Columbus Day 2022 air travel: how US airports and states did
· TSA checkpoint screenings and CBP international arrivals · updated · how it is measured
TSA screened 13,670,990 passengers nationwide over the Columbus Day 2022 travel period (Thu, Oct 6 – Tue, Oct 11, 2022), up 15.3% from 11,861,439 over the same period a year earlier. The busiest day was Friday, October 7, with 2,473,989 screenings.
The busiest airports by departing passengers screened were John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK, about 496,000), Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD, about 477,000) and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL, about 457,000). Among states, Florida led with about 1.5 million.
Key facts
- Travel period
- TSA screenings
- 13,670,990 (+15.3% YoY)
- Busiest day
- : 2,473,989
- Busiest airport
- JFK, about 496,000
Day by day, nationwide
| 2022 | Screened | Year earlier | Screened | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,376,101 | 2,068,329 | +14.9% | ||
| 2,473,989 | 2,178,818 | +13.5% | ||
| 2,018,002 | 1,734,033 | +16.4% | ||
| 2,425,613 | 2,087,077 | +16.2% | ||
| 2,330,624 | 2,090,755 | +11.5% | ||
| 2,046,661 | 1,702,427 | +20.2% |
Biggest movers
Among airports with at least 100,000 departing passengers screened in the year-earlier period. Up most: JFK +55.6%, SFO +42.3%, HNL +39.8%, IAD +33.8%, DCA +32.4%. Down most: FLL -0.9%, SLC +3.1%, TPA +5.6%, DEN +8.0%, PHX +9.2%.
By state
| State | Departing screened | YoY | Busiest airport | Airports |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 1.5 million | +7.2% | MCO | 18 |
| Texas | 1.2 million | +14.3% | DFW | 25 |
| California | 1.2 million | +26.4% | SFO | 21 |
| New York | 650,000 | +42.1% | JFK | 15 |
| Illinois | 622,000 | +15.6% | ORD | 10 |
| Georgia | 502,000 | +12.5% | ATL | 8 |
| Nevada | 475,000 | +15.8% | LAS | 3 |
| Virginia | 442,000 | +25.8% | DCA | 9 |
| Colorado | 421,000 | +7.2% | DEN | 13 |
| Arizona | 407,000 | +9.4% | PHX | 9 |
| New Jersey | 378,000 | +17.9% | EWR | 2 |
| Massachusetts | 370,000 | +30.9% | BOS | 6 |
| North Carolina | 358,000 | +14.6% | CLT | 9 |
| Washington | 354,000 | +18.6% | SEA | 9 |
| Pennsylvania | 305,000 | +12.2% | PHL | 13 |
| Hawaii | 281,000 | +34.2% | HNL | 5 |
| Tennessee | 240,000 | +18.8% | BNA | 4 |
| Michigan | 237,000 | +13.9% | DTW | 16 |
| Missouri | 218,000 | +14.0% | STL | 7 |
| Minnesota | 197,000 | +20.4% | MSP | 8 |
| Oregon | 171,000 | +11.6% | PDX | 5 |
| Ohio | 166,000 | +7.0% | CLE | 4 |
| Utah | 164,000 | +4.0% | SLC | 6 |
| Louisiana | 136,000 | +27.3% | MSY | 7 |
| Kentucky | 129,000 | +4.0% | CVG | 5 |
| South Carolina | 120,000 | +3.0% | CHS | 6 |
| Indiana | 107,000 | +0.3% | IND | 4 |
| Puerto Rico | 89,900 | -3.1% | SJU | 3 |
| Wisconsin | 84,900 | +3.4% | MKE | 8 |
| Oklahoma | 74,200 | +17.4% | OKC | 4 |
| New Mexico | 60,100 | +15.6% | ABQ | 5 |
| Connecticut | 58,700 | +5.0% | BDL | 1 |
| Alaska | 55,500 | +17.3% | ANC | 15 |
| Idaho | 52,800 | +16.5% | BOI | 6 |
| Alabama | 50,400 | +7.5% | BHM | 5 |
| Nebraska | 45,800 | -1.0% | OMA | 9 |
| Montana | 44,400 | +2.2% | BZN | 13 |
| Arkansas | 40,800 | +12.6% | LIT | 4 |
| Iowa | 36,800 | +2.8% | DSM | 7 |
| Rhode Island | 34,400 | +27.0% | PVD | 1 |
| Maine | 33,200 | -0.7% | PWM | 6 |
| Mississippi | 20,700 | +1.8% | JAN | 7 |
| South Dakota | 19,800 | +0.3% | FSD | 5 |
| North Dakota | 19,200 | +6.4% | FAR | 8 |
| Kansas | 17,100 | +7.2% | ICT | 7 |
| New Hampshire | 15,700 | +19.5% | MHT | 2 |
| Guam | 13,300 | +224.3% | GUM | 1 |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 11,500 | -7.3% | STT | 2 |
| Wyoming | 8,890 | -5.6% | JAC | 8 |
| West Virginia | 6,380 | -3.8% | CRW | 7 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 2,790 | n/a | GSN | 1 |
| Maryland | 1,140 | -18.8% | SBY | 1 |
| Vermont | 118 | n/a | RUT | 1 |
By airport
| # | Code | Airport | State | Departing screened | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JFK | John F. Kennedy International Airport | NY | 496,000 | +55.6% |
| 2 | ORD | Chicago O'Hare International Airport | IL | 477,000 | +15.0% |
