# Columbus Day 2024 air travel: how US airports and states did

Source: Passenger Index, https://passengerindex.com/web/holidays/columbus-day-2024/ (CC BY 4.0). Updated 2026-10-21.

TSA screened 15,446,327 passengers nationwide over the Columbus Day 2024 travel period (Thu, Oct 10 – Tue, Oct 15, 2024), roughly flat (+0.6%) from 15,358,421 over the same period a year earlier. The busiest day was Friday, October 11, with 2,840,414 screenings.

The busiest airports by departing passengers screened were Los Angeles International Airport (LAX, about 632,000), Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD, about 559,000) and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL, about 551,000). Among states, California led with about 2.0 million.

## Key facts

- **Travel period:** Thu, Oct 10 – Tue, Oct 15, 2024
- **TSA screenings:** 15,446,327 (+0.6% YoY)
- **Busiest day:** October 11, 2024: 2,840,414
- **International arrivals (CBP):** about 1.8 million (+5.6% YoY)
- **Busiest airport:** LAX, about 632,000

## Day by day, nationwide

| 2024 | Screened | Year earlier | Screened | YoY |
|---|--:|---|--:|--:|
| Thu, Oct 10 | 2,515,514 | Thu, Oct 5, 2023 | 2,697,601 | -6.7% |
| Fri, Oct 11 | 2,840,414 | Fri, Oct 6, 2023 | 2,762,717 | +2.8% |
| Sat, Oct 12 | 2,245,955 | Sat, Oct 7, 2023 | 2,232,660 | +0.6% |
| Sun, Oct 13 | 2,759,322 | Sun, Oct 8, 2023 | 2,690,153 | +2.6% |
| Mon, Oct 14 | 2,753,893 | Mon, Oct 9, 2023 | 2,681,432 | +2.7% |
| Tue, Oct 15 | 2,331,229 | Tue, Oct 10, 2023 | 2,293,858 | +1.6% |

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

| State | Departing screened | YoY | Busiest airport |
|---|--:|--:|---|
| California | 2.0 million | +1.5% | LAX |
| Texas | 1.1 million | +5.3% | DFW |
| Florida | 779,000 | -10.6% | MIA |
| Illinois | 713,000 | +5.4% | ORD |
| Georgia | 601,000 | +8.3% | ATL |
| Nevada | 558,000 | +6.3% | LAS |
| Colorado | 518,000 | +12.3% | DEN |
| Massachusetts | 448,000 | +8.1% | BOS |
| New Jersey | 423,000 | -2.0% | EWR |
| North Carolina | 419,000 | +1.4% | CLT |
| Washington | 410,000 | +3.9% | SEA |
| Pennsylvania | 378,000 | +8.7% | PHL |
| Virginia | 323,000 | +4.8% | IAD |
| Tennessee | 319,000 | -4.0% | BNA |
| Michigan | 292,000 | +4.4% | DTW |
| Minnesota | 256,000 | +10.5% | MSP |
| Missouri | 240,000 | +2.4% | STL |
| Oregon | 210,000 | +9.5% | PDX |
| Ohio | 188,000 | -3.1% | CLE |
| Utah | 179,000 | +9.2% | SLC |
| Louisiana | 155,000 | +2.4% | MSY |
| New York | 154,000 | +1.4% | BUF |
| Kentucky | 153,000 | -1.6% | CVG |
| South Carolina | 145,000 | +7.2% | CHS |
| Indiana | 137,000 | +2.8% | IND |
| Puerto Rico | 107,000 | +10.8% | SJU |
| Wisconsin | 105,000 | +2.2% | MKE |
| Oklahoma | 82,700 | +9.3% | OKC |
| New Mexico | 75,500 | +15.3% | ABQ |
| Connecticut | 67,300 | +13.7% | BDL |
| Alabama | 65,300 | +15.3% | BHM |
| Alaska | 59,900 | +0.3% | ANC |
| Arizona | 59,500 | -5.5% | TUS |
| Idaho | 59,000 | +3.9% | BOI |
| Montana | 57,200 | +10.1% | BZN |
| Nebraska | 53,800 | +3.0% | OMA |
| Arkansas | 50,900 | +15.1% | LIT |
| Maine | 45,700 | +20.7% | PWM |
| Iowa | 45,100 | +8.1% | DSM |
| Hawaii | 45,100 | -5.7% | KOA |
| Rhode Island | 44,000 | +15.3% | PVD |
| North Dakota | 24,700 | +16.4% | FAR |
| South Dakota | 24,400 | +15.4% | FSD |
| Mississippi | 22,700 | -3.6% | JAN |
| Kansas | 20,500 | +5.9% | ICT |
| Guam | 20,200 | +7.9% | GUM |
| Vermont | 18,000 | +18.8% | BTV |
| New Hampshire | 14,900 | +1.7% | MHT |
| Wyoming | 13,300 | +12.5% | JAC |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 12,000 | +4.5% | STT |
| West Virginia | 6,180 | -16.4% | CRW |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 4,210 | -30.0% | GSN |
| Maryland | 1,500 | +28.4% | SBY |

