Labor Day 2022 air travel: how US airports and states did
· TSA checkpoint screenings and CBP international arrivals · updated · how it is measured
TSA screened 13,185,878 passengers nationwide over the Labor Day 2022 travel period (Thu, Sep 1 – Tue, Sep 6, 2022), up 20.5% from 10,946,662 over the same period a year earlier. The busiest day was Friday, September 2, with 2,479,578 screenings.
The busiest airports by departing passengers screened were Los Angeles International Airport (LAX, about 552,000), John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK, about 483,000) and Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD, about 452,000). Among states, California led with about 1.7 million.
Key facts
- Travel period
- TSA screenings
- 13,185,878 (+20.5% YoY)
- Busiest day
- : 2,479,578
- Busiest airport
- LAX, about 552,000
Day by day, nationwide
| 2022 | Screened | Year earlier | Screened | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,324,033 | 1,913,865 | +21.4% | ||
| 2,479,578 | 2,137,114 | +16.0% | ||
| 1,903,950 | 1,561,225 | +22.0% | ||
| 1,979,923 | 1,633,547 | +21.2% | ||
| 2,409,938 | 2,034,282 | +18.5% | ||
| 2,088,456 | 1,666,629 | +25.3% |
Biggest movers
Among airports with at least 100,000 departing passengers screened in the year-earlier period. Up most: SFO +51.8%, JFK +49.5%, BOS +39.4%, DCA +39.3%, IAD +36.7%. Down most: FLL +1.6%, PHX +5.4%, SLC +8.3%, DEN +8.8%, ATL +10.5%.
By state
| State | Departing screened | YoY | Busiest airport | Airports |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 1.7 million | +27.6% | LAX | 23 |
| Florida | 1.5 million | +19.5% | MCO | 17 |
| Texas | 1.1 million | +20.0% | DFW | 23 |
| New York | 621,000 | +42.6% | JFK | 15 |
| Illinois | 594,000 | +17.2% | ORD | 10 |
| Georgia | 463,000 | +10.8% | ATL | 8 |
| Nevada | 446,000 | +22.4% | LAS | 3 |
| Colorado | 429,000 | +6.9% | DEN | 13 |
| Virginia | 414,000 | +31.2% | DCA | 9 |
| Washington | 375,000 | +16.6% | SEA | 9 |
| New Jersey | 356,000 | +32.7% | EWR | 2 |
| Massachusetts | 332,000 | +39.2% | BOS | 6 |
| North Carolina | 327,000 | +20.0% | CLT | 9 |
| Arizona | 327,000 | +5.5% | PHX | 8 |
| Pennsylvania | 275,000 | +12.0% | PHL | 12 |
| Michigan | 232,000 | +11.0% | DTW | 15 |
| Tennessee | 221,000 | +22.9% | BNA | 4 |
| Hawaii | 220,000 | +53.1% | HNL | 4 |
| Missouri | 199,000 | +15.9% | STL | 8 |
| Minnesota | 181,000 | +11.1% | MSP | 8 |
| Oregon | 168,000 | +13.3% | PDX | 5 |
| Ohio | 160,000 | +13.6% | CLE | 5 |
| Utah | 151,000 | +9.5% | SLC | 6 |
| South Carolina | 122,000 | +7.1% | CHS | 6 |
| Louisiana | 120,000 | +247.7% | MSY | 7 |
| Kentucky | 114,000 | +12.3% | CVG | 5 |
| Puerto Rico | 112,000 | +8.7% | SJU | 3 |
| Indiana | 88,500 | +6.3% | IND | 4 |
| Alaska | 84,100 | +6.2% | ANC | 15 |
| Wisconsin | 77,300 | +3.9% | MKE | 8 |
| Oklahoma | 65,800 | +14.6% | OKC | 4 |
| Connecticut | 59,000 | +21.4% | BDL | 2 |
| Montana | 56,200 | -6.8% | BZN | 13 |
| Idaho | 50,400 | +6.9% | BOI | 6 |
| New Mexico | 47,700 | +21.1% | ABQ | 5 |
| Alabama | 45,400 | +13.3% | BHM | 5 |
| Nebraska | 42,700 | +6.5% | OMA | 9 |
| Iowa | 36,000 | +9.8% | DSM | 7 |
| Arkansas | 35,500 | +17.5% | LIT | 3 |
| Maine | 32,800 | +0.1% | PWM | 6 |
| Rhode Island | 31,200 | +25.2% | PVD | 1 |
| Mississippi | 19,900 | -8.4% | JAN | 6 |
| South Dakota | 18,300 | -1.6% | FSD | 5 |
| Kansas | 16,300 | +3.3% | ICT | 7 |
| North Dakota | 15,900 | +7.8% | FAR | 7 |
| Wyoming | 15,200 | -10.6% | JAC | 8 |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 13,200 | -3.6% | STT | 2 |
| New Hampshire | 12,900 | +20.2% | MHT | 2 |
| Guam | 12,000 | +201.1% | GUM | 1 |
| Vermont | 11,900 | +38.6% | BTV | 2 |
| West Virginia | 5,930 | +0.6% | CRW | 7 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 2,200 | n/a | GSN | 1 |
| Maryland | 834 | -36.9% | SBY | 1 |
By airport
| # | Code | Airport | State | Departing screened | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LAX | Los Angeles International Airport | CA | 552,000 | +21.0% |
