# Columbus Day 2025 air travel: how US airports and states did

Source: Passenger Index, https://passengerindex.com/web/holidays/columbus-day-2025/ (CC BY 4.0). Updated 2026-10-21.

TSA screened 16,613,990 passengers nationwide over the Columbus Day 2025 travel period (Thu, Oct 9 – Tue, Oct 14, 2025), up 7.6% from 15,446,327 over the same period a year earlier. The busiest day was Friday, October 10, with 3,017,612 screenings.

The busiest airports by departing passengers screened were Los Angeles International Airport (LAX, about 625,000), Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD, about 607,000) and John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK, about 587,000). Among states, California led with about 2.0 million.

## Key facts

- **Travel period:** Thu, Oct 9 – Tue, Oct 14, 2025
- **TSA screenings:** 16,613,990 (+7.6% YoY)
- **Busiest day:** October 10, 2025: 3,017,612
- **International arrivals (CBP):** about 1.8 million (+0.3% YoY)
- **Busiest airport:** LAX, about 625,000

## Day by day, nationwide

| 2025 | Screened | Year earlier | Screened | YoY |
|---|--:|---|--:|--:|
| Thu, Oct 9 | 2,975,982 | Thu, Oct 10, 2024 | 2,515,514 | +18.3% |
| Fri, Oct 10 | 3,017,612 | Fri, Oct 11, 2024 | 2,840,414 | +6.2% |
| Sat, Oct 11 | 2,381,106 | Sat, Oct 12, 2024 | 2,245,955 | +6.0% |
| Sun, Oct 12 | 2,951,273 | Sun, Oct 13, 2024 | 2,759,322 | +7.0% |
| Mon, Oct 13 | 2,874,884 | Mon, Oct 14, 2024 | 2,753,893 | +4.4% |
| Tue, Oct 14 | 2,413,133 | Tue, Oct 15, 2024 | 2,331,229 | +3.5% |

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

| State | Departing screened | YoY | Busiest airport |
|---|--:|--:|---|
| California | 2.0 million | +0.9% | LAX |
| Texas | 1.1 million | +2.5% | DFW |
| Florida | 921,000 | +18.2% | MIA |
| New York | 790,000 | +4.6% | JFK |
| Illinois | 753,000 | +5.6% | ORD |
| Georgia | 635,000 | +5.9% | ATL |
| Virginia | 556,000 | +4.5% | IAD |
| Colorado | 537,000 | +3.8% | DEN |
| Nevada | 535,000 | -4.2% | LAS |
| Massachusetts | 451,000 | +0.7% | BOS |
| North Carolina | 441,000 | +8.3% | CLT |
| New Jersey | 435,000 | +2.9% | EWR |
| Washington | 418,000 | +2.0% | SEA |
| Pennsylvania | 407,000 | +8.3% | PHL |
| Tennessee | 322,000 | +14.2% | BNA |
| Michigan | 317,000 | +8.8% | DTW |
| Minnesota | 262,000 | +2.3% | MSP |
| Missouri | 257,000 | +6.9% | STL |
| Hawaii | 213,000 | +1.6% | HNL |
| Ohio | 207,000 | +10.5% | CLE |
| Oregon | 206,000 | -1.6% | PDX |
| Utah | 189,000 | +5.9% | SLC |
| Louisiana | 167,000 | +8.2% | MSY |
| Kentucky | 164,000 | +7.5% | CVG |
| Indiana | 163,000 | +19.0% | IND |
| South Carolina | 151,000 | +4.1% | CHS |
| Puerto Rico | 114,000 | +5.8% | SJU |
| Wisconsin | 112,000 | +6.6% | MKE |
| Oklahoma | 85,100 | +2.9% | OKC |
| New Mexico | 74,600 | -1.2% | ABQ |
| Connecticut | 67,000 | -0.4% | BDL |
| Montana | 65,600 | +14.6% | BZN |
| Alabama | 64,600 | -1.1% | BHM |
| Arizona | 63,300 | +6.4% | TUS |
| Idaho | 61,800 | +4.8% | BOI |
| Alaska | 60,400 | +1.9% | ANC |
| Nebraska | 56,400 | +4.9% | OMA |
| Arkansas | 55,900 | +9.7% | XNA |
| Maine | 50,000 | +9.4% | PWM |
| Rhode Island | 49,100 | +11.7% | PVD |
| Iowa | 49,100 | +8.7% | DSM |
| South Dakota | 26,800 | +9.9% | FSD |
| North Dakota | 25,600 | +3.7% | FAR |
| Guam | 24,900 | +23.1% | GUM |
| Mississippi | 24,500 | +7.7% | JAN |
| Kansas | 22,800 | +11.2% | ICT |
| Vermont | 19,500 | +8.8% | BTV |
| New Hampshire | 16,900 | +13.4% | MHT |
| Wyoming | 14,500 | +9.3% | JAC |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 11,300 | -5.4% | STT |
| West Virginia | 8,360 | +35.2% | CRW |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 4,690 | +11.4% | GSN |
| Maryland | 1,650 | +9.8% | SBY |