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

| Code | Airport | State | Departing screened | YoY |
|---|---|---|--:|--:|
| LAX | Los Angeles International Airport | CA | 632,000 | +0.3% |
| ORD | Chicago O'Hare International Airport | IL | 559,000 | +7.8% |
| ATL | Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport | GA | 551,000 | +8.6% |
| LAS | Harry Reid International Airport | NV | 514,000 | +6.2% |
| DFW | Dallas Fort Worth International Airport | TX | 495,000 | +11.8% |
| DEN | Denver International Airport | CO | 468,000 | +12.9% |
| BOS | Boston Logan International Airport | MA | 442,000 | +8.7% |
| SFO | San Francisco International Airport | CA | 435,000 | +1.8% |
| EWR | Newark Liberty International Airport | NJ | 421,000 | -1.0% |
| MIA | Miami International Airport | FL | 353,000 | -6.5% |
| SEA | Seattle-Tacoma International Airport | WA | 350,000 | +5.3% |
| MSP | Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport | MN | 249,000 | +10.6% |
| PHL | Philadelphia International Airport | PA | 241,000 | +7.3% |
| DTW | Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport | MI | 231,000 | +5.3% |
| SAN | San Diego International Airport | CA | 230,000 | +0.6% |
| FLL | Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport | FL | 225,000 | -16.0% |
| BNA | Nashville International Airport | TN | 214,000 | -4.1% |
| CLT | Charlotte Douglas International Airport | NC | 212,000 | +6.0% |
| IAD | Washington Dulles International Airport | VA | 208,000 | +5.1% |
| AUS | Austin-Bergstrom International Airport | TX | 191,000 | +1.0% |
| SLC | Salt Lake City International Airport | UT | 173,000 | +9.0% |
| PDX | Portland International Airport | OR | 168,000 | +9.4% |
| RDU | Raleigh-Durham International Airport | NC | 148,000 | +2.0% |
| MDW | Chicago Midway International Airport | IL | 137,000 | -3.3% |
| SMF | Sacramento International Airport | CA | 128,000 | +8.3% |
| MSY | Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport | LA | 127,000 | +1.0% |
| DAL | Dallas Love Field | TX | 115,000 | -2.0% |
| STL | St. Louis Lambert International Airport | MO | 114,000 | -1.9% |
| IND | Indianapolis International Airport | IN | 112,000 | -0.1% |
| MCI | Kansas City International Airport | MO | 108,000 | +5.9% |
| SAT | San Antonio International Airport | TX | 107,000 | +2.2% |
| SJC | San José Mineta International Airport | CA | 107,000 | -1.7% |
| SJU | Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport | PR | 102,000 | +15.4% |
| PIT | Pittsburgh International Airport | PA | 101,000 | +11.0% |
| SNA | John Wayne Airport | CA | 97,700 | -6.3% |
| HOU | William P. Hobby Airport | TX | 91,700 | +3.6% |
| CLE | Cleveland Hopkins International Airport | OH | 86,400 | -7.8% |
| CVG | Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport | KY | 86,300 | -2.9% |
| OAK | Oakland International Airport | CA | 84,000 | -7.3% |
| CMH | John Glenn Columbus International Airport | OH | 83,100 | +2.6% |
| ONT | Ontario International Airport | CA | 72,000 | +6.3% |
| ABQ | Albuquerque International Sunport | NM | 69,600 | +13.9% |
| BDL | Bradley International Airport | CT | 67,300 | +13.7% |
| BUR | Hollywood Burbank Airport | CA | 64,300 | +11.7% |
| MKE | Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport | WI | 63,500 | +0.6% |
| CHS | Charleston International Airport | SC | 62,200 | +0.6% |
| JAX | Jacksonville International Airport | FL | 56,600 | -16.8% |
| BUF | Buffalo Niagara International Airport | NY | 53,300 | +3.8% |
| MEM | Memphis International Airport | TN | 50,100 | -14.7% |
| PBI | Palm Beach International Airport | FL | 49,200 | -27.2% |
| BOI | Boise Airport | ID | 49,100 | +1.9% |
| OMA | Eppley Airfield | NE | 48,900 | +2.1% |
| SDF | Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport | KY | 48,600 | -4.8% |
| RIC | Richmond International Airport | VA | 48,300 | +0.7% |
