Labor Day 2023 air travel: how US airports and states did
· TSA checkpoint screenings and CBP international arrivals · updated · how it is measured
TSA screened 14,422,939 passengers nationwide over the Labor Day 2023 travel period (Thu, Aug 31 – Tue, Sep 5, 2023), up 9.4% from 13,185,878 over the same period a year earlier. The busiest day was Friday, September 1, with 2,742,962 screenings.
The busiest airports by departing passengers screened were Los Angeles International Airport (LAX, about 639,000), Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD, about 491,000) and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL, about 476,000). Among states, California led with about 1.9 million.
Key facts
- Travel period
- TSA screenings
- 14,422,939 (+9.4% YoY)
- Busiest day
- : 2,742,962
- Busiest airport
- LAX, about 639,000
Day by day, nationwide
| 2023 | Screened | Year earlier | Screened | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,619,753 | 2,324,033 | +12.7% | ||
| 2,742,962 | 2,479,578 | +10.6% | ||
| 2,090,550 | 1,903,950 | +9.8% | ||
| 2,081,144 | 1,979,923 | +5.1% | ||
| 2,645,012 | 2,409,938 | +9.8% | ||
| 2,243,518 | 2,088,456 | +7.4% |
Biggest movers
Among airports with at least 100,000 departing passengers screened in the year-earlier period. Up most: MSP +26.1%, IAD +23.5%, RDU +20.6%, SJU +18.7%, SFO +17.6%. Down most: SMF -1.6%, MDW +0.1%, MSY +1.3%, STL +3.6%, LAS +3.9%.
By state
| State | Departing screened | YoY | Busiest airport | Airports |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 1.9 million | +9.1% | LAX | 21 |
| Florida | 1.6 million | +6.4% | MCO | 16 |
| Texas | 866,000 | +8.2% | DFW | 23 |
| Illinois | 638,000 | +6.5% | ORD | 11 |
| Georgia | 517,000 | +11.8% | ATL | 8 |
| Virginia | 479,000 | +15.8% | IAD | 9 |
| Colorado | 473,000 | +10.1% | DEN | 13 |
| Nevada | 462,000 | +3.4% | LAS | 3 |
| Washington | 416,000 | +10.8% | SEA | 9 |
| New Jersey | 398,000 | +11.8% | EWR | 2 |
| North Carolina | 380,000 | +16.3% | CLT | 9 |
| Massachusetts | 367,000 | +10.5% | BOS | 6 |
| Arizona | 352,000 | +7.9% | PHX | 8 |
| Pennsylvania | 314,000 | +14.0% | PHL | 13 |
| Michigan | 263,000 | +13.6% | DTW | 14 |
| Hawaii | 249,000 | -1.8% | HNL | 4 |
| Tennessee | 240,000 | +8.3% | BNA | 4 |
| Minnesota | 228,000 | +25.8% | MSP | 8 |
| Missouri | 221,000 | +11.3% | STL | 8 |
| Oregon | 184,000 | +10.0% | PDX | 5 |
| Ohio | 178,000 | +11.8% | CLE | 4 |
| Utah | 155,000 | +6.5% | SLC | 5 |
| New York | 154,000 | +9.4% | BUF | 15 |
| Puerto Rico | 136,000 | +21.6% | SJU | 3 |
| Kentucky | 130,000 | +13.2% | CVG | 5 |
| South Carolina | 128,000 | +4.3% | CHS | 6 |
| Louisiana | 125,000 | +3.7% | MSY | 7 |
| Indiana | 104,000 | +17.1% | IND | 4 |
| Alaska | 99,100 | +17.8% | ANC | 15 |
| Wisconsin | 88,400 | +14.8% | MKE | 7 |
| Oklahoma | 71,100 | +8.1% | OKC | 4 |
| Montana | 63,500 | +12.9% | BZN | 13 |
| Connecticut | 60,400 | +2.3% | BDL | 2 |
| New Mexico | 54,600 | +14.5% | ABQ | 5 |
| Idaho | 50,500 | +0.3% | BOI | 6 |
| Alabama | 50,100 | +10.5% | BHM | 5 |
| Nebraska | 47,100 | +10.1% | OMA | 9 |
| Arkansas | 40,900 | +11.8% | LIT | 4 |
| Iowa | 40,100 | +11.7% | DSM | 7 |
| Maine | 37,900 | +15.5% | PWM | 6 |
| Rhode Island | 34,000 | +8.8% | PVD | 1 |
| Mississippi | 21,900 | +9.0% | JAN | 7 |
| South Dakota | 20,200 | +10.7% | FSD | 5 |
| Guam | 19,600 | +63.2% | GUM | 1 |
| North Dakota | 17,600 | +10.3% | FAR | 7 |
| Kansas | 17,200 | +14.8% | ICT | 6 |
| Wyoming | 16,000 | +5.4% | JAC | 8 |
| Vermont | 13,800 | +16.3% | BTV | 2 |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 12,500 | -5.3% | STT | 2 |
| New Hampshire | 12,000 | -6.3% | MHT | 1 |
| West Virginia | 5,930 | +0.0% | CRW | 7 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 5,020 | +128.7% | GSN | 1 |
| Maryland | 982 | n/a | SBY | 1 |
By airport
| # | Code | Airport | State | Departing screened | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LAX | Los Angeles International Airport | CA | 639,000 | +15.7% |