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

| Code | Airport | State | Departing screened | YoY |
|---|---|---|--:|--:|
| LAX | Los Angeles International Airport | CA | 625,000 | -1.0% |
| ORD | Chicago O'Hare International Airport | IL | 607,000 | +8.7% |
| JFK | John F. Kennedy International Airport | NY | 587,000 | +2.3% |
| ATL | Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport | GA | 581,000 | +5.3% |
| DFW | Dallas Fort Worth International Airport | TX | 501,000 | +1.4% |
| LAS | Harry Reid International Airport | NV | 488,000 | -5.0% |
| DEN | Denver International Airport | CO | 480,000 | +2.5% |
| SFO | San Francisco International Airport | CA | 458,000 | +5.4% |
| BOS | Boston Logan International Airport | MA | 444,000 | +0.5% |
| EWR | Newark Liberty International Airport | NJ | 433,000 | +2.8% |
| MIA | Miami International Airport | FL | 405,000 | +14.7% |
| SEA | Seattle-Tacoma International Airport | WA | 353,000 | +1.0% |
| FLL | Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport | FL | 258,000 | +14.9% |
| MSP | Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport | MN | 255,000 | +2.2% |
| PHL | Philadelphia International Airport | PA | 251,000 | +4.5% |
| DTW | Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport | MI | 245,000 | +6.2% |
| SAN | San Diego International Airport | CA | 243,000 | +5.8% |
| BNA | Nashville International Airport | TN | 242,000 | +12.9% |
| CLT | Charlotte Douglas International Airport | NC | 224,000 | +5.5% |
| IAD | Washington Dulles International Airport | VA | 217,000 | +4.3% |
| DCA | Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport | VA | 217,000 | +3.6% |
| AUS | Austin-Bergstrom International Airport | TX | 208,000 | +8.5% |
| SLC | Salt Lake City International Airport | UT | 183,000 | +5.7% |
| HNL | Daniel K. Inouye International Airport | HI | 166,000 | +1.0% |
| RDU | Raleigh-Durham International Airport | NC | 161,000 | +8.7% |
| PDX | Portland International Airport | OR | 161,000 | -4.2% |
| MSY | Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport | LA | 138,000 | +8.1% |
| IND | Indianapolis International Airport | IN | 133,000 | +18.1% |
| MDW | Chicago Midway International Airport | IL | 126,000 | -8.3% |
| SMF | Sacramento International Airport | CA | 122,000 | -4.1% |
| STL | St. Louis Lambert International Airport | MO | 119,000 | +4.8% |
| MCI | Kansas City International Airport | MO | 116,000 | +7.1% |
| PIT | Pittsburgh International Airport | PA | 112,000 | +11.8% |
| DAL | Dallas Love Field | TX | 109,000 | -4.9% |
| SAT | San Antonio International Airport | TX | 109,000 | +2.0% |
| SJU | Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport | PR | 108,000 | +5.3% |
| SNA | John Wayne Airport | CA | 107,000 | +9.9% |
| SJC | San José Mineta International Airport | CA | 93,600 | -12.3% |
| CLE | Cleveland Hopkins International Airport | OH | 93,400 | +8.0% |
| CVG | Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport | KY | 93,400 | +8.2% |
| CMH | John Glenn Columbus International Airport | OH | 90,300 | +8.7% |
| ONT | Ontario International Airport | CA | 78,300 | +8.8% |
| PBI | Palm Beach International Airport | FL | 76,800 | +56.1% |
| OAK | Oakland International Airport | CA | 75,700 | -9.9% |
| JAX | Jacksonville International Airport | FL | 74,800 | +32.2% |
| ABQ | Albuquerque International Sunport | NM | 68,000 | -2.3% |
| BDL | Bradley International Airport | CT | 67,000 | -0.4% |
| CHS | Charleston International Airport | SC | 66,500 | +6.9% |
| MKE | Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport | WI | 61,300 | -3.4% |
| MEM | Memphis International Airport | TN | 58,800 | +17.4% |
| BUR | Hollywood Burbank Airport | CA | 58,800 | -8.6% |
| BUF | Buffalo Niagara International Airport | NY | 58,200 | +9.2% |
| RIC | Richmond International Airport | VA | 52,700 | +9.0% |