| ORF | Norfolk International Airport | VA | 46,500 | +2.8% |
| OKC | Will Rogers International Airport | OK | 44,900 | +8.6% |
| PVD | Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport | RI | 44,000 | +15.3% |
| RNO | Reno-Tahoe International Airport | NV | 43,800 | +6.8% |
| SAV | Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport | GA | 41,200 | +6.7% |
| GRR | Gerald R. Ford International Airport | MI | 39,100 | +0.8% |
| GEG | Spokane International Airport | WA | 38,500 | -1.1% |
| MYR | Myrtle Beach International Airport | SC | 38,200 | +16.4% |
| TYS | Mc Ghee Tyson Airport | TN | 37,000 | +9.4% |
| BHM | Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport | AL | 36,800 | +13.5% |
| TUS | Tucson International Airport | AZ | 36,700 | -7.4% |
| TUL | Tulsa International Airport | OK | 36,300 | +10.6% |
| LGB | Long Beach (Daugherty Field) | CA | 36,300 | +6.1% |
| ANC | Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport | AK | 35,100 | -2.3% |
| ELP | El Paso International Airport | TX | 34,300 | -20.9% |
| PWM | Portland International Jetport | ME | 34,100 | +19.5% |
| KOA | Ellison Onizuka Kona International at Keahole Airport | HI | 32,900 | -5.1% |
| ALB | Albany International Airport | NY | 30,900 | +0.2% |
| ROC | Frederick Douglass/Greater Rochester International Airport | NY | 30,200 | +8.2% |
| PSP | Palm Springs International Airport | CA | 29,900 | +8.1% |
| PNS | Pensacola International Airport | FL | 29,300 | +4.1% |
| DSM | Des Moines International Airport | IA | 29,000 | +5.4% |
| GSP | Greenville Spartanburg International Airport | SC | 27,800 | +6.1% |
| VPS | Eglin AFB/Destin-Ft Walton Beach | FL | 26,100 | +15.2% |
| FAT | Fresno Yosemite International Airport | CA | 26,000 | +6.3% |
| LIT | Bill and Hillary Clinton National/Adams Field | AR | 25,000 | +11.0% |
| COS | City Of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport | CO | 24,700 | -1.5% |
| XNA | Northwest Arkansas National Airport | AR | 24,000 | +22.8% |
| BZN | Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport | MT | 23,200 | +9.1% |
| HPN | Westchester County Airport | NY | 22,500 | +4.5% |
| MSN | Dane County Regional/Truax Field | WI | 22,100 | +5.4% |
| GSO | Piedmont Triad International Airport | NC | 20,600 | +11.0% |
| GUM | Guam International Airport | GU | 20,200 | +7.9% |
| BTV | Burlington International Airport | VT | 17,900 | +18.9% |
| ECP | Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport | FL | 17,700 | +14.2% |
| LEX | Blue Grass Airport | KY | 17,600 | +16.9% |
| EUG | Mahlon Sweet Field | OR | 17,400 | +6.9% |
| ICT | Wichita Dwight D Eisenhower National Airport | KS | 17,300 | +2.8% |
| IWA | Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport | AZ | 16,500 | -7.2% |
| HSV | Huntsville International-Carl T Jones Field | AL | 16,300 | +14.1% |
| ILM | Wilmington International Airport | NC | 15,400 | +21.0% |
| CID | The Eastern Iowa Airport | IA | 15,200 | +14.7% |
| MDT | Harrisburg International Airport | PA | 14,900 | +13.5% |
| MAF | Midland International Air And Space Port Airport | TX | 14,800 | +10.7% |
| MHT | Manchester Boston Regional Airport | NH | 14,700 | +1.7% |
| SGF | Springfield-Branson National Airport | MO | 14,500 | +8.8% |
| CAE | Columbia Metropolitan Airport | SC | 14,300 | +16.7% |
| FSD | Joe Foss Field | SD | 14,200 | +11.3% |
| SBA | Santa Barbara Municipal Airport | CA | 14,100 | +8.2% |
| JAN | Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport | MS | 12,900 | -13.0% |
| DAY | James M Cox Dayton International Airport | OH | 12,700 | +1.9% |
| MFE | Mc Allen Miller International Airport | TX | 12,600 | +21.8% |
| RDM | Roberts Field | OR | 12,600 | +12.2% |
| ITO | Hilo International Airport | HI | 12,200 | -7.2% |
| CHA | Lovell Field | TN | 12,200 | +14.6% |
| LBB | Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport | TX | 12,000 | +10.4% |