| 2 | ORD | Chicago O'Hare International Airport | IL | 491,000 | +8.5% |
| 3 | ATL | Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport | GA | 476,000 | +13.4% |
| 4 | MCO | Orlando International Airport | FL | 448,000 | +7.9% |
| 5 | SFO | San Francisco International Airport | CA | 426,000 | +17.6% |
| 6 | DEN | Denver International Airport | CO | 423,000 | +9.3% |
| 7 | LAS | Harry Reid International Airport | NV | 416,000 | +3.9% |
| 8 | MIA | Miami International Airport | FL | 398,000 | +6.4% |
| 9 | DFW | Dallas Fort Worth International Airport | TX | 395,000 | +12.4% |
| 10 | EWR | Newark Liberty International Airport | NJ | 393,000 | +11.9% |
| 11 | SEA | Seattle-Tacoma International Airport | WA | 361,000 | +13.5% |
| 12 | BOS | Boston Logan International Airport | MA | 352,000 | +10.5% |
| 13 | PHX | Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport | AZ | 306,000 | +8.7% |
| 14 | FLL | Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport | FL | 269,000 | +7.7% |
| 15 | MSP | Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport | MN | 223,000 | +26.1% |
| 16 | SAN | San Diego International Airport | CA | 221,000 | +4.0% |
| 17 | DTW | Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport | MI | 205,000 | +14.2% |
| 18 | PHL | Philadelphia International Airport | PA | 200,000 | +17.2% |
| 19 | IAD | Washington Dulles International Airport | VA | 195,000 | +23.5% |
| 20 | DCA | Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport | VA | 180,000 | +9.4% |
| 21 | CLT | Charlotte Douglas International Airport | NC | 179,000 | +15.1% |
| 22 | TPA | Tampa International Airport | FL | 178,000 | +4.9% |
| 23 | BNA | Nashville International Airport | TN | 178,000 | +6.6% |
| 24 | AUS | Austin-Bergstrom International Airport | TX | 172,000 | +3.9% |
| 25 | HNL | Daniel K. Inouye International Airport | HI | 165,000 | +13.6% |
| 26 | SLC | Salt Lake City International Airport | UT | 151,000 | +6.5% |
| 27 | PDX | Portland International Airport | OR | 149,000 | +11.8% |
| 28 | RDU | Raleigh-Durham International Airport | NC | 137,000 | +20.6% |
| 29 | MDW | Chicago Midway International Airport | IL | 129,000 | +0.1% |
| 30 | SJU | Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport | PR | 121,000 | +18.7% |
| 31 | SMF | Sacramento International Airport | CA | 109,000 | -1.6% |
| 32 | STL | St. Louis Lambert International Airport | MO | 105,000 | +3.6% |
| 33 | DAL | Dallas Love Field | TX | 104,000 | +6.0% |
| 34 | SJC | San José Mineta International Airport | CA | 103,000 | +3.8% |
| 35 | MSY | Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport | LA | 102,000 | +1.3% |
| 36 | MCI | Kansas City International Airport | MO | 101,000 | +19.4% |
| 37 | SNA | John Wayne Airport | CA | 97,400 | -1.8% |
| 38 | OAK | Oakland International Airport | CA | 88,500 | -7.1% |
| 39 | CLE | Cleveland Hopkins International Airport | OH | 88,200 | +16.8% |
| 40 | IND | Indianapolis International Airport | IN | 86,000 | +15.4% |
| 41 | PIT | Pittsburgh International Airport | PA | 84,000 | +11.7% |
| 42 | HOU | William P. Hobby Airport | TX | 82,900 | -0.8% |
| 43 | CVG | Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport | KY | 76,100 | +11.3% |
| 44 | CMH | John Glenn Columbus International Airport | OH | 71,600 | +2.8% |
| 45 | ANC | Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport | AK | 62,400 | +20.1% |
| 46 | JAX | Jacksonville International Airport | FL | 61,600 | +5.6% |
| 47 | ONT | Ontario International Airport | CA | 59,400 | +9.0% |
| 48 | PBI | Palm Beach International Airport | FL | 56,000 | +7.5% |
| 49 | MKE | Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport | WI | 52,900 | +13.9% |
| 50 | CHS | Charleston International Airport | SC | 52,700 | +6.7% |
| 51 | BUR | Hollywood Burbank Airport | CA | 52,000 | -7.5% |
| 52 | BDL | Bradley International Airport | CT | 51,800 | +2.6% |