| SDF | Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport | KY | 52,200 | +7.6% |
| OMA | Eppley Airfield | NE | 51,300 | +4.9% |
| BOI | Boise Airport | ID | 51,000 | +3.9% |
| PVD | Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport | RI | 49,100 | +11.7% |
| ORF | Norfolk International Airport | VA | 48,800 | +4.9% |
| OKC | Will Rogers International Airport | OK | 47,000 | +4.6% |
| RNO | Reno-Tahoe International Airport | NV | 46,300 | +5.8% |
| SAV | Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport | GA | 45,000 | +9.3% |
| GRR | Gerald R. Ford International Airport | MI | 44,900 | +15.0% |
| ELP | El Paso International Airport | TX | 41,200 | +20.0% |
| GEG | Spokane International Airport | WA | 40,700 | +5.6% |
| TUS | Tucson International Airport | AZ | 38,500 | +4.9% |
| ANC | Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport | AK | 37,700 | +7.3% |
| LGB | Long Beach (Daugherty Field) | CA | 37,000 | +2.1% |
| TUL | Tulsa International Airport | OK | 36,700 | +1.1% |
| MYR | Myrtle Beach International Airport | SC | 35,800 | -6.3% |
| PWM | Portland International Jetport | ME | 35,600 | +4.4% |
| BHM | Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport | AL | 35,300 | -3.9% |
| ALB | Albany International Airport | NY | 35,000 | +13.3% |
| KOA | Ellison Onizuka Kona International at Keahole Airport | HI | 33,500 | +2.0% |
| DSM | Des Moines International Airport | IA | 32,300 | +11.7% |
| PNS | Pensacola International Airport | FL | 31,900 | +8.9% |
| SYR | Syracuse Hancock International Airport | NY | 31,700 | +8.9% |
| GSP | Greenville Spartanburg International Airport | SC | 31,300 | +12.6% |
| ROC | Frederick Douglass/Greater Rochester International Airport | NY | 31,000 | +2.6% |
| FAT | Fresno Yosemite International Airport | CA | 29,400 | +13.1% |
| PSP | Palm Springs International Airport | CA | 28,000 | -6.4% |
| BZN | Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport | MT | 27,600 | +18.9% |
| XNA | Northwest Arkansas National Airport | AR | 27,600 | +14.9% |
| VPS | Eglin AFB/Destin-Ft Walton Beach | FL | 27,300 | +4.6% |
| COS | City Of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport | CO | 27,200 | +9.9% |
| MSN | Dane County Regional/Truax Field | WI | 26,400 | +19.5% |
| LIT | Bill and Hillary Clinton National/Adams Field | AR | 26,400 | +5.6% |
| HPN | Westchester County Airport | NY | 25,800 | +14.6% |
| GSO | Piedmont Triad International Airport | NC | 25,100 | +21.7% |
| GUM | Guam International Airport | GU | 24,900 | +23.1% |
| ILM | Wilmington International Airport | NC | 20,500 | +33.0% |
| BTV | Burlington International Airport | VT | 19,500 | +8.8% |
| ICT | Wichita Dwight D Eisenhower National Airport | KS | 19,400 | +12.2% |
| MDT | Harrisburg International Airport | PA | 18,300 | +22.3% |
| LEX | Blue Grass Airport | KY | 18,300 | +4.0% |
| IWA | Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport | AZ | 18,200 | +10.8% |
| EUG | Mahlon Sweet Field | OR | 18,200 | +4.6% |
| ECP | Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport | FL | 17,700 | +0.0% |
| MHT | Manchester Boston Regional Airport | NH | 16,800 | +14.0% |
| HSV | Huntsville International-Carl T Jones Field | AL | 16,700 | +2.6% |
| SGF | Springfield-Branson National Airport | MO | 16,700 | +15.2% |
| SBA | Santa Barbara Municipal Airport | CA | 16,200 | +14.9% |
| FSD | Joe Foss Field | SD | 15,900 | +12.0% |
| MAF | Midland International Air And Space Port Airport | TX | 15,400 | +4.3% |
| CID | The Eastern Iowa Airport | IA | 15,400 | +1.0% |
| CHA | Lovell Field | TN | 14,900 | +22.5% |
| CAE | Columbia Metropolitan Airport | SC | 14,600 | +2.5% |
| ISP | Long Island Mac Arthur Airport | NY | 14,500 | +49.4% |
| RDM | Roberts Field | OR | 14,400 | +14.8% |
| DAY | James M Cox Dayton International Airport | OH | 13,700 | +7.8% |
| JAN | Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport | MS | 13,600 | +5.5% |
