Labor Day 2020 air travel: how US airports and states did
· TSA checkpoint screenings and CBP international arrivals · updated · how it is measured
TSA screened 5,081,721 passengers nationwide over the Labor Day 2020 travel period (Thu, Sep 3 – Tue, Sep 8, 2020), down 62.0% from 13,378,323 over the same period a year earlier. The busiest day was Friday, September 4, with 1,011,740 screenings.
The busiest airports by departing passengers screened were Denver International Airport (DEN, about 206,000), Los Angeles International Airport (LAX, about 201,000) and Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW, about 174,000). Among states, California led with about 543,000.
Key facts
- Travel period
- TSA screenings
- 5,081,721 (-62.0% YoY)
- Busiest day
- : 1,011,740
- Busiest airport
- DEN, about 206,000
Day by day, nationwide
| 2020 | Screened | Year earlier | Screened | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 920,650 | 2,561,109 | -64.1% | ||
| 1,011,740 | 2,658,558 | -61.9% | ||
| 700,693 | 1,954,902 | -64.2% | ||
| 730,258 | 1,887,845 | -61.3% | ||
| 975,969 | 2,278,159 | -57.2% | ||
| 742,411 | 2,037,750 | -63.6% |
Biggest movers
Among airports with at least 100,000 departing passengers screened in the year-earlier period. Up most: FLL -45.9%, DEN -49.5%, DFW -51.0%, BNA -52.9%, SLC -53.3%. Down most: HNL -92.8%, JFK -83.1%, SFO -81.9%, IAD -77.7%, BOS -77.3%.
By state
| State | Departing screened | YoY | Busiest airport | Airports |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 543,000 | -72.1% | LAX | 21 |
| Texas | 492,000 | -55.5% | DFW | 25 |
| Florida | 290,000 | -46.0% | FLL | 11 |
| Illinois | 230,000 | -63.6% | ORD | 11 |
| Colorado | 225,000 | -49.3% | DEN | 13 |
| Georgia | 191,000 | -59.0% | ATL | 8 |
| Nevada | 188,000 | -56.3% | LAS | 3 |
| New York | 181,000 | -80.2% | JFK | 16 |
| Washington | 145,000 | -65.5% | SEA | 9 |
| North Carolina | 137,000 | -58.8% | CLT | 9 |
| Pennsylvania | 129,000 | -57.4% | PHL | 14 |
| Virginia | 124,000 | -70.2% | DCA | 9 |
| New Jersey | 114,000 | -68.3% | EWR | 2 |
| Michigan | 113,000 | -54.7% | DTW | 16 |
| Tennessee | 104,000 | -51.4% | BNA | 5 |
| Missouri | 91,600 | -54.3% | STL | 7 |
| Massachusetts | 81,200 | -77.0% | BOS | 6 |
| Minnesota | 78,500 | -64.2% | MSP | 8 |
| Oregon | 69,500 | -64.3% | PDX | 5 |
| Maryland | 68,900 | -57.9% | BWI | 2 |
| Utah | 67,900 | -52.9% | SLC | 5 |
| Louisiana | 53,200 | -60.8% | MSY | 7 |
| Kentucky | 53,100 | -53.8% | CVG | 5 |
| South Carolina | 52,400 | -52.4% | CHS | 6 |
| Indiana | 47,400 | -46.5% | IND | 4 |
| Puerto Rico | 38,900 | -49.4% | SJU | 1 |
| Ohio | 38,500 | -57.1% | CMH | 4 |
| Wisconsin | 36,300 | -60.6% | MKE | 8 |
| Alaska | 33,400 | -61.0% | ANC | 14 |
| Montana | 32,100 | -34.0% | BZN | 13 |
| Arizona | 24,000 | -46.2% | TUS | 8 |
| Idaho | 23,700 | -43.8% | BOI | 6 |
| Alabama | 22,100 | -51.6% | BHM | 6 |
| Nebraska | 21,800 | -51.2% | OMA | 9 |
| Hawaii | 18,900 | -93.1% | HNL | 6 |
| Iowa | 17,500 | -46.8% | DSM | 7 |
| Arkansas | 17,100 | -53.0% | LIT | 4 |
| New Mexico | 16,500 | -68.5% | ABQ | 4 |
| Connecticut | 16,000 | -66.5% | BDL | 2 |
| Oklahoma | 15,500 | -45.5% | TUL | 3 |
| Maine | 11,700 | -63.3% | PWM | 6 |
| South Dakota | 10,300 | -40.4% | FSD | 5 |
| Wyoming | 9,720 | -34.8% | JAC | 7 |
| North Dakota | 9,640 | -42.0% | FAR | 7 |
| Rhode Island | 9,220 | -71.3% | PVD | 1 |
| Mississippi | 8,920 | -48.5% | GPT | 6 |
| Kansas | 8,540 | -48.2% | ICT | 7 |
| New Hampshire | 5,040 | -64.4% | MHT | 2 |
| West Virginia | 3,280 | -44.3% | CRW | 7 |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 3,280 | -66.4% | STT | 2 |
| Vermont | 2,730 | -77.9% | BTV | 2 |
| Guam | 1,450 | -96.1% | GUM | 1 |
By airport
| # | Code | Airport | State | Departing screened | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DEN | Denver International Airport | CO | 206,000 | -49.5% |
| 2 | LAX | Los Angeles International Airport | CA | 201,000 | -71.3% |
