Memorial Day 2019 air travel: how US airports and states did
· TSA checkpoint screenings and CBP international arrivals · updated · how it is measured
TSA screened 14,196,042 passengers nationwide over the Memorial Day 2019 travel period (Thu, May 23 – Tue, May 28, 2019), up 4.5% from 13,583,186 over the same period a year earlier. The busiest day was Friday, May 24, with 2,715,704 screenings.
The busiest airports by departing passengers screened were Los Angeles International Airport (LAX, about 701,000), John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK, about 591,000) and Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD, about 529,000). Among states, California led with about 2.0 million.
Key facts
- Travel period
- TSA screenings
- 14,196,042 (+4.5% YoY)
- Busiest day
- : 2,715,704
- Busiest airport
- LAX, about 701,000
Day by day, nationwide
| 2019 | Screened | Year earlier | Screened | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,596,784 | 2,507,573 | +3.6% | ||
| 2,715,704 | 2,563,211 | +5.9% | ||
| 2,060,648 | 1,986,845 | +3.7% | ||
| 2,006,211 | 1,908,612 | +5.1% | ||
| 2,438,936 | 2,326,889 | +4.8% | ||
| 2,377,759 | 2,290,056 | +3.8% |
Biggest movers
Among airports with at least 100,000 departing passengers screened in the year-earlier period. Up most: BNA +17.3%, RDU +12.3%, AUS +12.0%, IAH +10.3%, DFW +9.4%. Down most: OAK -4.9%, BOS -2.0%, MDW -1.9%, TPA -0.5%, LAX +0.1%.
By state
| State | Departing screened | YoY | Busiest airport | Airports |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 2.0 million | +1.0% | LAX | 24 |
| Florida | 1.6 million | +5.6% | MCO | 17 |
| Texas | 1.2 million | +9.1% | DFW | 24 |
| New York | 1.0 million | +5.5% | JFK | 18 |
| Illinois | 676,000 | +3.5% | ORD | 10 |
| Georgia | 547,000 | +2.6% | ATL | 8 |
| Virginia | 472,000 | +5.3% | DCA | 9 |
| Colorado | 452,000 | +7.3% | DEN | 11 |
| Nevada | 437,000 | +2.1% | LAS | 3 |
| New Jersey | 418,000 | +3.8% | EWR | 3 |
| Washington | 374,000 | +1.1% | SEA | 8 |
| Massachusetts | 364,000 | -1.8% | BOS | 5 |
| North Carolina | 358,000 | +9.3% | CLT | 10 |
| Arizona | 347,000 | +2.0% | PHX | 6 |
| Pennsylvania | 338,000 | +8.6% | PHL | 15 |
| Hawaii | 316,000 | +2.8% | HNL | 7 |
| Michigan | 267,000 | +5.1% | DTW | 15 |
| Tennessee | 244,000 | +15.4% | BNA | 5 |
| Missouri | 241,000 | +4.0% | STL | 8 |
| Minnesota | 215,000 | +1.5% | MSP | 8 |
| Ohio | 201,000 | +5.3% | CLE | 6 |
| Maryland | 193,000 | +0.5% | BWI | 3 |
| Oregon | 175,000 | +1.0% | PDX | 5 |
| Louisiana | 163,000 | +7.5% | MSY | 6 |
| Utah | 146,000 | +2.9% | SLC | 6 |
| Kentucky | 137,000 | +5.9% | CVG | 5 |
| South Carolina | 113,000 | +9.6% | CHS | 6 |
| Indiana | 110,000 | +3.1% | IND | 4 |
| Puerto Rico | 104,000 | +10.4% | SJU | 3 |
| Wisconsin | 95,100 | +3.4% | MKE | 8 |
| Oklahoma | 77,100 | +4.4% | OKC | 4 |
| Alaska | 73,900 | +5.3% | ANC | 15 |
| Connecticut | 60,000 | +6.5% | BDL | 2 |
| New Mexico | 55,800 | -1.0% | ABQ | 4 |
| Alabama | 55,500 | +7.7% | BHM | 6 |
| Nebraska | 54,600 | +3.1% | OMA | 7 |
| Arkansas | 43,100 | +14.0% | LIT | 4 |
| Idaho | 41,900 | +5.7% | BOI | 6 |
| Iowa | 38,000 | +7.0% | DSM | 8 |
| Rhode Island | 37,200 | -12.4% | PVD | 1 |
| Montana | 37,000 | +7.9% | BZN | 13 |