| BGR | Bangor International Airport | ME | 13,500 | +27.9% |
| ABE | Lehigh Valley International Airport | PA | 13,400 | +48.0% |
| EYW | Key West International Airport | FL | 13,300 | +60.0% |
| ITO | Hilo International Airport | HI | 13,300 | +8.7% |
| LBB | Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport | TX | 13,300 | +10.5% |
| ATW | Appleton International Airport | WI | 12,700 | +29.6% |
| SBN | South Bend International Airport | IN | 12,200 | +19.6% |
| FWA | Fort Wayne International Airport | IN | 12,000 | +24.1% |
| MFR | Rogue Valley International - Medford Airport | OR | 11,900 | +6.9% |
| FAR | Hector International Airport | ND | 11,600 | +5.1% |
| BIL | Billings Logan International Airport | MT | 11,000 | +19.1% |
| MFE | Mc Allen Miller International Airport | TX | 10,800 | -14.6% |
| MSO | Missoula Montana Airport | MT | 10,300 | +0.3% |
| CAK | Akron-Canton Regional Airport | OH | 10,000 | +86.3% |
| TLH | Tallahassee International Airport | FL | 9,890 | -0.7% |
| GPI | Glacier Park International Airport | MT | 9,690 | +19.2% |
| HRL | Valley International Airport | TX | 9,660 | -5.5% |
| RAP | Rapid City Regional Airport | SD | 9,550 | +4.6% |
| ROA | Roanoke/Blacksburg Regional (Woodrum Field) | VA | 9,470 | +11.7% |
| PSC | Tri-Cities Airport | WA | 9,420 | -0.9% |
| TVC | Cherry Capital Airport | MI | 9,380 | +28.8% |
| BTR | Baton Rouge Metropolitan, Ryan Field | LA | 9,060 | +8.3% |
| JAC | Jackson Hole Airport | WY | 8,720 | +11.5% |
| STT | Cyril E King Airport | VI | 8,650 | -6.6% |
| CRP | Corpus Christi International Airport | TX | 8,640 | +3.2% |
| AMA | Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport | TX | 8,530 | -0.8% |
| GPT | Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport | MS | 8,480 | +7.8% |
| SBP | San Luis County Regional Airport | CA | 8,220 | +5.4% |
| CHO | Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport | VA | 8,030 | +1.5% |
| FAI | Fairbanks International Airport | AK | 7,970 | -12.6% |
| GRB | Green Bay/Austin Straubel International Airport | WI | 7,850 | +24.0% |
| PIA | General Downing - Peoria International Airport | IL | 7,780 | +22.6% |
| SHV | Shreveport Regional Airport | LA | 7,600 | +6.3% |
| STS | Charles M Schulz - Sonoma County Airport | CA | 7,570 | -15.4% |
| MRY | Monterey Regional Airport | CA | 7,370 | +2.1% |
| MOB | Mobile Regional Airport | AL | 7,060 | -0.1% |
| GJT | Grand Junction Regional Airport | CO | 7,020 | +12.5% |
| IDA | Idaho Falls Regional Airport | ID | 6,890 | +11.7% |
| MLI | Quad Cities International Airport | IL | 6,730 | +5.0% |
| DRO | Durango-La Plata County Airport | CO | 6,690 | +24.8% |
| FNT | Bishop International Airport | MI | 6,620 | +50.2% |
| LFT | Lafayette Regional/Paul Fournet Field | LA | 6,230 | +6.4% |
| AGS | Augusta Regional at Bush Field | GA | 6,160 | +36.9% |
| TRI | Tri-Cities Airport | TN | 5,990 | +13.5% |
| ASE | Aspen-Pitkin County/Sardy Field | CO | 5,940 | +18.9% |
| AVP | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport | PA | 5,930 | +10.3% |
| GNV | Gainesville Regional Airport | FL | 5,910 | +37.1% |
| BQN | Rafael Hernandez Airport | PR | 5,880 | +16.4% |
| BIS | Bismarck Municipal Airport | ND | 5,770 | +3.9% |
| EVV | Evansville Regional Airport | IN | 5,750 | +20.0% |
| PAE | Snohomish County (Paine Field) | WA | 5,590 | +49.7% |
| SGU | St George Regional Airport | UT | 5,260 | +13.0% |
| JNU | Juneau International Airport | AK | 5,100 | -0.3% |
| SAF | Santa Fe Municipal Airport | NM | 4,960 | +21.4% |
| BLI | Bellingham International Airport | WA | 4,900 | +10.2% |
| CRW | West Virginia International Yeager Airport | WV | 4,750 | +20.3% |
| GSN | Francisco C Ada/Saipan International Airport | MP | 4,690 | +11.4% |
| MTJ | Montrose Regional Airport | CO | 4,140 | +19.8% |
| BFL | Meadows Field | CA | 4,130 | -2.0% |
