# Christmas and New Year 2025 air travel: how US airports and states did

Source: Passenger Index, https://passengerindex.com/web/holidays/christmas-new-year-2025/ (CC BY 4.0). Updated 2026-10-20.

TSA screened 36,727,073 passengers nationwide over the Christmas and New Year 2025 travel period (Sat, Dec 20, 2025 – Fri, Jan 2, 2026), up 1.2% from 36,294,666 over the same period a year earlier. The busiest day was Sunday, December 28, with 2,924,593 screenings.

The busiest airports by departing passengers screened were Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD, about 1.3 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 3.6 million.

## Key facts

- **Travel period:** Sat, Dec 20, 2025 – Fri, Jan 2, 2026
- **TSA screenings:** 36,727,073 (+1.2% YoY)
- **Busiest day:** December 28, 2025: 2,924,593
- **International arrivals (CBP):** about 4.8 million (+3.3% YoY)
- **Busiest airport:** ORD, about 1.3 million

## Day by day, nationwide

| 2025 | Screened | Year earlier | Screened | YoY |
|---|--:|---|--:|--:|
| Sat, Dec 20 | 2,748,731 | Fri, Dec 20, 2024 | 2,845,856 | -3.4% |
| Sun, Dec 21 | 2,769,228 | Sat, Dec 21, 2024 | 2,773,545 | -0.2% |
| Mon, Dec 22 | 2,795,090 | Sun, Dec 22, 2024 | 2,800,962 | -0.2% |
| Tue, Dec 23 | 2,822,653 | Mon, Dec 23, 2024 | 2,758,299 | +2.3% |
| Wed, Dec 24 | 2,236,205 | Tue, Dec 24, 2024 | 2,068,817 | +8.1% |
| Thu, Dec 25 | 2,066,118 | Wed, Dec 25, 2024 | 2,039,342 | +1.3% |
| Fri, Dec 26 | 2,716,278 | Thu, Dec 26, 2024 | 2,743,795 | -1.0% |
| Sat, Dec 27 | 2,804,814 | Fri, Dec 27, 2024 | 2,848,156 | -1.5% |
| Sun, Dec 28 | 2,924,593 | Sat, Dec 28, 2024 | 2,741,872 | +6.7% |
| Mon, Dec 29 | 2,811,757 | Sun, Dec 29, 2024 | 2,805,401 | +0.2% |
| Tue, Dec 30 | 2,827,572 | Mon, Dec 30, 2024 | 2,765,740 | +2.2% |
| Wed, Dec 31 | 2,291,360 | Tue, Dec 31, 2024 | 2,172,902 | +5.5% |
| Thu, Jan 1 | 2,334,465 | Wed, Jan 1, 2025 | 2,317,817 | +0.7% |
| Fri, Jan 2 | 2,578,209 | Thu, Jan 2, 2025 | 2,612,162 | -1.3% |