| 3 | ATL | Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport | GA | 457,000 | +12.9% |
| 4 | LAS | Harry Reid International Airport | NV | 436,000 | +16.1% |
| 5 | MCO | Orlando International Airport | FL | 416,000 | +17.3% |
| 6 | DFW | Dallas Fort Worth International Airport | TX | 379,000 | +10.3% |
| 7 | DEN | Denver International Airport | CO | 379,000 | +8.0% |
| 8 | EWR | Newark Liberty International Airport | NJ | 373,000 | +18.7% |
| 9 | BOS | Boston Logan International Airport | MA | 363,000 | +30.8% |
| 10 | MIA | Miami International Airport | FL | 359,000 | +23.8% |
| 11 | SFO | San Francisco International Airport | CA | 358,000 | +42.3% |
| 12 | PHX | Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport | AZ | 351,000 | +9.2% |
| 13 | SEA | Seattle-Tacoma International Airport | WA | 297,000 | +18.5% |
| 14 | IAH | George Bush Intercontinental Airport | TX | 283,000 | +19.3% |
| 15 | FLL | Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport | FL | 239,000 | -0.9% |
| 16 | SAN | San Diego International Airport | CA | 220,000 | +31.1% |
| 17 | BNA | Nashville International Airport | TN | 199,000 | +23.2% |
| 18 | PHL | Philadelphia International Airport | PA | 197,000 | +18.4% |
| 19 | MSP | Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport | MN | 193,000 | +21.9% |
| 20 | DTW | Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport | MI | 189,000 | +17.8% |
| 21 | DCA | Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport | VA | 185,000 | +32.4% |
| 22 | AUS | Austin-Bergstrom International Airport | TX | 175,000 | +16.2% |
| 23 | CLT | Charlotte Douglas International Airport | NC | 174,000 | +15.1% |
| 24 | TPA | Tampa International Airport | FL | 168,000 | +5.6% |
| 25 | IAD | Washington Dulles International Airport | VA | 158,000 | +33.8% |
| 26 | SLC | Salt Lake City International Airport | UT | 155,000 | +3.1% |
| 27 | HNL | Daniel K. Inouye International Airport | HI | 141,000 | +39.8% |
| 28 | PDX | Portland International Airport | OR | 136,000 | +11.5% |
| 29 | MDW | Chicago Midway International Airport | IL | 129,000 | +21.2% |
| 30 | RDU | Raleigh-Durham International Airport | NC | 127,000 | +21.2% |
| 31 | MSY | Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport | LA | 114,000 | +34.9% |
| 32 | SMF | Sacramento International Airport | CA | 113,000 | +14.9% |
| 33 | DAL | Dallas Love Field | TX | 111,000 | +16.2% |
| 34 | STL | St. Louis Lambert International Airport | MO | 110,000 | +14.5% |
| 35 | SNA | John Wayne Airport | CA | 107,000 | +23.8% |
| 36 | SJC | San José Mineta International Airport | CA | 99,400 | +26.1% |
| 37 | MCI | Kansas City International Airport | MO | 94,200 | +14.4% |
| 38 | SAT | San Antonio International Airport | TX | 93,300 | +17.8% |
| 39 | OAK | Oakland International Airport | CA | 91,700 | +18.3% |
| 40 | IND | Indianapolis International Airport | IN | 89,400 | +2.3% |
| 41 | SJU | Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport | PR | 81,500 | -5.3% |
| 42 | HOU | William P. Hobby Airport | TX | 81,500 | +13.7% |
| 43 | CLE | Cleveland Hopkins International Airport | OH | 80,800 | +7.5% |
| 44 | PIT | Pittsburgh International Airport | PA | 76,600 | +3.3% |
| 45 | CVG | Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport | KY | 75,600 | +5.1% |
| 46 | CMH | John Glenn Columbus International Airport | OH | 69,300 | +9.9% |
| 47 | OGG | Kahului Airport | HI | 62,000 | +19.6% |
| 48 | JAX | Jacksonville International Airport | FL | 61,000 | +15.6% |
| 49 | BDL | Bradley International Airport | CT | 58,700 | +5.0% |
| 50 | PBI | Palm Beach International Airport | FL | 57,700 | +7.6% |
| 51 | BUR | Hollywood Burbank Airport | CA | 57,200 | +20.1% |
| 52 | ABQ | Albuquerque International Sunport | NM | 55,900 | +18.8% |
| 53 | ONT | Ontario International Airport | CA | 55,800 | +6.9% |
| 54 | MKE | Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport | WI | 51,500 | +5.5% |
| 55 | CHS | Charleston International Airport | SC | 51,200 | +5.9% |