| MGM | Montgomery Regional (Dannelly Field) | AL | 4,080 | -3.0% |
| GTF | Great Falls International Airport | MT | 3,860 | +7.3% |
| COU | Columbia Regional Airport | MO | 3,610 | +49.8% |
| FAY | Fayetteville Regional/Grannis Field | NC | 3,520 | -4.4% |
| UNV | University Park Airport | PA | 3,360 | -4.9% |
| OAJ | Albert J Ellis Airport | NC | 3,300 | -1.0% |
| MOT | Minot International Airport | ND | 3,240 | -2.6% |
| DLH | Duluth International Airport | MN | 3,050 | -5.2% |
| ACV | California Redwood Coast-Humboldt County Airport | CA | 2,910 | -5.6% |
| BLV | Scott AFB/Midamerica St Louis | IL | 2,820 | +45.6% |
| EGE | Eagle County Regional Airport | CO | 2,810 | +57.2% |
| STX | Henry E Rohlsen Airport | VI | 2,690 | -1.6% |
| BRO | Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport | TX | 2,650 | -26.5% |
| HXD | Hilton Head Airport | SC | 2,570 | +12.4% |
| MLU | Monroe Regional Airport | LA | 2,570 | +18.5% |
| LNK | Lincoln Airport | NE | 2,530 | -2.4% |
| ELM | Elmira/Corning Regional Airport | NY | 2,530 | +67.9% |
| ACK | Nantucket Memorial Airport | MA | 2,420 | -11.2% |
| MBS | MBS International Airport | MI | 2,420 | +9.7% |
| XWA | Williston Basin International Airport | ND | 2,360 | +12.6% |
| LCH | Lake Charles Regional Airport | LA | 2,360 | +6.6% |
| LAN | Capital Region International Airport | MI | 2,340 | +4.0% |
| LRD | Laredo International Airport | TX | 2,320 | -13.1% |
| ORH | Worcester Regional Airport | MA | 2,300 | +42.9% |
| SUN | Friedman Memorial Airport | ID | 2,290 | +42.8% |
| CPR | Casper/Natrona County International Airport | WY | 2,150 | +10.9% |
| ABI | Abilene Regional Airport | TX | 2,140 | +14.6% |
| IFP | Laughlin/Bullhead International Airport | AZ | 2,120 | +25.8% |
| CMI | University Of Illinois/Willard Airport | IL | 2,120 | +16.4% |
| RST | Rochester International Airport | MN | 2,120 | +9.7% |
| AZO | Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport | MI | 2,070 | +10.8% |
| HDN | Yampa Valley Airport | CO | 2,060 | +18.6% |
| GRK | Robert Gray AAF Airport | TX | 2,060 | -14.6% |
| HLN | Helena Regional Airport | MT | 2,050 | +8.6% |
| AEX | Alexandria International Airport | LA | 2,050 | +18.9% |
| FLG | Flagstaff Pulliam Airport | AZ | 2,040 | -7.3% |
| CLL | Easterwood Field | TX | 2,030 | +18.1% |
| KTN | Ketchikan International Airport | AK | 2,030 | +1.2% |
| HTS | Tri-State/Milton J Ferguson Field | WV | 2,020 | +92.1% |
| CWA | Central Wisconsin Airport | WI | 1,980 | +22.9% |
| EWN | Coastal Carolina Regional Airport | NC | 1,950 | -7.0% |
| TTN | Trenton Mercer Airport | NJ | 1,920 | +31.1% |
| ITH | Ithaca Tompkins International Airport | NY | 1,870 | +22.6% |
| GFK | Grand Forks International Airport | ND | 1,690 | -2.1% |
| LYH | Lynchburg Regional/Preston Glenn Field | VA | 1,680 | -9.0% |
| SBY | Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport | MD | 1,650 | +9.8% |
| MHK | Manhattan Regional Airport | KS | 1,520 | -3.1% |
| GRI | Central Nebraska Regional Airport | NE | 1,510 | +13.1% |
| PUW | Pullman/Moscow Regional Airport | WA | 1,500 | +5.3% |
| NYL | Yuma MCAS/Yuma International Airport | AZ | 1,450 | -8.6% |
| SAW | Marquette Sawyer Regional Airport | MI | 1,430 | n/a |
| BET | Bethel Airport | AK | 1,400 | -21.9% |
| ADQ | Kodiak Airport | AK | 1,360 | +0.5% |
| PBG | Plattsburgh International Airport | NY | 1,350 | +3.7% |
| BQK | Brunswick Golden Isles Airport | GA | 1,270 | n/a |
| SIT | Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport | AK | 1,260 | +14.4% |
| GTR | Golden Triangle Regional Airport | MS | 1,230 | n/a |
| DHN | Dothan Regional Airport | AL | 1,210 | n/a |
| TYR | Tyler Pounds Regional Airport | TX | 1,190 | +14.9% |
| ERI | Erie International/Tom Ridge Field | PA | 1,170 | n/a |
| FSM | Fort Smith Regional Airport | AR | 1,170 | -1.2% |
| MVY | Martha's Vineyard Airport | MA | 1,160 | +2.1% |