| Guam | 32,300 | +2.1% | GUM | 1 |
| Maine | 23,500 | +0.9% | PWM | 6 |
| Kansas | 21,600 | +14.9% | ICT | 7 |
| Mississippi | 21,200 | +16.0% | JAN | 6 |
| North Dakota | 20,600 | +5.7% | FAR | 8 |
| South Dakota | 18,200 | +14.4% | FSD | 5 |
| New Hampshire | 14,600 | -16.8% | MHT | 2 |
| Vermont | 10,900 | +7.8% | BTV | 2 |
| West Virginia | 8,860 | +7.9% | CRW | 7 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 8,420 | -20.7% | GSN | 1 |
| Wyoming | 8,160 | +22.8% | JAC | 8 |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 4,260 | +7.4% | STX | 1 |
By airport
| # | Code | Airport | State | Departing screened | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LAX | Los Angeles International Airport | CA | 701,000 | +0.1% |
| 2 | JFK | John F. Kennedy International Airport | NY | 591,000 | +4.6% |
| 3 | ORD | Chicago O'Hare International Airport | IL | 529,000 | +4.7% |
| 4 | ATL | Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport | GA | 505,000 | +2.2% |
| 5 | SFO | San Francisco International Airport | CA | 457,000 | +1.0% |
| 6 | DEN | Denver International Airport | CO | 422,000 | +7.7% |
| 7 | MCO | Orlando International Airport | FL | 409,000 | +5.7% |
| 8 | LAS | Harry Reid International Airport | NV | 403,000 | +2.4% |
| 9 | EWR | Newark Liberty International Airport | NJ | 400,000 | +3.7% |
| 10 | DFW | Dallas Fort Worth International Airport | TX | 387,000 | +9.4% |
| 11 | BOS | Boston Logan International Airport | MA | 360,000 | -2.0% |
| 12 | MIA | Miami International Airport | FL | 351,000 | +3.2% |
| 13 | SEA | Seattle-Tacoma International Airport | WA | 329,000 | +1.1% |
| 14 | PHX | Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport | AZ | 305,000 | +1.1% |
| 15 | FLL | Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport | FL | 299,000 | +5.9% |
| 16 | IAH | George Bush Intercontinental Airport | TX | 296,000 | +10.3% |
| 17 | LGA | LaGuardia Airport | NY | 283,000 | +7.6% |
| 18 | SAN | San Diego International Airport | CA | 219,000 | +1.3% |
| 19 | PHL | Philadelphia International Airport | PA | 216,000 | +8.1% |
| 20 | DTW | Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport | MI | 215,000 | +4.1% |
| 21 | MSP | Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport | MN | 207,000 | +1.1% |
| 22 | DCA | Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport | VA | 194,000 | +2.5% |
| 23 | BWI | Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport | MD | 191,000 | +0.5% |
| 24 | IAD | Washington Dulles International Airport | VA | 182,000 | +6.6% |
| 25 | TPA | Tampa International Airport | FL | 181,000 | -0.5% |
| 26 | HNL | Daniel K. Inouye International Airport | HI | 173,000 | +0.8% |
| 27 | CLT | Charlotte Douglas International Airport | NC | 164,000 | +3.2% |
| 28 | AUS | Austin-Bergstrom International Airport | TX | 155,000 | +12.0% |
| 29 | BNA | Nashville International Airport | TN | 152,000 | +17.3% |
| 30 | PDX | Portland International Airport | OR | 148,000 | +1.0% |
| 31 | SLC | Salt Lake City International Airport | UT | 139,000 | +2.2% |
| 32 | MSY | Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport | LA | 138,000 | +7.3% |
| 33 | RDU | Raleigh-Durham International Airport | NC | 133,000 | +12.3% |
