Columbus Day 2023 air travel: how US airports and states did
· TSA checkpoint screenings and CBP international arrivals · updated · how it is measured
TSA screened 15,358,421 passengers nationwide over the Columbus Day 2023 travel period (Thu, Oct 5 – Tue, Oct 10, 2023), up 12.3% from 13,670,990 over the same period a year earlier. The busiest day was Friday, October 6, with 2,762,717 screenings.
The busiest airports by departing passengers screened were Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD, about 518,000), Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL, about 508,000) and Harry Reid International Airport (LAS, about 484,000). Among states, Florida led with about 1.7 million.
Key facts
- Travel period
- TSA screenings
- 15,358,421 (+12.3% YoY)
- Busiest day
- : 2,762,717
- Busiest airport
- ORD, about 518,000
Day by day, nationwide
| 2023 | Screened | Year earlier | Screened | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,697,601 | 2,376,101 | +13.5% | ||
| 2,762,717 | 2,473,989 | +11.7% | ||
| 2,232,660 | 2,018,002 | +10.6% | ||
| 2,690,153 | 2,425,613 | +10.9% | ||
| 2,681,432 | 2,330,624 | +15.1% | ||
| 2,293,858 | 2,046,661 | +12.1% |
Biggest movers
Among airports with at least 100,000 departing passengers screened in the year-earlier period. Up most: IAD +25.2%, SFO +19.4%, TPA +17.7%, MSP +16.8%, DFW +16.7%. Down most: SNA -2.4%, SLC +2.5%, SAN +4.1%, SMF +4.5%, MIA +5.1%.
By state
| State | Departing screened | YoY | Busiest airport | Airports |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 1.7 million | +14.3% | MCO | 17 |
| California | 1.3 million | +9.9% | SFO | 21 |
| Texas | 1.1 million | +12.1% | DFW | 24 |
| Illinois | 678,000 | +9.0% | ORD | 9 |
| Georgia | 555,000 | +10.5% | ATL | 8 |
| Nevada | 525,000 | +10.6% | LAS | 3 |
| Colorado | 461,000 | +9.6% | DEN | 12 |
| Arizona | 455,000 | +11.7% | PHX | 9 |
| New Jersey | 431,000 | +14.1% | EWR | 2 |
| Massachusetts | 414,000 | +12.0% | BOS | 6 |
| North Carolina | 413,000 | +15.4% | CLT | 9 |
| Washington | 394,000 | +11.4% | SEA | 9 |
| Pennsylvania | 347,000 | +13.9% | PHL | 13 |
| Virginia | 308,000 | +19.7% | IAD | 8 |
| Michigan | 280,000 | +17.9% | DTW | 16 |
| Tennessee | 273,000 | +14.0% | BNA | 5 |
| Missouri | 234,000 | +7.6% | STL | 7 |
| Minnesota | 231,000 | +17.2% | MSP | 8 |
| Ohio | 194,000 | +16.6% | CLE | 4 |
| Oregon | 191,000 | +12.1% | PDX | 5 |
| Utah | 173,000 | +5.1% | SLC | 6 |
| Kentucky | 155,000 | +20.6% | CVG | 5 |
| New York | 152,000 | +17.3% | BUF | 14 |
| Louisiana | 151,000 | +11.0% | MSY | 7 |
| South Carolina | 136,000 | +13.3% | CHS | 6 |
| Indiana | 133,000 | +24.1% | IND | 4 |
| Hawaii | 121,000 | -13.2% | OGG | 4 |
| Wisconsin | 102,000 | +20.9% | MKE | 7 |
| Puerto Rico | 99,600 | +10.9% | SJU | 3 |
| Oklahoma | 75,700 | +1.9% | OKC | 4 |
| Connecticut | 67,700 | +1.4% | BDL | 2 |
| New Mexico | 65,400 | +8.9% | ABQ | 5 |
| Alaska | 59,700 | +7.0% | ANC | 16 |
| Idaho | 56,700 | +7.5% | BOI | 6 |
| Alabama | 56,500 | +12.0% | BHM | 5 |
| Nebraska | 52,200 | +14.2% | OMA | 8 |
| Montana | 51,900 | +17.1% | BZN | 13 |
| Arkansas | 44,200 | +8.5% | LIT | 4 |
| Iowa | 41,800 | +13.5% | DSM | 7 |
| Rhode Island | 38,100 | +10.9% | PVD | 1 |
| Maine | 37,900 | +14.1% | PWM | 6 |
| Mississippi | 23,600 | +13.9% | JAN | 7 |
| North Dakota | 21,200 | +10.1% | FAR | 8 |
| South Dakota | 21,100 | +6.8% | FSD | 5 |
| Kansas | 19,300 | +12.8% | ICT | 7 |
| Guam | 18,700 | +40.3% | GUM | 1 |
| Vermont | 15,200 | +9.2% | BTV | 2 |
| New Hampshire | 14,600 | -6.6% | MHT | 2 |
| Wyoming | 11,800 | +27.1% | JAC | 9 |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 11,500 | -0.3% | STT | 2 |
| West Virginia | 7,390 | +15.8% | CRW | 7 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 6,020 | +115.9% | GSN | 1 |
| Maryland | 1,170 | +2.7% | SBY | 1 |
By airport
| # | Code | Airport | State | Departing screened | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ORD | Chicago O'Hare International Airport | IL | 518,000 | +8.6% |