| 56 | BOI | Boise Airport | ID | 44,700 | +24.0% |
| 57 | RIC | Richmond International Airport | VA | 43,700 | +8.6% |
| 58 | BUF | Buffalo Niagara International Airport | NY | 41,600 | +10.7% |
| 59 | OMA | Eppley Airfield | NE | 41,500 | +0.3% |
| 60 | ORF | Norfolk International Airport | VA | 40,500 | +6.9% |
| 61 | SDF | Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport | KY | 40,000 | +2.9% |
| 62 | ELP | El Paso International Airport | TX | 40,000 | +14.0% |
| 63 | OKC | Will Rogers International Airport | OK | 39,600 | +11.5% |
| 64 | RNO | Reno-Tahoe International Airport | NV | 38,100 | +12.5% |
| 65 | SAV | Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport | GA | 36,700 | +14.9% |
| 66 | GEG | Spokane International Airport | WA | 36,700 | +14.9% |
| 67 | TUS | Tucson International Airport | AZ | 35,100 | +19.2% |
| 68 | PVD | Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport | RI | 34,400 | +27.0% |
| 69 | KOA | Ellison Onizuka Kona International at Keahole Airport | HI | 34,000 | +46.6% |
| 70 | ANC | Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport | AK | 33,600 | +14.4% |
| 71 | MYR | Myrtle Beach International Airport | SC | 33,500 | +4.2% |
| 72 | TUL | Tulsa International Airport | OK | 33,200 | +26.9% |
| 73 | GRR | Gerald R. Ford International Airport | MI | 32,100 | +12.9% |
| 74 | LIH | Lihue Airport | HI | 30,400 | +23.3% |
| 75 | RSW | Southwest Florida International Airport | FL | 30,300 | -59.9% |
| 76 | LGB | Long Beach (Daugherty Field) | CA | 29,800 | +34.5% |
| 77 | BHM | Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport | AL | 29,600 | +15.6% |
| 78 | SRQ | Sarasota Bradenton International Airport | FL | 28,500 | -3.4% |
| 79 | TYS | Mc Ghee Tyson Airport | TN | 27,400 | +4.2% |
| 80 | SYR | Syracuse Hancock International Airport | NY | 27,100 | +23.6% |
| 81 | ROC | Frederick Douglass/Greater Rochester International Airport | NY | 25,800 | +22.7% |
| 82 | ALB | Albany International Airport | NY | 25,800 | +0.1% |
| 83 | PWM | Portland International Jetport | ME | 25,000 | +7.6% |
| 84 | DSM | Des Moines International Airport | IA | 24,800 | +12.1% |
| 85 | PSP | Palm Springs International Airport | CA | 24,100 | +3.6% |
| 86 | PNS | Pensacola International Airport | FL | 22,400 | -3.1% |
| 87 | COS | City Of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport | CO | 22,400 | +3.7% |
| 88 | SFB | Orlando Sanford International Airport | FL | 22,100 | -1.8% |
| 89 | LIT | Bill and Hillary Clinton National/Adams Field | AR | 22,000 | +20.5% |
| 90 | GSP | Greenville Spartanburg International Airport | SC | 21,800 | +1.0% |
| 91 | AVL | Asheville Regional Airport | NC | 21,200 | +5.7% |
| 92 | HPN | Westchester County Airport | NY | 19,700 | +64.3% |
| 93 | VPS | Eglin AFB/Destin-Ft Walton Beach | FL | 19,200 | -5.2% |
| 94 | FAT | Fresno Yosemite International Airport | CA | 18,700 | -4.9% |
| 95 | BZN | Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport | MT | 18,300 | +7.7% |
| 96 | MSN | Dane County Regional/Truax Field | WI | 18,000 | +5.3% |
| 97 | GSO | Piedmont Triad International Airport | NC | 17,100 | +3.1% |
| 98 | XNA | Northwest Arkansas National Airport | AR | 16,800 | +2.8% |
| 99 | MHT | Manchester Boston Regional Airport | NH | 15,600 | +19.9% |
| 100 | IWA | Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport | AZ | 15,300 | +6.1% |
| 101 | ICT | Wichita Dwight D Eisenhower National Airport | KS | 14,800 | +13.8% |
| 102 | EUG | Mahlon Sweet Field | OR | 14,300 | +12.0% |
| 103 | ITO | Hilo International Airport | HI | 13,400 | +52.9% |
| 104 | GUM | Guam International Airport | GU | 13,300 | +224.3% |
| 105 | ECP | Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport | FL | 13,000 | +0.2% |
| 106 | JAN | Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport | MS | 12,900 | +4.5% |
| 107 | SBA | Santa Barbara Municipal Airport | CA | 12,400 | +25.3% |
| 108 | LEX | Blue Grass Airport | KY | 12,400 | +1.3% |
| 109 | MDT | Harrisburg International Airport | PA | 12,400 | +2.6% |
| 110 | MAF | Midland International Air And Space Port Airport | TX | 12,300 | +10.0% |