| 53 | ABQ | Albuquerque International Sunport | NM | 50,500 | +15.6% |
| 54 | MEM | Memphis International Airport | TN | 48,200 | +14.3% |
| 55 | ORF | Norfolk International Airport | VA | 46,500 | +9.6% |
| 56 | RNO | Reno-Tahoe International Airport | NV | 45,500 | -0.2% |
| 57 | BUF | Buffalo Niagara International Airport | NY | 43,500 | +11.1% |
| 58 | RIC | Richmond International Airport | VA | 43,200 | +18.0% |
| 59 | OMA | Eppley Airfield | NE | 42,500 | +9.9% |
| 60 | BOI | Boise Airport | ID | 42,000 | +2.9% |
| 61 | SDF | Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport | KY | 41,400 | +18.0% |
| 62 | OKC | Will Rogers International Airport | OK | 39,700 | +12.6% |
| 63 | ELP | El Paso International Airport | TX | 39,200 | +5.2% |
| 64 | KOA | Ellison Onizuka Kona International at Keahole Airport | HI | 38,100 | +17.5% |
| 65 | MYR | Myrtle Beach International Airport | SC | 36,500 | -11.7% |
| 66 | GEG | Spokane International Airport | WA | 35,300 | +0.2% |
| 67 | GRR | Gerald R. Ford International Airport | MI | 34,200 | +9.1% |
| 68 | PVD | Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport | RI | 34,000 | +8.8% |
| 69 | SAV | Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport | GA | 32,900 | -3.2% |
| 70 | OGG | Kahului Airport | HI | 32,600 | -48.1% |
| 71 | LGB | Long Beach (Daugherty Field) | CA | 30,800 | +5.9% |
| 72 | TUL | Tulsa International Airport | OK | 30,200 | +2.4% |
| 73 | TUS | Tucson International Airport | AZ | 29,800 | +11.5% |
| 74 | PWM | Portland International Jetport | ME | 27,800 | +18.0% |
| 75 | BHM | Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport | AL | 27,100 | +3.6% |
| 76 | BZN | Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport | MT | 27,000 | +13.5% |
| 77 | SRQ | Sarasota Bradenton International Airport | FL | 26,500 | +8.0% |
| 78 | DSM | Des Moines International Airport | IA | 26,000 | +5.0% |
| 79 | SYR | Syracuse Hancock International Airport | NY | 25,800 | +9.8% |
| 80 | ALB | Albany International Airport | NY | 25,800 | +5.0% |
| 81 | PNS | Pensacola International Airport | FL | 25,600 | +14.5% |
| 82 | COS | City Of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport | CO | 25,200 | +18.1% |
| 83 | AVL | Asheville Regional Airport | NC | 25,000 | +8.1% |
| 84 | GSP | Greenville Spartanburg International Airport | SC | 24,200 | +24.8% |
| 85 | ROC | Frederick Douglass/Greater Rochester International Airport | NY | 23,700 | +13.6% |
| 86 | FAT | Fresno Yosemite International Airport | CA | 23,200 | +13.2% |
| 87 | LIT | Bill and Hillary Clinton National/Adams Field | AR | 21,400 | +7.7% |
| 88 | SFB | Orlando Sanford International Airport | FL | 20,200 | -7.7% |
| 89 | GUM | Guam International Airport | GU | 19,600 | +63.2% |
| 90 | VPS | Eglin AFB/Destin-Ft Walton Beach | FL | 19,300 | -6.5% |
| 91 | MSN | Dane County Regional/Truax Field | WI | 18,900 | +20.3% |
| 92 | GSO | Piedmont Triad International Airport | NC | 17,700 | +17.9% |
| 93 | XNA | Northwest Arkansas National Airport | AR | 17,600 | +18.5% |
| 94 | HPN | Westchester County Airport | NY | 17,200 | +7.7% |
| 95 | ICT | Wichita Dwight D Eisenhower National Airport | KS | 15,900 | +14.2% |
| 96 | EUG | Mahlon Sweet Field | OR | 15,200 | +4.2% |
| 97 | PSP | Palm Springs International Airport | CA | 14,500 | -11.8% |
| 98 | BTV | Burlington International Airport | VT | 13,700 | +16.4% |
| 99 | ILM | Wilmington International Airport | NC | 13,700 | +22.4% |
| 100 | ECP | Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport | FL | 13,300 | +1.2% |
| 101 | HSV | Huntsville International-Carl T Jones Field | AL | 13,200 | +22.6% |
| 102 | FAI | Fairbanks International Airport | AK | 13,100 | +23.4% |
| 103 | JAN | Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport | MS | 13,100 | +4.0% |
| 104 | CID | The Eastern Iowa Airport | IA | 13,000 | +27.1% |
| 105 | MAF | Midland International Air And Space Port Airport | TX | 12,900 | +9.5% |