| AVL | Asheville Regional Airport | NC | 11,800 | -57.5% |
| MFR | Rogue Valley International - Medford Airport | OR | 11,100 | +11.2% |
| FAR | Hector International Airport | ND | 11,100 | +17.6% |
| BGR | Bangor International Airport | ME | 10,600 | +27.8% |
| MSO | Missoula Montana Airport | MT | 10,300 | +15.4% |
| HRL | Valley International Airport | TX | 10,200 | +11.3% |
| SBN | South Bend International Airport | IN | 10,200 | +23.0% |
| TLH | Tallahassee International Airport | FL | 9,960 | +2.2% |
| ATW | Appleton International Airport | WI | 9,800 | +6.3% |
| FWA | Fort Wayne International Airport | IN | 9,710 | +18.4% |
| ISP | Long Island Mac Arthur Airport | NY | 9,680 | -24.5% |
| PSC | Tri-Cities Airport | WA | 9,500 | +15.5% |
| STT | Cyril E King Airport | VI | 9,260 | +11.8% |
| BIL | Billings Logan International Airport | MT | 9,200 | +14.8% |
| RAP | Rapid City Regional Airport | SD | 9,130 | +25.1% |
| FAI | Fairbanks International Airport | AK | 9,110 | +5.2% |
| ABE | Lehigh Valley International Airport | PA | 9,030 | -6.4% |
| STS | Charles M Schulz - Sonoma County Airport | CA | 8,950 | +32.9% |
| AMA | Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport | TX | 8,600 | +5.7% |
| ROA | Roanoke/Blacksburg Regional (Woodrum Field) | VA | 8,480 | +14.8% |
| CRP | Corpus Christi International Airport | TX | 8,380 | +1.6% |
| BTR | Baton Rouge Metropolitan, Ryan Field | LA | 8,360 | +8.7% |
| EYW | Key West International Airport | FL | 8,330 | -14.7% |
| GPI | Glacier Park International Airport | MT | 8,130 | +14.1% |
| CHO | Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport | VA | 7,910 | +24.5% |
| GPT | Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport | MS | 7,870 | +11.5% |
| JAC | Jackson Hole Airport | WY | 7,820 | +8.6% |
| SBP | San Luis County Regional Airport | CA | 7,800 | +13.1% |
| TVC | Cherry Capital Airport | MI | 7,280 | +17.2% |
| MRY | Monterey Regional Airport | CA | 7,220 | +26.9% |
| SHV | Shreveport Regional Airport | LA | 7,150 | +6.7% |
| MOB | Mobile Regional Airport | AL | 7,070 | +35.1% |
| MLI | Quad Cities International Airport | IL | 6,410 | +13.6% |
| PIA | General Downing - Peoria International Airport | IL | 6,340 | -4.2% |
| GRB | Green Bay/Austin Straubel International Airport | WI | 6,330 | +3.6% |
| GJT | Grand Junction Regional Airport | CO | 6,240 | +15.7% |
| IDA | Idaho Falls Regional Airport | ID | 6,170 | +16.5% |
| LFT | Lafayette Regional/Paul Fournet Field | LA | 5,860 | +21.5% |
| BIS | Bismarck Municipal Airport | ND | 5,550 | +19.1% |
| AVP | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport | PA | 5,380 | +39.5% |
| CAK | Akron-Canton Regional Airport | OH | 5,370 | -16.3% |
| DRO | Durango-La Plata County Airport | CO | 5,360 | +13.4% |
| TRI | Tri-Cities Airport | TN | 5,280 | -0.9% |
| JNU | Juneau International Airport | AK | 5,120 | +1.2% |
| BQN | Rafael Hernandez Airport | PR | 5,050 | -39.0% |
| ASE | Aspen-Pitkin County/Sardy Field | CO | 5,000 | +28.7% |
| EVV | Evansville Regional Airport | IN | 4,790 | +10.0% |
| SGU | St George Regional Airport | UT | 4,650 | +29.0% |
| AGS | Augusta Regional at Bush Field | GA | 4,500 | -13.2% |
| BLI | Bellingham International Airport | WA | 4,450 | -31.2% |
| FNT | Bishop International Airport | MI | 4,410 | -12.5% |
| GNV | Gainesville Regional Airport | FL | 4,310 | -24.3% |
| BFL | Meadows Field | CA | 4,210 | +14.7% |
| GSN | Francisco C Ada/Saipan International Airport | MP | 4,210 | -30.0% |
| MGM | Montgomery Regional (Dannelly Field) | AL | 4,200 | +12.0% |
| SAF | Santa Fe Municipal Airport | NM | 4,090 | +43.0% |
| CRW | West Virginia International Yeager Airport | WV | 3,950 | -5.7% |
| PAE | Snohomish County (Paine Field) | WA | 3,730 | -31.7% |
| FAY | Fayetteville Regional/Grannis Field | NC | 3,680 | +26.6% |
| BRO | Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport | TX | 3,600 | -4.2% |