| 2 | ATL | Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport | GA | 508,000 | +11.2% |
| 3 | LAS | Harry Reid International Airport | NV | 484,000 | +10.8% |
| 4 | MCO | Orlando International Airport | FL | 464,000 | +11.5% |
| 5 | DFW | Dallas Fort Worth International Airport | TX | 442,000 | +16.7% |
| 6 | SFO | San Francisco International Airport | CA | 427,000 | +19.4% |
| 7 | EWR | Newark Liberty International Airport | NJ | 426,000 | +14.1% |
| 8 | DEN | Denver International Airport | CO | 415,000 | +9.5% |
| 9 | BOS | Boston Logan International Airport | MA | 406,000 | +12.0% |
| 10 | PHX | Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport | AZ | 392,000 | +11.7% |
| 11 | MIA | Miami International Airport | FL | 377,000 | +5.1% |
| 12 | SEA | Seattle-Tacoma International Airport | WA | 332,000 | +11.8% |
| 13 | FLL | Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport | FL | 267,000 | +12.0% |
| 14 | SAN | San Diego International Airport | CA | 229,000 | +4.1% |
| 15 | MSP | Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport | MN | 225,000 | +16.8% |
| 16 | PHL | Philadelphia International Airport | PA | 224,000 | +13.7% |
| 17 | BNA | Nashville International Airport | TN | 223,000 | +12.0% |
| 18 | DTW | Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport | MI | 219,000 | +16.3% |
| 19 | CLT | Charlotte Douglas International Airport | NC | 201,000 | +15.0% |
| 20 | IAD | Washington Dulles International Airport | VA | 198,000 | +25.2% |
| 21 | TPA | Tampa International Airport | FL | 198,000 | +17.7% |
| 22 | AUS | Austin-Bergstrom International Airport | TX | 190,000 | +8.3% |
| 23 | SLC | Salt Lake City International Airport | UT | 159,000 | +2.5% |
| 24 | PDX | Portland International Airport | OR | 154,000 | +13.3% |
| 25 | RDU | Raleigh-Durham International Airport | NC | 145,000 | +14.9% |
| 26 | MDW | Chicago Midway International Airport | IL | 142,000 | +10.2% |
| 27 | MSY | Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport | LA | 126,000 | +10.8% |
| 28 | SMF | Sacramento International Airport | CA | 118,000 | +4.5% |
| 29 | DAL | Dallas Love Field | TX | 117,000 | +5.8% |
| 30 | STL | St. Louis Lambert International Airport | MO | 116,000 | +5.7% |
| 31 | IND | Indianapolis International Airport | IN | 113,000 | +25.9% |
| 32 | SJC | San José Mineta International Airport | CA | 109,000 | +9.3% |
| 33 | SAT | San Antonio International Airport | TX | 105,000 | +12.1% |
| 34 | SNA | John Wayne Airport | CA | 104,000 | -2.4% |
| 35 | MCI | Kansas City International Airport | MO | 102,000 | +8.5% |
| 36 | CLE | Cleveland Hopkins International Airport | OH | 93,700 | +16.1% |
| 37 | OAK | Oakland International Airport | CA | 90,700 | -1.1% |
| 38 | PIT | Pittsburgh International Airport | PA | 90,600 | +18.2% |
| 39 | CVG | Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport | KY | 88,800 | +17.5% |
| 40 | SJU | Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport | PR | 88,700 | +8.7% |
| 41 | HOU | William P. Hobby Airport | TX | 88,500 | +8.6% |
| 42 | CMH | John Glenn Columbus International Airport | OH | 81,000 | +16.9% |
| 43 | RSW | Southwest Florida International Airport | FL | 70,800 | +133.6% |
| 44 | JAX | Jacksonville International Airport | FL | 68,000 | +11.5% |
| 45 | ONT | Ontario International Airport | CA | 67,700 | +21.2% |
| 46 | PBI | Palm Beach International Airport | FL | 67,600 | +17.3% |
| 47 | MKE | Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport | WI | 63,100 | +22.4% |
| 48 | CHS | Charleston International Airport | SC | 61,800 | +20.8% |
| 49 | ABQ | Albuquerque International Sunport | NM | 61,100 | +9.2% |
| 50 | BDL | Bradley International Airport | CT | 59,200 | +0.7% |
| 51 | BUR | Hollywood Burbank Airport | CA | 57,600 | +0.6% |
| 52 | BUF | Buffalo Niagara International Airport | NY | 51,300 | +23.3% |
| 53 | SDF | Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport | KY | 51,000 | +27.4% |