| 3 | DFW | Dallas Fort Worth International Airport | TX | 174,000 | -51.0% |
| 4 | ATL | Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport | GA | 174,000 | -59.4% |
| 5 | ORD | Chicago O'Hare International Airport | IL | 170,000 | -65.5% |
| 6 | LAS | Harry Reid International Airport | NV | 169,000 | -56.2% |
| 7 | SEA | Seattle-Tacoma International Airport | WA | 120,000 | -66.8% |
| 8 | EWR | Newark Liberty International Airport | NJ | 113,000 | -68.0% |
| 9 | FLL | Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport | FL | 113,000 | -45.9% |
| 10 | IAH | George Bush Intercontinental Airport | TX | 98,700 | -62.0% |
| 11 | JFK | John F. Kennedy International Airport | NY | 90,200 | -83.1% |
| 12 | SFO | San Francisco International Airport | CA | 86,400 | -81.9% |
| 13 | DTW | Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport | MI | 84,300 | -57.5% |
| 14 | PHL | Philadelphia International Airport | PA | 80,100 | -58.2% |
| 15 | SAN | San Diego International Airport | CA | 78,000 | -65.6% |
| 16 | BOS | Boston Logan International Airport | MA | 77,400 | -77.3% |
| 17 | MSP | Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport | MN | 75,100 | -64.4% |
| 18 | TPA | Tampa International Airport | FL | 68,800 | -53.7% |
| 19 | BWI | Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport | MD | 68,100 | -58.0% |
| 20 | CLT | Charlotte Douglas International Airport | NC | 67,800 | -55.9% |
| 21 | SLC | Salt Lake City International Airport | UT | 65,700 | -53.3% |
| 22 | BNA | Nashville International Airport | TN | 65,000 | -52.9% |
| 23 | LGA | LaGuardia Airport | NY | 57,400 | -76.8% |
| 24 | PDX | Portland International Airport | OR | 55,000 | -66.7% |
| 25 | AUS | Austin-Bergstrom International Airport | TX | 50,600 | -64.1% |
| 26 | MDW | Chicago Midway International Airport | IL | 48,500 | -58.9% |
| 27 | DCA | Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport | VA | 46,400 | -71.6% |
| 28 | SMF | Sacramento International Airport | CA | 45,600 | -58.6% |
| 29 | STL | St. Louis Lambert International Airport | MO | 44,800 | -54.6% |
| 30 | DAL | Dallas Love Field | TX | 44,200 | -52.7% |
| 31 | RDU | Raleigh-Durham International Airport | NC | 43,300 | -65.3% |
| 32 | HOU | William P. Hobby Airport | TX | 42,200 | -48.0% |
| 33 | MSY | Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport | LA | 40,700 | -64.2% |
| 34 | MCI | Kansas City International Airport | MO | 39,600 | -55.3% |
| 35 | SJU | Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport | PR | 38,900 | -49.4% |
| 36 | IND | Indianapolis International Airport | IN | 36,500 | -49.2% |
| 37 | IAD | Washington Dulles International Airport | VA | 36,400 | -77.7% |
| 38 | PIT | Pittsburgh International Airport | PA | 34,500 | -56.7% |
| 39 | SAT | San Antonio International Airport | TX | 33,600 | -59.7% |
| 40 | OAK | Oakland International Airport | CA | 32,600 | -70.2% |
| 41 | CVG | Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport | KY | 31,300 | -54.4% |
| 42 | RSW | Southwest Florida International Airport | FL | 30,300 | -36.9% |
| 43 | SJC | San José Mineta International Airport | CA | 29,900 | -76.3% |
| 44 | CMH | John Glenn Columbus International Airport | OH | 28,900 | -57.0% |
| 45 | JAX | Jacksonville International Airport | FL | 23,900 | -54.6% |
| 46 | ONT | Ontario International Airport | CA | 22,800 | -54.3% |
| 47 | MKE | Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport | WI | 21,800 | -59.5% |
| 48 | MEM | Memphis International Airport | TN | 21,300 | -47.3% |
| 49 | ANC | Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport | AK | 20,600 | -62.2% |
| 50 | OMA | Eppley Airfield | NE | 19,800 | -49.8% |
| 51 | BOI | Boise Airport | ID | 19,400 | -44.2% |
| 52 | RNO | Reno-Tahoe International Airport | NV | 19,000 | -56.7% |
| 53 | ORF | Norfolk International Airport | VA | 18,200 | -50.8% |