| 111 | FSD | Joe Foss Field | SD | 11,800 | +5.0% |
| 112 | HSV | Huntsville International-Carl T Jones Field | AL | 11,600 | +0.5% |
| 113 | ILM | Wilmington International Airport | NC | 11,400 | +12.3% |
| 114 | SGF | Springfield-Branson National Airport | MO | 11,200 | +13.3% |
| 115 | DAY | James M Cox Dayton International Airport | OH | 11,000 | -11.3% |
| 116 | CID | The Eastern Iowa Airport | IA | 11,000 | -10.9% |
| 117 | RDM | Roberts Field | OR | 10,400 | +15.0% |
| 118 | EYW | Key West International Airport | FL | 10,100 | -16.7% |
| 119 | MFR | Rogue Valley International - Medford Airport | OR | 10,100 | +8.0% |
| 120 | CAE | Columbia Metropolitan Airport | SC | 9,840 | -1.0% |
| 121 | LBB | Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport | TX | 9,750 | +16.3% |
| 122 | ISP | Long Island Mac Arthur Airport | NY | 9,720 | -32.7% |
| 123 | MLB | Melbourne Orlando International Airport | FL | 8,770 | +112.0% |
| 124 | TLH | Tallahassee International Airport | FL | 8,680 | +4.7% |
| 125 | PGD | Punta Gorda Airport | FL | 8,560 | -33.7% |
| 126 | CHA | Lovell Field | TN | 8,390 | -12.3% |
| 127 | MFE | Mc Allen Miller International Airport | TX | 8,390 | -12.0% |
| 128 | ABE | Lehigh Valley International Airport | PA | 8,200 | +1.2% |
| 129 | FAR | Hector International Airport | ND | 8,190 | +0.7% |
| 130 | MSO | Missoula Montana Airport | MT | 8,030 | +13.7% |
| 131 | STT | Cyril E King Airport | VI | 7,940 | -12.6% |
| 132 | HRL | Valley International Airport | TX | 7,860 | +18.6% |
| 133 | CRP | Corpus Christi International Airport | TX | 7,830 | +19.7% |
| 134 | AMA | Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport | TX | 7,710 | +8.2% |
| 135 | SBN | South Bend International Airport | IN | 7,550 | -4.2% |
| 136 | BTR | Baton Rouge Metropolitan, Ryan Field | LA | 7,370 | +17.6% |
| 137 | FWA | Fort Wayne International Airport | IN | 7,340 | -4.9% |
| 138 | BIL | Billings Logan International Airport | MT | 7,300 | -2.2% |
| 139 | BGR | Bangor International Airport | ME | 7,290 | -22.3% |
| 140 | PSC | Tri-Cities Airport | WA | 7,090 | +6.0% |
| 141 | RAP | Rapid City Regional Airport | SD | 7,040 | -0.3% |
| 142 | FAI | Fairbanks International Airport | AK | 6,980 | -2.0% |
| 143 | ATW | Appleton International Airport | WI | 6,880 | +5.0% |
| 144 | ROA | Roanoke/Blacksburg Regional (Woodrum Field) | VA | 6,730 | +14.8% |
| 145 | STS | Charles M Schulz - Sonoma County Airport | CA | 6,490 | +3.9% |
| 146 | BLI | Bellingham International Airport | WA | 6,360 | +104.2% |
| 147 | GPT | Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport | MS | 6,200 | -2.9% |
| 148 | SHV | Shreveport Regional Airport | LA | 6,010 | -4.5% |
| 149 | BQN | Rafael Hernandez Airport | PR | 5,980 | +2.4% |
| 150 | IDA | Idaho Falls Regional Airport | ID | 5,630 | -1.8% |
| 151 | GPI | Glacier Park International Airport | MT | 5,540 | -18.7% |
| 152 | GRB | Green Bay/Austin Straubel International Airport | WI | 5,530 | +3.4% |
| 153 | MOB | Mobile Regional Airport | AL | 5,480 | +4.2% |
| 154 | PIA | General Downing - Peoria International Airport | IL | 5,470 | +11.3% |
| 155 | SBP | San Luis County Regional Airport | CA | 5,400 | +26.0% |
| 156 | JNU | Juneau International Airport | AK | 5,250 | +51.5% |
| 157 | GJT | Grand Junction Regional Airport | CO | 5,220 | -15.2% |
| 158 | PVU | Provo Municipal Airport | UT | 5,180 | +89.9% |
| 159 | TTN | Trenton Mercer Airport | NJ | 5,120 | -21.3% |
| 160 | CHO | Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport | VA | 5,110 | -11.1% |
| 161 | JAC | Jackson Hole Airport | WY | 5,090 | -9.4% |
| 162 | GNV | Gainesville Regional Airport | FL | 5,080 | +13.2% |
| 163 | CAK | Akron-Canton Regional Airport | OH | 5,050 | +7.6% |
| 164 | AGS | Augusta Regional at Bush Field | GA | 4,880 | -11.6% |
| 165 | TVC | Cherry Capital Airport | MI | 4,860 | -17.0% |
| 166 | MRY | Monterey Regional Airport | CA | 4,770 | -4.7% |
| 167 | MLI | Quad Cities International Airport | IL | 4,740 | -12.5% |