| GUC | Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional Airport | CO | 1,140 | n/a |
| VLD | Valdosta Regional Airport | GA | 1,130 | +6.1% |
| PHF | Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport | VA | 1,100 | -25.1% |
| ACT | Waco Regional Airport | TX | 1,040 | +1.5% |
| SJT | San Angelo Regional/Mathis Field | TX | 973 | n/a |
| ABY | Southwest Georgia Regional Airport | GA | 933 | n/a |
| OME | Nome Airport | AK | 895 | n/a |
| EAT | Pangborn Memorial Airport | WA | 886 | n/a |
| LAW | Lawton-Fort Sill Regional Airport | OK | 869 | n/a |
| GGG | East Texas Regional Airport | TX | 846 | n/a |
| YKM | Yakima Air Terminal/Mcallister Field | WA | 838 | n/a |
| ALW | Walla Walla Regional Airport | WA | 822 | n/a |
| SPI | Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport | IL | 814 | n/a |
| PGV | Pitt-Greenville Airport | NC | 800 | n/a |
| LSE | La Crosse Regional Airport | WI | 785 | n/a |
| ROW | Roswell Air Center Airport | NM | 770 | n/a |
| OTH | Southwest Oregon Regional Airport | OR | 744 | n/a |
| TXK | Texarkana Regional-Webb Field | AR | 734 | n/a |
| SLN | Salina Regional Airport | KS | 712 | n/a |
| TWF | Joslin Field/Magic Valley Regional | ID | 689 | n/a |
| BRW | Wiley Post-Will Rogers Memorial Airport | AK | 688 | n/a |
| BPT | Jack Brooks Regional Airport | TX | 684 | n/a |
| ABR | Aberdeen Regional Airport | SD | 662 | n/a |
| SPS | Sheppard AFB/Wichita Falls Municipal | TX | 652 | n/a |
| CMX | Houghton County Memorial Airport | MI | 638 | n/a |
| SHR | Sheridan County Airport | WY | 605 | n/a |
| GCK | Garden City Regional Airport | KS | 603 | n/a |
| LWS | Lewiston/Nez Perce County Airport | ID | 596 | n/a |
| CIU | Chippewa County International Airport | MI | 591 | n/a |
| GCC | Northeast Wyoming Regional Airport | WY | 590 | n/a |
| CYS | Cheyenne Regional/Jerry Olson Field | WY | 588 | n/a |
| SWO | Stillwater Regional Airport | OK | 575 | n/a |
| ART | Watertown International Airport | NY | 575 | n/a |
| LWB | Greenbrier Valley Airport | WV | 570 | n/a |
| BJI | Bemidji Regional Airport | MN | 569 | n/a |
| HOB | Lea County Regional Airport | NM | 542 | n/a |
| CKB | North Central West Virginia Airport | WV | 540 | n/a |
| COD | Yellowstone Regional Airport | WY | 537 | n/a |
| FLO | Florence Regional Airport | SC | 534 | n/a |
| BTM | Bert Mooney Airport | MT | 505 | n/a |
| BRD | Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport | MN | 503 | n/a |
| RKS | Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport | WY | 491 | n/a |
| PQI | Presque Isle International Airport | ME | 491 | n/a |
| PRC | Prescott Regional - Ernest A Love Field | AZ | 487 | n/a |
| IMT | Ford Airport | MI | 480 | n/a |
| SUX | Sioux Gateway/Brig General Bud Day Field | IA | 477 | n/a |
| EAR | Kearney Regional Airport | NE | 473 | n/a |
| RHI | Rhinelander/Oneida County Airport | WI | 472 | n/a |
| DIK | Dickinson/Theodore Roosevelt Regional Airport | ND | 467 | n/a |
| ALO | Waterloo Regional Airport | IA | 464 | n/a |
| DLG | Dillingham Airport | AK | 462 | n/a |
| LAF | Purdue University Airport | IN | 453 | n/a |
| RIW | Central Wyoming Regional Airport | WY | 428 | n/a |
| JLN | Joplin Regional Airport | MO | 425 | n/a |
| HYA | Cape Cod Gateway Airport | MA | 408 | n/a |
| MCN | Middle Georgia Regional Airport | GA | 400 | n/a |
| MEI | Key Field | MS | 395 | n/a |
| LAR | Laramie Regional Airport | WY | 393 | n/a |
| JST | John Murtha Johnstown/Cambria County Airport | PA | 391 | n/a |
| PIR | Pierre Regional Airport | SD | 384 | n/a |
| AKN | King Salmon Airport | AK | 371 | n/a |
| PSG | Petersburg James A Johnson Airport | AK | 368 | n/a |
| LNS | Lancaster Airport | PA | 368 | n/a |
| BGM | Greater Binghamton/Edwin A Link Field | NY | 365 | n/a |
| ESC | Delta County Airport | MI | 355 | n/a |
| CDV | Merle K (Mudhole) Smith Airport | AK | 347 | n/a |
| EKO | Elko Regional Airport | NV | 346 | n/a |