| 106 | SGF | Springfield-Branson National Airport | MO | 12,500 | +21.7% |
| 107 | ITO | Hilo International Airport | HI | 12,400 | +1.6% |
| 108 | IWA | Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport | AZ | 12,200 | -8.6% |
| 109 | GPI | Glacier Park International Airport | MT | 12,100 | +12.3% |
| 110 | DAY | James M Cox Dayton International Airport | OH | 12,000 | +17.2% |
| 111 | MHT | Manchester Boston Regional Airport | NH | 12,000 | -6.3% |
| 112 | SBA | Santa Barbara Municipal Airport | CA | 11,900 | -5.4% |
| 113 | LEX | Blue Grass Airport | KY | 11,800 | +9.9% |
| 114 | JAC | Jackson Hole Airport | WY | 11,700 | +2.2% |
| 115 | ISP | Long Island Mac Arthur Airport | NY | 11,600 | +14.8% |
| 116 | MDT | Harrisburg International Airport | PA | 11,500 | +10.6% |
| 117 | BQN | Rafael Hernandez Airport | PR | 11,500 | +65.4% |
| 118 | CAE | Columbia Metropolitan Airport | SC | 11,400 | +25.0% |
| 119 | FSD | Joe Foss Field | SD | 10,900 | +12.9% |
| 120 | RDM | Roberts Field | OR | 10,700 | +9.3% |
| 121 | TVC | Cherry Capital Airport | MI | 10,300 | +25.5% |
| 122 | MFE | Mc Allen Miller International Airport | TX | 10,300 | +21.4% |
| 123 | LBB | Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport | TX | 10,200 | +12.7% |
| 124 | MSO | Missoula Montana Airport | MT | 10,100 | +5.6% |
| 125 | MLB | Melbourne Orlando International Airport | FL | 9,900 | +8.3% |
| 126 | CHA | Lovell Field | TN | 9,350 | +14.2% |
| 127 | STT | Cyril E King Airport | VI | 9,190 | -7.2% |
| 128 | BGR | Bangor International Airport | ME | 9,020 | +8.1% |
| 129 | MFR | Rogue Valley International - Medford Airport | OR | 8,950 | -7.2% |
| 130 | ABE | Lehigh Valley International Airport | PA | 8,920 | +1.7% |
| 131 | FAR | Hector International Airport | ND | 8,750 | +26.2% |
| 132 | HVN | Tweed/New Haven Airport | CT | 8,650 | +1.0% |
| 133 | RAP | Rapid City Regional Airport | SD | 8,490 | +8.2% |
| 134 | HRL | Valley International Airport | TX | 8,340 | -0.5% |
| 135 | JNU | Juneau International Airport | AK | 8,290 | +16.5% |
| 136 | AMA | Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport | TX | 8,210 | +14.9% |
| 137 | BIL | Billings Logan International Airport | MT | 8,060 | +9.3% |
| 138 | SBN | South Bend International Airport | IN | 7,980 | +45.3% |
| 139 | EYW | Key West International Airport | FL | 7,950 | -17.1% |
| 140 | ATW | Appleton International Airport | WI | 7,900 | +24.3% |
| 141 | TLH | Tallahassee International Airport | FL | 7,680 | +1.1% |
| 142 | PSC | Tri-Cities Airport | WA | 7,420 | +13.5% |
| 143 | BTR | Baton Rouge Metropolitan, Ryan Field | LA | 7,420 | +16.0% |
| 144 | CRP | Corpus Christi International Airport | TX | 7,230 | +14.6% |
| 145 | GPT | Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport | MS | 7,220 | +21.0% |
| 146 | ACK | Nantucket Memorial Airport | MA | 6,900 | +4.6% |
| 147 | FWA | Fort Wayne International Airport | IN | 6,760 | +16.3% |
| 148 | CAK | Akron-Canton Regional Airport | OH | 6,380 | +60.5% |
| 149 | STS | Charles M Schulz - Sonoma County Airport | CA | 6,310 | +2.9% |
| 150 | SBP | San Luis County Regional Airport | CA | 6,190 | +37.1% |
| 151 | ROA | Roanoke/Blacksburg Regional (Woodrum Field) | VA | 6,070 | +13.0% |
| 152 | DAB | Daytona Beach International Airport | FL | 5,960 | +38.2% |
| 153 | GRB | Green Bay/Austin Straubel International Airport | WI | 5,950 | +14.4% |
| 154 | CHO | Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport | VA | 5,890 | +37.2% |
| 155 | SHV | Shreveport Regional Airport | LA | 5,810 | +16.2% |
| 156 | BLI | Bellingham International Airport | WA | 5,650 | -10.8% |
| 157 | MOB | Mobile Regional Airport | AL | 5,540 | +21.6% |
| 158 | ASE | Aspen-Pitkin County/Sardy Field | CO | 5,460 | +14.2% |
| 159 | PIA | General Downing - Peoria International Airport | IL | 5,370 | +2.4% |
| 160 | MRY | Monterey Regional Airport | CA | 5,260 | +15.6% |