| 168 | DAB | Daytona Beach International Airport | FL | 4,540 | -9.3% |
| 169 | LFT | Lafayette Regional/Paul Fournet Field | LA | 4,480 | -5.5% |
| 170 | TRI | Tri-Cities Airport | TN | 4,470 | +8.4% |
| 171 | DRO | Durango-La Plata County Airport | CO | 4,350 | -1.3% |
| 172 | BIS | Bismarck Municipal Airport | ND | 4,290 | +10.8% |
| 173 | FNT | Bishop International Airport | MI | 4,160 | -11.0% |
| 174 | AVP | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport | PA | 4,060 | +17.9% |
| 175 | ASE | Aspen-Pitkin County/Sardy Field | CO | 3,740 | +20.7% |
| 176 | PAE | Snohomish County (Paine Field) | WA | 3,710 | +48.4% |
| 177 | CRW | West Virginia International Yeager Airport | WV | 3,590 | +17.8% |
| 178 | BMI | Central Illinois Regional/Bloomington-Normal Airport | IL | 3,580 | -4.3% |
| 179 | STX | Henry E Rohlsen Airport | VI | 3,570 | +7.1% |
| 180 | MGM | Montgomery Regional (Dannelly Field) | AL | 3,180 | -12.5% |
| 181 | EVV | Evansville Regional Airport | IN | 3,180 | -23.2% |
| 182 | ACK | Nantucket Memorial Airport | MA | 3,140 | +13.7% |
| 183 | SGU | St George Regional Airport | UT | 3,090 | -20.3% |
| 184 | BFL | Meadows Field | CA | 3,040 | -2.2% |
| 185 | FAY | Fayetteville Regional/Grannis Field | NC | 3,020 | -18.6% |
| 186 | GTF | Great Falls International Airport | MT | 2,950 | +18.3% |
| 187 | MOT | Minot International Airport | ND | 2,830 | +5.5% |
| 188 | GSN | Francisco C Ada/Saipan International Airport | MP | 2,790 | n/a |
| 189 | HXD | Hilton Head Airport | SC | 2,760 | -21.0% |
| 190 | OAJ | Albert J Ellis Airport | NC | 2,620 | -24.0% |
| 191 | LBE | Arnold Palmer Regional Airport | PA | 2,510 | +15.1% |
| 192 | SAF | Santa Fe Municipal Airport | NM | 2,470 | -19.4% |
| 193 | BRO | Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport | TX | 2,460 | +11.4% |
| 194 | MTJ | Montrose Regional Airport | CO | 2,430 | -9.0% |
| 195 | PSE | Mercedita Airport | PR | 2,340 | n/a |
| 196 | UNV | University Park Airport | PA | 2,330 | -30.4% |
| 197 | FLG | Flagstaff Pulliam Airport | AZ | 2,200 | -26.6% |
| 198 | LRD | Laredo International Airport | TX | 2,170 | +20.3% |
| 199 | RDD | Redding Regional Airport | CA | 2,130 | +36.5% |
| 200 | DLH | Duluth International Airport | MN | 2,040 | -13.3% |
| 201 | ORH | Worcester Regional Airport | MA | 2,040 | n/a |
| 202 | KTN | Ketchikan International Airport | AK | 2,030 | +32.8% |
| 203 | LNK | Lincoln Airport | NE | 1,990 | -25.2% |
| 204 | PUW | Pullman/Moscow Regional Airport | WA | 1,860 | +68.2% |
| 205 | ACV | California Redwood Coast-Humboldt County Airport | CA | 1,850 | -17.6% |
| 206 | COU | Columbia Regional Airport | MO | 1,840 | +8.8% |
| 207 | MLU | Monroe Regional Airport | LA | 1,800 | -3.6% |
| 208 | NYL | Yuma MCAS/Yuma International Airport | AZ | 1,710 | -11.9% |
| 209 | GFK | Grand Forks International Airport | ND | 1,620 | +12.2% |
| 210 | XWA | Williston Basin International Airport | ND | 1,610 | +52.7% |
| 211 | CSG | Columbus Airport | GA | 1,600 | -12.4% |
| 212 | CPR | Casper/Natrona County International Airport | WY | 1,550 | +24.7% |
| 213 | LYH | Lynchburg Regional/Preston Glenn Field | VA | 1,540 | +9.4% |
| 214 | BET | Bethel Airport | AK | 1,540 | n/a |
| 215 | HDN | Yampa Valley Airport | CO | 1,540 | +5.3% |
| 216 | AEX | Alexandria International Airport | LA | 1,530 | -26.4% |
| 217 | EGE | Eagle County Regional Airport | CO | 1,520 | +1.7% |
| 218 | CWA | Central Wisconsin Airport | WI | 1,520 | -25.6% |
| 219 | LAN | Capital Region International Airport | MI | 1,510 | -23.0% |
| 220 | HTS | Tri-State/Milton J Ferguson Field | WV | 1,500 | -28.2% |
| 221 | GRI | Central Nebraska Regional Airport | NE | 1,420 | +24.5% |
| 222 | HLN | Helena Regional Airport | MT | 1,420 | -13.9% |
| 223 | RST | Rochester International Airport | MN | 1,410 | -30.8% |
| 224 | MVY | Martha's Vineyard Airport | MA | 1,410 | -18.2% |
| 225 | ABI | Abilene Regional Airport | TX | 1,400 | -4.6% |
| 226 | PBG | Plattsburgh International Airport | NY | 1,350 | +9.5% |
| 227 | SUN | Friedman Memorial Airport | ID | 1,340 | -11.0% |