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

| State | Departing screened | YoY | Busiest airport |
|---|--:|--:|---|
| Florida | 3.6 million | +2.1% | MCO |
| California | 3.1 million | -1.7% | SFO |
| Texas | 2.2 million | +0.5% | DFW |
| Illinois | 1.6 million | +2.5% | ORD |
| Georgia | 1.3 million | +1.4% | ATL |
| Virginia | 1.2 million | +4.1% | IAD |
| Colorado | 1.2 million | +3.0% | DEN |
| New Jersey | 1.1 million | +2.7% | EWR |
| Arizona | 1.0 million | +1.4% | PHX |
| Nevada | 989,000 | -2.0% | LAS |
| Washington | 957,000 | +4.9% | SEA |
| North Carolina | 954,000 | +2.7% | CLT |
| Massachusetts | 875,000 | -0.0% | BOS |
| Pennsylvania | 820,000 | +1.5% | PHL |
| Hawaii | 798,000 | +5.7% | HNL |
| Michigan | 712,000 | +3.8% | DTW |
| Minnesota | 589,000 | -1.3% | MSP |
| Tennessee | 508,000 | +2.9% | BNA |
| Missouri | 507,000 | -1.7% | STL |
| Ohio | 460,000 | +4.5% | CLE |
| Oregon | 445,000 | -1.2% | PDX |
| Utah | 405,000 | +3.5% | SLC |
| New York | 375,000 | +1.1% | BUF |
| Kentucky | 308,000 | -1.7% | CVG |
| Louisiana | 303,000 | +0.6% | MSY |
| Indiana | 290,000 | +2.9% | IND |
| South Carolina | 246,000 | -0.6% | CHS |
| Wisconsin | 235,000 | +6.4% | MKE |
| Connecticut | 191,000 | -0.2% | BDL |
| Oklahoma | 165,000 | +0.4% | OKC |
| Montana | 153,000 | +12.7% | BZN |
| Alaska | 129,000 | +11.3% | ANC |
| New Mexico | 127,000 | +1.8% | ABQ |
| Nebraska | 126,000 | +1.5% | OMA |
| Alabama | 118,000 | -2.3% | BHM |
| Iowa | 110,000 | +6.6% | DSM |
| Arkansas | 103,000 | +1.1% | LIT |
| Rhode Island | 95,600 | -3.6% | PVD |
| Guam | 67,300 | +24.8% | GUM |
| North Dakota | 61,300 | -0.5% | FAR |
| South Dakota | 54,900 | +2.7% | FSD |
| Kansas | 49,400 | +5.3% | ICT |
| Mississippi | 45,900 | -3.5% | JAN |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 41,000 | +0.2% | STT |
| Wyoming | 40,000 | +10.3% | JAC |
| New Hampshire | 31,800 | +17.2% | MHT |
| Idaho | 28,200 | -0.2% | IDA |
| Vermont | 28,100 | -13.0% | BTV |
| Puerto Rico | 27,800 | -9.2% | BQN |
| West Virginia | 16,300 | +8.6% | CRW |
| Maine | 15,900 | +4.8% | BGR |
| Delaware | 10,900 | +14.1% | ILG |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 8,580 | -23.1% | GSN |