| 161 | IDA | Idaho Falls Regional Airport | ID | 5,220 | -12.3% |
| 162 | GSN | Francisco C Ada/Saipan International Airport | MP | 5,020 | +128.7% |
| 163 | TTN | Trenton Mercer Airport | NJ | 4,940 | +6.9% |
| 164 | AGS | Augusta Regional at Bush Field | GA | 4,770 | -0.1% |
| 165 | MTJ | Montrose Regional Airport | CO | 4,480 | +26.3% |
| 166 | FNT | Bishop International Airport | MI | 4,440 | -7.2% |
| 167 | GNV | Gainesville Regional Airport | FL | 4,430 | -11.4% |
| 168 | MVY | Martha's Vineyard Airport | MA | 4,400 | +4.3% |
| 169 | DRO | Durango-La Plata County Airport | CO | 4,380 | +34.8% |
| 170 | GJT | Grand Junction Regional Airport | CO | 4,360 | +0.1% |
| 171 | MLI | Quad Cities International Airport | IL | 4,320 | +4.0% |
| 172 | LFT | Lafayette Regional/Paul Fournet Field | LA | 4,110 | +0.4% |
| 173 | TRI | Tri-Cities Airport | TN | 4,030 | +7.7% |
| 174 | BIS | Bismarck Municipal Airport | ND | 4,000 | -1.3% |
| 175 | PAE | Snohomish County (Paine Field) | WA | 3,850 | -32.5% |
| 176 | KTN | Ketchikan International Airport | AK | 3,800 | +7.6% |
| 177 | MGM | Montgomery Regional (Dannelly Field) | AL | 3,730 | +15.4% |
| 178 | PSE | Mercedita Airport | PR | 3,680 | +17.5% |
| 179 | CRW | West Virginia International Yeager Airport | WV | 3,590 | +15.7% |
| 180 | GTF | Great Falls International Airport | MT | 3,550 | +40.8% |
| 181 | BRO | Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport | TX | 3,390 | +45.9% |
| 182 | AVP | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport | PA | 3,370 | -7.4% |
| 183 | STX | Henry E Rohlsen Airport | VI | 3,340 | +0.6% |
| 184 | BMI | Central Illinois Regional/Bloomington-Normal Airport | IL | 3,300 | +0.2% |
| 185 | FAY | Fayetteville Regional/Grannis Field | NC | 2,970 | -10.1% |
| 186 | EVV | Evansville Regional Airport | IN | 2,860 | +7.5% |
| 187 | SIT | Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport | AK | 2,690 | +7.8% |
| 188 | SGU | St George Regional Airport | UT | 2,640 | +11.4% |
| 189 | SAF | Santa Fe Municipal Airport | NM | 2,630 | +12.5% |
| 190 | UNV | University Park Airport | PA | 2,610 | +48.9% |
| 191 | OAJ | Albert J Ellis Airport | NC | 2,550 | -8.5% |
| 192 | MOT | Minot International Airport | ND | 2,520 | -10.1% |
| 193 | LNK | Lincoln Airport | NE | 2,500 | +31.7% |
| 194 | DLH | Duluth International Airport | MN | 2,480 | +27.8% |
| 195 | LRD | Laredo International Airport | TX | 2,480 | +23.3% |
| 196 | HXD | Hilton Head Airport | SC | 2,430 | -5.7% |
| 197 | ACV | California Redwood Coast-Humboldt County Airport | CA | 2,390 | +10.1% |
| 198 | EGE | Eagle County Regional Airport | CO | 2,340 | +17.3% |
| 199 | SUN | Friedman Memorial Airport | ID | 2,250 | -5.2% |
| 200 | ADQ | Kodiak Airport | AK | 2,090 | +0.9% |
| 201 | SWF | New York Stewart International Airport | NY | 2,090 | -21.8% |
| 202 | BLV | Scott AFB/Midamerica St Louis | IL | 2,040 | -5.8% |
| 203 | LAN | Capital Region International Airport | MI | 1,980 | +42.8% |
| 204 | LCH | Lake Charles Regional Airport | LA | 1,940 | +60.7% |
| 205 | ORH | Worcester Regional Airport | MA | 1,920 | +22.5% |
| 206 | HDN | Yampa Valley Airport | CO | 1,840 | +8.8% |
| 207 | RDD | Redding Regional Airport | CA | 1,830 | -11.2% |
| 208 | GRK | Robert Gray AAF Airport | TX | 1,780 | +1.2% |
| 209 | AZO | Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport | MI | 1,780 | +52.0% |
| 210 | MLU | Monroe Regional Airport | LA | 1,770 | +21.1% |
| 211 | COU | Columbia Regional Airport | MO | 1,760 | +19.1% |
| 212 | AEX | Alexandria International Airport | LA | 1,750 | +11.0% |
| 213 | LBE | Arnold Palmer Regional Airport | PA | 1,750 | -38.2% |
| 214 | MBS | MBS International Airport | MI | 1,740 | +51.1% |
| 215 | CWA | Central Wisconsin Airport | WI | 1,660 | +3.6% |
| 216 | CPR | Casper/Natrona County International Airport | WY | 1,640 | +21.2% |
| 217 | HLN | Helena Regional Airport | MT | 1,620 | +18.1% |
