# Christmas and New Year 2024 air travel: how US airports and states did

Source: Passenger Index, https://passengerindex.com/web/holidays/christmas-new-year-2024/ (CC BY 4.0). Updated 2026-10-20.

TSA screened 36,294,666 passengers nationwide over the Christmas and New Year 2024 travel period (Fri, Dec 20, 2024 – Thu, Jan 2, 2025), up 4.6% from 34,685,378 over the same period a year earlier. The busiest day was Friday, December 27, with 2,848,156 screenings.

The busiest airports by departing passengers screened were Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD, about 1.2 million), Orlando International Airport (MCO, about 1.2 million) and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL, about 1.2 million). Among states, Florida led with about 4.8 million.

## Key facts

- **Travel period:** Fri, Dec 20, 2024 – Thu, Jan 2, 2025
- **TSA screenings:** 36,294,666 (+4.6% YoY)
- **Busiest day:** December 27, 2024: 2,848,156
- **International arrivals (CBP):** about 4.6 million (+4.7% YoY)
- **Busiest airport:** ORD, about 1.2 million

## Day by day, nationwide

| 2024 | Screened | Year earlier | Screened | YoY |
|---|--:|---|--:|--:|
| Fri, Dec 20 | 2,845,856 | Wed, Dec 20, 2023 | 2,514,171 | +13.2% |
| Sat, Dec 21 | 2,773,545 | Thu, Dec 21, 2023 | 2,650,811 | +4.6% |
| Sun, Dec 22 | 2,800,962 | Fri, Dec 22, 2023 | 2,775,193 | +0.9% |
| Mon, Dec 23 | 2,758,299 | Sat, Dec 23, 2023 | 2,606,577 | +5.8% |
| Tue, Dec 24 | 2,068,817 | Sun, Dec 24, 2023 | 1,972,309 | +4.9% |
| Wed, Dec 25 | 2,039,342 | Mon, Dec 25, 2023 | 2,028,266 | +0.5% |
| Thu, Dec 26 | 2,743,795 | Tue, Dec 26, 2023 | 2,665,034 | +3.0% |
| Fri, Dec 27 | 2,848,156 | Wed, Dec 27, 2023 | 2,663,517 | +6.9% |
| Sat, Dec 28 | 2,741,872 | Thu, Dec 28, 2023 | 2,633,264 | +4.1% |
| Sun, Dec 29 | 2,805,401 | Fri, Dec 29, 2023 | 2,636,605 | +6.4% |
| Mon, Dec 30 | 2,765,740 | Sat, Dec 30, 2023 | 2,563,962 | +7.9% |
| Tue, Dec 31 | 2,172,902 | Sun, Dec 31, 2023 | 2,116,715 | +2.7% |
| Wed, Jan 1 | 2,317,817 | Mon, Jan 1, 2024 | 2,303,507 | +0.6% |
| Thu, Jan 2 | 2,612,162 | Tue, Jan 2, 2024 | 2,555,447 | +2.2% |