| CDC | Cedar City Regional Airport | UT | 345 | n/a |
| CNY | Canyonlands Regional Airport | UT | 341 | n/a |
| PIB | Hattiesburg/Laurel Regional Airport | MS | 324 | n/a |
| TUP | Tupelo Regional Airport | MS | 311 | n/a |
| PIH | Pocatello Regional Airport | ID | 299 | n/a |
| MGW | Morgantown Municipal (Walter L Bill Hart Field) | WV | 298 | n/a |
| HYS | Hays Regional Airport | KS | 293 | n/a |
| APN | Alpena County Regional Airport | MI | 277 | n/a |
| LBF | North Platte Regional/Lee Bird Field | NE | 269 | n/a |
| PAH | Barkley Regional Airport | KY | 264 | n/a |
| CVN | Clovis Regional Airport | NM | 260 | n/a |
| WYS | Yellowstone Airport | MT | 258 | n/a |
| VEL | Vernal Regional Airport | UT | 244 | n/a |
| WRG | Wrangell Airport | AK | 243 | n/a |
| AOO | Altoona/Blair County Airport | PA | 242 | n/a |
| PGA | Page Municipal Airport | AZ | 242 | n/a |
| SOW | Show Low Regional Airport | AZ | 240 | n/a |
| ATY | Watertown Regional Airport | SD | 236 | n/a |
| DVL | Devils Lake Regional Airport | ND | 231 | n/a |
| INL | Falls International/Einarson Field | MN | 228 | n/a |
| SHD | Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport | VA | 223 | n/a |
| BFF | Western Nebraska Regional/William B Heilig Field | NE | 223 | n/a |
| BHB | Hancock County/Bar Harbor Airport | ME | 222 | n/a |
| ALS | San Luis Valley Regional/Bergman Field | CO | 222 | n/a |
| HIB | Range Regional Airport | MN | 217 | n/a |
| MKL | Mc Kellar-Sipes Regional Airport | TN | 209 | n/a |
| MSL | Northwest Alabama Regional Airport | AL | 194 | n/a |
| OWB | Owensboro/Daviess County Regional Airport | KY | 186 | n/a |
| DEC | Decatur Airport | IL | 177 | n/a |
| JMS | Jamestown Regional Airport | ND | 173 | n/a |
| MCW | Mason City Municipal Airport | IA | 172 | n/a |
| GLH | Greenville Mid-Delta Airport | MS | 166 | n/a |
| YAK | Yakutat Airport | AK | 159 | n/a |
| FOD | Fort Dodge Regional Airport | IA | 158 | n/a |
| CGI | Cape Girardeau Regional Airport | MO | 157 | n/a |
| MBL | Manistee County/Blacker Airport | MI | 155 | n/a |
| LBL | Liberal Mid-America Regional Airport | KS | 151 | n/a |
| TBN | Waynesville-St Robert Regional Forney Field | MO | 151 | n/a |
| MSS | Massena International-Richards Field | NY | 139 | n/a |
| SDY | Sidney-Richland Regional Airport | MT | 134 | n/a |
| CEC | Jack Mc Namara Field | CA | 132 | n/a |
| IRK | Kirksville Regional Airport | MO | 131 | n/a |
| MKG | Muskegon County Airport | MI | 130 | n/a |
| TVF | Thief River Falls Regional Airport | MN | 128 | n/a |
| PKB | Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport | WV | 124 | n/a |
| DDC | Dodge City Regional Airport | KS | 117 | n/a |
| DUJ | Dubois Regional Airport | PA | 99 | n/a |
| BRL | Southeast Iowa Regional Airport | IA | 99 | n/a |
| BFD | Bradford Regional Airport | PA | 98 | n/a |
| LEB | Lebanon Municipal Airport | NH | 84 | n/a |
| RKD | Knox County Regional Airport | ME | 81 | n/a |
| IPT | Williamsport Regional Airport | PA | 71 | n/a |
| PVC | Provincetown Municipal Airport | MA | 70 | n/a |
| AUG | Augusta State Airport | ME | 65 | n/a |
| AIA | Alliance Municipal Airport | NE | 65 | n/a |
| OLF | L M Clayton Airport | MT | 64 | n/a |
| PUB | Pueblo Memorial Airport | CO | 64 | n/a |
| BKW | Raleigh County Memorial Airport | WV | 59 | n/a |
| HVR | Havre City-County Airport | MT | 56 | n/a |
| GGW | Wokal Field/Glasgow-Valley County | MT | 43 | n/a |
| MCK | Mc Cook Ben Nelson Regional Airport | NE | 39 | n/a |
| MCE | Merced Regional/Macready Field | CA | 39 | n/a |
| GDV | Dawson Communicipalty Airport | MT | 31 | 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 10 – Tue, Oct 15, 2024). 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 (361 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 2025 air travel: how US airports and states did", https://passengerindex.com/web/holidays/columbus-day-2025/ (CC BY 4.0).