| GTF | Great Falls International Airport | MT | 3,590 | -9.8% |
| UNV | University Park Airport | PA | 3,540 | +24.4% |
| MTJ | Montrose Regional Airport | CO | 3,460 | +16.6% |
| OAJ | Albert J Ellis Airport | NC | 3,330 | +18.8% |
| MOT | Minot International Airport | ND | 3,330 | +19.6% |
| DLH | Duluth International Airport | MN | 3,220 | +43.0% |
| ACV | California Redwood Coast-Humboldt County Airport | CA | 3,080 | +18.8% |
| STX | Henry E Rohlsen Airport | VI | 2,740 | -14.3% |
| ACK | Nantucket Memorial Airport | MA | 2,730 | -24.9% |
| LRD | Laredo International Airport | TX | 2,670 | +4.7% |
| LNK | Lincoln Airport | NE | 2,600 | +18.7% |
| COU | Columbia Regional Airport | MO | 2,410 | +13.3% |
| GRK | Robert Gray AAF Airport | TX | 2,400 | +32.7% |
| SWF | New York Stewart International Airport | NY | 2,330 | -0.9% |
| HXD | Hilton Head Airport | SC | 2,290 | +15.9% |
| LAN | Capital Region International Airport | MI | 2,250 | -11.1% |
| LCH | Lake Charles Regional Airport | LA | 2,220 | +16.9% |
| MBS | MBS International Airport | MI | 2,210 | +14.7% |
| FLG | Flagstaff Pulliam Airport | AZ | 2,200 | +28.8% |
| MLU | Monroe Regional Airport | LA | 2,170 | +5.3% |
| EWN | Coastal Carolina Regional Airport | NC | 2,100 | +64.3% |
| XWA | Williston Basin International Airport | ND | 2,100 | +11.6% |
| KTN | Ketchikan International Airport | AK | 2,000 | -2.9% |
| CPR | Casper/Natrona County International Airport | WY | 1,940 | +12.0% |
| BLV | Scott AFB/Midamerica St Louis | IL | 1,940 | -17.5% |
| RST | Rochester International Airport | MN | 1,930 | -16.0% |
| HLN | Helena Regional Airport | MT | 1,890 | +7.6% |
| ABI | Abilene Regional Airport | TX | 1,860 | +2.7% |
| AZO | Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport | MI | 1,860 | -11.4% |
| LYH | Lynchburg Regional/Preston Glenn Field | VA | 1,850 | +18.4% |
| CMI | University Of Illinois/Willard Airport | IL | 1,820 | +25.3% |
| BET | Bethel Airport | AK | 1,790 | +26.7% |
| EGE | Eagle County Regional Airport | CO | 1,790 | +9.8% |
| HDN | Yampa Valley Airport | CO | 1,740 | +11.2% |
| RDD | Redding Regional Airport | CA | 1,730 | -10.6% |
| GFK | Grand Forks International Airport | ND | 1,730 | +3.1% |
| AEX | Alexandria International Airport | LA | 1,720 | -10.3% |
| CLL | Easterwood Field | TX | 1,720 | +35.3% |
| IFP | Laughlin/Bullhead International Airport | AZ | 1,690 | -3.0% |
| CWA | Central Wisconsin Airport | WI | 1,610 | -16.4% |
| ORH | Worcester Regional Airport | MA | 1,610 | -25.5% |
| LBE | Arnold Palmer Regional Airport | PA | 1,610 | -5.1% |
| SUN | Friedman Memorial Airport | ID | 1,600 | +9.7% |
| NYL | Yuma MCAS/Yuma International Airport | AZ | 1,590 | +18.6% |
| MHK | Manhattan Regional Airport | KS | 1,570 | +8.4% |
| ITH | Ithaca Tompkins International Airport | NY | 1,520 | +0.9% |
| ELM | Elmira/Corning Regional Airport | NY | 1,510 | +5.2% |
| SBY | Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport | MD | 1,500 | +28.4% |
| PHF | Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport | VA | 1,470 | +20.8% |
| TTN | Trenton Mercer Airport | NJ | 1,470 | -74.8% |
| PUW | Pullman/Moscow Regional Airport | WA | 1,430 | -2.5% |
| ADQ | Kodiak Airport | AK | 1,350 | +5.9% |
| GRI | Central Nebraska Regional Airport | NE | 1,340 | +8.6% |
| PBG | Plattsburgh International Airport | NY | 1,310 | +9.4% |
| FSM | Fort Smith Regional Airport | AR | 1,180 | -1.6% |
| CSG | Columbus Airport | GA | 1,160 | +9.9% |
| MVY | Martha's Vineyard Airport | MA | 1,140 | -27.4% |
| SIT | Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport | AK | 1,100 | -15.7% |
| VLD | Valdosta Regional Airport | GA | 1,060 | n/a |
| HTS | Tri-State/Milton J Ferguson Field | WV | 1,050 | -40.7% |
| TYR | Tyler Pounds Regional Airport | TX | 1,030 | n/a |
| ACT | Waco Regional Airport | TX | 1,030 | n/a |
| LWS | Lewiston/Nez Perce County Airport | ID | 972 | n/a |