| 2 | JFK | John F. Kennedy International Airport | NY | 483,000 | +49.5% |
| 3 | ORD | Chicago O'Hare International Airport | IL | 452,000 | +16.3% |
| 4 | ATL | Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport | GA | 420,000 | +10.5% |
| 5 | MCO | Orlando International Airport | FL | 415,000 | +30.1% |
| 6 | LAS | Harry Reid International Airport | NV | 401,000 | +19.6% |
| 7 | DEN | Denver International Airport | CO | 387,000 | +8.8% |
| 8 | MIA | Miami International Airport | FL | 374,000 | +35.5% |
| 9 | SFO | San Francisco International Airport | CA | 362,000 | +51.8% |
| 10 | DFW | Dallas Fort Worth International Airport | TX | 352,000 | +21.3% |
| 11 | EWR | Newark Liberty International Airport | NJ | 351,000 | +33.3% |
| 12 | BOS | Boston Logan International Airport | MA | 319,000 | +39.4% |
| 13 | SEA | Seattle-Tacoma International Airport | WA | 318,000 | +16.3% |
| 14 | PHX | Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport | AZ | 282,000 | +5.4% |
| 15 | IAH | George Bush Intercontinental Airport | TX | 277,000 | +18.6% |
| 16 | FLL | Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport | FL | 250,000 | +1.6% |
| 17 | SAN | San Diego International Airport | CA | 213,000 | +26.2% |
| 18 | DTW | Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport | MI | 180,000 | +12.1% |
| 19 | MSP | Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport | MN | 176,000 | +12.2% |
| 20 | PHL | Philadelphia International Airport | PA | 171,000 | +11.5% |
| 21 | TPA | Tampa International Airport | FL | 170,000 | +18.3% |
| 22 | BNA | Nashville International Airport | TN | 167,000 | +25.1% |
| 23 | AUS | Austin-Bergstrom International Airport | TX | 166,000 | +28.7% |
| 24 | DCA | Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport | VA | 164,000 | +39.3% |
| 25 | IAD | Washington Dulles International Airport | VA | 158,000 | +36.7% |
| 26 | CLT | Charlotte Douglas International Airport | NC | 156,000 | +19.8% |
| 27 | HNL | Daniel K. Inouye International Airport | HI | 146,000 | +58.6% |
| 28 | SLC | Salt Lake City International Airport | UT | 142,000 | +8.3% |
| 29 | PDX | Portland International Airport | OR | 133,000 | +13.7% |
| 30 | MDW | Chicago Midway International Airport | IL | 129,000 | +23.4% |
| 31 | RDU | Raleigh-Durham International Airport | NC | 114,000 | +22.4% |
| 32 | SMF | Sacramento International Airport | CA | 111,000 | +20.5% |
| 33 | SJU | Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport | PR | 102,000 | +7.2% |
| 34 | STL | St. Louis Lambert International Airport | MO | 102,000 | +17.3% |
| 35 | MSY | Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport | LA | 101,000 | +752.2% |
| 36 | SNA | John Wayne Airport | CA | 99,200 | +22.1% |
| 37 | SJC | San José Mineta International Airport | CA | 98,800 | +35.3% |
| 38 | DAL | Dallas Love Field | TX | 98,200 | +15.0% |
| 39 | OAK | Oakland International Airport | CA | 95,200 | +21.6% |
| 40 | MCI | Kansas City International Airport | MO | 84,600 | +15.5% |
| 41 | HOU | William P. Hobby Airport | TX | 83,600 | +18.3% |
| 42 | CLE | Cleveland Hopkins International Airport | OH | 75,500 | +9.5% |
| 43 | PIT | Pittsburgh International Airport | PA | 75,200 | +13.7% |
| 44 | IND | Indianapolis International Airport | IN | 74,500 | +11.7% |
| 45 | CMH | John Glenn Columbus International Airport | OH | 69,700 | +25.2% |
| 46 | CVG | Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport | KY | 68,300 | +14.6% |
| 47 | RSW | Southwest Florida International Airport | FL | 64,700 | -0.8% |
| 48 | JAX | Jacksonville International Airport | FL | 58,400 | +29.1% |
| 49 | BUR | Hollywood Burbank Airport | CA | 56,200 | +21.1% |
| 50 | ONT | Ontario International Airport | CA | 54,500 | +12.2% |
| 51 | PBI | Palm Beach International Airport | FL | 52,100 | +19.8% |
| 52 | ANC | Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport | AK | 52,000 | +5.2% |
| 53 | BDL | Bradley International Airport | CT | 50,500 | +4.5% |