| 54 | CHS | Charleston International Airport | SC | 17,700 | -58.2% |
| 55 | GEG | Spokane International Airport | WA | 17,500 | -47.4% |
| 56 | GRR | Gerald R. Ford International Airport | MI | 16,700 | -42.4% |
| 57 | MYR | Myrtle Beach International Airport | SC | 16,700 | -45.3% |
| 58 | SDF | Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport | KY | 15,900 | -53.1% |
| 59 | BDL | Bradley International Airport | CT | 15,900 | -66.2% |
| 60 | ABQ | Albuquerque International Sunport | NM | 15,400 | -68.2% |
| 61 | RIC | Richmond International Airport | VA | 15,100 | -55.7% |
| 62 | ELP | El Paso International Airport | TX | 15,100 | -53.9% |
| 63 | TUL | Tulsa International Airport | OK | 15,000 | -44.3% |
| 64 | BUR | Hollywood Burbank Airport | CA | 14,700 | -73.2% |
| 65 | PNS | Pensacola International Airport | FL | 14,400 | -33.4% |
| 66 | SAV | Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport | GA | 12,500 | -58.5% |
| 67 | HNL | Daniel K. Inouye International Airport | HI | 12,200 | -92.8% |
| 68 | VPS | Eglin AFB/Destin-Ft Walton Beach | FL | 12,000 | -24.6% |
| 69 | TUS | Tucson International Airport | AZ | 11,700 | -56.7% |
| 70 | BHM | Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport | AL | 11,600 | -51.1% |
| 71 | DSM | Des Moines International Airport | IA | 11,400 | -45.1% |
| 72 | TYS | Mc Ghee Tyson Airport | TN | 11,300 | -48.7% |
| 73 | BZN | Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport | MT | 10,800 | -29.7% |
| 74 | GSP | Greenville Spartanburg International Airport | SC | 10,200 | -52.2% |
| 75 | LIT | Bill and Hillary Clinton National/Adams Field | AR | 9,680 | -49.8% |
| 76 | ECP | Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport | FL | 9,350 | -16.6% |
| 77 | AZA | Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport | AZ | 9,330 | -15.7% |
| 78 | PVD | Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport | RI | 9,220 | -71.3% |
| 79 | BUF | Buffalo Niagara International Airport | NY | 9,020 | -78.3% |
| 80 | FAT | Fresno Yosemite International Airport | CA | 8,740 | -46.1% |
| 81 | PWM | Portland International Jetport | ME | 8,410 | -64.5% |
| 82 | SRQ | Sarasota Bradenton International Airport | FL | 8,290 | -40.3% |
| 83 | COS | City Of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport | CO | 7,680 | -53.3% |
| 84 | AVL | Asheville Regional Airport | NC | 7,500 | -49.0% |
| 85 | JAC | Jackson Hole Airport | WY | 7,400 | -31.9% |
| 86 | GPI | Glacier Park International Airport | MT | 7,390 | -20.5% |
| 87 | ICT | Wichita Dwight D Eisenhower National Airport | KS | 7,270 | -47.7% |
| 88 | ALB | Albany International Airport | NY | 6,860 | -72.2% |
| 89 | GSO | Piedmont Triad International Airport | NC | 6,840 | -62.0% |
| 90 | MAF | Midland International Air And Space Port Airport | TX | 6,570 | -42.9% |
| 91 | DAY | James M Cox Dayton International Airport | OH | 6,430 | -57.5% |
| 92 | XNA | Northwest Arkansas National Airport | AR | 6,360 | -56.6% |
| 93 | ROC | Frederick Douglass/Greater Rochester International Airport | NY | 6,340 | -71.2% |
| 94 | MSN | Dane County Regional/Truax Field | WI | 5,950 | -72.7% |
| 95 | SGF | Springfield-Branson National Airport | MO | 5,890 | -42.4% |
| 96 | SYR | Syracuse Hancock International Airport | NY | 5,720 | -74.2% |
| 97 | MDT | Harrisburg International Airport | PA | 5,700 | -52.9% |
| 98 | LEX | Blue Grass Airport | KY | 5,630 | -51.9% |
| 99 | LGB | Long Beach (Daugherty Field) | CA | 5,630 | -82.4% |
| 100 | CID | The Eastern Iowa Airport | IA | 5,450 | -48.5% |
| 101 | CAE | Columbia Metropolitan Airport | SC | 5,240 | -55.6% |
| 102 | EYW | Key West International Airport | FL | 5,220 | -9.7% |
| 103 | BIL | Billings Logan International Airport | MT | 5,220 | -38.4% |
| 104 | ILM | Wilmington International Airport | NC | 5,190 | -51.2% |
| 105 | MSO | Missoula Montana Airport | MT | 5,150 | -42.1% |
| 106 | PSP | Palm Springs International Airport | CA | 5,090 | -50.5% |