| 54 | BOI | Boise Airport | ID | 48,200 | +7.8% |
| 55 | RIC | Richmond International Airport | VA | 48,000 | +9.9% |
| 56 | OMA | Eppley Airfield | NE | 47,900 | +15.6% |
| 57 | ORF | Norfolk International Airport | VA | 45,300 | +11.7% |
| 58 | ELP | El Paso International Airport | TX | 43,400 | +8.4% |
| 59 | OGG | Kahului Airport | HI | 43,100 | -30.5% |
| 60 | OKC | Will Rogers International Airport | OK | 41,300 | +4.2% |
| 61 | RNO | Reno-Tahoe International Airport | NV | 41,000 | +7.5% |
| 62 | TUS | Tucson International Airport | AZ | 39,600 | +12.7% |
| 63 | GEG | Spokane International Airport | WA | 39,000 | +6.2% |
| 64 | GRR | Gerald R. Ford International Airport | MI | 38,700 | +20.5% |
| 65 | SAV | Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport | GA | 38,600 | +5.1% |
| 66 | PVD | Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport | RI | 38,100 | +10.9% |
| 67 | ANC | Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport | AK | 36,000 | +7.2% |
| 68 | KOA | Ellison Onizuka Kona International at Keahole Airport | HI | 34,600 | +1.7% |
| 69 | LGB | Long Beach (Daugherty Field) | CA | 34,200 | +14.6% |
| 70 | SRQ | Sarasota Bradenton International Airport | FL | 34,000 | +19.3% |
| 71 | TYS | Mc Ghee Tyson Airport | TN | 33,800 | +23.8% |
| 72 | MYR | Myrtle Beach International Airport | SC | 32,800 | -2.2% |
| 73 | TUL | Tulsa International Airport | OK | 32,800 | -1.3% |
| 74 | BHM | Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport | AL | 32,400 | +9.4% |
| 75 | ALB | Albany International Airport | NY | 30,800 | +19.3% |
| 76 | LIH | Lihue Airport | HI | 30,400 | -0.0% |
| 77 | PWM | Portland International Jetport | ME | 28,600 | +14.4% |
| 78 | PNS | Pensacola International Airport | FL | 28,100 | +25.4% |
| 79 | ROC | Frederick Douglass/Greater Rochester International Airport | NY | 27,900 | +8.2% |
| 80 | AVL | Asheville Regional Airport | NC | 27,900 | +31.5% |
| 81 | PSP | Palm Springs International Airport | CA | 27,600 | +14.9% |
| 82 | DSM | Des Moines International Airport | IA | 27,500 | +10.6% |
| 83 | GSP | Greenville Spartanburg International Airport | SC | 26,200 | +20.4% |
| 84 | COS | City Of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport | CO | 25,100 | +12.3% |
| 85 | SFB | Orlando Sanford International Airport | FL | 25,100 | +13.5% |
| 86 | FAT | Fresno Yosemite International Airport | CA | 24,400 | +30.3% |
| 87 | VPS | Eglin AFB/Destin-Ft Walton Beach | FL | 22,600 | +17.8% |
| 88 | LIT | Bill and Hillary Clinton National/Adams Field | AR | 22,500 | +2.1% |
| 89 | HPN | Westchester County Airport | NY | 21,500 | +9.1% |
| 90 | BZN | Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport | MT | 21,300 | +16.0% |
| 91 | MSN | Dane County Regional/Truax Field | WI | 21,000 | +16.9% |
| 92 | XNA | Northwest Arkansas National Airport | AR | 19,600 | +16.2% |
| 93 | GUM | Guam International Airport | GU | 18,700 | +40.3% |
| 94 | GSO | Piedmont Triad International Airport | NC | 18,600 | +8.9% |
| 95 | IWA | Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport | AZ | 17,700 | +15.9% |
| 96 | ICT | Wichita Dwight D Eisenhower National Airport | KS | 16,800 | +13.3% |
| 97 | EUG | Mahlon Sweet Field | OR | 16,300 | +13.8% |
| 98 | ECP | Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport | FL | 15,500 | +19.4% |
| 99 | BTV | Burlington International Airport | VT | 15,100 | +9.4% |
| 100 | LEX | Blue Grass Airport | KY | 15,000 | +21.4% |
| 101 | JAN | Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport | MS | 14,800 | +15.3% |
| 102 | MHT | Manchester Boston Regional Airport | NH | 14,500 | -6.8% |
| 103 | HSV | Huntsville International-Carl T Jones Field | AL | 14,300 | +22.8% |
| 104 | PGD | Punta Gorda Airport | FL | 13,600 | +59.4% |
| 105 | MAF | Midland International Air And Space Port Airport | TX | 13,300 | +8.8% |
| 106 | SGF | Springfield-Branson National Airport | MO | 13,300 | +19.1% |