| 218 | RST | Rochester International Airport | MN | 1,610 | +9.8% |
| 219 | ABI | Abilene Regional Airport | TX | 1,590 | +7.9% |
| 220 | XWA | Williston Basin International Airport | ND | 1,560 | +9.6% |
| 221 | ITH | Ithaca Tompkins International Airport | NY | 1,540 | +27.0% |
| 222 | CMI | University Of Illinois/Willard Airport | IL | 1,540 | +33.8% |
| 223 | BET | Bethel Airport | AK | 1,520 | +17.6% |
| 224 | HTS | Tri-State/Milton J Ferguson Field | WV | 1,350 | -4.8% |
| 225 | ELM | Elmira/Corning Regional Airport | NY | 1,340 | +9.1% |
| 226 | CLL | Easterwood Field | TX | 1,270 | n/a |
| 227 | PHF | Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport | VA | 1,270 | +10.1% |
| 228 | LYH | Lynchburg Regional/Preston Glenn Field | VA | 1,230 | -7.3% |
| 229 | NYL | Yuma MCAS/Yuma International Airport | AZ | 1,180 | -24.5% |
| 230 | FLG | Flagstaff Pulliam Airport | AZ | 1,170 | -33.6% |
| 231 | GRI | Central Nebraska Regional Airport | NE | 1,150 | -13.6% |
| 232 | EWN | Coastal Carolina Regional Airport | NC | 1,150 | -7.5% |
| 233 | HYA | Cape Cod Gateway Airport | MA | 1,110 | n/a |
| 234 | IFP | Laughlin/Bullhead International Airport | AZ | 1,080 | n/a |
| 235 | PUW | Pullman/Moscow Regional Airport | WA | 1,060 | -16.7% |
| 236 | SAW | Marquette Sawyer Regional Airport | MI | 1,050 | n/a |
| 237 | CSG | Columbus Airport | GA | 1,040 | -36.7% |
| 238 | FSM | Fort Smith Regional Airport | AR | 1,000 | -9.6% |
| 239 | SBY | Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport | MD | 982 | n/a |
| 240 | CDV | Merle K (Mudhole) Smith Airport | AK | 910 | n/a |
| 241 | COD | Yellowstone Regional Airport | WY | 868 | n/a |
| 242 | TXK | Texarkana Regional-Webb Field | AR | 843 | n/a |
| 243 | TYR | Tyler Pounds Regional Airport | TX | 840 | n/a |
| 244 | GUC | Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional Airport | CO | 836 | n/a |
| 245 | OME | Nome Airport | AK | 827 | n/a |
| 246 | PSG | Petersburg James A Johnson Airport | AK | 785 | n/a |
| 247 | PLN | Pellston Regional/Emmet County Airport | MI | 769 | n/a |
| 248 | SJT | San Angelo Regional/Mathis Field | TX | 767 | n/a |
| 249 | LAW | Lawton-Fort Sill Regional Airport | OK | 764 | n/a |
| 250 | ACT | Waco Regional Airport | TX | 733 | n/a |
| 251 | ROW | Roswell Air Center Airport | NM | 720 | -34.4% |
| 252 | AKN | King Salmon Airport | AK | 697 | n/a |
| 253 | GTR | Golden Triangle Regional Airport | MS | 690 | n/a |
| 254 | BPT | Jack Brooks Regional Airport | TX | 680 | n/a |
| 255 | OTZ | Ralph Wien Memorial Airport | AK | 652 | n/a |
| 256 | CIU | Chippewa County International Airport | MI | 644 | n/a |
| 257 | ERI | Erie International/Tom Ridge Field | PA | 639 | -47.5% |
| 258 | VLD | Valdosta Regional Airport | GA | 638 | n/a |
| 259 | BQK | Brunswick Golden Isles Airport | GA | 631 | n/a |
| 260 | GGG | East Texas Regional Airport | TX | 629 | n/a |
| 261 | ABY | Southwest Georgia Regional Airport | GA | 602 | n/a |
| 262 | DHN | Dothan Regional Airport | AL | 574 | n/a |
| 263 | GCK | Garden City Regional Airport | KS | 567 | n/a |
| 264 | OTH | Southwest Oregon Regional Airport | OR | 557 | n/a |
| 265 | LWS | Lewiston/Nez Perce County Airport | ID | 556 | n/a |
| 266 | SWO | Stillwater Regional Airport | OK | 539 | n/a |
| 267 | PBG | Plattsburgh International Airport | NY | 532 | n/a |
| 268 | BGM | Greater Binghamton/Edwin A Link Field | NY | 519 | n/a |
| 269 | SUX | Sioux Gateway/Brig General Bud Day Field | IA | 513 | n/a |
| 270 | LSE | La Crosse Regional Airport | WI | 512 | -57.3% |
| 271 | RHI | Rhinelander/Oneida County Airport | WI | 512 | n/a |
| 272 | YAK | Yakutat Airport | AK | 487 | n/a |
| 273 | CKB | North Central West Virginia Airport | WV | 485 | n/a |
| 274 | CMX | Houghton County Memorial Airport | MI | 485 | n/a |
| 275 | BJI | Bemidji Regional Airport | MN | 472 | n/a |
| 276 | SPS | Sheppard AFB/Wichita Falls Municipal | TX | 471 | n/a |
| 277 | HOB | Lea County Regional Airport | NM | 466 | n/a |