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

| State | Departing screened | YoY | Busiest airport |
|---|--:|--:|---|
| Florida | 4.8 million | +0.4% | MCO |
| California | 3.1 million | +4.4% | SFO |
| Texas | 2.4 million | +2.7% | DFW |
| Illinois | 1.5 million | +3.8% | ORD |
| Georgia | 1.3 million | +15.1% | ATL |
| Virginia | 1.2 million | +9.4% | IAD |
| Colorado | 1.2 million | +3.9% | DEN |
| New Jersey | 1.1 million | +4.7% | EWR |
| Nevada | 1.0 million | +6.1% | LAS |
| Arizona | 990,000 | +1.1% | PHX |
| North Carolina | 929,000 | +7.2% | CLT |
| Washington | 913,000 | +5.5% | SEA |
| Massachusetts | 876,000 | +9.9% | BOS |
| Pennsylvania | 810,000 | +9.6% | PHL |
| Hawaii | 755,000 | +4.4% | HNL |
| Michigan | 689,000 | +4.7% | DTW |
| Minnesota | 596,000 | +6.9% | MSP |
| Missouri | 516,000 | +2.6% | STL |
| Tennessee | 494,000 | -1.3% | BNA |
| Oregon | 451,000 | +11.5% | PDX |
| Ohio | 433,000 | +2.8% | CLE |
| New York | 417,000 | +9.1% | BUF |
| Utah | 391,000 | -2.1% | SLC |
| Puerto Rico | 364,000 | +8.2% | SJU |
| Kentucky | 314,000 | +3.8% | CVG |
| Louisiana | 301,000 | -0.2% | MSY |
| Indiana | 281,000 | +10.0% | IND |
| South Carolina | 247,000 | +5.0% | CHS |
| Wisconsin | 222,000 | +0.8% | MKE |
| Connecticut | 191,000 | +21.2% | BDL |
| Oklahoma | 165,000 | +3.1% | OKC |
| Montana | 136,000 | +9.1% | BZN |
| New Mexico | 125,000 | -3.3% | ABQ |
| Nebraska | 123,000 | +3.4% | OMA |
| Alabama | 121,000 | +12.5% | BHM |
| Alaska | 116,000 | -3.7% | ANC |
| Iowa | 105,000 | +5.4% | DSM |
| Arkansas | 102,000 | +10.3% | LIT |
| Rhode Island | 99,100 | +25.7% | PVD |
| North Dakota | 61,600 | +16.4% | FAR |
| Guam | 54,000 | +5.5% | GUM |
| South Dakota | 52,400 | +21.7% | FSD |
| Mississippi | 47,900 | +3.9% | JAN |
| Kansas | 46,900 | +7.0% | ICT |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 41,000 | +4.2% | STT |
| Wyoming | 36,300 | +3.2% | JAC |
| Vermont | 32,100 | +44.2% | BTV |
| Idaho | 28,200 | +16.5% | IDA |
| New Hampshire | 27,200 | -0.7% | MHT |
| Maine | 15,300 | +19.5% | BGR |
| West Virginia | 15,000 | +1.2% | CRW |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 11,200 | -0.8% | GSN |
| Delaware | 9,570 | -5.0% | ILG |
| Maryland | 3,620 | +53.0% | SBY |