| ROW | Roswell Air Center Airport | NM | 969 | n/a |
| BQK | Brunswick Golden Isles Airport | GA | 962 | n/a |
| OME | Nome Airport | AK | 962 | n/a |
| SJT | San Angelo Regional/Mathis Field | TX | 952 | n/a |
| EAT | Pangborn Memorial Airport | WA | 910 | n/a |
| ERI | Erie International/Tom Ridge Field | PA | 903 | n/a |
| YKM | Yakima Air Terminal/Mcallister Field | WA | 883 | n/a |
| LAW | Lawton-Fort Sill Regional Airport | OK | 873 | n/a |
| GTR | Golden Triangle Regional Airport | MS | 863 | n/a |
| PGV | Pitt-Greenville Airport | NC | 855 | n/a |
| SAW | Marquette Sawyer Regional Airport | MI | 847 | -18.2% |
| ALW | Walla Walla Regional Airport | WA | 846 | n/a |
| BRW | Wiley Post-Will Rogers Memorial Airport | AK | 838 | n/a |
| LSE | La Crosse Regional Airport | WI | 793 | n/a |
| GUC | Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional Airport | CO | 787 | n/a |
| SPI | Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport | IL | 785 | n/a |
| TXK | Texarkana Regional-Webb Field | AR | 760 | n/a |
| DHN | Dothan Regional Airport | AL | 754 | n/a |
| GGG | East Texas Regional Airport | TX | 698 | n/a |
| SWO | Stillwater Regional Airport | OK | 683 | n/a |
| OTZ | Ralph Wien Memorial Airport | AK | 671 | n/a |
| BPT | Jack Brooks Regional Airport | TX | 670 | n/a |
| PLN | Pellston Regional/Emmet County Airport | MI | 656 | n/a |
| GCK | Garden City Regional Airport | KS | 641 | n/a |
| SPS | Sheppard AFB/Wichita Falls Municipal | TX | 622 | n/a |
| ABY | Southwest Georgia Regional Airport | GA | 618 | n/a |
| ART | Watertown International Airport | NY | 609 | n/a |
| TWF | Joslin Field/Magic Valley Regional | ID | 607 | n/a |
| CIU | Chippewa County International Airport | MI | 593 | n/a |
| GCC | Northeast Wyoming Regional Airport | WY | 586 | n/a |
| COD | Yellowstone Regional Airport | WY | 576 | n/a |
| CMX | Houghton County Memorial Airport | MI | 556 | n/a |
| SHR | Sheridan County Airport | WY | 549 | n/a |
| DLG | Dillingham Airport | AK | 523 | n/a |
| RKS | Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport | WY | 522 | n/a |
| PRC | Prescott Regional - Ernest A Love Field | AZ | 513 | n/a |
| FLO | Florence Regional Airport | SC | 511 | n/a |
| SUX | Sioux Gateway/Brig General Bud Day Field | IA | 506 | n/a |
| BJI | Bemidji Regional Airport | MN | 505 | n/a |
| PIH | Pocatello Regional Airport | ID | 503 | n/a |
| DIK | Dickinson/Theodore Roosevelt Regional Airport | ND | 497 | n/a |
| HOB | Lea County Regional Airport | NM | 496 | n/a |
| RHI | Rhinelander/Oneida County Airport | WI | 490 | n/a |
| OTH | Southwest Oregon Regional Airport | OR | 489 | n/a |
| ABR | Aberdeen Regional Airport | SD | 476 | n/a |
| CYS | Cheyenne Regional/Jerry Olson Field | WY | 474 | n/a |
| ESC | Delta County Airport | MI | 457 | n/a |
| SLN | Salina Regional Airport | KS | 450 | n/a |
| RIW | Central Wyoming Regional Airport | WY | 449 | n/a |
| JLN | Joplin Regional Airport | MO | 441 | n/a |
| LWB | Greenbrier Valley Airport | WV | 430 | n/a |
| PQI | Presque Isle International Airport | ME | 421 | n/a |
| IMT | Ford Airport | MI | 415 | n/a |
| MCN | Middle Georgia Regional Airport | GA | 390 | n/a |
| CDV | Merle K (Mudhole) Smith Airport | AK | 382 | n/a |
| CDC | Cedar City Regional Airport | UT | 370 | n/a |
| MEI | Key Field | MS | 365 | n/a |
| CKB | North Central West Virginia Airport | WV | 364 | n/a |
| JST | John Murtha Johnstown/Cambria County Airport | PA | 361 | n/a |
| LAR | Laramie Regional Airport | WY | 357 | n/a |
| BTM | Bert Mooney Airport | MT | 347 | n/a |
| BHB | Hancock County/Bar Harbor Airport | ME | 346 | n/a |
| BGM | Greater Binghamton/Edwin A Link Field | NY | 322 | n/a |
| TUP | Tupelo Regional Airport | MS | 312 | n/a |
| CVN | Clovis Regional Airport | NM | 306 | n/a |
| CNY | Canyonlands Regional Airport | UT | 304 | n/a |
| VCT | Victoria Regional Airport | TX | 300 | n/a |