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

| Code | Airport | State | Departing screened | YoY |
|---|---|---|--:|--:|
| ORD | Chicago O'Hare International Airport | IL | 1.3 million | +6.3% |
| MCO | Orlando International Airport | FL | 1.2 million | +3.4% |
| ATL | Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport | GA | 1.2 million | +1.1% |
| EWR | Newark Liberty International Airport | NJ | 1.1 million | +3.3% |
| DFW | Dallas Fort Worth International Airport | TX | 1.0 million | +3.3% |
| SFO | San Francisco International Airport | CA | 1.0 million | +1.7% |
| DEN | Denver International Airport | CO | 1.0 million | +2.4% |
| LAS | Harry Reid International Airport | NV | 886,000 | -2.2% |
| BOS | Boston Logan International Airport | MA | 870,000 | -0.1% |
| PHX | Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport | AZ | 842,000 | +2.4% |
| FLL | Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport | FL | 826,000 | +1.8% |
| SEA | Seattle-Tacoma International Airport | WA | 801,000 | +4.4% |
| MSP | Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport | MN | 578,000 | -1.2% |
| DTW | Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport | MI | 555,000 | +4.9% |
| PHL | Philadelphia International Airport | PA | 537,000 | +1.8% |
| SAN | San Diego International Airport | CA | 530,000 | +0.1% |
| IAD | Washington Dulles International Airport | VA | 528,000 | +5.4% |
| TPA | Tampa International Airport | FL | 520,000 | -1.0% |
| CLT | Charlotte Douglas International Airport | NC | 455,000 | -3.4% |
| HNL | Daniel K. Inouye International Airport | HI | 445,000 | +5.6% |
| DCA | Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport | VA | 430,000 | +2.3% |
| AUS | Austin-Bergstrom International Airport | TX | 419,000 | +3.5% |
| SLC | Salt Lake City International Airport | UT | 394,000 | +3.2% |
| BNA | Nashville International Airport | TN | 372,000 | +2.2% |
| PDX | Portland International Airport | OR | 354,000 | -2.7% |
| RDU | Raleigh-Durham International Airport | NC | 336,000 | +7.2% |
| SMF | Sacramento International Airport | CA | 256,000 | -3.5% |
| MDW | Chicago Midway International Airport | IL | 254,000 | -12.6% |
| STL | St. Louis Lambert International Airport | MO | 246,000 | -1.5% |
| MSY | Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport | LA | 245,000 | -1.2% |
| PBI | Palm Beach International Airport | FL | 244,000 | +2.5% |
| SAT | San Antonio International Airport | TX | 232,000 | -5.3% |
| IND | Indianapolis International Airport | IN | 228,000 | +1.4% |
| SNA | John Wayne Airport | CA | 221,000 | +2.5% |
| MCI | Kansas City International Airport | MO | 220,000 | -4.2% |
| CLE | Cleveland Hopkins International Airport | OH | 210,000 | +4.4% |
| DAL | Dallas Love Field | TX | 210,000 | -8.0% |
| SJC | San José Mineta International Airport | CA | 206,000 | -15.9% |
| PIT | Pittsburgh International Airport | PA | 194,000 | +0.5% |
| CVG | Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport | KY | 190,000 | -0.9% |
| CMH | John Glenn Columbus International Airport | OH | 184,000 | -0.3% |
| OAK | Oakland International Airport | CA | 177,000 | -11.8% |
| ONT | Ontario International Airport | CA | 164,000 | +9.3% |
| JAX | Jacksonville International Airport | FL | 161,000 | +0.7% |
| OGG | Kahului Airport | HI | 150,000 | +8.4% |
| BDL | Bradley International Airport | CT | 148,000 | -1.8% |
| MKE | Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport | WI | 135,000 | +3.7% |
| BUR | Hollywood Burbank Airport | CA | 129,000 | -13.5% |
| CHS | Charleston International Airport | SC | 118,000 | +2.8% |
| SRQ | Sarasota Bradenton International Airport | FL | 114,000 | +0.6% |
| ABQ | Albuquerque International Sunport | NM | 114,000 | -0.1% |
| OMA | Eppley Airfield | NE | 114,000 | +1.2% |
| ORF | Norfolk International Airport | VA | 110,000 | +6.0% |
| RIC | Richmond International Airport | VA | 108,000 | +1.9% |
| GRR | Gerald R. Ford International Airport | MI | 106,000 | +3.8% |
| RNO | Reno-Tahoe International Airport | NV | 102,000 | -0.8% |
| MEM | Memphis International Airport | TN | 101,000 | +0.9% |
| BUF | Buffalo Niagara International Airport | NY | 98,800 | -3.4% |
| PVD | Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport | RI | 95,600 | -3.6% |
| OKC | Will Rogers International Airport | OK | 95,400 | +1.7% |
| KOA | Ellison Onizuka Kona International at Keahole Airport | HI | 94,800 | +2.6% |
| PSP | Palm Springs International Airport | CA | 93,400 | +3.8% |