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

| Code | Airport | State | Departing screened | YoY |
|---|---|---|--:|--:|
| ORD | Chicago O'Hare International Airport | IL | 1.2 million | +4.8% |
| MCO | Orlando International Airport | FL | 1.2 million | -2.6% |
| ATL | Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport | GA | 1.2 million | +15.5% |
| MIA | Miami International Airport | FL | 1.1 million | +0.6% |
| EWR | Newark Liberty International Airport | NJ | 1.1 million | +5.3% |
| SFO | San Francisco International Airport | CA | 1.0 million | +8.4% |
| DFW | Dallas Fort Worth International Airport | TX | 1.0 million | +9.0% |
| DEN | Denver International Airport | CO | 980,000 | +3.9% |
| LAS | Harry Reid International Airport | NV | 906,000 | +6.2% |
| BOS | Boston Logan International Airport | MA | 870,000 | +9.8% |
| PHX | Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport | AZ | 822,000 | +0.7% |
| FLL | Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport | FL | 811,000 | -0.8% |
| SEA | Seattle-Tacoma International Airport | WA | 767,000 | +6.7% |
| MSP | Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport | MN | 585,000 | +6.8% |
| DTW | Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport | MI | 529,000 | +2.0% |
| SAN | San Diego International Airport | CA | 529,000 | +2.1% |
| PHL | Philadelphia International Airport | PA | 528,000 | +9.7% |
| TPA | Tampa International Airport | FL | 525,000 | -1.8% |
| IAD | Washington Dulles International Airport | VA | 501,000 | +14.5% |
| CLT | Charlotte Douglas International Airport | NC | 471,000 | +7.7% |
| HNL | Daniel K. Inouye International Airport | HI | 421,000 | +5.6% |
| DCA | Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport | VA | 420,000 | +5.8% |
| AUS | Austin-Bergstrom International Airport | TX | 405,000 | +1.4% |
| SLC | Salt Lake City International Airport | UT | 382,000 | -2.9% |
| BNA | Nashville International Airport | TN | 364,000 | -1.1% |
| PDX | Portland International Airport | OR | 364,000 | +13.2% |
| SJU | Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport | PR | 333,000 | +9.5% |
| RDU | Raleigh-Durham International Airport | NC | 314,000 | +6.6% |
| MDW | Chicago Midway International Airport | IL | 291,000 | -3.4% |
| RSW | Southwest Florida International Airport | FL | 287,000 | +0.1% |
| SMF | Sacramento International Airport | CA | 265,000 | +1.9% |
| STL | St. Louis Lambert International Airport | MO | 250,000 | +2.9% |
| MSY | Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport | LA | 248,000 | -2.4% |
| SAT | San Antonio International Airport | TX | 245,000 | -0.6% |
| SJC | San José Mineta International Airport | CA | 245,000 | +2.6% |
| PBI | Palm Beach International Airport | FL | 238,000 | +6.1% |
| MCI | Kansas City International Airport | MO | 229,000 | +1.1% |
| DAL | Dallas Love Field | TX | 228,000 | -9.2% |
| IND | Indianapolis International Airport | IN | 224,000 | +6.1% |
| SNA | John Wayne Airport | CA | 216,000 | +6.5% |
| HOU | William P. Hobby Airport | TX | 215,000 | +2.5% |
| CLE | Cleveland Hopkins International Airport | OH | 201,000 | -2.8% |
| OAK | Oakland International Airport | CA | 200,000 | -11.8% |
| PIT | Pittsburgh International Airport | PA | 193,000 | +3.8% |
| CVG | Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport | KY | 192,000 | +5.4% |
| CMH | John Glenn Columbus International Airport | OH | 184,000 | +8.7% |
| JAX | Jacksonville International Airport | FL | 160,000 | -0.1% |
| BDL | Bradley International Airport | CT | 151,000 | +14.2% |
| ONT | Ontario International Airport | CA | 150,000 | +4.1% |
| BUR | Hollywood Burbank Airport | CA | 149,000 | +3.9% |
| OGG | Kahului Airport | HI | 138,000 | +8.3% |
| MKE | Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport | WI | 130,000 | -7.4% |
| CHS | Charleston International Airport | SC | 115,000 | +0.2% |
| ABQ | Albuquerque International Sunport | NM | 114,000 | -5.7% |
| SRQ | Sarasota Bradenton International Airport | FL | 113,000 | -1.2% |
| OMA | Eppley Airfield | NE | 112,000 | +2.0% |
| RIC | Richmond International Airport | VA | 106,000 | +3.8% |
| ORF | Norfolk International Airport | VA | 104,000 | +2.9% |
| RNO | Reno-Tahoe International Airport | NV | 103,000 | +5.4% |
| GRR | Gerald R. Ford International Airport | MI | 102,000 | +8.2% |
| BUF | Buffalo Niagara International Airport | NY | 102,000 | +13.6% |
| MEM | Memphis International Airport | TN | 101,000 | -3.6% |
| PVD | Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport | RI | 99,100 | +25.7% |