| 107 | FSD | Joe Foss Field | SD | 5,000 | -39.8% |
| 108 | MHT | Manchester Boston Regional Airport | NH | 5,000 | -64.4% |
| 109 | LBB | Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport | TX | 4,860 | -48.8% |
| 110 | MFR | Rogue Valley International - Medford Airport | OR | 4,820 | -50.4% |
| 111 | HSV | Huntsville International-Carl T Jones Field | AL | 4,790 | -57.8% |
| 112 | RDM | Roberts Field | OR | 4,750 | -45.4% |
| 113 | EUG | Mahlon Sweet Field | OR | 4,730 | -57.2% |
| 114 | RAP | Rapid City Regional Airport | SD | 4,630 | -40.5% |
| 115 | TVC | Cherry Capital Airport | MI | 4,370 | -40.8% |
| 116 | AMA | Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport | TX | 4,300 | -35.7% |
| 117 | SBN | South Bend International Airport | IN | 4,280 | -33.0% |
| 118 | FWA | Fort Wayne International Airport | IN | 4,260 | -31.7% |
| 119 | CHA | Lovell Field | TN | 4,240 | -54.8% |
| 120 | FAR | Hector International Airport | ND | 4,130 | -36.0% |
| 121 | GPT | Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport | MS | 4,100 | -32.1% |
| 122 | JAN | Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport | MS | 4,070 | -58.0% |
| 123 | BTR | Baton Rouge Metropolitan, Ryan Field | LA | 3,910 | -43.7% |
| 124 | CRP | Corpus Christi International Airport | TX | 3,900 | -33.6% |
| 125 | SHV | Shreveport Regional Airport | LA | 3,640 | -36.8% |
| 126 | TLH | Tallahassee International Airport | FL | 3,520 | -53.8% |
| 127 | FAI | Fairbanks International Airport | AK | 3,490 | -65.4% |
| 128 | MOB | Mobile Regional Airport | AL | 3,480 | -40.8% |
| 129 | MFE | Mc Allen Miller International Airport | TX | 3,380 | -49.5% |
| 130 | AGS | Augusta Regional at Bush Field | GA | 3,330 | -41.1% |
| 131 | PSC | Tri-Cities Airport | WA | 3,280 | -54.5% |
| 132 | SBA | Santa Barbara Municipal Airport | CA | 3,140 | -69.9% |
| 133 | PIA | General Downing - Peoria International Airport | IL | 3,110 | -37.1% |
| 134 | ROA | Roanoke/Blacksburg Regional (Woodrum Field) | VA | 3,100 | -46.4% |
| 135 | ABE | Lehigh Valley International Airport | PA | 3,080 | -53.2% |
| 136 | GRB | Green Bay/Austin Straubel International Airport | WI | 2,990 | -50.1% |
| 137 | FNT | Bishop International Airport | MI | 2,960 | -26.4% |
| 138 | OGG | Kahului Airport | HI | 2,940 | -95.2% |
| 139 | BGR | Bangor International Airport | ME | 2,930 | -58.3% |
| 140 | HRL | Valley International Airport | TX | 2,820 | -46.9% |
| 141 | GJT | Grand Junction Regional Airport | CO | 2,820 | -36.7% |
| 142 | ATW | Appleton International Airport | WI | 2,800 | -46.9% |
| 143 | SBP | San Luis County Regional Airport | CA | 2,790 | -40.6% |
| 144 | ASE | Aspen-Pitkin County/Sardy Field | CO | 2,760 | -41.5% |
| 145 | JNU | Juneau International Airport | AK | 2,720 | -63.3% |
| 146 | BTV | Burlington International Airport | VT | 2,690 | -78.1% |
| 147 | OAJ | Albert J Ellis Airport | NC | 2,680 | -13.1% |
| 148 | ISP | Long Island Mac Arthur Airport | NY | 2,640 | -71.5% |
| 149 | BIS | Bismarck Municipal Airport | ND | 2,550 | -48.9% |
| 150 | EVV | Evansville Regional Airport | IN | 2,390 | -43.1% |
| 151 | MLI | Quad Cities International Airport | IL | 2,350 | -56.0% |
| 152 | ACK | Nantucket Memorial Airport | MA | 2,340 | -64.6% |
| 153 | LFT | Lafayette Regional/Paul Fournet Field | LA | 2,290 | -48.2% |
| 154 | HXD | Hilton Head Airport | SC | 2,280 | -26.5% |
| 155 | FAY | Fayetteville Regional/Grannis Field | NC | 2,260 | -42.3% |
| 156 | CAK | Akron-Canton Regional Airport | OH | 2,180 | -63.6% |
| 157 | KOA | Ellison Onizuka Kona International at Keahole Airport | HI | 2,180 | -93.4% |
| 158 | CHO | Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport | VA | 2,160 | -65.5% |
| 159 | IDA | Idaho Falls Regional Airport | ID | 2,140 | -34.1% |
| 160 | BLV | Scott AFB/Midamerica St Louis | IL | 2,000 | +23.1% |
| 161 | GNV | Gainesville Regional Airport | FL | 1,990 | -50.8% |