| 54 | CHS | Charleston International Airport | SC | 49,400 | +16.3% |
| 55 | MKE | Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport | WI | 46,500 | +5.1% |
| 56 | RNO | Reno-Tahoe International Airport | NV | 45,500 | +55.9% |
| 57 | ABQ | Albuquerque International Sunport | NM | 43,700 | +22.3% |
| 58 | ORF | Norfolk International Airport | VA | 42,400 | +14.4% |
| 59 | MEM | Memphis International Airport | TN | 42,200 | +18.1% |
| 60 | MYR | Myrtle Beach International Airport | SC | 41,400 | +5.3% |
| 61 | BOI | Boise Airport | ID | 40,900 | +7.9% |
| 62 | BUF | Buffalo Niagara International Airport | NY | 39,100 | +27.9% |
| 63 | OMA | Eppley Airfield | NE | 38,700 | +8.9% |
| 64 | ELP | El Paso International Airport | TX | 37,300 | +23.7% |
| 65 | RIC | Richmond International Airport | VA | 36,600 | +12.5% |
| 66 | OKC | Will Rogers International Airport | OK | 35,200 | +9.7% |
| 67 | GEG | Spokane International Airport | WA | 35,200 | +10.4% |
| 68 | SDF | Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport | KY | 35,100 | +7.9% |
| 69 | SAV | Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport | GA | 34,000 | +19.8% |
| 70 | KOA | Ellison Onizuka Kona International at Keahole Airport | HI | 32,400 | +36.5% |
| 71 | GRR | Gerald R. Ford International Airport | MI | 31,300 | +14.4% |
| 72 | PVD | Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport | RI | 31,200 | +25.2% |
| 73 | LIH | Lihue Airport | HI | 30,200 | +37.3% |
| 74 | TUL | Tulsa International Airport | OK | 29,500 | +21.9% |
| 75 | LGB | Long Beach (Daugherty Field) | CA | 29,100 | +53.1% |
| 76 | TUS | Tucson International Airport | AZ | 26,700 | +9.3% |
| 77 | BHM | Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport | AL | 26,200 | +25.3% |
| 78 | DSM | Des Moines International Airport | IA | 24,800 | +18.5% |
| 79 | SRQ | Sarasota Bradenton International Airport | FL | 24,600 | +2.7% |
| 80 | ALB | Albany International Airport | NY | 24,500 | +12.1% |
| 81 | BZN | Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport | MT | 23,800 | -5.0% |
| 82 | PWM | Portland International Jetport | ME | 23,600 | +0.3% |
| 83 | SYR | Syracuse Hancock International Airport | NY | 23,500 | +33.0% |
| 84 | AVL | Asheville Regional Airport | NC | 23,100 | +37.9% |
| 85 | PNS | Pensacola International Airport | FL | 22,300 | -16.7% |
| 86 | SFB | Orlando Sanford International Airport | FL | 21,900 | +28.6% |
| 87 | COS | City Of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport | CO | 21,400 | -3.0% |
| 88 | ROC | Frederick Douglass/Greater Rochester International Airport | NY | 20,900 | +26.5% |
| 89 | VPS | Eglin AFB/Destin-Ft Walton Beach | FL | 20,600 | -3.3% |
| 90 | FAT | Fresno Yosemite International Airport | CA | 20,500 | +3.8% |
| 91 | LIT | Bill and Hillary Clinton National/Adams Field | AR | 19,900 | +14.5% |
| 92 | GSP | Greenville Spartanburg International Airport | SC | 19,400 | +6.9% |
| 93 | PSP | Palm Springs International Airport | CA | 16,400 | +21.3% |
| 94 | HPN | Westchester County Airport | NY | 15,900 | +63.1% |
| 95 | MSN | Dane County Regional/Truax Field | WI | 15,800 | +7.4% |
| 96 | GSO | Piedmont Triad International Airport | NC | 15,000 | +11.1% |
| 97 | XNA | Northwest Arkansas National Airport | AR | 14,900 | +20.7% |
| 98 | EUG | Mahlon Sweet Field | OR | 14,600 | +16.5% |
| 99 | ICT | Wichita Dwight D Eisenhower National Airport | KS | 13,900 | +6.7% |
| 100 | IWA | Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport | AZ | 13,400 | +9.3% |
| 101 | ECP | Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport | FL | 13,100 | -17.0% |
| 102 | MHT | Manchester Boston Regional Airport | NH | 12,800 | +20.4% |
| 103 | JAN | Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport | MS | 12,600 | -12.0% |
| 104 | SBA | Santa Barbara Municipal Airport | CA | 12,500 | +11.9% |
| 105 | ITO | Hilo International Airport | HI | 12,200 | +90.3% |
| 106 | GUM | Guam International Airport | GU | 12,000 | +201.1% |