| 34 | SJC | San José Mineta International Airport | CA | 127,000 | +1.5% |
| 35 | MDW | Chicago Midway International Airport | IL | 123,000 | -1.9% |
| 36 | STL | St. Louis Lambert International Airport | MO | 115,000 | +4.8% |
| 37 | OAK | Oakland International Airport | CA | 113,000 | -4.9% |
| 38 | SMF | Sacramento International Airport | CA | 111,000 | +8.4% |
| 39 | MCI | Kansas City International Airport | MO | 110,000 | +2.7% |
| 40 | DAL | Dallas Love Field | TX | 97,900 | +3.0% |
| 41 | SJU | Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport | PR | 93,100 | +7.1% |
| 42 | SAT | San Antonio International Airport | TX | 91,500 | +7.2% |
| 43 | CLE | Cleveland Hopkins International Airport | OH | 91,300 | +5.5% |
| 44 | IND | Indianapolis International Airport | IN | 90,600 | +0.7% |
| 45 | HOU | William P. Hobby Airport | TX | 89,400 | +4.4% |
| 46 | SNA | John Wayne Airport | CA | 87,600 | -1.8% |
| 47 | PIT | Pittsburgh International Airport | PA | 86,500 | +4.8% |
| 48 | CVG | Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport | KY | 83,800 | +2.3% |
| 49 | CMH | John Glenn Columbus International Airport | OH | 78,200 | +7.3% |
| 50 | RSW | Southwest Florida International Airport | FL | 73,900 | +8.2% |
| 51 | OGG | Kahului Airport | HI | 65,300 | +6.8% |
| 52 | JAX | Jacksonville International Airport | FL | 63,900 | +14.2% |
| 53 | PBI | Palm Beach International Airport | FL | 61,900 | +4.7% |
| 54 | BDL | Bradley International Airport | CT | 59,200 | +6.6% |
| 55 | MKE | Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport | WI | 58,600 | -1.3% |
| 56 | ABQ | Albuquerque International Sunport | NM | 51,000 | -3.2% |
| 57 | MEM | Memphis International Airport | TN | 50,600 | +13.4% |
| 58 | BUR | Hollywood Burbank Airport | CA | 49,800 | +9.0% |
| 59 | OMA | Eppley Airfield | NE | 49,600 | +2.4% |
| 60 | BUF | Buffalo Niagara International Airport | NY | 47,200 | +2.0% |
| 61 | ANC | Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport | AK | 45,500 | +3.9% |
| 62 | ONT | Ontario International Airport | CA | 45,500 | -0.4% |
| 63 | CHS | Charleston International Airport | SC | 45,000 | +1.1% |
| 64 | OKC | Will Rogers International Airport | OK | 43,700 | +6.5% |
| 65 | RIC | Richmond International Airport | VA | 39,100 | +9.6% |
| 66 | SDF | Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport | KY | 37,800 | +15.1% |
| 67 | PVD | Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport | RI | 37,200 | -12.4% |
| 68 | ORF | Norfolk International Airport | VA | 37,200 | +7.1% |
| 69 | BOI | Boise Airport | ID | 36,100 | +8.1% |
| 70 | KOA | Ellison Onizuka Kona International at Keahole Airport | HI | 35,500 | +11.5% |
| 71 | TUS | Tucson International Airport | AZ | 35,200 | +5.5% |
| 72 | ELP | El Paso International Airport | TX | 35,100 | +11.4% |
| 73 | RNO | Reno-Tahoe International Airport | NV | 33,500 | -2.0% |
| 74 | GUM | Guam International Airport | GU | 32,300 | +2.1% |
| 75 | LGB | Long Beach (Daugherty Field) | CA | 32,000 | -8.4% |
| 76 | TUL | Tulsa International Airport | OK | 31,700 | +1.5% |
| 77 | SAV | Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport | GA | 31,500 | +7.8% |
| 78 | MYR | Myrtle Beach International Airport | SC | 30,900 | +4.8% |