| TUS | Tucson International Airport | AZ | 97,000 | -3.6% |
| OKC | Will Rogers International Airport | OK | 93,800 | +4.4% |
| KOA | Ellison Onizuka Kona International at Keahole Airport | HI | 92,400 | -2.3% |
| PSP | Palm Springs International Airport | CA | 90,000 | +0.9% |
| SDF | Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport | KY | 89,500 | -3.4% |
| GEG | Spokane International Airport | WA | 86,400 | -0.5% |
| ELP | El Paso International Airport | TX | 86,400 | -8.7% |
| SFB | Orlando Sanford International Airport | FL | 85,500 | +15.0% |
| LGB | Long Beach (Daugherty Field) | CA | 83,300 | +1.2% |
| ANC | Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport | AK | 77,300 | -6.2% |
| SAV | Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport | GA | 77,100 | +9.6% |
| LIH | Lihue Airport | HI | 73,400 | +2.5% |
| ALB | Albany International Airport | NY | 69,300 | +14.6% |
| PIE | St Pete-Clearwater International Airport | FL | 68,600 | +13.7% |
| FAT | Fresno Yosemite International Airport | CA | 68,400 | +16.5% |
| PGD | Punta Gorda Airport | FL | 67,700 | +32.2% |
| BHM | Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport | AL | 67,700 | +11.2% |
| TUL | Tulsa International Airport | OK | 67,600 | +1.3% |
| DSM | Des Moines International Airport | IA | 66,600 | +3.2% |
| SYR | Syracuse Hancock International Airport | NY | 63,400 | +1.9% |
| PNS | Pensacola International Airport | FL | 62,600 | +7.8% |
| IWA | Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport | AZ | 61,600 | +13.6% |
| BZN | Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport | MT | 60,700 | +3.8% |
| ROC | Frederick Douglass/Greater Rochester International Airport | NY | 60,400 | +7.4% |
| HPN | Westchester County Airport | NY | 57,100 | +5.1% |
| COS | City Of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport | CO | 55,300 | -2.2% |
| GUM | Guam International Airport | GU | 54,000 | +5.5% |
| GSP | Greenville Spartanburg International Airport | SC | 53,300 | +10.3% |
| LIT | Bill and Hillary Clinton National/Adams Field | AR | 50,500 | +4.7% |
| MYR | Myrtle Beach International Airport | SC | 50,100 | +5.8% |
| MSN | Dane County Regional/Truax Field | WI | 48,300 | +22.5% |
| XNA | Northwest Arkansas National Airport | AR | 47,800 | +19.6% |
| ISP | Long Island Mac Arthur Airport | NY | 45,300 | +3.5% |
| STT | Cyril E King Airport | VI | 41,000 | +4.2% |
| HVN | Tweed/New Haven Airport | CT | 40,400 | +57.8% |
| AVL | Asheville Regional Airport | NC | 40,300 | -18.7% |
| EYW | Key West International Airport | FL | 39,700 | +7.3% |
| ICT | Wichita Dwight D Eisenhower National Airport | KS | 39,000 | +6.4% |
| GSO | Piedmont Triad International Airport | NC | 38,700 | +11.5% |
| CID | The Eastern Iowa Airport | IA | 35,700 | +8.9% |
| MDT | Harrisburg International Airport | PA | 35,100 | +12.1% |
| EUG | Mahlon Sweet Field | OR | 34,500 | -0.2% |
| FSD | Joe Foss Field | SD | 34,100 | +17.1% |
| ILM | Wilmington International Airport | NC | 32,300 | +24.7% |
| MAF | Midland International Air And Space Port Airport | TX | 32,100 | +3.5% |
| BTV | Burlington International Airport | VT | 32,100 | +44.2% |
| SBA | Santa Barbara Municipal Airport | CA | 31,100 | +16.0% |
| LEX | Blue Grass Airport | KY | 31,000 | +17.4% |
| SGF | Springfield-Branson National Airport | MO | 30,900 | +11.1% |
| RDM | Roberts Field | OR | 29,700 | +12.3% |
| MFE | Mc Allen Miller International Airport | TX | 29,400 | +15.7% |
| ITO | Hilo International Airport | HI | 29,400 | -2.5% |
| HSV | Huntsville International-Carl T Jones Field | AL | 29,300 | +12.6% |
| ECP | Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport | FL | 29,300 | +9.6% |
| ABE | Lehigh Valley International Airport | PA | 28,100 | +18.7% |
| MHT | Manchester Boston Regional Airport | NH | 26,900 | -0.8% |
| ATW | Appleton International Airport | WI | 26,600 | +21.2% |
| HRL | Valley International Airport | TX | 26,500 | -1.8% |
| FAR | Hector International Airport | ND | 26,500 | +12.6% |
| SBN | South Bend International Airport | IN | 26,200 | +33.7% |
| EGE | Eagle County Regional Airport | CO | 26,200 | +18.1% |
| JAN | Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport | MS | 26,100 | -7.6% |
| DAY | James M Cox Dayton International Airport | OH | 25,900 | +9.0% |
| CAE | Columbia Metropolitan Airport | SC | 25,100 | +12.3% |
| PSC | Tri-Cities Airport | WA | 24,300 | +19.6% |
| JAC | Jackson Hole Airport | WY | 24,000 | -0.3% |
| LBB | Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport | TX | 23,900 | -1.2% |
| FAI | Fairbanks International Airport | AK | 23,300 | +0.5% |