| 107 | BTV | Burlington International Airport | VT | 11,800 | +39.1% |
| 108 | MAF | Midland International Air And Space Port Airport | TX | 11,800 | +28.0% |
| 109 | JAC | Jackson Hole Airport | WY | 11,500 | -8.4% |
| 110 | ILM | Wilmington International Airport | NC | 11,200 | +12.0% |
| 111 | GPI | Glacier Park International Airport | MT | 10,800 | -13.6% |
| 112 | HSV | Huntsville International-Carl T Jones Field | AL | 10,700 | +16.2% |
| 113 | LEX | Blue Grass Airport | KY | 10,700 | +15.9% |
| 114 | FAI | Fairbanks International Airport | AK | 10,600 | +5.0% |
| 115 | MDT | Harrisburg International Airport | PA | 10,400 | +5.6% |
| 116 | SGF | Springfield-Branson National Airport | MO | 10,300 | +13.9% |
| 117 | DAY | James M Cox Dayton International Airport | OH | 10,300 | -7.9% |
| 118 | CID | The Eastern Iowa Airport | IA | 10,300 | -0.4% |
| 119 | ISP | Long Island Mac Arthur Airport | NY | 10,100 | -14.8% |
| 120 | STT | Cyril E King Airport | VI | 9,900 | -6.5% |
| 121 | RDM | Roberts Field | OR | 9,830 | +2.7% |
| 122 | MFR | Rogue Valley International - Medford Airport | OR | 9,640 | +16.4% |
| 123 | FSD | Joe Foss Field | SD | 9,640 | +9.8% |
| 124 | EYW | Key West International Airport | FL | 9,580 | -18.6% |
| 125 | MSO | Missoula Montana Airport | MT | 9,580 | +0.9% |
| 126 | CAE | Columbia Metropolitan Airport | SC | 9,160 | -0.9% |
| 127 | MLB | Melbourne Orlando International Airport | FL | 9,130 | +154.6% |
| 128 | LBB | Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport | TX | 9,080 | +11.5% |
| 129 | ABE | Lehigh Valley International Airport | PA | 8,770 | +20.8% |
| 130 | HVN | Tweed/New Haven Airport | CT | 8,560 | n/a |
| 131 | MFE | Mc Allen Miller International Airport | TX | 8,510 | -7.4% |
| 132 | HRL | Valley International Airport | TX | 8,390 | +28.9% |
| 133 | BGR | Bangor International Airport | ME | 8,340 | -1.3% |
| 134 | TVC | Cherry Capital Airport | MI | 8,240 | -7.8% |
| 135 | CHA | Lovell Field | TN | 8,190 | +7.1% |
| 136 | RAP | Rapid City Regional Airport | SD | 7,850 | -7.1% |
| 137 | TLH | Tallahassee International Airport | FL | 7,600 | +4.2% |
| 138 | BIL | Billings Logan International Airport | MT | 7,370 | -0.9% |
| 139 | AMA | Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport | TX | 7,140 | +16.2% |
| 140 | JNU | Juneau International Airport | AK | 7,120 | +13.2% |
| 141 | BQN | Rafael Hernandez Airport | PR | 6,950 | -0.4% |
| 142 | FAR | Hector International Airport | ND | 6,930 | +1.8% |
| 143 | ACK | Nantucket Memorial Airport | MA | 6,600 | +15.1% |
| 144 | PSC | Tri-Cities Airport | WA | 6,540 | -5.7% |
| 145 | BTR | Baton Rouge Metropolitan, Ryan Field | LA | 6,400 | -14.3% |
| 146 | ATW | Appleton International Airport | WI | 6,350 | +3.0% |
| 147 | BLI | Bellingham International Airport | WA | 6,330 | +109.8% |
| 148 | CRP | Corpus Christi International Airport | TX | 6,310 | +10.6% |
| 149 | STS | Charles M Schulz - Sonoma County Airport | CA | 6,130 | +31.3% |
| 150 | GPT | Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport | MS | 5,960 | +2.0% |
| 151 | IDA | Idaho Falls Regional Airport | ID | 5,950 | +16.4% |
| 152 | FWA | Fort Wayne International Airport | IN | 5,810 | -4.4% |
| 153 | PAE | Snohomish County (Paine Field) | WA | 5,700 | +133.6% |
| 154 | PVU | Provo Municipal Airport | UT | 5,610 | +129.4% |
| 155 | SBN | South Bend International Airport | IN | 5,490 | -20.8% |
| 156 | ROA | Roanoke/Blacksburg Regional (Woodrum Field) | VA | 5,380 | +8.9% |
| 157 | PIA | General Downing - Peoria International Airport | IL | 5,250 | +19.4% |
| 158 | GRB | Green Bay/Austin Straubel International Airport | WI | 5,200 | +9.6% |
| 159 | SHV | Shreveport Regional Airport | LA | 5,000 | -7.4% |
| 160 | GNV | Gainesville Regional Airport | FL | 5,000 | +42.2% |
| 161 | ASE | Aspen-Pitkin County/Sardy Field | CO | 4,780 | -7.6% |
| 162 | FNT | Bishop International Airport | MI | 4,780 | +27.8% |
| 163 | AGS | Augusta Regional at Bush Field | GA | 4,780 | -10.5% |