| ELP | El Paso International Airport | TX | 92,800 | +7.5% |
| GEG | Spokane International Airport | WA | 92,400 | +6.9% |
| TUS | Tucson International Airport | AZ | 92,300 | -4.8% |
| SFB | Orlando Sanford International Airport | FL | 90,400 | +5.7% |
| ANC | Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport | AK | 88,100 | +14.0% |
| SDF | Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport | KY | 85,200 | -4.8% |
| SAV | Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport | GA | 81,900 | +6.2% |
| LGB | Long Beach (Daugherty Field) | CA | 81,100 | -2.7% |
| LIH | Lihue Airport | HI | 76,900 | +4.7% |
| ALB | Albany International Airport | NY | 74,000 | +6.8% |
| FAT | Fresno Yosemite International Airport | CA | 72,300 | +5.7% |
| DSM | Des Moines International Airport | IA | 71,900 | +7.9% |
| PGD | Punta Gorda Airport | FL | 71,500 | +5.7% |
| BZN | Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport | MT | 70,100 | +15.5% |
| PIE | St Pete-Clearwater International Airport | FL | 69,600 | +1.4% |
| GUM | Guam International Airport | GU | 67,300 | +24.8% |
| TUL | Tulsa International Airport | OK | 67,100 | -0.7% |
| PNS | Pensacola International Airport | FL | 63,300 | +1.0% |
| ROC | Frederick Douglass/Greater Rochester International Airport | NY | 62,800 | +4.0% |
| BHM | Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport | AL | 62,600 | -7.5% |
| SYR | Syracuse Hancock International Airport | NY | 60,800 | -4.0% |
| IWA | Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport | AZ | 60,200 | -2.3% |
| COS | City Of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport | CO | 56,400 | +2.1% |
| GSP | Greenville Spartanburg International Airport | SC | 52,700 | -1.0% |
| MSN | Dane County Regional/Truax Field | WI | 52,100 | +7.8% |
| ISP | Long Island Mac Arthur Airport | NY | 51,000 | +12.4% |
| LIT | Bill and Hillary Clinton National/Adams Field | AR | 50,400 | -0.2% |
| XNA | Northwest Arkansas National Airport | AR | 48,900 | +2.4% |
| MYR | Myrtle Beach International Airport | SC | 48,400 | -3.5% |
| AVL | Asheville Regional Airport | NC | 48,300 | +19.8% |
| HVN | Tweed/New Haven Airport | CT | 42,700 | +5.6% |
| EYW | Key West International Airport | FL | 42,000 | +5.8% |
| ILM | Wilmington International Airport | NC | 41,200 | +27.5% |
| STT | Cyril E King Airport | VI | 41,000 | +0.2% |
| ICT | Wichita Dwight D Eisenhower National Airport | KS | 40,300 | +3.4% |
| GSO | Piedmont Triad International Airport | NC | 39,700 | +2.7% |
| VPS | Eglin AFB/Destin-Ft Walton Beach | FL | 37,600 | -1.6% |
| EUG | Mahlon Sweet Field | OR | 37,500 | +8.7% |
| CID | The Eastern Iowa Airport | IA | 37,100 | +3.9% |
| FSD | Joe Foss Field | SD | 36,000 | +5.4% |
| MDT | Harrisburg International Airport | PA | 34,600 | -1.4% |
| HSV | Huntsville International-Carl T Jones Field | AL | 32,100 | +9.5% |
| SGF | Springfield-Branson National Airport | MO | 32,000 | +3.7% |
| LEX | Blue Grass Airport | KY | 31,800 | +2.4% |
| MHT | Manchester Boston Regional Airport | NH | 31,600 | +17.4% |
| RDM | Roberts Field | OR | 31,500 | +6.0% |
| SBA | Santa Barbara Municipal Airport | CA | 31,400 | +0.8% |
| ITO | Hilo International Airport | HI | 31,100 | +5.8% |
| ABE | Lehigh Valley International Airport | PA | 30,800 | +9.8% |
| ECP | Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport | FL | 30,200 | +3.2% |
| EGE | Eagle County Regional Airport | CO | 30,200 | +15.2% |
| ATW | Appleton International Airport | WI | 29,900 | +12.6% |
| MAF | Midland International Air And Space Port Airport | TX | 28,500 | -11.4% |
| BTV | Burlington International Airport | VT | 27,900 | -12.9% |
| SBN | South Bend International Airport | IN | 27,900 | +6.5% |
| FAR | Hector International Airport | ND | 27,000 | +2.0% |
| DAY | James M Cox Dayton International Airport | OH | 26,900 | +4.1% |
| JAC | Jackson Hole Airport | WY | 26,400 | +10.2% |
| CAK | Akron-Canton Regional Airport | OH | 26,400 | +46.5% |
| PSC | Tri-Cities Airport | WA | 26,200 | +8.1% |
| FAI | Fairbanks International Airport | AK | 25,800 | +10.6% |
| LBB | Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport | TX | 24,900 | +4.1% |
| ASE | Aspen-Pitkin County/Sardy Field | CO | 24,900 | +10.5% |
| MFE | Mc Allen Miller International Airport | TX | 24,500 | -16.7% |
| BIL | Billings Logan International Airport | MT | 24,100 | +10.6% |
| JAN | Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport | MS | 23,900 | -8.3% |