| 162 | DRO | Durango-La Plata County Airport | CO | 1,990 | -49.9% |
| 163 | TRI | Tri-Cities Airport | TN | 1,960 | -44.8% |
| 164 | MOT | Minot International Airport | ND | 1,880 | -31.7% |
| 165 | GRK | Robert Gray AAF Airport | TX | 1,860 | -36.2% |
| 166 | STS | Charles M Schulz - Sonoma County Airport | CA | 1,860 | -64.9% |
| 167 | GTF | Great Falls International Airport | MT | 1,830 | -46.0% |
| 168 | CRW | West Virginia International Yeager Airport | WV | 1,820 | -54.1% |
| 169 | MRY | Monterey Regional Airport | CA | 1,800 | -63.8% |
| 170 | AVP | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport | PA | 1,770 | -63.4% |
| 171 | MGM | Montgomery Regional (Dannelly Field) | AL | 1,730 | -54.1% |
| 172 | STT | Cyril E King Airport | VI | 1,700 | -76.5% |
| 173 | BMI | Central Illinois Regional/Bloomington-Normal Airport | IL | 1,670 | -47.7% |
| 174 | BLI | Bellingham International Airport | WA | 1,650 | -71.4% |
| 175 | BFL | Meadows Field | CA | 1,590 | -38.9% |
| 176 | KTN | Ketchikan International Airport | AK | 1,590 | -55.8% |
| 177 | STX | Henry E Rohlsen Airport | VI | 1,570 | -37.4% |
| 178 | PVU | Provo Municipal Airport | UT | 1,550 | -30.1% |
| 179 | GUM | Guam International Airport | GU | 1,450 | -96.1% |
| 180 | ITO | Hilo International Airport | HI | 1,420 | -85.9% |
| 181 | DLH | Duluth International Airport | MN | 1,390 | -54.9% |
| 182 | AEX | Alexandria International Airport | LA | 1,300 | -32.4% |
| 183 | MTJ | Montrose Regional Airport | CO | 1,270 | -53.6% |
| 184 | PHF | Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport | VA | 1,240 | -66.7% |
| 185 | CWA | Central Wisconsin Airport | WI | 1,240 | -48.4% |
| 186 | BRO | Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport | TX | 1,230 | -43.4% |
| 187 | MVY | Martha's Vineyard Airport | MA | 1,200 | -61.7% |
| 188 | FLG | Flagstaff Pulliam Airport | AZ | 1,190 | -50.6% |
| 189 | MLU | Monroe Regional Airport | LA | 1,170 | -42.4% |
| 190 | UNV | University Park Airport | PA | 1,150 | -62.3% |
| 191 | LBE | Arnold Palmer Regional Airport | PA | 1,130 | -34.9% |
| 192 | TOL | Eugene F Kranz Toledo Express Airport | OH | 1,060 | -36.6% |
| 193 | HTS | Tri-State/Milton J Ferguson Field | WV | 1,040 | +4.1% |
| 194 | COU | Columbia Regional Airport | MO | 1,040 | -54.0% |
| 195 | ABI | Abilene Regional Airport | TX | 1,020 | -33.7% |
| 196 | EGE | Eagle County Regional Airport | CO | 1,010 | -47.9% |
| 197 | SIT | Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport | AK | 993 | -57.7% |
| 198 | MBS | MBS International Airport | MI | 943 | -55.4% |
| 199 | RST | Rochester International Airport | MN | 937 | -70.6% |
| 200 | LSE | La Crosse Regional Airport | WI | 914 | -45.6% |
| 201 | CLL | Easterwood Field | TX | 905 | -33.1% |
| 202 | TTN | Trenton Mercer Airport | NJ | 885 | -86.4% |
| 203 | ADQ | Kodiak Airport | AK | 881 | -37.9% |
| 204 | HLN | Helena Regional Airport | MT | 873 | -57.2% |
| 205 | SUN | Friedman Memorial Airport | ID | 859 | -60.2% |
| 206 | SWF | New York Stewart International Airport | NY | 852 | -82.7% |
| 207 | CPR | Casper/Natrona County International Airport | WY | 847 | -48.2% |
| 208 | EWN | Coastal Carolina Regional Airport | NC | 847 | -55.5% |
| 209 | GRI | Central Nebraska Regional Airport | NE | 845 | -41.6% |
| 210 | PAE | Snohomish County (Paine Field) | WA | 821 | -90.5% |
| 211 | LAN | Capital Region International Airport | MI | 803 | -68.7% |
| 212 | LYH | Lynchburg Regional/Preston Glenn Field | VA | 794 | -42.8% |
| 213 | ERI | Erie International/Tom Ridge Field | PA | 781 | -59.2% |
| 214 | AZO | Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport | MI | 777 | -69.2% |
| 215 | ACV | California Redwood Coast-Humboldt County Airport | CA | 762 | -56.7% |
| 216 | SBY | Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport | MD | 759 | -35.1% |
| 217 | SPI | Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport | IL | 719 | -33.2% |
