND | 4,070 | +104.9% |
| 203 | MHK | Manhattan Regional Airport | KS | 4,020 | +37.5% |
| 204 | SAF | Santa Fe Municipal Airport | NM | 3,980 | -20.6% |
| 205 | COU | Columbia Regional Airport | MO | 3,960 | +13.2% |
| 206 | UNV | University Park Airport | PA | 3,930 | -25.2% |
| 207 | GRK | Robert Gray AAF Airport | TX | 3,890 | -25.1% |
| 208 | PHF | Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport | VA | 3,770 | +0.2% |
| 209 | AEX | Alexandria International Airport | LA | 3,720 | -17.8% |
| 210 | HTS | Tri-State/Milton J Ferguson Field | WV | 3,670 | -15.2% |
| 211 | RST | Rochester International Airport | MN | 3,670 | +12.3% |
| 212 | CMI | University Of Illinois/Willard Airport | IL | 3,580 | +29.0% |
| 213 | CPR | Casper/Natrona County International Airport | WY | 3,450 | +33.8% |
| 214 | KTN | Ketchikan International Airport | AK | 3,450 | +14.3% |
| 215 | LAN | Capital Region International Airport | MI | 3,440 | -22.9% |
| 216 | GRI | Central Nebraska Regional Airport | NE | 3,420 | +4.5% |
| 217 | MLU | Monroe Regional Airport | LA | 3,420 | -12.4% |
| 218 | RDD | Redding Regional Airport | CA | 3,390 | -13.9% |
| 219 | ELM | Elmira/Corning Regional Airport | NY | 3,370 | -31.4% |
| 220 | GUC | Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional Airport | CO | 3,360 | -14.8% |
| 221 | SCK | Stockton Metropolitan Airport | CA | 3,340 | -3.0% |
| 222 | AZO | Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport | MI | 3,090 | -5.4% |
| 223 | HLN | Helena Regional Airport | MT | 3,000 | -19.1% |
| 224 | PUW | Pullman/Moscow Regional Airport | WA | 2,980 | +20.0% |
| 225 | MBS | MBS International Airport | MI | 2,850 | -10.2% |
| 226 | ERI | Erie International/Tom Ridge Field | PA | 2,710 | -17.8% |
| 227 | CWA | Central Wisconsin Airport | WI | 2,680 | -30.4% |
| 228 | ABI | Abilene Regional Airport | TX | 2,640 | -8.3% |
| 229 | NYL | Yuma MCAS/Yuma International Airport | AZ | 2,630 | -16.8% |
| 230 | CSG | Columbus Airport | GA | 2,430 | -10.4% |
| 231 | LYH | Lynchburg Regional/Preston Glenn Field | VA | 2,380 | -25.7% |
| 232 | ROW | Roswell Air Center Airport | NM | 2,360 | +8.2% |
| 233 | SBY | Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport | MD | 2,280 | -2.3% |
| 234 | LCH | Lake Charles Regional Airport | LA | 2,280 | -1.8% |
| 235 | HXD | Hilton Head Airport | SC | 2,270 | -49.2% |
| 236 | LBE | Arnold Palmer Regional Airport | PA | 2,240 | -60.6% |
| 237 | SJT | San Angelo Regional/Mathis Field | TX | 2,230 | -7.9% |
| 238 | FSM | Fort Smith Regional Airport | AR | 2,070 | +3.2% |
| 239 | XWA | Williston Basin International Airport | ND | 2,020 | -2.3% |
| 240 | EWN | Coastal Carolina Regional Airport | NC | 2,020 | -35.3% |
| 241 | CKB | North Central West Virginia Airport | WV | 2,010 | +26.0% |
| 242 | ACT | Waco Regional Airport | TX | 1,960 | +16.2% |
| 243 | SIT | Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport | AK | 1,930 | -1.8% |
| 244 | LSE | La Crosse Regional Airport | WI | 1,880 | -36.9% |
| 245 | ITH | Ithaca Tompkins International Airport | NY | 1,740 | -36.8% |