| 228 | SIT | Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport | AK | 1,300 | n/a |
| 229 | ADQ | Kodiak Airport | AK | 1,300 | +14.0% |
| 230 | PHF | Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport | VA | 1,250 | -40.0% |
| 231 | FSM | Fort Smith Regional Airport | AR | 1,240 | n/a |
| 232 | LCH | Lake Charles Regional Airport | LA | 1,230 | -9.1% |
| 233 | CMI | University Of Illinois/Willard Airport | IL | 1,230 | +2.6% |
| 234 | MHK | Manhattan Regional Airport | KS | 1,210 | -19.8% |
| 235 | MBS | MBS International Airport | MI | 1,200 | -7.9% |
| 236 | AZO | Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport | MI | 1,200 | -30.2% |
| 237 | ELM | Elmira/Corning Regional Airport | NY | 1,170 | -24.9% |
| 238 | ERI | Erie International/Tom Ridge Field | PA | 1,160 | -20.5% |
| 239 | CLL | Easterwood Field | TX | 1,160 | -41.2% |
| 240 | SBY | Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport | MD | 1,140 | -18.8% |
| 241 | ROW | Roswell Air Center Airport | NM | 1,130 | -13.4% |
| 242 | EWN | Coastal Carolina Regional Airport | NC | 1,060 | -37.9% |
| 243 | IFP | Laughlin/Bullhead International Airport | AZ | 1,050 | -9.1% |
| 244 | ACT | Waco Regional Airport | TX | 1,040 | n/a |
| 245 | SPI | Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport | IL | 967 | -22.0% |
| 246 | SJT | San Angelo Regional/Mathis Field | TX | 913 | -21.8% |
| 247 | TYR | Tyler Pounds Regional Airport | TX | 895 | n/a |
| 248 | LAW | Lawton-Fort Sill Regional Airport | OK | 888 | -13.5% |
| 249 | ITH | Ithaca Tompkins International Airport | NY | 878 | -55.5% |
| 250 | LSE | La Crosse Regional Airport | WI | 862 | -42.6% |
| 251 | VLD | Valdosta Regional Airport | GA | 823 | n/a |
| 252 | GTR | Golden Triangle Regional Airport | MS | 811 | n/a |
| 253 | CKB | North Central West Virginia Airport | WV | 781 | n/a |
| 254 | OME | Nome Airport | AK | 755 | n/a |
| 255 | ABY | Southwest Georgia Regional Airport | GA | 699 | n/a |
| 256 | CNY | Canyonlands Regional Airport | UT | 698 | n/a |
| 257 | OTZ | Ralph Wien Memorial Airport | AK | 688 | n/a |
| 258 | TXK | Texarkana Regional-Webb Field | AR | 668 | n/a |
| 259 | COD | Yellowstone Regional Airport | WY | 641 | n/a |
| 260 | LWS | Lewiston/Nez Perce County Airport | ID | 632 | n/a |
| 261 | CIU | Chippewa County International Airport | MI | 621 | n/a |
| 262 | FLO | Florence Regional Airport | SC | 558 | n/a |
| 263 | SAW | Marquette Sawyer Regional Airport | MI | 555 | -56.0% |
| 264 | PGV | Pitt-Greenville Airport | NC | 551 | n/a |
| 265 | DRT | Del Rio Texas International Airport | TX | 546 | n/a |
| 266 | BRW | Wiley Post-Will Rogers Memorial Airport | AK | 545 | n/a |
| 267 | PLN | Pellston Regional/Emmet County Airport | MI | 542 | n/a |
| 268 | BQK | Brunswick Golden Isles Airport | GA | 535 | n/a |
| 269 | CMX | Houghton County Memorial Airport | MI | 527 | n/a |
| 270 | PRC | Prescott Regional - Ernest A Love Field | AZ | 526 | n/a |
| 271 | DHN | Dothan Regional Airport | AL | 525 | n/a |
| 272 | GCK | Garden City Regional Airport | KS | 524 | n/a |
| 273 | SUX | Sioux Gateway/Brig General Bud Day Field | IA | 520 | n/a |
| 274 | SPS | Sheppard AFB/Wichita Falls Municipal | TX | 488 | n/a |
| 275 | SWO | Stillwater Regional Airport | OK | 486 | n/a |
| 276 | BPT | Jack Brooks Regional Airport | TX | 472 | n/a |
| 277 | IMT | Ford Airport | MI | 450 | n/a |
| 278 | DLG | Dillingham Airport | AK | 444 | n/a |
| 279 | GUC | Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional Airport | CO | 436 | n/a |
| 280 | JLN | Joplin Regional Airport | MO | 435 | n/a |
| 281 | SHR | Sheridan County Airport | WY | 432 | n/a |
| 282 | GGG | East Texas Regional Airport | TX | 424 | n/a |
| 283 | DIK | Dickinson/Theodore Roosevelt Regional Airport | ND | 418 | n/a |
| 284 | ESC | Delta County Airport | MI | 415 | n/a |
| 285 | OWB | Owensboro/Daviess County Regional Airport | KY | 413 | n/a |
| 286 | MCN | Middle Georgia Regional Airport | GA | 403 | n/a |
| 287 | ABR | Aberdeen Regional Airport | SD | 395 | n/a |
| 288 | CDV | Merle K (Mudhole) Smith Airport | AK | 392 | n/a |