| 79 | GRR | Gerald R. Ford International Airport | MI | 30,400 | +17.4% |
| 80 | LIH | Lihue Airport | HI | 30,000 | -2.5% |
| 81 | BHM | Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport | AL | 29,800 | +2.5% |
| 82 | GEG | Spokane International Airport | WA | 29,300 | +0.2% |
| 83 | ALB | Albany International Airport | NY | 26,700 | +7.1% |
| 84 | TYS | Mc Ghee Tyson Airport | TN | 25,600 | +11.1% |
| 85 | ROC | Frederick Douglass/Greater Rochester International Airport | NY | 25,300 | +6.2% |
| 86 | DSM | Des Moines International Airport | IA | 25,000 | +8.8% |
| 87 | LIT | Bill and Hillary Clinton National/Adams Field | AR | 23,200 | +7.2% |
| 88 | SYR | Syracuse Hancock International Airport | NY | 23,200 | +20.4% |
| 89 | PNS | Pensacola International Airport | FL | 22,300 | +11.7% |
| 90 | GSP | Greenville Spartanburg International Airport | SC | 21,900 | +16.3% |
| 91 | GSO | Piedmont Triad International Airport | NC | 19,700 | +18.2% |
| 92 | PSP | Palm Springs International Airport | CA | 19,700 | +13.2% |
| 93 | MSN | Dane County Regional/Truax Field | WI | 19,400 | +10.9% |
| 94 | VPS | Eglin AFB/Destin-Ft Walton Beach | FL | 19,200 | +28.6% |
| 95 | ICT | Wichita Dwight D Eisenhower National Airport | KS | 18,600 | +15.5% |
| 96 | SRQ | Sarasota Bradenton International Airport | FL | 18,200 | +41.9% |
| 97 | PWM | Portland International Jetport | ME | 17,900 | +0.1% |
| 98 | DAY | James M Cox Dayton International Airport | OH | 17,700 | +4.9% |
| 99 | FAT | Fresno Yosemite International Airport | CA | 17,500 | +5.0% |
| 100 | XNA | Northwest Arkansas National Airport | AR | 17,300 | +27.6% |
| 101 | AVL | Asheville Regional Airport | NC | 16,500 | +45.6% |
| 102 | HPN | Westchester County Airport | NY | 16,500 | +22.3% |
| 103 | COS | City Of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport | CO | 15,600 | -3.6% |
| 104 | LEX | Blue Grass Airport | KY | 14,900 | +6.9% |
| 105 | MHT | Manchester Boston Regional Airport | NH | 14,500 | -16.8% |
| 106 | MAF | Midland International Air And Space Port Airport | TX | 14,400 | +20.7% |
| 107 | MDT | Harrisburg International Airport | PA | 13,400 | +21.7% |
| 108 | HSV | Huntsville International-Carl T Jones Field | AL | 13,400 | +20.8% |
| 109 | PGD | Punta Gorda Airport | FL | 13,100 | +5.5% |
| 110 | ISP | Long Island Mac Arthur Airport | NY | 13,100 | -18.4% |
| 111 | ECP | Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport | FL | 13,000 | +23.7% |
| 112 | JAN | Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport | MS | 12,300 | +23.2% |
| 113 | SGF | Springfield-Branson National Airport | MO | 12,200 | +6.6% |
| 114 | BZN | Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport | MT | 11,700 | +20.2% |
| 115 | CAE | Columbia Metropolitan Airport | SC | 11,200 | +25.4% |
| 116 | ITO | Hilo International Airport | HI | 11,100 | -0.2% |
| 117 | BTV | Burlington International Airport | VT | 10,800 | +8.0% |
| 118 | CID | The Eastern Iowa Airport | IA | 10,800 | +2.6% |
| 119 | FSD | Joe Foss Field | SD | 10,600 | +12.4% |
| 120 | CHA | Lovell Field | TN | 10,500 | +11.4% |
| 121 | ILM | Wilmington International Airport | NC | 10,500 | +12.8% |
| 122 | LBB | Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport | TX | 10,000 | +13.6% |