| 246 | TYR | Tyler Pounds Regional Airport | TX | 1,670 | -12.0% |
| 247 | CLL | Easterwood Field | TX | 1,650 | -18.6% |
| 248 | GTR | Golden Triangle Regional Airport | MS | 1,570 | +4.0% |
| 249 | LWS | Lewiston/Nez Perce County Airport | ID | 1,560 | -20.3% |
| 250 | LAW | Lawton-Fort Sill Regional Airport | OK | 1,430 | -11.7% |
| 251 | TXK | Texarkana Regional-Webb Field | AR | 1,410 | +8.1% |
| 252 | SWO | Stillwater Regional Airport | OK | 1,360 | +30.9% |
| 253 | BPT | Jack Brooks Regional Airport | TX | 1,350 | n/a |
| 254 | GCK | Garden City Regional Airport | KS | 1,270 | +0.6% |
| 255 | PGV | Pitt-Greenville Airport | NC | 1,210 | -20.7% |
| 256 | ABY | Southwest Georgia Regional Airport | GA | 1,180 | +4.7% |
| 257 | VLD | Valdosta Regional Airport | GA | 1,170 | -18.0% |
| 258 | DHN | Dothan Regional Airport | AL | 1,070 | -25.5% |
| 259 | BQK | Brunswick Golden Isles Airport | GA | 1,030 | -29.0% |
| 260 | FLO | Florence Regional Airport | SC | 982 | -31.7% |
| 261 | PRC | Prescott Regional - Ernest A Love Field | AZ | 946 | -16.7% |
| 262 | YKM | Yakima Air Terminal/Mcallister Field | WA | 940 | -47.1% |
| 263 | GGG | East Texas Regional Airport | TX | 905 | -17.0% |
| 264 | ALW | Walla Walla Regional Airport | WA | 860 | -47.9% |
| 265 | BJI | Bemidji Regional Airport | MN | 838 | -29.2% |
| 266 | BTM | Bert Mooney Airport | MT | 811 | n/a |
| 267 | GCC | Northeast Wyoming Regional Airport | WY | 795 | -27.9% |
| 268 | SUX | Sioux Gateway/Brig General Bud Day Field | IA | 789 | -37.0% |
| 269 | HOB | Lea County Regional Airport | NM | 788 | -24.2% |
| 270 | ABR | Aberdeen Regional Airport | SD | 748 | -32.7% |
| 271 | ALO | Waterloo Regional Airport | IA | 678 | n/a |
| 272 | DIK | Dickinson/Theodore Roosevelt Regional Airport | ND | 657 | -34.7% |
| 273 | SPS | Sheppard AFB/Wichita Falls Municipal | TX | 607 | -52.0% |
| 274 | RHI | Rhinelander/Oneida County Airport | WI | 601 | n/a |
| 275 | MEI | Key Field | MS | 600 | n/a |
| 276 | JST | John Murtha Johnstown/Cambria County Airport | PA | 597 | n/a |
| 277 | MCN | Middle Georgia Regional Airport | GA | 581 | n/a |
| 278 | ATY | Watertown Regional Airport | SD | 569 | -48.4% |
| 279 | LAR | Laramie Regional Airport | WY | 562 | n/a |
| 280 | PIR | Pierre Regional Airport | SD | 561 | n/a |
| 281 | CDC | Cedar City Regional Airport | UT | 548 | n/a |
| 282 | HYS | Hays Regional Airport | KS | 476 | n/a |
| 283 | OWB | Owensboro/Daviess County Regional Airport | KY | 472 | n/a |
| 284 | TVF | Thief River Falls Regional Airport | MN | 453 | n/a |
| 285 | VCT | Victoria Regional Airport | TX | 414 | n/a |
| 286 | VEL | Vernal Regional Airport | UT | 402 | n/a |
| 287 | EKO | Elko Regional Airport | NV | 371 | n/a |
| 288 | MWA | Veterans Airport Of Southern Illinois | IL | 364 | n/a |
| 289 | OGS | Ogdensburg International Airport | NY | 354 | n/a |
| 290 | JMS | Jamestown Regional Airport | ND | 317 | n/a |
| 291 | SHD | Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport | VA | 302 | n/a |
| 292 | DVL | Devils Lake Regional Airport | ND | 296 | n/a |
| 293 | PKB | Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport | WV | 282 | n/a |