| 278 | PRC | Prescott Regional - Ernest A Love Field | AZ | 453 | n/a |
| 279 | SPI | Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport | IL | 445 | n/a |
| 280 | DLG | Dillingham Airport | AK | 430 | n/a |
| 281 | DIK | Dickinson/Theodore Roosevelt Regional Airport | ND | 429 | n/a |
| 282 | SHR | Sheridan County Airport | WY | 423 | n/a |
| 283 | GCC | Northeast Wyoming Regional Airport | WY | 422 | n/a |
| 284 | EAT | Pangborn Memorial Airport | WA | 421 | n/a |
| 285 | ABR | Aberdeen Regional Airport | SD | 413 | n/a |
| 286 | ART | Watertown International Airport | NY | 397 | n/a |
| 287 | WYS | Yellowstone Airport | MT | 393 | n/a |
| 288 | PQI | Presque Isle International Airport | ME | 391 | n/a |
| 289 | ALW | Walla Walla Regional Airport | WA | 386 | n/a |
| 290 | LAR | Laramie Regional Airport | WY | 379 | n/a |
| 291 | PGV | Pitt-Greenville Airport | NC | 373 | n/a |
| 292 | CNY | Canyonlands Regional Airport | UT | 367 | n/a |
| 293 | INL | Falls International/Einarson Field | MN | 365 | n/a |
| 294 | WRG | Wrangell Airport | AK | 363 | n/a |
| 295 | FLO | Florence Regional Airport | SC | 362 | n/a |
| 296 | YKM | Yakima Air Terminal/Mcallister Field | WA | 344 | n/a |
| 297 | DEC | Decatur Airport | IL | 343 | n/a |
| 298 | LBF | North Platte Regional/Lee Bird Field | NE | 342 | n/a |
| 299 | BHB | Hancock County/Bar Harbor Airport | ME | 334 | n/a |
| 300 | BTM | Bert Mooney Airport | MT | 324 | n/a |
| 301 | BRD | Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport | MN | 320 | n/a |
| 302 | ESC | Delta County Airport | MI | 320 | n/a |
| 303 | RKS | Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport | WY | 319 | n/a |
| 304 | PVC | Provincetown Municipal Airport | MA | 319 | n/a |
| 305 | SLN | Salina Regional Airport | KS | 310 | n/a |
| 306 | JST | John Murtha Johnstown/Cambria County Airport | PA | 296 | n/a |
| 307 | JLN | Joplin Regional Airport | MO | 292 | n/a |
| 308 | MEI | Key Field | MS | 290 | n/a |
| 309 | PGA | Page Municipal Airport | AZ | 281 | n/a |
| 310 | CVN | Clovis Regional Airport | NM | 279 | n/a |
| 311 | RIW | Central Wyoming Regional Airport | WY | 274 | n/a |
| 312 | MCN | Middle Georgia Regional Airport | GA | 268 | n/a |
| 313 | HIB | Range Regional Airport | MN | 266 | n/a |
| 314 | APN | Alpena County Regional Airport | MI | 263 | n/a |
| 315 | CDC | Cedar City Regional Airport | UT | 259 | n/a |
| 316 | ATY | Watertown Regional Airport | SD | 258 | n/a |
| 317 | VEL | Vernal Regional Airport | UT | 242 | n/a |
| 318 | TWF | Joslin Field/Magic Valley Regional | ID | 240 | n/a |
| 319 | ALO | Waterloo Regional Airport | IA | 240 | n/a |
| 320 | ALS | San Luis Valley Regional/Bergman Field | CO | 239 | n/a |
| 321 | MWA | Veterans Airport Of Southern Illinois | IL | 219 | n/a |
| 322 | BFF | Western Nebraska Regional/William B Heilig Field | NE | 214 | n/a |
| 323 | TUP | Tupelo Regional Airport | MS | 212 | n/a |
| 324 | PIB | Hattiesburg/Laurel Regional Airport | MS | 212 | n/a |
| 325 | TEX | Telluride Regional Airport | CO | 211 | n/a |
| 326 | EAR | Kearney Regional Airport | NE | 210 | n/a |
| 327 | PAH | Barkley Regional Airport | KY | 209 | n/a |
| 328 | PIH | Pocatello Regional Airport | ID | 208 | n/a |
| 329 | VCT | Victoria Regional Airport | TX | 203 | n/a |
| 330 | JMS | Jamestown Regional Airport | ND | 197 | n/a |
| 331 | PIR | Pierre Regional Airport | SD | 195 | n/a |
| 332 | RKD | Knox County Regional Airport | ME | 186 | n/a |
| 333 | CGI | Cape Girardeau Regional Airport | MO | 181 | n/a |
| 334 | EKO | Elko Regional Airport | NV | 180 | n/a |
| 335 | CEZ | Cortez Municipal Airport | CO | 177 | n/a |
| 336 | CEC | Jack Mc Namara Field | CA | 166 | n/a |
| 337 | HYS | Hays Regional Airport | KS | 165 | n/a |
| 338 | LBL | Liberal Mid-America Regional Airport | KS | 152 | n/a |
| 339 | LWB | Greenbrier Valley Airport | WV | 151 | n/a |
| 340 | OGS | Ogdensburg International Airport | NY | 151 | n/a |