| 107 | CID | The Eastern Iowa Airport | IA | 13,300 | +21.0% |
| 108 | ITO | Hilo International Airport | HI | 13,200 | -1.3% |
| 109 | MDT | Harrisburg International Airport | PA | 13,200 | +6.4% |
| 110 | SBA | Santa Barbara Municipal Airport | CA | 13,000 | +4.9% |
| 111 | ISP | Long Island Mac Arthur Airport | NY | 12,800 | +31.8% |
| 112 | FSD | Joe Foss Field | SD | 12,800 | +8.3% |
| 113 | ILM | Wilmington International Airport | NC | 12,700 | +11.7% |
| 114 | DAY | James M Cox Dayton International Airport | OH | 12,500 | +13.4% |
| 115 | CAE | Columbia Metropolitan Airport | SC | 12,200 | +24.3% |
| 116 | RDM | Roberts Field | OR | 11,200 | +7.8% |
| 117 | LBB | Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport | TX | 10,900 | +11.5% |
| 118 | CHA | Lovell Field | TN | 10,600 | +26.5% |
| 119 | MFE | Mc Allen Miller International Airport | TX | 10,300 | +23.2% |
| 120 | MFR | Rogue Valley International - Medford Airport | OR | 10,000 | -0.9% |
| 121 | EYW | Key West International Airport | FL | 9,770 | -3.6% |
| 122 | TLH | Tallahassee International Airport | FL | 9,740 | +12.2% |
| 123 | ABE | Lehigh Valley International Airport | PA | 9,650 | +17.7% |
| 124 | FAR | Hector International Airport | ND | 9,420 | +15.1% |
| 125 | ATW | Appleton International Airport | WI | 9,220 | +33.9% |
| 126 | HRL | Valley International Airport | TX | 9,180 | +16.9% |
| 127 | PVU | Provo Municipal Airport | UT | 9,100 | +75.6% |
| 128 | MSO | Missoula Montana Airport | MT | 8,890 | +10.7% |
| 129 | FAI | Fairbanks International Airport | AK | 8,660 | +24.1% |
| 130 | HVN | Tweed/New Haven Airport | CT | 8,570 | +6.7% |
| 131 | STT | Cyril E King Airport | VI | 8,280 | +4.3% |
| 132 | BGR | Bangor International Airport | ME | 8,280 | +13.5% |
| 133 | BQN | Rafael Hernandez Airport | PR | 8,270 | +38.4% |
| 134 | SBN | South Bend International Airport | IN | 8,270 | +9.6% |
| 135 | CRP | Corpus Christi International Airport | TX | 8,250 | +5.3% |
| 136 | PSC | Tri-Cities Airport | WA | 8,230 | +16.0% |
| 137 | FWA | Fort Wayne International Airport | IN | 8,200 | +11.6% |
| 138 | AMA | Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport | TX | 8,140 | +5.6% |
| 139 | BIL | Billings Logan International Airport | MT | 8,020 | +9.8% |
| 140 | BTR | Baton Rouge Metropolitan, Ryan Field | LA | 7,700 | +4.5% |
| 141 | ROA | Roanoke/Blacksburg Regional (Woodrum Field) | VA | 7,390 | +9.8% |
| 142 | RAP | Rapid City Regional Airport | SD | 7,300 | +3.8% |
| 143 | JAC | Jackson Hole Airport | WY | 7,200 | +41.2% |
| 144 | GPI | Glacier Park International Airport | MT | 7,130 | +28.6% |
| 145 | GPT | Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport | MS | 7,050 | +13.7% |
| 146 | SBP | San Luis County Regional Airport | CA | 6,900 | +27.9% |
| 147 | STS | Charles M Schulz - Sonoma County Airport | CA | 6,740 | +3.8% |
| 148 | SHV | Shreveport Regional Airport | LA | 6,700 | +11.4% |
| 149 | PIA | General Downing - Peoria International Airport | IL | 6,620 | +21.1% |
| 150 | BLI | Bellingham International Airport | WA | 6,460 | +1.5% |
| 151 | DAB | Daytona Beach International Airport | FL | 6,440 | +42.0% |
| 152 | CAK | Akron-Canton Regional Airport | OH | 6,420 | +27.0% |
| 153 | CHO | Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport | VA | 6,350 | +24.3% |
| 154 | TVC | Cherry Capital Airport | MI | 6,210 | +27.7% |
| 155 | GRB | Green Bay/Austin Straubel International Airport | WI | 6,110 | +10.5% |
| 156 | GSN | Francisco C Ada/Saipan International Airport | MP | 6,020 | +115.9% |
| 157 | TTN | Trenton Mercer Airport | NJ | 5,820 | +13.7% |
| 158 | GNV | Gainesville Regional Airport | FL | 5,690 | +12.1% |
| 159 | MRY | Monterey Regional Airport | CA | 5,690 | +19.2% |
| 160 | MLI | Quad Cities International Airport | IL | 5,640 | +18.9% |
| 161 | PAE | Snohomish County (Paine Field) | WA | 5,460 | +47.2% |
| 162 | GJT | Grand Junction Regional Airport | CO | 5,400 | +3.5% |