| 218 | GFK | Grand Forks International Airport | ND | 718 | -56.7% |
| 219 | SJT | San Angelo Regional/Mathis Field | TX | 717 | -43.1% |
| 220 | LRD | Laredo International Airport | TX | 710 | -54.5% |
| 221 | SAF | Santa Fe Municipal Airport | NM | 677 | -73.6% |
| 222 | CMI | University Of Illinois/Willard Airport | IL | 673 | -64.3% |
| 223 | MQT | Sawyer International Airport | MI | 644 | -42.2% |
| 224 | FSM | Fort Smith Regional Airport | AR | 637 | -61.9% |
| 225 | LNK | Lincoln Airport | NE | 627 | -77.1% |
| 226 | NYL | Yuma MCAS/Yuma International Airport | AZ | 621 | -54.8% |
| 227 | IFP | Laughlin/Bullhead International Airport | AZ | 617 | -68.7% |
| 228 | BET | Bethel Airport | AK | 580 | -54.0% |
| 229 | COD | Yellowstone Regional Airport | WY | 575 | -45.9% |
| 230 | MHK | Manhattan Regional Airport | KS | 568 | -54.9% |
| 231 | HDN | Yampa Valley Airport | CO | 565 | n/a |
| 232 | ACT | Waco Regional Airport | TX | 535 | n/a |
| 233 | ELM | Elmira/Corning Regional Airport | NY | 524 | -76.4% |
| 234 | PLN | Pellston Regional/Emmet County Airport | MI | 507 | n/a |
| 235 | TWF | Joslin Field/Magic Valley Regional | ID | 500 | n/a |
| 236 | CSG | Columbus Airport | GA | 494 | n/a |
| 237 | OTZ | Ralph Wien Memorial Airport | AK | 493 | n/a |
| 238 | PIH | Pocatello Regional Airport | ID | 492 | n/a |
| 239 | TYR | Tyler Pounds Regional Airport | TX | 488 | -60.9% |
| 240 | EAT | Pangborn Memorial Airport | WA | 451 | -57.6% |
| 241 | DHN | Dothan Regional Airport | AL | 447 | n/a |
| 242 | GUC | Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional Airport | CO | 435 | n/a |
| 243 | RHI | Rhinelander/Oneida County Airport | WI | 425 | n/a |
| 244 | YKM | Yakima Air Terminal/Mcallister Field | WA | 423 | n/a |
| 245 | CDV | Merle K (Mudhole) Smith Airport | AK | 403 | n/a |
| 246 | ITH | Ithaca Tompkins International Airport | NY | 401 | -78.1% |
| 247 | PGV | Pitt-Greenville Airport | NC | 394 | n/a |
| 248 | PUW | Pullman/Moscow Regional Airport | WA | 390 | -63.7% |
| 249 | WYS | Yellowstone Airport | MT | 390 | n/a |
| 250 | BJI | Bemidji Regional Airport | MN | 389 | n/a |
| 251 | PSG | Petersburg James A Johnson Airport | AK | 387 | n/a |
| 252 | ALW | Walla Walla Regional Airport | WA | 375 | n/a |
| 253 | TXK | Texarkana Regional-Webb Field | AR | 374 | n/a |
| 254 | ROW | Roswell Air Center Airport | NM | 371 | -63.4% |
| 255 | VLD | Valdosta Regional Airport | GA | 363 | n/a |
| 256 | ABY | Southwest Georgia Regional Airport | GA | 357 | n/a |
| 257 | GCK | Garden City Regional Airport | KS | 349 | n/a |
| 258 | BRW | Wiley Post-Will Rogers Memorial Airport | AK | 348 | n/a |
| 259 | OME | Nome Airport | AK | 341 | n/a |
| 260 | IPT | Williamsport Regional Airport | PA | 340 | n/a |
| 261 | LWS | Lewiston/Nez Perce County Airport | ID | 334 | n/a |
| 262 | GTR | Golden Triangle Regional Airport | MS | 333 | n/a |
| 263 | LAW | Lawton-Fort Sill Regional Airport | OK | 331 | n/a |
| 264 | PRC | Prescott Regional - Ernest A Love Field | AZ | 317 | n/a |
| 265 | YAK | Yakutat Airport | AK | 316 | n/a |
| 266 | BQK | Brunswick Golden Isles Airport | GA | 312 | n/a |
| 267 | RDD | Redding Regional Airport | CA | 298 | n/a |
| 268 | FLO | Florence Regional Airport | SC | 289 | n/a |
| 269 | CNY | Canyonlands Regional Airport | UT | 285 | n/a |
| 270 | ABR | Aberdeen Regional Airport | SD | 283 | n/a |
| 271 | DBQ | Dubuque Regional Airport | IA | 277 | n/a |
| 272 | PBG | Plattsburgh International Airport | NY | 264 | n/a |
| 273 | GCC | Northeast Wyoming Regional Airport | WY | 260 | n/a |
| 274 | EKO | Elko Regional Airport | NV | 254 | n/a |
| 275 | SPS | Sheppard AFB/Wichita Falls Municipal | TX | 252 | n/a |
| 276 | BPT | Jack Brooks Regional Airport | TX | 249 | n/a |
| 277 | SHR | Sheridan County Airport | WY | 240 | n/a |
| 278 | CDC | Cedar City Regional Airport | UT | 240 | n/a |
| 279 | OTH | Southwest Oregon Regional Airport | OR | 240 | n/a |