| PIR | Pierre Regional Airport | SD | 297 | n/a |
| PIB | Hattiesburg/Laurel Regional Airport | MS | 294 | n/a |
| LBF | North Platte Regional/Lee Bird Field | NE | 291 | n/a |
| EAR | Kearney Regional Airport | NE | 288 | n/a |
| AKN | King Salmon Airport | AK | 286 | n/a |
| HYS | Hays Regional Airport | KS | 277 | n/a |
| HIB | Range Regional Airport | MN | 276 | n/a |
| ALS | San Luis Valley Regional/Bergman Field | CO | 272 | n/a |
| LNS | Lancaster Airport | PA | 267 | n/a |
| PAH | Barkley Regional Airport | KY | 265 | n/a |
| BRD | Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport | MN | 261 | n/a |
| BFF | Western Nebraska Regional/William B Heilig Field | NE | 259 | n/a |
| PSG | Petersburg James A Johnson Airport | AK | 254 | n/a |
| DEC | Decatur Airport | IL | 250 | n/a |
| EKO | Elko Regional Airport | NV | 242 | n/a |
| PGA | Page Municipal Airport | AZ | 233 | n/a |
| APN | Alpena County Regional Airport | MI | 232 | n/a |
| ATY | Watertown Regional Airport | SD | 230 | n/a |
| WRG | Wrangell Airport | AK | 223 | n/a |
| VEL | Vernal Regional Airport | UT | 212 | n/a |
| MSL | Northwest Alabama Regional Airport | AL | 207 | n/a |
| JMS | Jamestown Regional Airport | ND | 207 | n/a |
| CGI | Cape Girardeau Regional Airport | MO | 198 | n/a |
| ALO | Waterloo Regional Airport | IA | 185 | n/a |
| SHD | Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport | VA | 180 | n/a |
| MBL | Manistee County/Blacker Airport | MI | 179 | n/a |
| DVL | Devils Lake Regional Airport | ND | 178 | n/a |
| CEZ | Cortez Municipal Airport | CO | 177 | n/a |
| MGW | Morgantown Municipal (Walter L Bill Hart Field) | WV | 176 | n/a |
| WYS | Yellowstone Airport | MT | 176 | n/a |
| OWB | Owensboro/Daviess County Regional Airport | KY | 173 | n/a |
| YAK | Yakutat Airport | AK | 168 | n/a |
| INL | Falls International/Einarson Field | MN | 168 | n/a |
| AOO | Altoona/Blair County Airport | PA | 158 | n/a |
| GLH | Greenville Mid-Delta Airport | MS | 155 | n/a |
| LEB | Lebanon Municipal Airport | NH | 153 | n/a |
| DDC | Dodge City Regional Airport | KS | 151 | n/a |
| SDY | Sidney-Richland Regional Airport | MT | 150 | n/a |
| TBN | Waynesville-St Robert Regional Forney Field | MO | 145 | n/a |
| MSS | Massena International-Richards Field | NY | 137 | n/a |
| PKB | Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport | WV | 132 | n/a |
| TVF | Thief River Falls Regional Airport | MN | 131 | n/a |
| HYA | Cape Cod Gateway Airport | MA | 130 | n/a |
| PVC | Provincetown Municipal Airport | MA | 128 | n/a |
| LBL | Liberal Mid-America Regional Airport | KS | 128 | n/a |
| AUG | Augusta State Airport | ME | 126 | n/a |
| RKD | Knox County Regional Airport | ME | 122 | n/a |
| BFD | Bradford Regional Airport | PA | 121 | n/a |
| IRK | Kirksville Regional Airport | MO | 120 | n/a |
| DUJ | Dubois Regional Airport | PA | 120 | n/a |
| SOW | Show Low Regional Airport | AZ | 119 | n/a |
| FOD | Fort Dodge Regional Airport | IA | 105 | n/a |
| MCW | Mason City Municipal Airport | IA | 104 | n/a |
| RUT | Rutland - Southern Vermont Regional Airport | VT | 95 | n/a |
| BRL | Southeast Iowa Regional Airport | IA | 84 | n/a |
| BKW | Raleigh County Memorial Airport | WV | 81 | n/a |
| CEC | Jack Mc Namara Field | CA | 80 | n/a |
| SLK | Adirondack Regional Airport | NY | 70 | n/a |
| AIA | Alliance Municipal Airport | NE | 66 | n/a |
| GGW | Wokal Field/Glasgow-Valley County | MT | 62 | n/a |
| HVR | Havre City-County Airport | MT | 59 | n/a |
| MCK | Mc Cook Ben Nelson Regional Airport | NE | 57 | n/a |
| OLF | L M Clayton Airport | MT | 50 | n/a |
| MCE | Merced Regional/Macready Field | CA | 43 | n/a |
| GDV | Dawson Communicipalty Airport | MT | 38 | n/a |
| MKL | Mc Kellar-Sipes Regional Airport | TN | 32 | n/a |
| PUB | Pueblo Memorial Airport | CO | 32 | n/a |
| MKG | Muskegon County Airport | MI | 24 | n/a |
| IPL | Imperial County Airport | CA | 0 | n/a |