| HRL | Valley International Airport | TX | 23,700 | -10.8% |
| CHA | Lovell Field | TN | 23,100 | +18.2% |
| MSO | Missoula Montana Airport | MT | 22,900 | +13.3% |
| FWA | Fort Wayne International Airport | IN | 22,900 | +7.0% |
| PIA | General Downing - Peoria International Airport | IL | 22,700 | +8.8% |
| CAE | Columbia Metropolitan Airport | SC | 22,600 | -9.8% |
| MFR | Rogue Valley International - Medford Airport | OR | 22,500 | -0.9% |
| FNT | Bishop International Airport | MI | 21,800 | +2.3% |
| GPI | Glacier Park International Airport | MT | 21,300 | +11.9% |
| HDN | Yampa Valley Airport | CO | 20,900 | +9.1% |
| BQN | Rafael Hernandez Airport | PR | 19,600 | -4.9% |
| SBP | San Luis County Regional Airport | CA | 18,600 | +13.9% |
| ROA | Roanoke/Blacksburg Regional (Woodrum Field) | VA | 18,600 | +15.3% |
| DAB | Daytona Beach International Airport | FL | 17,800 | +32.2% |
| CRP | Corpus Christi International Airport | TX | 17,500 | +2.4% |
| TLH | Tallahassee International Airport | FL | 17,300 | -16.8% |
| IDA | Idaho Falls Regional Airport | ID | 17,000 | +14.8% |
| STS | Charles M Schulz - Sonoma County Airport | CA | 16,900 | -21.9% |
| BTR | Baton Rouge Metropolitan, Ryan Field | LA | 16,800 | +20.2% |
| RAP | Rapid City Regional Airport | SD | 16,800 | -4.6% |
| GPT | Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport | MS | 16,700 | -0.8% |
| AMA | Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport | TX | 16,500 | -4.2% |
| MTJ | Montrose Regional Airport | CO | 16,200 | -6.3% |
| MLI | Quad Cities International Airport | IL | 16,200 | -1.0% |
| TVC | Cherry Capital Airport | MI | 16,200 | -6.3% |
| JQF | Concord-Padgett Regional Airport | NC | 16,100 | +20.7% |
| PAE | Snohomish County (Paine Field) | WA | 15,900 | +10.4% |
| SHV | Shreveport Regional Airport | LA | 15,800 | +4.4% |
| BGR | Bangor International Airport | ME | 14,300 | +3.7% |
| BIS | Bismarck Municipal Airport | ND | 14,300 | -2.2% |
| MRY | Monterey Regional Airport | CA | 14,200 | -3.8% |
| GJT | Grand Junction Regional Airport | CO | 14,000 | +8.2% |
| CHO | Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport | VA | 14,000 | +7.3% |
| MOB | Mobile Regional Airport | AL | 14,000 | +2.1% |
| DRO | Durango-La Plata County Airport | CO | 13,600 | +17.9% |
| MLB | Melbourne Orlando International Airport | FL | 13,400 | +4.2% |
| GRB | Green Bay/Austin Straubel International Airport | WI | 12,800 | +16.1% |
| AVP | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport | PA | 12,300 | -3.8% |
| LFT | Lafayette Regional/Paul Fournet Field | LA | 12,200 | +0.2% |
| BLI | Bellingham International Airport | WA | 12,000 | +8.6% |
| AGS | Augusta Regional at Bush Field | GA | 12,000 | +4.4% |
| ILG | New Castle Airport | DE | 10,900 | +14.1% |
| GNV | Gainesville Regional Airport | FL | 10,800 | +1.2% |
| TRI | Tri-Cities Airport | TN | 10,800 | +16.0% |
| EVV | Evansville Regional Airport | IN | 10,600 | +12.6% |
| BLV | Scott AFB/Midamerica St Louis | IL | 9,870 | +11.6% |
| SAF | Santa Fe Municipal Airport | NM | 9,730 | +33.5% |
| BFL | Meadows Field | CA | 9,520 | -1.7% |
| SGU | St George Regional Airport | UT | 9,400 | +18.4% |
| VRB | Vero Beach Regional Airport | FL | 9,030 | +34.0% |
| MOT | Minot International Airport | ND | 9,010 | -1.8% |
| JNU | Juneau International Airport | AK | 8,880 | -5.8% |
| RFD | Chicago/Rockford International Airport | IL | 8,850 | +4.6% |
| GSN | Francisco C Ada/Saipan International Airport | MP | 8,580 | -23.1% |
| GTF | Great Falls International Airport | MT | 8,280 | -3.6% |
| CRW | West Virginia International Yeager Airport | WV | 8,170 | +3.6% |
| BMI | Central Illinois Regional/Bloomington-Normal Airport | IL | 8,170 | -1.5% |
| PSE | Mercedita Airport | PR | 8,160 | -18.2% |
| LCK | Rickenbacker International Airport | OH | 7,780 | +12.9% |
| COU | Columbia Regional Airport | MO | 7,520 | +90.0% |
| MGM | Montgomery Regional (Dannelly Field) | AL | 7,430 | -9.9% |
| SUN | Friedman Memorial Airport | ID | 7,230 | -9.9% |
| PBG | Plattsburgh International Airport | NY | 7,150 | -23.3% |
| SWF | New York Stewart International Airport | NY | 6,500 | -27.5% |
| FAY | Fayetteville Regional/Grannis Field | NC | 6,330 | -2.9% |
| UNV | University Park Airport | PA | 6,320 | +1.4% |
| LAL | Lakeland Linder International Airport | FL | 6,240 | +12.0% |
| TTN | Trenton Mercer Airport | NJ | 6,120 | -48.9% |
| OAJ | Albert J Ellis Airport | NC | 5,960 | -15.5% |
| LNK | Lincoln Airport | NE | 5,910 | +5.3% |