| 289 | OTH | Southwest Oregon Regional Airport | OR | 385 | n/a |
| 290 | ALW | Walla Walla Regional Airport | WA | 382 | n/a |
| 291 | PQI | Presque Isle International Airport | ME | 374 | n/a |
| 292 | GCC | Northeast Wyoming Regional Airport | WY | 368 | n/a |
| 293 | YKM | Yakima Air Terminal/Mcallister Field | WA | 364 | n/a |
| 294 | EAT | Pangborn Memorial Airport | WA | 363 | n/a |
| 295 | RHI | Rhinelander/Oneida County Airport | WI | 360 | n/a |
| 296 | HOB | Lea County Regional Airport | NM | 357 | n/a |
| 297 | BJI | Bemidji Regional Airport | MN | 355 | n/a |
| 298 | EAR | Kearney Regional Airport | NE | 351 | n/a |
| 299 | LAR | Laramie Regional Airport | WY | 337 | n/a |
| 300 | ART | Watertown International Airport | NY | 328 | n/a |
| 301 | PAH | Barkley Regional Airport | KY | 326 | n/a |
| 302 | BTM | Bert Mooney Airport | MT | 298 | n/a |
| 303 | PSG | Petersburg James A Johnson Airport | AK | 297 | n/a |
| 304 | BHB | Hancock County/Bar Harbor Airport | ME | 296 | n/a |
| 305 | PIR | Pierre Regional Airport | SD | 288 | n/a |
| 306 | ALO | Waterloo Regional Airport | IA | 280 | n/a |
| 307 | BRD | Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport | MN | 278 | n/a |
| 308 | HIB | Range Regional Airport | MN | 268 | n/a |
| 309 | HYA | Cape Cod Gateway Airport | MA | 257 | n/a |
| 310 | TWF | Joslin Field/Magic Valley Regional | ID | 256 | n/a |
| 311 | MEI | Key Field | MS | 255 | n/a |
| 312 | RKS | Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport | WY | 254 | n/a |
| 313 | TUP | Tupelo Regional Airport | MS | 254 | n/a |
| 314 | ATY | Watertown Regional Airport | SD | 251 | n/a |
| 315 | SLN | Salina Regional Airport | KS | 247 | n/a |
| 316 | YAK | Yakutat Airport | AK | 239 | n/a |
| 317 | CDC | Cedar City Regional Airport | UT | 239 | n/a |
| 318 | WRG | Wrangell Airport | AK | 232 | n/a |
| 319 | LBF | North Platte Regional/Lee Bird Field | NE | 230 | n/a |
| 320 | EAU | Chippewa Valley Regional Airport | WI | 226 | n/a |
| 321 | PIH | Pocatello Regional Airport | ID | 222 | n/a |
| 322 | BGM | Greater Binghamton/Edwin A Link Field | NY | 221 | n/a |
| 323 | SHD | Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport | VA | 219 | n/a |
| 324 | RIW | Central Wyoming Regional Airport | WY | 213 | n/a |
| 325 | TEX | Telluride Regional Airport | CO | 203 | n/a |
| 326 | BFF | Western Nebraska Regional/William B Heilig Field | NE | 201 | n/a |
| 327 | CVN | Clovis Regional Airport | NM | 199 | n/a |
| 328 | PGA | Page Municipal Airport | AZ | 195 | n/a |
| 329 | APN | Alpena County Regional Airport | MI | 192 | n/a |
| 330 | LWB | Greenbrier Valley Airport | WV | 191 | n/a |
| 331 | WYS | Yellowstone Airport | MT | 189 | n/a |
| 332 | INL | Falls International/Einarson Field | MN | 187 | n/a |
| 333 | JMS | Jamestown Regional Airport | ND | 183 | n/a |
| 334 | MWA | Veterans Airport Of Southern Illinois | IL | 181 | n/a |
| 335 | DEC | Decatur Airport | IL | 179 | n/a |
| 336 | GLH | Greenville Mid-Delta Airport | MS | 168 | n/a |
| 337 | VCT | Victoria Regional Airport | TX | 167 | n/a |
| 338 | VEL | Vernal Regional Airport | UT | 166 | n/a |
| 339 | PIB | Hattiesburg/Laurel Regional Airport | MS | 161 | n/a |
| 340 | OGS | Ogdensburg International Airport | NY | 159 | n/a |
| 341 | AUG | Augusta State Airport | ME | 149 | n/a |
| 342 | EKO | Elko Regional Airport | NV | 148 | n/a |
| 343 | HYS | Hays Regional Airport | KS | 145 | n/a |
| 344 | MBL | Manistee County/Blacker Airport | MI | 141 | n/a |
| 345 | LBL | Liberal Mid-America Regional Airport | KS | 140 | n/a |
| 346 | RKD | Knox County Regional Airport | ME | 139 | n/a |
| 347 | PVC | Provincetown Municipal Airport | MA | 135 | n/a |
| 348 | ALS | San Luis Valley Regional/Bergman Field | CO | 131 | n/a |
| 349 | PKB | Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport | WV | 130 | n/a |
| 350 | IPL | Imperial County Airport | CA | 125 | n/a |
| 351 | MSS | Massena International-Richards Field | NY | 124 | n/a |
| 352 | CEC | Jack Mc Namara Field | CA | 122 | n/a |