| 164 | TTN | Trenton Mercer Airport | NJ | 4,620 | +0.5% |
| 165 | MOB | Mobile Regional Airport | AL | 4,560 | -18.1% |
| 166 | MRY | Monterey Regional Airport | CA | 4,550 | +4.8% |
| 167 | SBP | San Luis County Regional Airport | CA | 4,510 | +20.4% |
| 168 | GJT | Grand Junction Regional Airport | CO | 4,350 | -24.7% |
| 169 | DAB | Daytona Beach International Airport | FL | 4,310 | -6.3% |
| 170 | CHO | Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport | VA | 4,290 | -0.0% |
| 171 | MVY | Martha's Vineyard Airport | MA | 4,220 | +31.6% |
| 172 | LFT | Lafayette Regional/Paul Fournet Field | LA | 4,090 | -16.6% |
| 173 | BIS | Bismarck Municipal Airport | ND | 4,050 | +6.9% |
| 174 | CAK | Akron-Canton Regional Airport | OH | 3,980 | -0.1% |
| 175 | TRI | Tri-Cities Airport | TN | 3,740 | +23.9% |
| 176 | AVP | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport | PA | 3,630 | +22.8% |
| 177 | MTJ | Montrose Regional Airport | CO | 3,550 | +1.8% |
| 178 | KTN | Ketchikan International Airport | AK | 3,530 | +0.5% |
| 179 | STX | Henry E Rohlsen Airport | VI | 3,320 | +5.9% |
| 180 | FAY | Fayetteville Regional/Grannis Field | NC | 3,300 | -8.9% |
| 181 | BMI | Central Illinois Regional/Bloomington-Normal Airport | IL | 3,290 | -4.1% |
| 182 | DRO | Durango-La Plata County Airport | CO | 3,250 | -22.6% |
| 183 | MGM | Montgomery Regional (Dannelly Field) | AL | 3,230 | -10.8% |
| 184 | PSE | Mercedita Airport | PR | 3,140 | n/a |
| 185 | CRW | West Virginia International Yeager Airport | WV | 3,100 | -5.3% |
| 186 | LBE | Arnold Palmer Regional Airport | PA | 2,820 | +67.6% |
| 187 | MOT | Minot International Airport | ND | 2,800 | +19.6% |
| 188 | OAJ | Albert J Ellis Airport | NC | 2,790 | -11.9% |
| 189 | EVV | Evansville Regional Airport | IN | 2,660 | -24.3% |
| 190 | HXD | Hilton Head Airport | SC | 2,570 | -45.9% |
| 191 | GTF | Great Falls International Airport | MT | 2,520 | -15.1% |
| 192 | SIT | Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport | AK | 2,490 | -5.3% |
| 193 | BFL | Meadows Field | CA | 2,420 | -2.2% |
| 194 | SUN | Friedman Memorial Airport | ID | 2,370 | +9.0% |
| 195 | SGU | St George Regional Airport | UT | 2,370 | -26.1% |
| 196 | SAF | Santa Fe Municipal Airport | NM | 2,340 | +2.8% |
| 197 | BRO | Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport | TX | 2,320 | -2.8% |
| 198 | GSN | Francisco C Ada/Saipan International Airport | MP | 2,200 | n/a |
| 199 | ACV | California Redwood Coast-Humboldt County Airport | CA | 2,170 | +7.2% |
| 200 | BLV | Scott AFB/Midamerica St Louis | IL | 2,170 | -24.7% |
| 201 | ADQ | Kodiak Airport | AK | 2,070 | +26.6% |
| 202 | RDD | Redding Regional Airport | CA | 2,060 | +34.3% |
| 203 | LRD | Laredo International Airport | TX | 2,010 | +27.9% |
| 204 | EGE | Eagle County Regional Airport | CO | 1,990 | -12.6% |
| 205 | DLH | Duluth International Airport | MN | 1,940 | -28.0% |
| 206 | LNK | Lincoln Airport | NE | 1,900 | -17.4% |
| 207 | SCK | Stockton Metropolitan Airport | CA | 1,780 | +40.9% |
| 208 | FLG | Flagstaff Pulliam Airport | AZ | 1,760 | -29.6% |
| 209 | GRK | Robert Gray AAF Airport | TX | 1,760 | -39.5% |
| 210 | UNV | University Park Airport | PA | 1,750 | -36.0% |
| 211 | HDN | Yampa Valley Airport | CO | 1,690 | +13.3% |
| 212 | CSG | Columbus Airport | GA | 1,640 | +11.0% |
| 213 | CWA | Central Wisconsin Airport | WI | 1,600 | -20.1% |
| 214 | AEX | Alexandria International Airport | LA | 1,580 | -25.1% |
| 215 | ORH | Worcester Regional Airport | MA | 1,570 | n/a |
| 216 | NYL | Yuma MCAS/Yuma International Airport | AZ | 1,570 | -2.5% |
| 217 | COU | Columbia Regional Airport | MO | 1,480 | -7.6% |
| 218 | ABI | Abilene Regional Airport | TX | 1,470 | -7.4% |
| 219 | RST | Rochester International Airport | MN | 1,460 | -19.9% |
| 220 | MLU | Monroe Regional Airport | LA | 1,460 | -17.2% |
| 221 | HTS | Tri-State/Milton J Ferguson Field | WV | 1,420 | +2.6% |