| LRD | Laredo International Airport | TX | 5,910 | -1.4% |
| BRO | Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport | TX | 5,690 | -25.1% |
| ORH | Worcester Regional Airport | MA | 5,560 | +4.3% |
| ACV | California Redwood Coast-Humboldt County Airport | CA | 5,370 | -22.7% |
| SCK | Stockton Metropolitan Airport | CA | 5,350 | +17.5% |
| RDD | Redding Regional Airport | CA | 5,030 | +26.8% |
| HTS | Tri-State/Milton J Ferguson Field | WV | 5,020 | +26.2% |
| ELM | Elmira/Corning Regional Airport | NY | 4,940 | +16.4% |
| TOL | Eugene F Kranz Toledo Express Airport | OH | 4,880 | +26.7% |
| LCH | Lake Charles Regional Airport | LA | 4,770 | +13.6% |
| GUC | Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional Airport | CO | 4,760 | -2.0% |
| CPR | Casper/Natrona County International Airport | WY | 4,710 | +14.2% |
| ABI | Abilene Regional Airport | TX | 4,690 | +4.0% |
| HLN | Helena Regional Airport | MT | 4,640 | +16.3% |
| MLU | Monroe Regional Airport | LA | 4,540 | +6.9% |
| AEX | Alexandria International Airport | LA | 4,390 | +12.3% |
| XWA | Williston Basin International Airport | ND | 4,310 | -2.9% |
| LAN | Capital Region International Airport | MI | 4,270 | -13.8% |
| GRK | Robert Gray AAF Airport | TX | 4,270 | +1.7% |
| DLH | Duluth International Airport | MN | 4,210 | -11.5% |
| GRI | Central Nebraska Regional Airport | NE | 4,080 | -0.1% |
| MHK | Manhattan Regional Airport | KS | 3,950 | +13.6% |
| GFK | Grand Forks International Airport | ND | 3,930 | -15.4% |
| RST | Rochester International Airport | MN | 3,870 | +2.9% |
| KTN | Ketchikan International Airport | AK | 3,850 | +8.3% |
| MBS | MBS International Airport | MI | 3,850 | -14.3% |
| NYL | Yuma MCAS/Yuma International Airport | AZ | 3,840 | -6.8% |
| IAG | Niagara Falls International Airport | NY | 3,840 | +13.1% |
| FLG | Flagstaff Pulliam Airport | AZ | 3,720 | +12.3% |
| EWN | Coastal Carolina Regional Airport | NC | 3,690 | -16.4% |
| CWA | Central Wisconsin Airport | WI | 3,560 | +15.6% |
| PUW | Pullman/Moscow Regional Airport | WA | 3,540 | -5.8% |
| CMI | University Of Illinois/Willard Airport | IL | 3,470 | -3.1% |
| AZO | Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport | MI | 3,390 | -11.5% |
| ERI | Erie International/Tom Ridge Field | PA | 2,980 | +12.5% |
| LYH | Lynchburg Regional/Preston Glenn Field | VA | 2,930 | -10.6% |
| SPI | Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport | IL | 2,860 | -10.1% |
| ITH | Ithaca Tompkins International Airport | NY | 2,750 | -4.5% |
| CLL | Easterwood Field | TX | 2,730 | +13.2% |
| GTR | Golden Triangle Regional Airport | MS | 2,730 | +24.1% |
| HXD | Hilton Head Airport | SC | 2,670 | +1.2% |
| PHF | Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport | VA | 2,580 | -21.5% |
| SIT | Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport | AK | 2,450 | +1.3% |
| FSM | Fort Smith Regional Airport | AR | 2,380 | -3.1% |
| TYR | Tyler Pounds Regional Airport | TX | 2,260 | +8.4% |
| ACT | Waco Regional Airport | TX | 2,090 | -4.9% |
| EAT | Pangborn Memorial Airport | WA | 2,030 | +7.2% |
| PGV | Pitt-Greenville Airport | NC | 1,980 | -4.0% |
| YKM | Yakima Air Terminal/Mcallister Field | WA | 1,930 | +4.5% |
| VLD | Valdosta Regional Airport | GA | 1,900 | -0.5% |
| BQK | Brunswick Golden Isles Airport | GA | 1,890 | -2.1% |
| DHN | Dothan Regional Airport | AL | 1,880 | +4.5% |
| ALW | Walla Walla Regional Airport | WA | 1,830 | -3.4% |
| ROW | Roswell Air Center Airport | NM | 1,800 | -13.8% |
| SLN | Salina Regional Airport | KS | 1,780 | +60.9% |
| TXK | Texarkana Regional-Webb Field | AR | 1,760 | +8.7% |
| LWS | Lewiston/Nez Perce County Airport | ID | 1,730 | -33.8% |
| BIH | Bishop Airport | CA | 1,660 | +14.2% |
| OGS | Ogdensburg International Airport | NY | 1,650 | n/a |
| LAW | Lawton-Fort Sill Regional Airport | OK | 1,610 | -15.3% |
| PRC | Prescott Regional - Ernest A Love Field | AZ | 1,610 | +32.2% |
| ABY | Southwest Georgia Regional Airport | GA | 1,600 | +8.3% |
| GCK | Garden City Regional Airport | KS | 1,570 | +1.7% |
| CKB | North Central West Virginia Airport | WV | 1,540 | +3.3% |
| LSE | La Crosse Regional Airport | WI | 1,510 | -2.1% |
| CSG | Columbus Airport | GA | 1,480 | -7.1% |
| TWF | Joslin Field/Magic Valley Regional | ID | 1,450 | -6.0% |
| GGG | East Texas Regional Airport | TX | 1,450 | -4.1% |
| HOB | Lea County Regional Airport | NM | 1,400 | +8.4% |
| GCC | Northeast Wyoming Regional Airport | WY | 1,390 | +1.8% |