| MFR | Rogue Valley International - Medford Airport | OR | 22,700 | +3.7% |
| ASE | Aspen-Pitkin County/Sardy Field | CO | 22,500 | +0.3% |
| BIL | Billings Logan International Airport | MT | 21,800 | +15.5% |
| STS | Charles M Schulz - Sonoma County Airport | CA | 21,600 | +66.6% |
| FWA | Fort Wayne International Airport | IN | 21,400 | +19.0% |
| FNT | Bishop International Airport | MI | 21,300 | +34.4% |
| PIA | General Downing - Peoria International Airport | IL | 20,900 | +29.8% |
| TLH | Tallahassee International Airport | FL | 20,800 | +8.5% |
| BQN | Rafael Hernandez Airport | PR | 20,600 | -10.9% |
| MSO | Missoula Montana Airport | MT | 20,200 | +20.1% |
| CHA | Lovell Field | TN | 19,600 | +12.9% |
| HDN | Yampa Valley Airport | CO | 19,200 | -2.8% |
| GPI | Glacier Park International Airport | MT | 19,000 | +15.0% |
| CAK | Akron-Canton Regional Airport | OH | 18,000 | +8.3% |
| RAP | Rapid City Regional Airport | SD | 17,600 | +32.4% |
| MTJ | Montrose Regional Airport | CO | 17,300 | -2.3% |
| TVC | Cherry Capital Airport | MI | 17,300 | +45.8% |
| AMA | Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport | TX | 17,200 | -7.8% |
| CRP | Corpus Christi International Airport | TX | 17,100 | -3.7% |
| GPT | Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport | MS | 16,800 | +20.6% |
| MLI | Quad Cities International Airport | IL | 16,300 | +20.4% |
| SBP | San Luis County Regional Airport | CA | 16,300 | +8.6% |
| ROA | Roanoke/Blacksburg Regional (Woodrum Field) | VA | 16,100 | +20.3% |
| SHV | Shreveport Regional Airport | LA | 15,200 | +20.7% |
| IDA | Idaho Falls Regional Airport | ID | 14,800 | +25.7% |
| MRY | Monterey Regional Airport | CA | 14,700 | +37.6% |
| BIS | Bismarck Municipal Airport | ND | 14,600 | +27.0% |
| PAE | Snohomish County (Paine Field) | WA | 14,400 | -9.4% |
| BTR | Baton Rouge Metropolitan, Ryan Field | LA | 14,000 | +3.2% |
| BGR | Bangor International Airport | ME | 13,800 | +23.7% |
| MOB | Mobile Regional Airport | AL | 13,700 | +17.2% |
| DAB | Daytona Beach International Airport | FL | 13,500 | +1.5% |
| JQF | Concord-Padgett Regional Airport | NC | 13,400 | +65.3% |
| CHO | Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport | VA | 13,000 | +22.3% |
| GJT | Grand Junction Regional Airport | CO | 13,000 | +24.5% |
| AVP | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport | PA | 12,800 | +71.3% |
| MLB | Melbourne Orlando International Airport | FL | 12,800 | -3.1% |
| LFT | Lafayette Regional/Paul Fournet Field | LA | 12,100 | +22.8% |
| TTN | Trenton Mercer Airport | NJ | 12,000 | -31.4% |
| DRO | Durango-La Plata County Airport | CO | 11,600 | +18.9% |
| AGS | Augusta Regional at Bush Field | GA | 11,500 | +16.0% |
| GSN | Francisco C Ada/Saipan International Airport | MP | 11,200 | -0.8% |
| BLI | Bellingham International Airport | WA | 11,100 | -26.5% |
| GRB | Green Bay/Austin Straubel International Airport | WI | 11,000 | -1.3% |
| GNV | Gainesville Regional Airport | FL | 10,700 | +5.9% |
| PSE | Mercedita Airport | PR | 9,980 | +11.7% |
| BFL | Meadows Field | CA | 9,680 | +21.6% |
| ILG | New Castle Airport | DE | 9,570 | -5.0% |
| EVV | Evansville Regional Airport | IN | 9,440 | +37.8% |
| JNU | Juneau International Airport | AK | 9,430 | -1.7% |
| PBG | Plattsburgh International Airport | NY | 9,330 | +52.2% |
| TRI | Tri-Cities Airport | TN | 9,290 | -10.6% |
| MOT | Minot International Airport | ND | 9,170 | +18.1% |
| BLV | Scott AFB/Midamerica St Louis | IL | 8,840 | +22.9% |
| GTF | Great Falls International Airport | MT | 8,590 | +7.6% |
| RFD | Chicago/Rockford International Airport | IL | 8,460 | +26.7% |
| BMI | Central Illinois Regional/Bloomington-Normal Airport | IL | 8,290 | +13.9% |
| MGM | Montgomery Regional (Dannelly Field) | AL | 8,240 | +18.0% |
| SUN | Friedman Memorial Airport | ID | 8,020 | +11.1% |
| SGU | St George Regional Airport | UT | 7,940 | +51.4% |
| CRW | West Virginia International Yeager Airport | WV | 7,880 | +5.2% |
| BRO | Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport | TX | 7,600 | -18.4% |
| SAF | Santa Fe Municipal Airport | NM | 7,290 | +41.1% |
| OAJ | Albert J Ellis Airport | NC | 7,050 | +28.6% |
| ACV | California Redwood Coast-Humboldt County Airport | CA | 6,940 | +7.6% |
| VRB | Vero Beach Regional Airport | FL | 6,740 | +14.9% |
| FAY | Fayetteville Regional/Grannis Field | NC | 6,520 | -8.9% |
| UNV | University Park Airport | PA | 6,240 | +36.3% |
| LRD | Laredo International Airport | TX | 5,990 | -2.7% |
| LNK | Lincoln Airport | NE | 5,610 | +10.3% |