| 280 | LCH | Lake Charles Regional Airport | LA | 239 | -77.9% |
| 281 | BTM | Bert Mooney Airport | MT | 238 | n/a |
| 282 | CIU | Chippewa County International Airport | MI | 236 | n/a |
| 283 | BRD | Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport | MN | 219 | n/a |
| 284 | DRT | Del Rio Texas International Airport | TX | 216 | n/a |
| 285 | GGG | East Texas Regional Airport | TX | 213 | n/a |
| 286 | IMT | Ford Airport | MI | 207 | n/a |
| 287 | ART | Watertown International Airport | NY | 207 | n/a |
| 288 | LAR | Laramie Regional Airport | WY | 206 | n/a |
| 289 | MKG | Muskegon County Airport | MI | 205 | n/a |
| 290 | EAU | Chippewa Valley Regional Airport | WI | 195 | n/a |
| 291 | SUX | Sioux Gateway/Brig General Bud Day Field | IA | 195 | n/a |
| 292 | RIW | Central Wyoming Regional Airport | WY | 192 | n/a |
| 293 | HIB | Range Regional Airport | MN | 192 | n/a |
| 294 | DIK | Dickinson/Theodore Roosevelt Regional Airport | ND | 187 | n/a |
| 295 | ATY | Watertown Regional Airport | SD | 185 | n/a |
| 296 | PGA | Page Municipal Airport | AZ | 185 | n/a |
| 297 | PAH | Barkley Regional Airport | KY | 179 | n/a |
| 298 | TUP | Tupelo Regional Airport | MS | 174 | n/a |
| 299 | WRG | Wrangell Airport | AK | 169 | n/a |
| 300 | INL | Falls International/Einarson Field | MN | 166 | n/a |
| 301 | ESC | Delta County Airport | MI | 161 | n/a |
| 302 | PIR | Pierre Regional Airport | SD | 160 | n/a |
| 303 | MCN | Middle Georgia Regional Airport | GA | 159 | n/a |
| 304 | HVN | Tweed/New Haven Airport | CT | 152 | n/a |
| 305 | BFF | Western Nebraska Regional/William B Heilig Field | NE | 151 | n/a |
| 306 | LBF | North Platte Regional/Lee Bird Field | NE | 140 | n/a |
| 307 | PIB | Hattiesburg/Laurel Regional Airport | MS | 139 | n/a |
| 308 | APN | Alpena County Regional Airport | MI | 139 | n/a |
| 309 | SLN | Salina Regional Airport | KS | 138 | n/a |
| 310 | VEL | Vernal Regional Airport | UT | 134 | n/a |
| 311 | SHD | Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport | VA | 130 | n/a |
| 312 | CKB | North Central West Virginia Airport | WV | 126 | n/a |
| 313 | SDY | Sidney-Richland Regional Airport | MT | 126 | n/a |
| 314 | SWO | Stillwater Regional Airport | OK | 125 | n/a |
| 315 | CEZ | Cortez Municipal Airport | CO | 124 | n/a |
| 316 | PQI | Presque Isle International Airport | ME | 122 | n/a |
| 317 | EAR | Kearney Regional Airport | NE | 120 | n/a |
| 318 | LWB | Greenbrier Valley Airport | WV | 118 | n/a |
| 319 | CGI | Cape Girardeau Regional Airport | MO | 115 | n/a |
| 320 | ALS | San Luis Valley Regional/Bergman Field | CO | 110 | n/a |
| 321 | MEI | Key Field | MS | 106 | n/a |
| 322 | PUB | Pueblo Memorial Airport | CO | 105 | n/a |
| 323 | ORH | Worcester Regional Airport | MA | 105 | -91.9% |
| 324 | UIN | Quincy Regional-Baldwin Field | IL | 103 | n/a |
| 325 | HYA | Cape Cod Gateway Airport | MA | 102 | n/a |
| 326 | MKK | Molokai Airport | HI | 101 | n/a |
| 327 | PVC | Provincetown Municipal Airport | MA | 99 | n/a |
| 328 | JMS | Jamestown Regional Airport | ND | 97 | n/a |
| 329 | FOD | Fort Dodge Regional Airport | IA | 95 | n/a |
| 330 | HYS | Hays Regional Airport | KS | 93 | n/a |
| 331 | CEC | Jack Mc Namara Field | CA | 93 | n/a |
| 332 | BHB | Hancock County/Bar Harbor Airport | ME | 91 | n/a |
| 333 | TBN | Waynesville-St Robert Regional Forney Field | MO | 85 | n/a |
| 334 | MWA | Veterans Airport Of Southern Illinois | IL | 85 | n/a |
| 335 | TEX | Telluride Regional Airport | CO | 83 | n/a |
| 336 | BGM | Greater Binghamton/Edwin A Link Field | NY | 82 | n/a |
| 337 | MCE | Merced Regional/Macready Field | CA | 78 | n/a |
| 338 | LBL | Liberal Mid-America Regional Airport | KS | 75 | n/a |
| 339 | MGW | Morgantown Municipal (Walter L Bill Hart Field) | WV | 73 | n/a |
| 340 | DVL | Devils Lake Regional Airport | ND | 72 | n/a |
| 341 | SOW | Show Low Regional Airport | AZ | 69 | n/a |