| 222 | XWA | Williston Basin International Airport | ND | 1,420 | +28.4% |
| 223 | LAN | Capital Region International Airport | MI | 1,380 | -23.2% |
| 224 | HLN | Helena Regional Airport | MT | 1,370 | -13.9% |
| 225 | CPR | Casper/Natrona County International Airport | WY | 1,350 | +3.4% |
| 226 | MHK | Manhattan Regional Airport | KS | 1,340 | +1.0% |
| 227 | GRI | Central Nebraska Regional Airport | NE | 1,340 | +12.1% |
| 228 | LYH | Lynchburg Regional/Preston Glenn Field | VA | 1,330 | +15.5% |
| 229 | BET | Bethel Airport | AK | 1,290 | +27.4% |
| 230 | PUW | Pullman/Moscow Regional Airport | WA | 1,280 | -11.5% |
| 231 | EWN | Coastal Carolina Regional Airport | NC | 1,250 | -17.8% |
| 232 | ELM | Elmira/Corning Regional Airport | NY | 1,220 | -7.8% |
| 233 | ERI | Erie International/Tom Ridge Field | PA | 1,220 | -8.6% |
| 234 | ITH | Ithaca Tompkins International Airport | NY | 1,210 | -2.4% |
| 235 | LCH | Lake Charles Regional Airport | LA | 1,210 | +5.2% |
| 236 | LSE | La Crosse Regional Airport | WI | 1,200 | -15.3% |
| 237 | AZO | Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport | MI | 1,170 | -20.1% |
| 238 | CMI | University Of Illinois/Willard Airport | IL | 1,150 | -0.1% |
| 239 | MBS | MBS International Airport | MI | 1,150 | -17.5% |
| 240 | PHF | Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport | VA | 1,150 | -27.4% |
| 241 | ROW | Roswell Air Center Airport | NM | 1,100 | n/a |
| 242 | SAW | Marquette Sawyer Regional Airport | MI | 997 | -10.2% |
| 243 | TOL | Eugene F Kranz Toledo Express Airport | OH | 996 | -32.7% |
| 244 | ACT | Waco Regional Airport | TX | 964 | n/a |
| 245 | SPI | Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport | IL | 953 | -23.5% |
| 246 | OME | Nome Airport | AK | 911 | n/a |
| 247 | COD | Yellowstone Regional Airport | WY | 882 | -19.8% |
| 248 | CLL | Easterwood Field | TX | 853 | -34.3% |
| 249 | PBG | Plattsburgh International Airport | NY | 844 | n/a |
| 250 | SJT | San Angelo Regional/Mathis Field | TX | 837 | -33.8% |
| 251 | SBY | Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport | MD | 834 | -36.9% |
| 252 | PLN | Pellston Regional/Emmet County Airport | MI | 825 | n/a |
| 253 | IFP | Laughlin/Bullhead International Airport | AZ | 814 | n/a |
| 254 | GUC | Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional Airport | CO | 806 | n/a |
| 255 | CKB | North Central West Virginia Airport | WV | 790 | n/a |
| 256 | LWS | Lewiston/Nez Perce County Airport | ID | 774 | n/a |
| 257 | AKN | King Salmon Airport | AK | 769 | n/a |
| 258 | BQK | Brunswick Golden Isles Airport | GA | 764 | n/a |
| 259 | PSG | Petersburg James A Johnson Airport | AK | 742 | n/a |
| 260 | TXK | Texarkana Regional-Webb Field | AR | 722 | n/a |
| 261 | LAW | Lawton-Fort Sill Regional Airport | OK | 712 | n/a |
| 262 | EAT | Pangborn Memorial Airport | WA | 712 | n/a |
| 263 | GTR | Golden Triangle Regional Airport | MS | 693 | n/a |
| 264 | VLD | Valdosta Regional Airport | GA | 673 | n/a |
| 265 | CIU | Chippewa County International Airport | MI | 672 | n/a |
| 266 | OTZ | Ralph Wien Memorial Airport | AK | 671 | n/a |
| 267 | DHN | Dothan Regional Airport | AL | 654 | n/a |
| 268 | CDV | Merle K (Mudhole) Smith Airport | AK | 614 | n/a |
| 269 | TYR | Tyler Pounds Regional Airport | TX | 614 | n/a |
| 270 | HYA | Cape Cod Gateway Airport | MA | 584 | n/a |
| 271 | ALW | Walla Walla Regional Airport | WA | 579 | n/a |
| 272 | BJI | Bemidji Regional Airport | MN | 574 | n/a |
| 273 | DRT | Del Rio Texas International Airport | TX | 562 | n/a |
| 274 | ABY | Southwest Georgia Regional Airport | GA | 562 | n/a |
| 275 | YKM | Yakima Air Terminal/Mcallister Field | WA | 536 | n/a |
| 276 | CMX | Houghton County Memorial Airport | MI | 520 | n/a |
| 277 | FLO | Florence Regional Airport | SC | 496 | n/a |
| 278 | YAK | Yakutat Airport | AK | 496 | n/a |
| 279 | DLG | Dillingham Airport | AK | 483 | n/a |
| 280 | DIK | Dickinson/Theodore Roosevelt Regional Airport | ND | 476 | n/a |