| 163 | TRI | Tri-Cities Airport | TN | 5,330 | +19.1% |
| 164 | IDA | Idaho Falls Regional Airport | ID | 5,300 | -5.9% |
| 165 | MOB | Mobile Regional Airport | AL | 5,230 | -4.5% |
| 166 | AGS | Augusta Regional at Bush Field | GA | 5,180 | +6.1% |
| 167 | JNU | Juneau International Airport | AK | 5,060 | -3.7% |
| 168 | FNT | Bishop International Airport | MI | 5,040 | +21.2% |
| 169 | LFT | Lafayette Regional/Paul Fournet Field | LA | 4,820 | +7.8% |
| 170 | DRO | Durango-La Plata County Airport | CO | 4,730 | +8.7% |
| 171 | BIS | Bismarck Municipal Airport | ND | 4,660 | +8.7% |
| 172 | EVV | Evansville Regional Airport | IN | 4,350 | +37.0% |
| 173 | CRW | West Virginia International Yeager Airport | WV | 4,190 | +16.8% |
| 174 | GTF | Great Falls International Airport | MT | 3,980 | +34.9% |
| 175 | ASE | Aspen-Pitkin County/Sardy Field | CO | 3,880 | +3.8% |
| 176 | AVP | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport | PA | 3,860 | -5.1% |
| 177 | BRO | Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport | TX | 3,760 | +52.8% |
| 178 | MGM | Montgomery Regional (Dannelly Field) | AL | 3,750 | +18.1% |
| 179 | BFL | Meadows Field | CA | 3,670 | +20.9% |
| 180 | ACK | Nantucket Memorial Airport | MA | 3,630 | +15.7% |
| 181 | SGU | St George Regional Airport | UT | 3,610 | +16.9% |
| 182 | STX | Henry E Rohlsen Airport | VI | 3,200 | -10.5% |
| 183 | BMI | Central Illinois Regional/Bloomington-Normal Airport | IL | 3,150 | -11.8% |
| 184 | MTJ | Montrose Regional Airport | CO | 2,960 | +21.8% |
| 185 | FAY | Fayetteville Regional/Grannis Field | NC | 2,910 | -3.6% |
| 186 | SAF | Santa Fe Municipal Airport | NM | 2,860 | +15.9% |
| 187 | UNV | University Park Airport | PA | 2,840 | +22.1% |
| 188 | OAJ | Albert J Ellis Airport | NC | 2,810 | +7.1% |
| 189 | MOT | Minot International Airport | ND | 2,780 | -1.7% |
| 190 | PSE | Mercedita Airport | PR | 2,690 | +14.7% |
| 191 | ACV | California Redwood Coast-Humboldt County Airport | CA | 2,590 | +40.4% |
| 192 | LRD | Laredo International Airport | TX | 2,550 | +17.6% |
| 193 | LAN | Capital Region International Airport | MI | 2,530 | +68.0% |
| 194 | SWF | New York Stewart International Airport | NY | 2,350 | -19.2% |
| 195 | RST | Rochester International Airport | MN | 2,300 | +62.7% |
| 196 | DLH | Duluth International Airport | MN | 2,250 | +10.2% |
| 197 | LNK | Lincoln Airport | NE | 2,190 | +10.1% |
| 198 | ORH | Worcester Regional Airport | MA | 2,160 | +6.3% |
| 199 | COU | Columbia Regional Airport | MO | 2,130 | +15.3% |
| 200 | AZO | Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport | MI | 2,100 | +76.1% |
| 201 | KTN | Ketchikan International Airport | AK | 2,060 | +1.9% |
| 202 | MLU | Monroe Regional Airport | LA | 2,060 | +14.2% |
| 203 | HXD | Hilton Head Airport | SC | 1,980 | -28.5% |
| 204 | RDD | Redding Regional Airport | CA | 1,930 | -9.0% |
| 205 | CWA | Central Wisconsin Airport | WI | 1,930 | +27.2% |
| 206 | MBS | MBS International Airport | MI | 1,920 | +60.7% |
| 207 | AEX | Alexandria International Airport | LA | 1,920 | +25.6% |
| 208 | LCH | Lake Charles Regional Airport | LA | 1,900 | +54.0% |
| 209 | XWA | Williston Basin International Airport | ND | 1,880 | +16.6% |
| 210 | ABI | Abilene Regional Airport | TX | 1,820 | +29.9% |
| 211 | GRK | Robert Gray AAF Airport | TX | 1,810 | +5.5% |
| 212 | HTS | Tri-State/Milton J Ferguson Field | WV | 1,770 | +17.7% |
| 213 | HLN | Helena Regional Airport | MT | 1,760 | +24.1% |
| 214 | IFP | Laughlin/Bullhead International Airport | AZ | 1,740 | +65.2% |
| 215 | CPR | Casper/Natrona County International Airport | WY | 1,730 | +12.0% |
| 216 | FLG | Flagstaff Pulliam Airport | AZ | 1,710 | -22.4% |
| 217 | LBE | Arnold Palmer Regional Airport | PA | 1,690 | -32.5% |
| 218 | GFK | Grand Forks International Airport | ND | 1,680 | +3.3% |
| 219 | EGE | Eagle County Regional Airport | CO | 1,630 | +7.0% |
| 220 | MVY | Martha's Vineyard Airport | MA | 1,570 | +11.3% |