| 353 | JST | John Murtha Johnstown/Cambria County Airport | PA | 122 | n/a |
| 354 | RUT | Rutland - Southern Vermont Regional Airport | VT | 118 | n/a |
| 355 | CEZ | Cortez Municipal Airport | CO | 117 | n/a |
| 356 | LEB | Lebanon Municipal Airport | NH | 115 | n/a |
| 357 | SLK | Adirondack Regional Airport | NY | 109 | n/a |
| 358 | LNS | Lancaster Airport | PA | 107 | n/a |
| 359 | DUJ | Dubois Regional Airport | PA | 107 | n/a |
| 360 | BFD | Bradford Regional Airport | PA | 107 | n/a |
| 361 | PUB | Pueblo Memorial Airport | CO | 106 | n/a |
| 362 | MGW | Morgantown Municipal (Walter L Bill Hart Field) | WV | 102 | n/a |
| 363 | SDY | Sidney-Richland Regional Airport | MT | 100 | n/a |
| 364 | TVF | Thief River Falls Regional Airport | MN | 97 | n/a |
| 365 | DVL | Devils Lake Regional Airport | ND | 95 | n/a |
| 366 | SOW | Show Low Regional Airport | AZ | 93 | n/a |
| 367 | IRK | Kirksville Regional Airport | MO | 93 | n/a |
| 368 | BKW | Raleigh County Memorial Airport | WV | 87 | n/a |
| 369 | MCE | Merced Regional/Macready Field | CA | 79 | n/a |
| 370 | MCW | Mason City Municipal Airport | IA | 75 | n/a |
| 371 | BRL | Southeast Iowa Regional Airport | IA | 68 | n/a |
| 372 | MKG | Muskegon County Airport | MI | 68 | n/a |
| 373 | AIA | Alliance Municipal Airport | NE | 65 | n/a |
| 374 | DDC | Dodge City Regional Airport | KS | 65 | n/a |
| 375 | HVR | Havre City-County Airport | MT | 62 | n/a |
| 376 | CDR | Chadron Municipal Airport | NE | 61 | n/a |
| 377 | UIN | Quincy Regional-Baldwin Field | IL | 53 | n/a |
| 378 | FOD | Fort Dodge Regional Airport | IA | 53 | n/a |
| 379 | OLF | L M Clayton Airport | MT | 43 | n/a |
| 380 | AOO | Altoona/Blair County Airport | PA | 40 | n/a |
| 381 | GDV | Dawson Communicipalty Airport | MT | 35 | n/a |
| 382 | GGW | Wokal Field/Glasgow-Valley County | MT | 32 | n/a |
| 383 | MCK | Mc Cook Ben Nelson Regional Airport | NE | 24 | n/a |
| 384 | CGI | Cape Girardeau Regional Airport | MO | 0 | n/a |
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How it is measured
The Columbus Day travel period is the Thursday before Columbus Day (Indigenous Peoples' Day, the second Monday of October) through the Tuesday after (6 days). It is compared with the same period a year earlier ().
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 (384 of 410 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, "Columbus Day 2022 air travel: how US airports and states did", https://passengerindex.com/web/holidays/columbus-day-2022/ (CC BY 4.0).
Frequently asked questions
How many people flew over Columbus Day 2022?
TSA screened 13,670,990 passengers nationwide over the Columbus Day 2022 travel period (Thu, Oct 6 – Tue, Oct 11, 2022), up 15.3% from 11,861,439 over the same period a year earlier. The busiest day was Friday, October 7, with 2,473,989 screenings.
What was the busiest airport over Columbus Day 2022?
The busiest airports by departing passengers screened were John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK, about 496,000), Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD, about 477,000) and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL, about 457,000). Among states, Florida led with about 1.5 million.
Which airports grew the most over Columbus Day 2022?
Among airports with at least 100,000 departing passengers screened in the year-earlier period, the largest gains were JFK (+55.6%), SFO (+42.3%), HNL (+39.8%), IAD (+33.8%) and DCA (+32.4%) and the largest declines FLL (-0.9%), SLC (+3.1%), TPA (+5.6%), DEN (+8.0%) and PHX (+9.2%).
How does Passenger Index define the Columbus Day travel period?
As the Thursday before Columbus Day (Indigenous Peoples' Day, the second Monday of October) through the Tuesday after (6 days). The 2022 period ran Thu, Oct 6 – Tue, Oct 11, 2022 and is compared with Thu, Oct 7 – Tue, Oct 12, 2021, the same days relative to the holiday.
When is the Columbus Day 2023 travel period?
Thu, Oct 5 – Tue, Oct 10, 2023. Passenger Index publishes airport and state results a few days after it ends, once TSA releases the checkpoint data.