## 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 (Thu, Oct 5 – Tue, Oct 10, 2023). 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 (369 of 416 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 2024 air travel: how US airports and states did", https://passengerindex.com/web/holidays/columbus-day-2024/ (CC BY 4.0).

## Frequently asked questions

### How many people flew over Columbus Day 2024?

TSA screened 15,446,327 passengers nationwide over the Columbus Day 2024 travel period (Thu, Oct 10 – Tue, Oct 15, 2024), roughly flat (+0.6%) from 15,358,421 over the same period a year earlier. The busiest day was Friday, October 11, with 2,840,414 screenings.

### What was the busiest airport over Columbus Day 2024?

The busiest airports by departing passengers screened were Los Angeles International Airport (LAX, about 632,000), Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD, about 559,000) and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL, about 551,000). Among states, California led with about 2.0 million.

### How many international travelers arrived in the US over Columbus Day 2024?

US Customs and Border Protection processed about 1.8 million arriving international passengers at the 44 airports it monitors over the period, up 5.6% year over year.

### Which airports grew the most over Columbus Day 2024?

Among airports with at least 100,000 departing passengers screened in the year-earlier period, the largest gains were DEN (+12.9%), DFW (+11.8%), MSP (+10.6%), PDX (+9.4%) and SLC (+9.0%) and the largest declines FLL (-16.0%), MIA (-6.5%), SNA (-6.3%), BNA (-4.1%) and MDW (-3.3%).

### 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 2024 period ran Thu, Oct 10 – Tue, Oct 15, 2024 and is compared with Thu, Oct 5 – Tue, Oct 10, 2023, the same days relative to the holiday.

### When is the Columbus Day 2025 travel period?

Thu, Oct 9 – Tue, Oct 14, 2025. Passenger Index publishes airport and state results a few days after it ends, once TSA releases the checkpoint data.