| 281 | ART | Watertown International Airport | NY | 475 | n/a |
| 282 | PRC | Prescott Regional - Ernest A Love Field | AZ | 467 | n/a |
| 283 | IMT | Ford Airport | MI | 457 | n/a |
| 284 | PGV | Pitt-Greenville Airport | NC | 456 | n/a |
| 285 | GGG | East Texas Regional Airport | TX | 452 | n/a |
| 286 | OTH | Southwest Oregon Regional Airport | OR | 448 | n/a |
| 287 | GCK | Garden City Regional Airport | KS | 448 | n/a |
| 288 | SHR | Sheridan County Airport | WY | 429 | n/a |
| 289 | SUX | Sioux Gateway/Brig General Bud Day Field | IA | 429 | n/a |
| 290 | JLN | Joplin Regional Airport | MO | 427 | n/a |
| 291 | RHI | Rhinelander/Oneida County Airport | WI | 418 | n/a |
| 292 | SWO | Stillwater Regional Airport | OK | 401 | n/a |
| 293 | CNY | Canyonlands Regional Airport | UT | 373 | n/a |
| 294 | EAR | Kearney Regional Airport | NE | 372 | n/a |
| 295 | BRD | Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport | MN | 359 | n/a |
| 296 | ABR | Aberdeen Regional Airport | SD | 358 | n/a |
| 297 | MKG | Muskegon County Airport | MI | 353 | n/a |
| 298 | HOB | Lea County Regional Airport | NM | 346 | n/a |
| 299 | GCC | Northeast Wyoming Regional Airport | WY | 343 | n/a |
| 300 | INL | Falls International/Einarson Field | MN | 340 | n/a |
| 301 | ESC | Delta County Airport | MI | 339 | n/a |
| 302 | APN | Alpena County Regional Airport | MI | 339 | n/a |
| 303 | DBQ | Dubuque Regional Airport | IA | 338 | n/a |
| 304 | WYS | Yellowstone Airport | MT | 327 | n/a |
| 305 | PQI | Presque Isle International Airport | ME | 314 | n/a |
| 306 | WRG | Wrangell Airport | AK | 306 | n/a |
| 307 | PGA | Page Municipal Airport | AZ | 301 | n/a |
| 308 | PAH | Barkley Regional Airport | KY | 290 | n/a |
| 309 | PVC | Provincetown Municipal Airport | MA | 290 | n/a |
| 310 | RKS | Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport | WY | 286 | n/a |
| 311 | CDC | Cedar City Regional Airport | UT | 274 | n/a |
| 312 | SLN | Salina Regional Airport | KS | 263 | n/a |
| 313 | EAU | Chippewa Valley Regional Airport | WI | 263 | n/a |
| 314 | TWF | Joslin Field/Magic Valley Regional | ID | 246 | n/a |
| 315 | TUP | Tupelo Regional Airport | MS | 245 | n/a |
| 316 | LAR | Laramie Regional Airport | WY | 242 | n/a |
| 317 | BHB | Hancock County/Bar Harbor Airport | ME | 239 | n/a |
| 318 | CVN | Clovis Regional Airport | NM | 234 | n/a |
| 319 | HIB | Range Regional Airport | MN | 229 | n/a |
| 320 | BTM | Bert Mooney Airport | MT | 228 | n/a |
| 321 | RIW | Central Wyoming Regional Airport | WY | 224 | n/a |
| 322 | MEI | Key Field | MS | 221 | n/a |
| 323 | RKD | Knox County Regional Airport | ME | 218 | n/a |
| 324 | PIR | Pierre Regional Airport | SD | 215 | n/a |
| 325 | ATY | Watertown Regional Airport | SD | 211 | n/a |
| 326 | PKB | Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport | WV | 211 | n/a |
| 327 | MCN | Middle Georgia Regional Airport | GA | 205 | n/a |
| 328 | MWA | Veterans Airport Of Southern Illinois | IL | 188 | n/a |
| 329 | VEL | Vernal Regional Airport | UT | 187 | n/a |
| 330 | PIB | Hattiesburg/Laurel Regional Airport | MS | 179 | n/a |
| 331 | CEC | Jack Mc Namara Field | CA | 173 | n/a |
| 332 | TEX | Telluride Regional Airport | CO | 170 | n/a |
| 333 | LBF | North Platte Regional/Lee Bird Field | NE | 166 | n/a |
| 334 | TBN | Waynesville-St Robert Regional Forney Field | MO | 165 | n/a |
| 335 | LWB | Greenbrier Valley Airport | WV | 163 | n/a |
| 336 | BFF | Western Nebraska Regional/William B Heilig Field | NE | 162 | n/a |
| 337 | EKO | Elko Regional Airport | NV | 161 | n/a |
| 338 | LBL | Liberal Mid-America Regional Airport | KS | 159 | n/a |
| 339 | PIH | Pocatello Regional Airport | ID | 158 | n/a |
| 340 | OGS | Ogdensburg International Airport | NY | 156 | n/a |
| 341 | BGM | Greater Binghamton/Edwin A Link Field | NY | 154 | n/a |
| 342 | SHD | Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport | VA | 151 | n/a |
| 343 | CEZ | Cortez Municipal Airport | CO | 150 | n/a |