| 294 | RUT | Rutland - Southern Vermont Regional Airport | VT | 225 | n/a |
| 295 | SDY | Sidney-Richland Regional Airport | MT | 223 | n/a |
| 296 | LBL | Liberal Mid-America Regional Airport | KS | 218 | n/a |
| 297 | RKD | Knox County Regional Airport | ME | 216 | n/a |
| 298 | LWB | Greenbrier Valley Airport | WV | 214 | n/a |
| 299 | DDC | Dodge City Regional Airport | KS | 208 | n/a |
| 300 | MSS | Massena International-Richards Field | NY | 205 | n/a |
| 301 | BKW | Raleigh County Memorial Airport | WV | 190 | n/a |
| 302 | SLK | Adirondack Regional Airport | NY | 175 | n/a |
| 303 | MCE | Merced Regional/Macready Field | CA | 160 | n/a |
| 304 | AIA | Alliance Municipal Airport | NE | 148 | n/a |
| 305 | PGA | Page Municipal Airport | AZ | 108 | n/a |
| 306 | OLF | L M Clayton Airport | MT | 98 | n/a |
| 307 | GGW | Wokal Field/Glasgow-Valley County | MT | 89 | n/a |
| 308 | MCK | Mc Cook Ben Nelson Regional Airport | NE | 64 | n/a |
| 309 | HVR | Havre City-County Airport | MT | 64 | n/a |
| 310 | GDV | Dawson Communicipalty Airport | MT | 61 | n/a |
| 311 | HYA | Cape Cod Gateway Airport | MA | 45 | n/a |
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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 (). 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 (311 of 412 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 2022 air travel: how US airports and states did", https://passengerindex.com/web/holidays/christmas-new-year-2022/ (CC BY 4.0).
Frequently asked questions
How many people flew over Christmas and New Year 2022?
TSA screened 30,205,987 passengers nationwide over the Christmas and New Year 2022 travel period (Tue, Dec 20, 2022 – Mon, Jan 2, 2023), up 11.0% from 27,218,417 over the same period a year earlier. The busiest day was Wednesday, December 21, with 2,428,528 screenings.
What was the busiest airport over Christmas and New Year 2022?
The busiest airports by departing passengers screened were Los Angeles International Airport (LAX, about 1.3 million), John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK, about 1.2 million) and Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD, about 1.0 million). Among states, California led with about 3.8 million.
Which airports grew the most over Christmas and New Year 2022?
Among airports with at least 100,000 departing passengers screened in the year-earlier period, the largest gains were SFO (+38.3%), IAD (+37.2%), JFK (+33.5%), HNL (+24.8%) and BOS (+21.3%) and the largest declines RSW (-22.8%), MKE (-10.2%), BUR (-9.2%), DAL (-8.5%) and CMH (-6.1%).
How does Passenger Index define the Christmas and New Year travel period?
As December 20 through January 2 (14 days). The 2022 period ran Tue, Dec 20, 2022 – Mon, Jan 2, 2023 and is compared with Mon, Dec 20, 2021 – Sun, Jan 2, 2022 - the same calendar dates, so the mix of weekdays differs between the years.
When is the Christmas and New Year 2023 travel period?
Wed, Dec 20, 2023 – Tue, Jan 2, 2024. Passenger Index publishes airport and state results a few days after it ends, once TSA releases the checkpoint data.