| 221 | LYH | Lynchburg Regional/Preston Glenn Field | VA | 1,560 | +1.1% |
| 222 | HDN | Yampa Valley Airport | CO | 1,560 | +1.3% |
| 223 | ITH | Ithaca Tompkins International Airport | NY | 1,510 | n/a |
| 224 | PUW | Pullman/Moscow Regional Airport | WA | 1,460 | -21.1% |
| 225 | SUN | Friedman Memorial Airport | ID | 1,460 | +8.7% |
| 226 | CMI | University Of Illinois/Willard Airport | IL | 1,450 | +18.2% |
| 227 | MHK | Manhattan Regional Airport | KS | 1,450 | +20.2% |
| 228 | ELM | Elmira/Corning Regional Airport | NY | 1,430 | +22.7% |
| 229 | BET | Bethel Airport | AK | 1,410 | -8.4% |
| 230 | NYL | Yuma MCAS/Yuma International Airport | AZ | 1,340 | -21.6% |
| 231 | SIT | Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport | AK | 1,300 | -0.2% |
| 232 | EWN | Coastal Carolina Regional Airport | NC | 1,280 | +20.0% |
| 233 | ADQ | Kodiak Airport | AK | 1,280 | -1.3% |
| 234 | CLL | Easterwood Field | TX | 1,270 | +10.0% |
| 235 | GRI | Central Nebraska Regional Airport | NE | 1,230 | -13.3% |
| 236 | PHF | Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport | VA | 1,220 | -2.5% |
| 237 | FSM | Fort Smith Regional Airport | AR | 1,200 | -3.0% |
| 238 | PBG | Plattsburgh International Airport | NY | 1,190 | -11.7% |
| 239 | SBY | Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport | MD | 1,170 | +2.7% |
| 240 | CSG | Columbus Airport | GA | 1,050 | -34.1% |
| 241 | SAW | Marquette Sawyer Regional Airport | MI | 1,040 | n/a |
| 242 | SJT | San Angelo Regional/Mathis Field | TX | 992 | n/a |
| 243 | TXK | Texarkana Regional-Webb Field | AR | 987 | n/a |
| 244 | ACT | Waco Regional Airport | TX | 980 | -6.0% |
| 245 | OME | Nome Airport | AK | 961 | n/a |
| 246 | TYR | Tyler Pounds Regional Airport | TX | 934 | n/a |
| 247 | LAW | Lawton-Fort Sill Regional Airport | OK | 926 | n/a |
| 248 | BQK | Brunswick Golden Isles Airport | GA | 872 | n/a |
| 249 | GTR | Golden Triangle Regional Airport | MS | 832 | n/a |
| 250 | DHN | Dothan Regional Airport | AL | 817 | n/a |
| 251 | CKB | North Central West Virginia Airport | WV | 816 | n/a |
| 252 | VLD | Valdosta Regional Airport | GA | 813 | n/a |
| 253 | EAT | Pangborn Memorial Airport | WA | 766 | n/a |
| 254 | BGM | Greater Binghamton/Edwin A Link Field | NY | 749 | n/a |
| 255 | ROW | Roswell Air Center Airport | NM | 729 | -35.4% |
| 256 | GGG | East Texas Regional Airport | TX | 727 | n/a |
| 257 | LWS | Lewiston/Nez Perce County Airport | ID | 709 | n/a |
| 258 | PGV | Pitt-Greenville Airport | NC | 700 | n/a |
| 259 | COD | Yellowstone Regional Airport | WY | 681 | n/a |
| 260 | OTZ | Ralph Wien Memorial Airport | AK | 678 | n/a |
| 261 | CNY | Canyonlands Regional Airport | UT | 673 | n/a |
| 262 | ERI | Erie International/Tom Ridge Field | PA | 644 | -44.7% |
| 263 | SPI | Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport | IL | 635 | n/a |
| 264 | ALW | Walla Walla Regional Airport | WA | 631 | n/a |
| 265 | SWO | Stillwater Regional Airport | OK | 627 | n/a |
| 266 | ABY | Southwest Georgia Regional Airport | GA | 586 | n/a |
| 267 | BPT | Jack Brooks Regional Airport | TX | 562 | n/a |
| 268 | BRW | Wiley Post-Will Rogers Memorial Airport | AK | 560 | n/a |
| 269 | TWF | Joslin Field/Magic Valley Regional | ID | 556 | n/a |
| 270 | SPS | Sheppard AFB/Wichita Falls Municipal | TX | 551 | n/a |
| 271 | BJI | Bemidji Regional Airport | MN | 542 | n/a |
| 272 | PLN | Pellston Regional/Emmet County Airport | MI | 534 | n/a |
| 273 | PIH | Pocatello Regional Airport | ID | 524 | n/a |
| 274 | RHI | Rhinelander/Oneida County Airport | WI | 522 | n/a |
| 275 | PRC | Prescott Regional - Ernest A Love Field | AZ | 498 | n/a |
| 276 | GCK | Garden City Regional Airport | KS | 496 | n/a |
| 277 | GCC | Northeast Wyoming Regional Airport | WY | 493 | n/a |
| 278 | CMX | Houghton County Memorial Airport | MI | 490 | n/a |
| 279 | LSE | La Crosse Regional Airport | WI | 489 | n/a |
| 280 | CIU | Chippewa County International Airport | MI | 481 | n/a |