| FLO | Florence Regional Airport | SC | 1,390 | -3.6% |
| RKS | Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport | WY | 1,360 | +17.7% |
| SHR | Sheridan County Airport | WY | 1,360 | +5.4% |
| CYS | Cheyenne Regional/Jerry Olson Field | WY | 1,340 | +19.3% |
| COD | Yellowstone Regional Airport | WY | 1,340 | +7.7% |
| SWO | Stillwater Regional Airport | OK | 1,260 | -9.1% |
| EAR | Kearney Regional Airport | NE | 1,240 | +17.1% |
| BJI | Bemidji Regional Airport | MN | 1,230 | -3.3% |
| PQI | Presque Isle International Airport | ME | 1,220 | n/a |
| ABR | Aberdeen Regional Airport | SD | 1,180 | +9.3% |
| SUX | Sioux Gateway/Brig General Bud Day Field | IA | 1,160 | +0.7% |
| RIW | Central Wyoming Regional Airport | WY | 1,140 | -2.6% |
| DIK | Dickinson/Theodore Roosevelt Regional Airport | ND | 1,140 | -3.9% |
| BTM | Bert Mooney Airport | MT | 1,100 | n/a |
| JLN | Joplin Regional Airport | MO | 1,000 | -9.0% |
| ART | Watertown International Airport | NY | 1,000 | -22.3% |
| MEI | Key Field | MS | 994 | -4.8% |
| LAR | Laramie Regional Airport | WY | 960 | n/a |
| PIR | Pierre Regional Airport | SD | 951 | n/a |
| HYS | Hays Regional Airport | KS | 886 | n/a |
| DVL | Devils Lake Regional Airport | ND | 884 | n/a |
| PIB | Hattiesburg/Laurel Regional Airport | MS | 880 | n/a |
| LNS | Lancaster Airport | PA | 860 | n/a |
| BFF | Western Nebraska Regional/William B Heilig Field | NE | 844 | n/a |
| EKO | Elko Regional Airport | NV | 836 | n/a |
| LAF | Purdue University Airport | IN | 827 | n/a |
| PIH | Pocatello Regional Airport | ID | 797 | -36.8% |
| MGW | Morgantown Municipal (Walter L Bill Hart Field) | WV | 781 | n/a |
| LBF | North Platte Regional/Lee Bird Field | NE | 756 | n/a |
| CDC | Cedar City Regional Airport | UT | 721 | n/a |
| JST | John Murtha Johnstown/Cambria County Airport | PA | 714 | n/a |
| TUP | Tupelo Regional Airport | MS | 712 | n/a |
| JMS | Jamestown Regional Airport | ND | 705 | n/a |
| HIB | Range Regional Airport | MN | 683 | n/a |
| VCT | Victoria Regional Airport | TX | 661 | n/a |
| DEC | Decatur Airport | IL | 632 | n/a |
| CGI | Cape Girardeau Regional Airport | MO | 571 | n/a |
| INL | Falls International/Einarson Field | MN | 559 | n/a |
| ESC | Delta County Airport | MI | 550 | n/a |
| PAH | Barkley Regional Airport | KY | 518 | n/a |
| MKL | Mc Kellar-Sipes Regional Airport | TN | 515 | n/a |
| MWA | Veterans Airport Of Southern Illinois | IL | 509 | n/a |
| DDC | Dodge City Regional Airport | KS | 506 | n/a |
| MSL | Northwest Alabama Regional Airport | AL | 500 | n/a |
| AOO | Altoona/Blair County Airport | PA | 484 | n/a |
| PLN | Pellston Regional/Emmet County Airport | MI | 474 | n/a |
| LBL | Liberal Mid-America Regional Airport | KS | 422 | n/a |
| OWB | Owensboro/Daviess County Regional Airport | KY | 413 | n/a |
| SDY | Sidney-Richland Regional Airport | MT | 355 | n/a |
| PKB | Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport | WV | 347 | n/a |
| CEC | Jack Mc Namara Field | CA | 346 | n/a |
| LWB | Greenbrier Valley Airport | WV | 315 | n/a |
| TBN | Waynesville-St Robert Regional Forney Field | MO | 291 | n/a |
| MBL | Manistee County/Blacker Airport | MI | 283 | n/a |
| BRL | Southeast Iowa Regional Airport | IA | 273 | n/a |
| LEB | Lebanon Municipal Airport | NH | 228 | n/a |
| CNY | Canyonlands Regional Airport | UT | 218 | n/a |
| UIN | Quincy Regional-Baldwin Field | IL | 208 | n/a |
| BHB | Hancock County/Bar Harbor Airport | ME | 196 | n/a |
| RUT | Rutland - Southern Vermont Regional Airport | VT | 155 | n/a |
| BKW | Raleigh County Memorial Airport | WV | 155 | n/a |
| RKD | Knox County Regional Airport | ME | 149 | n/a |
| HVR | Havre City-County Airport | MT | 126 | n/a |
| OLF | L M Clayton Airport | MT | 124 | n/a |
| DUJ | Dubois Regional Airport | PA | 121 | n/a |
| MCE | Merced Regional/Macready Field | CA | 118 | n/a |
| GGW | Wokal Field/Glasgow-Valley County | MT | 106 | n/a |
| IPT | Williamsport Regional Airport | PA | 101 | n/a |
| HYA | Cape Cod Gateway Airport | MA | 99 | n/a |
| GDV | Dawson Communicipalty Airport | MT | 84 | n/a |
| BFD | Bradford Regional Airport | PA | 67 | 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 (Fri, Dec 20, 2024 – Thu, Jan 2, 2025). 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 (339 of 419 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 2025 air travel: how US airports and states did", https://passengerindex.com/web/holidays/christmas-new-year-2025/ (CC BY 4.0).