| 344 | DEC | Decatur Airport | IL | 150 | n/a |
| 345 | PUB | Pueblo Memorial Airport | CO | 149 | n/a |
| 346 | ALS | San Luis Valley Regional/Bergman Field | CO | 144 | n/a |
| 347 | IPL | Imperial County Airport | CA | 144 | n/a |
| 348 | JMS | Jamestown Regional Airport | ND | 140 | n/a |
| 349 | VCT | Victoria Regional Airport | TX | 137 | n/a |
| 350 | CGI | Cape Girardeau Regional Airport | MO | 126 | n/a |
| 351 | MGW | Morgantown Municipal (Walter L Bill Hart Field) | WV | 124 | n/a |
| 352 | AUG | Augusta State Airport | ME | 122 | n/a |
| 353 | LEB | Lebanon Municipal Airport | NH | 121 | n/a |
| 354 | HYS | Hays Regional Airport | KS | 121 | n/a |
| 355 | SLK | Adirondack Regional Airport | NY | 121 | n/a |
| 356 | DVL | Devils Lake Regional Airport | ND | 120 | n/a |
| 357 | JST | John Murtha Johnstown/Cambria County Airport | PA | 119 | n/a |
| 358 | BKW | Raleigh County Memorial Airport | WV | 119 | n/a |
| 359 | TVF | Thief River Falls Regional Airport | MN | 117 | n/a |
| 360 | DUJ | Dubois Regional Airport | PA | 117 | n/a |
| 361 | SDY | Sidney-Richland Regional Airport | MT | 117 | n/a |
| 362 | DDC | Dodge City Regional Airport | KS | 100 | n/a |
| 363 | IRK | Kirksville Regional Airport | MO | 98 | n/a |
| 364 | LNS | Lancaster Airport | PA | 97 | n/a |
| 365 | OWB | Owensboro/Daviess County Regional Airport | KY | 96 | n/a |
| 366 | MSS | Massena International-Richards Field | NY | 94 | n/a |
| 367 | RUT | Rutland - Southern Vermont Regional Airport | VT | 89 | n/a |
| 368 | BRL | Southeast Iowa Regional Airport | IA | 82 | n/a |
| 369 | BFD | Bradford Regional Airport | PA | 80 | n/a |
| 370 | MCE | Merced Regional/Macready Field | CA | 78 | n/a |
| 371 | MCW | Mason City Municipal Airport | IA | 67 | n/a |
| 372 | AIA | Alliance Municipal Airport | NE | 64 | n/a |
| 373 | UIN | Quincy Regional-Baldwin Field | IL | 55 | n/a |
| 374 | HVR | Havre City-County Airport | MT | 49 | n/a |
| 375 | FOD | Fort Dodge Regional Airport | IA | 42 | n/a |
| 376 | CDR | Chadron Municipal Airport | NE | 40 | n/a |
| 377 | GGW | Wokal Field/Glasgow-Valley County | MT | 35 | n/a |
| 378 | OLF | L M Clayton Airport | MT | 35 | n/a |
| 379 | MCK | Mc Cook Ben Nelson Regional Airport | NE | 29 | n/a |
| 380 | GDV | Dawson Communicipalty Airport | MT | 23 | 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 (380 of 411 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 2022 air travel: how US airports and states did", https://passengerindex.com/web/holidays/labor-day-2022/ (CC BY 4.0).
Frequently asked questions
How many people flew over Labor Day 2022?
TSA screened 13,185,878 passengers nationwide over the Labor Day 2022 travel period (Thu, Sep 1 – Tue, Sep 6, 2022), up 20.5% from 10,946,662 over the same period a year earlier. The busiest day was Friday, September 2, with 2,479,578 screenings.
What was the busiest airport over Labor Day 2022?
The busiest airports by departing passengers screened were Los Angeles International Airport (LAX, about 552,000), John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK, about 483,000) and Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD, about 452,000). Among states, California led with about 1.7 million.
Which airports grew the most over Labor Day 2022?
Among airports with at least 100,000 departing passengers screened in the year-earlier period, the largest gains were SFO (+51.8%), JFK (+49.5%), BOS (+39.4%), DCA (+39.3%) and IAD (+36.7%) and the largest declines FLL (+1.6%), PHX (+5.4%), SLC (+8.3%), DEN (+8.8%) and ATL (+10.5%).
How does Passenger Index define the Labor Day travel period?
As the Thursday before Labor Day through the Tuesday after (6 days). The 2022 period ran Thu, Sep 1 – Tue, Sep 6, 2022 and is compared with Thu, Sep 2 – Tue, Sep 7, 2021, the same days relative to the holiday.
When is the Labor Day 2023 travel period?
Thu, Aug 31 – Tue, Sep 5, 2023. Passenger Index publishes airport and state results a few days after it ends, once TSA releases the checkpoint data.