| 281 | FLO | Florence Regional Airport | SC | 480 | n/a |
| 282 | SUX | Sioux Gateway/Brig General Bud Day Field | IA | 474 | n/a |
| 283 | ABR | Aberdeen Regional Airport | SD | 474 | n/a |
| 284 | BRD | Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport | MN | 467 | n/a |
| 285 | HOB | Lea County Regional Airport | NM | 451 | n/a |
| 286 | GUC | Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional Airport | CO | 450 | n/a |
| 287 | SHR | Sheridan County Airport | WY | 439 | n/a |
| 288 | IMT | Ford Airport | MI | 438 | n/a |
| 289 | CYS | Cheyenne Regional/Jerry Olson Field | WY | 424 | n/a |
| 290 | DIK | Dickinson/Theodore Roosevelt Regional Airport | ND | 424 | n/a |
| 291 | BHB | Hancock County/Bar Harbor Airport | ME | 415 | n/a |
| 292 | PQI | Presque Isle International Airport | ME | 411 | n/a |
| 293 | OTH | Southwest Oregon Regional Airport | OR | 397 | n/a |
| 294 | DLG | Dillingham Airport | AK | 374 | n/a |
| 295 | ART | Watertown International Airport | NY | 372 | n/a |
| 296 | ESC | Delta County Airport | MI | 358 | n/a |
| 297 | YKM | Yakima Air Terminal/Mcallister Field | WA | 356 | n/a |
| 298 | AKN | King Salmon Airport | AK | 332 | n/a |
| 299 | HIB | Range Regional Airport | MN | 320 | n/a |
| 300 | CDV | Merle K (Mudhole) Smith Airport | AK | 315 | n/a |
| 301 | RKS | Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport | WY | 308 | n/a |
| 302 | LBF | North Platte Regional/Lee Bird Field | NE | 305 | n/a |
| 303 | LAR | Laramie Regional Airport | WY | 304 | n/a |
| 304 | ATY | Watertown Regional Airport | SD | 299 | n/a |
| 305 | PSG | Petersburg James A Johnson Airport | AK | 298 | n/a |
| 306 | MCN | Middle Georgia Regional Airport | GA | 295 | n/a |
| 307 | CVN | Clovis Regional Airport | NM | 292 | n/a |
| 308 | JST | John Murtha Johnstown/Cambria County Airport | PA | 290 | n/a |
| 309 | BTM | Bert Mooney Airport | MT | 287 | n/a |
| 310 | ALO | Waterloo Regional Airport | IA | 280 | n/a |
| 311 | JLN | Joplin Regional Airport | MO | 278 | n/a |
| 312 | VEL | Vernal Regional Airport | UT | 270 | n/a |
| 313 | MEI | Key Field | MS | 270 | n/a |
| 314 | CDC | Cedar City Regional Airport | UT | 266 | n/a |
| 315 | PAH | Barkley Regional Airport | KY | 262 | n/a |
| 316 | DEC | Decatur Airport | IL | 257 | n/a |
| 317 | PIR | Pierre Regional Airport | SD | 254 | n/a |
| 318 | WYS | Yellowstone Airport | MT | 253 | n/a |
| 319 | LWB | Greenbrier Valley Airport | WV | 251 | n/a |
| 320 | JMS | Jamestown Regional Airport | ND | 250 | n/a |
| 321 | ALS | San Luis Valley Regional/Bergman Field | CO | 250 | n/a |
| 322 | APN | Alpena County Regional Airport | MI | 248 | n/a |
| 323 | YAK | Yakutat Airport | AK | 243 | n/a |
| 324 | SLN | Salina Regional Airport | KS | 242 | n/a |
| 325 | WRG | Wrangell Airport | AK | 238 | n/a |
| 326 | PIB | Hattiesburg/Laurel Regional Airport | MS | 238 | n/a |
| 327 | BFF | Western Nebraska Regional/William B Heilig Field | NE | 234 | n/a |
| 328 | EAR | Kearney Regional Airport | NE | 234 | n/a |
| 329 | RIW | Central Wyoming Regional Airport | WY | 224 | n/a |
| 330 | TUP | Tupelo Regional Airport | MS | 223 | n/a |
| 331 | PGA | Page Municipal Airport | AZ | 211 | n/a |
| 332 | INL | Falls International/Einarson Field | MN | 208 | n/a |
| 333 | EKO | Elko Regional Airport | NV | 202 | n/a |
| 334 | PVC | Provincetown Municipal Airport | MA | 199 | n/a |
| 335 | VCT | Victoria Regional Airport | TX | 196 | n/a |
| 336 | CEZ | Cortez Municipal Airport | CO | 177 | n/a |
| 337 | OWB | Owensboro/Daviess County Regional Airport | KY | 159 | n/a |
| 338 | SHD | Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport | VA | 158 | n/a |
| 339 | MBL | Manistee County/Blacker Airport | MI | 156 | n/a |
| 340 | LNS | Lancaster Airport | PA | 149 | n/a |
| 341 | GLH | Greenville Mid-Delta Airport | MS | 145 | n/a |
| 342 | TVF | Thief River Falls Regional Airport | MN | 144 | n/a |
| 343 | MSS | Massena International-Richards Field | NY | 143 | n/a |