## Frequently asked questions

### How many people flew over Christmas and New Year 2025?

TSA screened 36,727,073 passengers nationwide over the Christmas and New Year 2025 travel period (Sat, Dec 20, 2025 – Fri, Jan 2, 2026), up 1.2% from 36,294,666 over the same period a year earlier. The busiest day was Sunday, December 28, with 2,924,593 screenings.

### What was the busiest airport over Christmas and New Year 2025?

The busiest airports by departing passengers screened were Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD, about 1.3 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 3.6 million.

### How many international travelers arrived in the US over Christmas and New Year 2025?

US Customs and Border Protection processed about 4.8 million arriving international passengers at the 46 airports it monitors over the period, up 3.3% year over year.

### Which airports grew the most over Christmas and New Year 2025?

Among airports with at least 100,000 departing passengers screened in the year-earlier period, the largest gains were ONT (+9.3%), OGG (+8.4%), RDU (+7.2%), ORD (+6.3%) and ORF (+6.0%) and the largest declines SJC (-15.9%), BUR (-13.5%), MDW (-12.6%), OAK (-11.8%) and DAL (-8.0%).

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

As December 20 through January 2 (14 days). The 2025 period ran Sat, Dec 20, 2025 – Fri, Jan 2, 2026 and is compared with Fri, Dec 20, 2024 – Thu, Jan 2, 2025 - the same calendar dates, so the mix of weekdays differs between the years.

### When is the Christmas and New Year 2026 travel period?

Sun, Dec 20, 2026 – Sat, Jan 2, 2027. Passenger Index publishes airport and state results a few days after it ends, once TSA releases the checkpoint data.