| 342 | MSL | Northwest Alabama Regional Airport | AL | 66 | n/a |
| 343 | PKB | Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport | WV | 65 | n/a |
| 344 | DEC | Decatur Airport | IL | 65 | n/a |
| 345 | MCW | Mason City Municipal Airport | IA | 62 | n/a |
| 346 | OGS | Ogdensburg International Airport | NY | 61 | n/a |
| 347 | IRK | Kirksville Regional Airport | MO | 60 | n/a |
| 348 | RKD | Knox County Regional Airport | ME | 60 | n/a |
| 349 | IWD | Gogebic/Iron County Airport | MI | 59 | n/a |
| 350 | HOB | Lea County Regional Airport | NM | 57 | n/a |
| 351 | DUJ | Dubois Regional Airport | PA | 55 | n/a |
| 352 | LNY | Lanai Airport | HI | 54 | -94.9% |
| 353 | MBL | Manistee County/Blacker Airport | MI | 51 | n/a |
| 354 | MSS | Massena International-Richards Field | NY | 49 | n/a |
| 355 | BFD | Bradford Regional Airport | PA | 49 | n/a |
| 356 | CDR | Chadron Municipal Airport | NE | 48 | n/a |
| 357 | DDC | Dodge City Regional Airport | KS | 48 | n/a |
| 358 | GGW | Wokal Field/Glasgow-Valley County | MT | 48 | n/a |
| 359 | AUG | Augusta State Airport | ME | 44 | n/a |
| 360 | RUT | Rutland - Southern Vermont Regional Airport | VT | 41 | n/a |
| 361 | SLK | Adirondack Regional Airport | NY | 41 | n/a |
| 362 | OWB | Owensboro/Daviess County Regional Airport | KY | 39 | n/a |
| 363 | BRL | Southeast Iowa Regional Airport | IA | 38 | n/a |
| 364 | TVF | Thief River Falls Regional Airport | MN | 38 | n/a |
| 365 | LNS | Lancaster Airport | PA | 38 | n/a |
| 366 | IPL | Imperial County Airport | CA | 38 | n/a |
| 367 | OLF | L M Clayton Airport | MT | 36 | n/a |
| 368 | LEB | Lebanon Municipal Airport | NH | 35 | n/a |
| 369 | BKW | Raleigh County Memorial Airport | WV | 35 | n/a |
| 370 | AIA | Alliance Municipal Airport | NE | 35 | n/a |
| 371 | HVR | Havre City-County Airport | MT | 32 | n/a |
| 372 | GDV | Dawson Communicipalty Airport | MT | 31 | n/a |
| 373 | MCK | Mc Cook Ben Nelson Regional Airport | NE | 20 | n/a |
| 374 | JST | John Murtha Johnstown/Cambria County Airport | PA | 19 | n/a |
| 375 | AOO | Altoona/Blair County Airport | PA | 18 | n/a |
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How it is measured
The Labor Day travel period is the Thursday before Labor Day 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 (375 of 409 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, "Labor Day 2020 air travel: how US airports and states did", https://passengerindex.com/web/holidays/labor-day-2020/ (CC BY 4.0).
Frequently asked questions
How many people flew over Labor Day 2020?
TSA screened 5,081,721 passengers nationwide over the Labor Day 2020 travel period (Thu, Sep 3 – Tue, Sep 8, 2020), down 62.0% from 13,378,323 over the same period a year earlier. The busiest day was Friday, September 4, with 1,011,740 screenings.
What was the busiest airport over Labor Day 2020?
The busiest airports by departing passengers screened were Denver International Airport (DEN, about 206,000), Los Angeles International Airport (LAX, about 201,000) and Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW, about 174,000). Among states, California led with about 543,000.
Which airports grew the most over Labor Day 2020?
Among airports with at least 100,000 departing passengers screened in the year-earlier period, the largest gains were FLL (-45.9%), DEN (-49.5%), DFW (-51.0%), BNA (-52.9%) and SLC (-53.3%) and the largest declines HNL (-92.8%), JFK (-83.1%), SFO (-81.9%), IAD (-77.7%) and BOS (-77.3%).
How does Passenger Index define the Labor Day travel period?
As the Thursday before Labor Day through the Tuesday after (6 days). The 2020 period ran Thu, Sep 3 – Tue, Sep 8, 2020 and is compared with Thu, Aug 29 – Tue, Sep 3, 2019, the same days relative to the holiday.
When is the Labor Day 2021 travel period?
Thu, Sep 2 – Tue, Sep 7, 2021. Passenger Index publishes airport and state results a few days after it ends, once TSA releases the checkpoint data.