| ORH | Worcester Regional Airport | MA | 5,330 | +17.3% |
| LAN | Capital Region International Airport | MI | 4,950 | +14.9% |
| GUC | Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional Airport | CO | 4,860 | +14.1% |
| DLH | Duluth International Airport | MN | 4,760 | +16.8% |
| GFK | Grand Forks International Airport | ND | 4,640 | +6.6% |
| SCK | Stockton Metropolitan Airport | CA | 4,550 | +27.3% |
| ABI | Abilene Regional Airport | TX | 4,510 | -1.6% |
| MBS | MBS International Airport | MI | 4,490 | +27.2% |
| XWA | Williston Basin International Airport | ND | 4,440 | +11.8% |
| EWN | Coastal Carolina Regional Airport | NC | 4,420 | +67.0% |
| MLU | Monroe Regional Airport | LA | 4,250 | -3.4% |
| ELM | Elmira/Corning Regional Airport | NY | 4,240 | +27.4% |
| LCH | Lake Charles Regional Airport | LA | 4,200 | +11.4% |
| GRK | Robert Gray AAF Airport | TX | 4,190 | +5.2% |
| CPR | Casper/Natrona County International Airport | WY | 4,130 | +1.0% |
| NYL | Yuma MCAS/Yuma International Airport | AZ | 4,120 | +31.8% |
| GRI | Central Nebraska Regional Airport | NE | 4,090 | +27.0% |
| HLN | Helena Regional Airport | MT | 3,990 | -6.4% |
| HTS | Tri-State/Milton J Ferguson Field | WV | 3,980 | -6.2% |
| RDD | Redding Regional Airport | CA | 3,970 | +1.1% |
| COU | Columbia Regional Airport | MO | 3,960 | -4.3% |
| AEX | Alexandria International Airport | LA | 3,910 | -2.5% |
| TOL | Eugene F Kranz Toledo Express Airport | OH | 3,850 | -17.7% |
| AZO | Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport | MI | 3,820 | -5.0% |
| PUW | Pullman/Moscow Regional Airport | WA | 3,760 | +36.0% |
| RST | Rochester International Airport | MN | 3,760 | +5.9% |
| SBY | Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport | MD | 3,620 | +53.0% |
| CMI | University Of Illinois/Willard Airport | IL | 3,580 | +13.6% |
| KTN | Ketchikan International Airport | AK | 3,560 | +7.7% |
| MHK | Manhattan Regional Airport | KS | 3,480 | -11.1% |
| FLG | Flagstaff Pulliam Airport | AZ | 3,310 | +21.6% |
| PHF | Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport | VA | 3,290 | +21.2% |
| LYH | Lynchburg Regional/Preston Glenn Field | VA | 3,270 | +29.6% |
| SPI | Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport | IL | 3,180 | -4.2% |
| CWA | Central Wisconsin Airport | WI | 3,080 | -25.9% |
| ITH | Ithaca Tompkins International Airport | NY | 2,880 | +9.2% |
| ERI | Erie International/Tom Ridge Field | PA | 2,650 | +86.1% |
| HXD | Hilton Head Airport | SC | 2,640 | +35.4% |
| LWS | Lewiston/Nez Perce County Airport | ID | 2,610 | +14.9% |
| FSM | Fort Smith Regional Airport | AR | 2,450 | +2.9% |
| SIT | Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport | AK | 2,420 | +20.9% |
| CLL | Easterwood Field | TX | 2,420 | +1.5% |
| LBE | Arnold Palmer Regional Airport | PA | 2,220 | -9.8% |
| GTR | Golden Triangle Regional Airport | MS | 2,200 | +24.3% |
| ACT | Waco Regional Airport | TX | 2,190 | +6.1% |
| ROW | Roswell Air Center Airport | NM | 2,090 | +27.4% |
| TYR | Tyler Pounds Regional Airport | TX | 2,080 | -8.4% |
| PGV | Pitt-Greenville Airport | NC | 2,060 | +26.9% |
| BQK | Brunswick Golden Isles Airport | GA | 1,930 | +12.8% |
| VLD | Valdosta Regional Airport | GA | 1,910 | +1.6% |
| LAW | Lawton-Fort Sill Regional Airport | OK | 1,910 | +7.7% |
| EAT | Pangborn Memorial Airport | WA | 1,900 | +9.9% |
| ALW | Walla Walla Regional Airport | WA | 1,900 | +29.5% |
| YKM | Yakima Air Terminal/Mcallister Field | WA | 1,850 | -4.5% |
| DHN | Dothan Regional Airport | AL | 1,800 | +6.9% |
| SAW | Marquette Sawyer Regional Airport | MI | 1,750 | +11.5% |
| TXK | Texarkana Regional-Webb Field | AR | 1,610 | -25.7% |
| CSG | Columbus Airport | GA | 1,600 | -10.5% |
| GCK | Garden City Regional Airport | KS | 1,550 | -0.3% |
| LSE | La Crosse Regional Airport | WI | 1,540 | +2.7% |
| TWF | Joslin Field/Magic Valley Regional | ID | 1,540 | -4.9% |
| BPT | Jack Brooks Regional Airport | TX | 1,540 | +0.9% |
| GGG | East Texas Regional Airport | TX | 1,510 | -11.8% |
| CKB | North Central West Virginia Airport | WV | 1,490 | -24.7% |
| ABY | Southwest Georgia Regional Airport | GA | 1,480 | +1.9% |
| BIH | Bishop Airport | CA | 1,450 | +34.8% |
| FLO | Florence Regional Airport | SC | 1,440 | +25.1% |
| SWO | Stillwater Regional Airport | OK | 1,380 | -2.0% |
| GCC | Northeast Wyoming Regional Airport | WY | 1,370 | +9.3% |
| SPS | Sheppard AFB/Wichita Falls Municipal | TX | 1,340 | +21.0% |
| HOB | Lea County Regional Airport | NM | 1,290 | +5.7% |
| SHR | Sheridan County Airport | WY | 1,290 | +7.4% |