| 341 | TBN | Waynesville-St Robert Regional Forney Field | MO | 149 | n/a |
| 342 | GLH | Greenville Mid-Delta Airport | MS | 147 | n/a |
| 343 | DDC | Dodge City Regional Airport | KS | 146 | n/a |
| 344 | MGW | Morgantown Municipal (Walter L Bill Hart Field) | WV | 146 | n/a |
| 345 | PUB | Pueblo Memorial Airport | CO | 144 | n/a |
| 346 | SDY | Sidney-Richland Regional Airport | MT | 142 | n/a |
| 347 | OWB | Owensboro/Daviess County Regional Airport | KY | 133 | n/a |
| 348 | IPL | Imperial County Airport | CA | 127 | n/a |
| 349 | DVL | Devils Lake Regional Airport | ND | 127 | n/a |
| 350 | PKB | Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport | WV | 127 | n/a |
| 351 | AUG | Augusta State Airport | ME | 127 | n/a |
| 352 | MCW | Mason City Municipal Airport | IA | 118 | n/a |
| 353 | MKG | Muskegon County Airport | MI | 116 | n/a |
| 354 | LNS | Lancaster Airport | PA | 114 | n/a |
| 355 | DUJ | Dubois Regional Airport | PA | 114 | n/a |
| 356 | TVF | Thief River Falls Regional Airport | MN | 114 | n/a |
| 357 | IRK | Kirksville Regional Airport | MO | 107 | n/a |
| 358 | FOD | Fort Dodge Regional Airport | IA | 107 | n/a |
| 359 | MSS | Massena International-Richards Field | NY | 100 | n/a |
| 360 | UIN | Quincy Regional-Baldwin Field | IL | 100 | n/a |
| 361 | AOO | Altoona/Blair County Airport | PA | 100 | n/a |
| 362 | BFD | Bradford Regional Airport | PA | 88 | n/a |
| 363 | SHD | Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport | VA | 87 | n/a |
| 364 | SLK | Adirondack Regional Airport | NY | 86 | n/a |
| 365 | RUT | Rutland - Southern Vermont Regional Airport | VT | 85 | n/a |
| 366 | BKW | Raleigh County Memorial Airport | WV | 81 | n/a |
| 367 | BRL | Southeast Iowa Regional Airport | IA | 73 | n/a |
| 368 | AIA | Alliance Municipal Airport | NE | 63 | n/a |
| 369 | GGW | Wokal Field/Glasgow-Valley County | MT | 54 | n/a |
| 370 | MCK | Mc Cook Ben Nelson Regional Airport | NE | 51 | n/a |
| 371 | HVR | Havre City-County Airport | MT | 49 | n/a |
| 372 | OLF | L M Clayton Airport | MT | 45 | n/a |
| 373 | CDR | Chadron Municipal Airport | NE | 44 | n/a |
| 374 | GDV | Dawson Communicipalty Airport | MT | 34 | n/a |
| 375 | MCE | Merced Regional/Macready Field | CA | 28 | 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 412 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 2023 air travel: how US airports and states did", https://passengerindex.com/web/holidays/labor-day-2023/ (CC BY 4.0).
Frequently asked questions
How many people flew over Labor Day 2023?
TSA screened 14,422,939 passengers nationwide over the Labor Day 2023 travel period (Thu, Aug 31 – Tue, Sep 5, 2023), up 9.4% from 13,185,878 over the same period a year earlier. The busiest day was Friday, September 1, with 2,742,962 screenings.
What was the busiest airport over Labor Day 2023?
The busiest airports by departing passengers screened were Los Angeles International Airport (LAX, about 639,000), Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD, about 491,000) and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL, about 476,000). Among states, California led with about 1.9 million.
Which airports grew the most over Labor Day 2023?
Among airports with at least 100,000 departing passengers screened in the year-earlier period, the largest gains were MSP (+26.1%), IAD (+23.5%), RDU (+20.6%), SJU (+18.7%) and SFO (+17.6%) and the largest declines SMF (-1.6%), MDW (+0.1%), MSY (+1.3%), STL (+3.6%) and LAS (+3.9%).
How does Passenger Index define the Labor Day travel period?
As the Thursday before Labor Day through the Tuesday after (6 days). The 2023 period ran Thu, Aug 31 – Tue, Sep 5, 2023 and is compared with Thu, Sep 1 – Tue, Sep 6, 2022, the same days relative to the holiday.
When is the Labor Day 2024 travel period?
Thu, Aug 29 – Tue, Sep 3, 2024. Passenger Index publishes airport and state results a few days after it ends, once TSA releases the checkpoint data.