| 344 | LEB | Lebanon Municipal Airport | NH | 143 | n/a |
| 345 | OGS | Ogdensburg International Airport | NY | 142 | n/a |
| 346 | HYS | Hays Regional Airport | KS | 139 | n/a |
| 347 | TBN | Waynesville-St Robert Regional Forney Field | MO | 133 | n/a |
| 348 | PKB | Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport | WV | 133 | n/a |
| 349 | CEC | Jack Mc Namara Field | CA | 132 | n/a |
| 350 | SDY | Sidney-Richland Regional Airport | MT | 130 | n/a |
| 351 | MGW | Morgantown Municipal (Walter L Bill Hart Field) | WV | 129 | n/a |
| 352 | IPL | Imperial County Airport | CA | 127 | n/a |
| 353 | AUG | Augusta State Airport | ME | 123 | n/a |
| 354 | LBL | Liberal Mid-America Regional Airport | KS | 117 | n/a |
| 355 | DUJ | Dubois Regional Airport | PA | 117 | n/a |
| 356 | RKD | Knox County Regional Airport | ME | 110 | n/a |
| 357 | IRK | Kirksville Regional Airport | MO | 107 | n/a |
| 358 | BKW | Raleigh County Memorial Airport | WV | 104 | n/a |
| 359 | UIN | Quincy Regional-Baldwin Field | IL | 103 | n/a |
| 360 | DDC | Dodge City Regional Airport | KS | 100 | n/a |
| 361 | BRL | Southeast Iowa Regional Airport | IA | 100 | n/a |
| 362 | MCW | Mason City Municipal Airport | IA | 95 | n/a |
| 363 | DVL | Devils Lake Regional Airport | ND | 94 | n/a |
| 364 | RUT | Rutland - Southern Vermont Regional Airport | VT | 93 | n/a |
| 365 | BFD | Bradford Regional Airport | PA | 91 | n/a |
| 366 | AIA | Alliance Municipal Airport | NE | 86 | n/a |
| 367 | SLK | Adirondack Regional Airport | NY | 85 | n/a |
| 368 | PUB | Pueblo Memorial Airport | CO | 82 | n/a |
| 369 | MKL | Mc Kellar-Sipes Regional Airport | TN | 81 | n/a |
| 370 | FOD | Fort Dodge Regional Airport | IA | 75 | n/a |
| 371 | AOO | Altoona/Blair County Airport | PA | 75 | n/a |
| 372 | HYA | Cape Cod Gateway Airport | MA | 69 | n/a |
| 373 | MKG | Muskegon County Airport | MI | 66 | n/a |
| 374 | OLF | L M Clayton Airport | MT | 57 | n/a |
| 375 | SOW | Show Low Regional Airport | AZ | 56 | n/a |
| 376 | HVR | Havre City-County Airport | MT | 52 | n/a |
| 377 | MCK | Mc Cook Ben Nelson Regional Airport | NE | 51 | n/a |
| 378 | GGW | Wokal Field/Glasgow-Valley County | MT | 46 | n/a |
| 379 | MCE | Merced Regional/Macready Field | CA | 46 | n/a |
| 380 | GDV | Dawson Communicipalty Airport | MT | 45 | 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 (380 of 413 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 2023 air travel: how US airports and states did", https://passengerindex.com/web/holidays/columbus-day-2023/ (CC BY 4.0).
Frequently asked questions
How many people flew over Columbus Day 2023?
TSA screened 15,358,421 passengers nationwide over the Columbus Day 2023 travel period (Thu, Oct 5 – Tue, Oct 10, 2023), up 12.3% from 13,670,990 over the same period a year earlier. The busiest day was Friday, October 6, with 2,762,717 screenings.
What was the busiest airport over Columbus Day 2023?
The busiest airports by departing passengers screened were Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD, about 518,000), Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL, about 508,000) and Harry Reid International Airport (LAS, about 484,000). Among states, Florida led with about 1.7 million.
Which airports grew the most over Columbus Day 2023?
Among airports with at least 100,000 departing passengers screened in the year-earlier period, the largest gains were IAD (+25.2%), SFO (+19.4%), TPA (+17.7%), MSP (+16.8%) and DFW (+16.7%) and the largest declines SNA (-2.4%), SLC (+2.5%), SAN (+4.1%), SMF (+4.5%) and MIA (+5.1%).
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 2023 period ran Thu, Oct 5 – Tue, Oct 10, 2023 and is compared with Thu, Oct 6 – Tue, Oct 11, 2022, the same days relative to the holiday.
When is the Columbus Day 2024 travel period?
Thu, Oct 10 – Tue, Oct 15, 2024. Passenger Index publishes airport and state results a few days after it ends, once TSA releases the checkpoint data.