| ART | Watertown International Airport | NY | 1,290 | +24.3% |
| BJI | Bemidji Regional Airport | MN | 1,270 | +0.2% |
| PIH | Pocatello Regional Airport | ID | 1,260 | -6.2% |
| COD | Yellowstone Regional Airport | WY | 1,250 | -13.8% |
| PRC | Prescott Regional - Ernest A Love Field | AZ | 1,220 | +12.7% |
| DIK | Dickinson/Theodore Roosevelt Regional Airport | ND | 1,190 | +14.6% |
| RIW | Central Wyoming Regional Airport | WY | 1,170 | n/a |
| RKS | Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport | WY | 1,160 | n/a |
| SUX | Sioux Gateway/Brig General Bud Day Field | IA | 1,150 | +4.4% |
| CYS | Cheyenne Regional/Jerry Olson Field | WY | 1,130 | n/a |
| SLN | Salina Regional Airport | KS | 1,100 | n/a |
| JLN | Joplin Regional Airport | MO | 1,100 | n/a |
| EAR | Kearney Regional Airport | NE | 1,060 | n/a |
| MEI | Key Field | MS | 1,040 | n/a |
| CMX | Houghton County Memorial Airport | MI | 1,000 | n/a |
| BGM | Greater Binghamton/Edwin A Link Field | NY | 966 | -40.6% |
| ESC | Delta County Airport | MI | 938 | n/a |
| LNS | Lancaster Airport | PA | 906 | n/a |
| JST | John Murtha Johnstown/Cambria County Airport | PA | 896 | n/a |
| RHI | Rhinelander/Oneida County Airport | WI | 865 | n/a |
| BTM | Bert Mooney Airport | MT | 859 | n/a |
| PQI | Presque Isle International Airport | ME | 857 | n/a |
| DEC | Decatur Airport | IL | 856 | n/a |
| HYS | Hays Regional Airport | KS | 825 | n/a |
| LAR | Laramie Regional Airport | WY | 822 | n/a |
| VCT | Victoria Regional Airport | TX | 810 | n/a |
| ALO | Waterloo Regional Airport | IA | 798 | n/a |
| PIB | Hattiesburg/Laurel Regional Airport | MS | 737 | n/a |
| TUP | Tupelo Regional Airport | MS | 685 | n/a |
| MGW | Morgantown Municipal (Walter L Bill Hart Field) | WV | 680 | n/a |
| PIR | Pierre Regional Airport | SD | 674 | n/a |
| PAH | Barkley Regional Airport | KY | 627 | n/a |
| HIB | Range Regional Airport | MN | 604 | n/a |
| ALS | San Luis Valley Regional/Bergman Field | CO | 595 | n/a |
| MWA | Veterans Airport Of Southern Illinois | IL | 592 | n/a |
| AOO | Altoona/Blair County Airport | PA | 583 | n/a |
| DVL | Devils Lake Regional Airport | ND | 546 | n/a |
| JMS | Jamestown Regional Airport | ND | 528 | n/a |
| DDC | Dodge City Regional Airport | KS | 522 | n/a |
| FOD | Fort Dodge Regional Airport | IA | 515 | n/a |
| INL | Falls International/Einarson Field | MN | 498 | n/a |
| LBL | Liberal Mid-America Regional Airport | KS | 492 | n/a |
| APN | Alpena County Regional Airport | MI | 476 | n/a |
| CGI | Cape Girardeau Regional Airport | MO | 470 | n/a |
| MBL | Manistee County/Blacker Airport | MI | 453 | n/a |
| OWB | Owensboro/Daviess County Regional Airport | KY | 437 | n/a |
| EKO | Elko Regional Airport | NV | 432 | n/a |
| LWB | Greenbrier Valley Airport | WV | 399 | n/a |
| CEZ | Cortez Municipal Airport | CO | 393 | n/a |
| PKB | Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport | WV | 387 | n/a |
| GLH | Greenville Mid-Delta Airport | MS | 375 | n/a |
| SDY | Sidney-Richland Regional Airport | MT | 336 | n/a |
| MKL | Mc Kellar-Sipes Regional Airport | TN | 321 | n/a |
| MKG | Muskegon County Airport | MI | 309 | n/a |
| CNY | Canyonlands Regional Airport | UT | 305 | n/a |
| BHB | Hancock County/Bar Harbor Airport | ME | 275 | n/a |
| TBN | Waynesville-St Robert Regional Forney Field | MO | 273 | n/a |
| MSS | Massena International-Richards Field | NY | 265 | n/a |
| LEB | Lebanon Municipal Airport | NH | 255 | n/a |
| CEC | Jack Mc Namara Field | CA | 250 | n/a |
| IRK | Kirksville Regional Airport | MO | 242 | n/a |
| BKW | Raleigh County Memorial Airport | WV | 218 | n/a |
| RKD | Knox County Regional Airport | ME | 212 | n/a |
| UIN | Quincy Regional-Baldwin Field | IL | 198 | n/a |
| IPL | Imperial County Airport | CA | 180 | n/a |
| BRL | Southeast Iowa Regional Airport | IA | 155 | n/a |
| MCK | Mc Cook Ben Nelson Regional Airport | NE | 144 | n/a |
| AUG | Augusta State Airport | ME | 132 | n/a |
| HYA | Cape Cod Gateway Airport | MA | 132 | n/a |
| GGW | Wokal Field/Glasgow-Valley County | MT | 129 | n/a |
| HVR | Havre City-County Airport | MT | 128 | n/a |
| OLF | L M Clayton Airport | MT | 112 | n/a |
| MCE | Merced Regional/Macready Field | CA | 90 | n/a |
| BFD | Bradford Regional Airport | PA | 89 | 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 (Wed, Dec 20, 2023 – Tue, Jan 2, 2024). 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 (347 of 418 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 2024 air travel: how US airports and states did", https://passengerindex.com/web/holidays/christmas-new-year-2024/ (CC BY 4.0).