## Frequently asked questions

### How many people flew over Columbus Day 2025?

TSA screened 16,613,990 passengers nationwide over the Columbus Day 2025 travel period (Thu, Oct 9 – Tue, Oct 14, 2025), up 7.6% from 15,446,327 over the same period a year earlier. The busiest day was Friday, October 10, with 3,017,612 screenings.

### What was the busiest airport over Columbus Day 2025?

The busiest airports by departing passengers screened were Los Angeles International Airport (LAX, about 625,000), Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD, about 607,000) and John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK, about 587,000). Among states, California led with about 2.0 million.

### How many international travelers arrived in the US over Columbus Day 2025?

US Customs and Border Protection processed about 1.8 million arriving international passengers at the 45 airports it monitors over the period, roughly flat (+0.3%) year over year.

### Which airports grew the most over Columbus Day 2025?

Among airports with at least 100,000 departing passengers screened in the year-earlier period, the largest gains were IND (+18.1%), FLL (+14.9%), MIA (+14.7%), BNA (+12.9%) and PIT (+11.8%) and the largest declines SJC (-12.3%), MDW (-8.3%), LAS (-5.0%), DAL (-4.9%) and PDX (-4.2%).

### 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 2025 period ran Thu, Oct 9 – Tue, Oct 14, 2025 and is compared with Thu, Oct 10 – Tue, Oct 15, 2024, the same days relative to the holiday.

### When is the Columbus Day 2026 travel period?

Thu, Oct 8 – Tue, Oct 13, 2026. Passenger Index publishes airport and state results a few days after it ends, once TSA releases the checkpoint data.