## Frequently asked questions

### How many people flew over Christmas and New Year 2024?

TSA screened 36,294,666 passengers nationwide over the Christmas and New Year 2024 travel period (Fri, Dec 20, 2024 – Thu, Jan 2, 2025), up 4.6% from 34,685,378 over the same period a year earlier. The busiest day was Friday, December 27, with 2,848,156 screenings.

### What was the busiest airport over Christmas and New Year 2024?

The busiest airports by departing passengers screened were Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD, about 1.2 million), Orlando International Airport (MCO, about 1.2 million) and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL, about 1.2 million). Among states, Florida led with about 4.8 million.

### How many international travelers arrived in the US over Christmas and New Year 2024?

US Customs and Border Protection processed about 4.6 million arriving international passengers at the 45 airports it monitors over the period, up 4.7% year over year.

### Which airports grew the most over Christmas and New Year 2024?

Among airports with at least 100,000 departing passengers screened in the year-earlier period, the largest gains were ATL (+15.5%), IAD (+14.5%), BDL (+14.2%), PDX (+13.2%) and BOS (+9.8%) and the largest declines OAK (-11.8%), DAL (-9.2%), MKE (-7.4%), ABQ (-5.7%) and TUS (-3.6%).

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

As December 20 through January 2 (14 days). The 2024 period ran Fri, Dec 20, 2024 – Thu, Jan 2, 2025 and is compared with Wed, Dec 20, 2023 – Tue, Jan 2, 2024 - the same calendar dates, so the mix of weekdays differs between the years.

### When is the Christmas and New Year 2025 travel period?

Sat, Dec 20, 2025 – Fri, Jan 2, 2026. Passenger Index publishes airport and state results a few days after it ends, once TSA releases the checkpoint data.