| 123 | FAI | Fairbanks International Airport | AK | 9,820 | +4.8% |
| 124 | EUG | Mahlon Sweet Field | OR | 9,460 | -5.7% |
| 125 | MFR | Rogue Valley International - Medford Airport | OR | 9,120 | +1.3% |
| 126 | SBA | Santa Barbara Municipal Airport | CA | 9,080 | +25.9% |
| 127 | MFE | Mc Allen Miller International Airport | TX | 8,970 | +35.6% |
| 128 | ACY | Atlantic City International Airport | NJ | 8,830 | +3.0% |
| 129 | TTN | Trenton Mercer Airport | NJ | 8,640 | +10.4% |
| 130 | ABE | Lehigh Valley International Airport | PA | 8,480 | +26.3% |
| 131 | GSN | Francisco C Ada/Saipan International Airport | MP | 8,420 | -20.7% |
| 132 | BQN | Rafael Hernandez Airport | PR | 8,400 | +43.6% |
| 133 | EYW | Key West International Airport | FL | 8,360 | +25.4% |
| 134 | TLH | Tallahassee International Airport | FL | 8,350 | +6.9% |
| 135 | BIL | Billings Logan International Airport | MT | 8,220 | +6.7% |
| 136 | FAR | Hector International Airport | ND | 8,030 | +8.9% |
| 137 | RDM | Roberts Field | OR | 7,630 | +12.6% |
| 138 | CAK | Akron-Canton Regional Airport | OH | 7,550 | -7.1% |
| 139 | AMA | Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport | TX | 7,500 | -3.4% |
| 140 | FWA | Fort Wayne International Airport | IN | 7,390 | +18.5% |
| 141 | BTR | Baton Rouge Metropolitan, Ryan Field | LA | 7,390 | -0.8% |
| 142 | GPT | Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport | MS | 7,120 | +5.1% |
| 143 | SHV | Shreveport Regional Airport | LA | 7,080 | +18.7% |
| 144 | MOB | Mobile Regional Airport | AL | 7,060 | +7.8% |
| 145 | CHO | Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport | VA | 7,010 | +12.0% |
| 146 | MSO | Missoula Montana Airport | MT | 6,970 | +6.2% |
| 147 | CRP | Corpus Christi International Airport | TX | 6,970 | -0.1% |
| 148 | ROA | Roanoke/Blacksburg Regional (Woodrum Field) | VA | 6,780 | +10.1% |
| 149 | SBN | South Bend International Airport | IN | 6,720 | +20.9% |
| 150 | PIA | General Downing - Peoria International Airport | IL | 6,700 | +9.3% |
| 151 | PSC | Tri-Cities Airport | WA | 6,540 | +16.2% |
| 152 | RAP | Rapid City Regional Airport | SD | 6,490 | +16.7% |
| 153 | JNU | Juneau International Airport | AK | 6,480 | -1.0% |
| 154 | GRB | Green Bay/Austin Straubel International Airport | WI | 6,460 | +21.3% |
| 155 | SWF | New York Stewart International Airport | NY | 6,370 | -11.2% |
| 156 | AGS | Augusta Regional at Bush Field | GA | 6,320 | +6.8% |
| 157 | DAB | Daytona Beach International Airport | FL | 6,300 | -4.4% |
| 158 | MLI | Quad Cities International Airport | IL | 5,960 | -1.5% |
| 159 | HRL | Valley International Airport | TX | 5,700 | +1.5% |
| 160 | AVP | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport | PA | 5,700 | +33.3% |
| 161 | ATW | Appleton International Airport | WI | 5,690 | +6.2% |
| 162 | BLI | Bellingham International Airport | WA | 5,640 | -8.2% |
| 163 | BIS | Bismarck Municipal Airport | ND | 5,600 | +3.2% |
| 164 | GJT | Grand Junction Regional Airport | CO | 5,340 | +22.3% |
| 165 | EVV | Evansville Regional Airport | IN | 5,240 | +6.9% |
| 166 | MLB | Melbourne Orlando International Airport | FL | 5,090 | +11.0% |
| 167 | MRY | Monterey Regional Airport | CA | 5,000 | +40.2% |
| 168 | TVC | Cherry Capital Airport | MI | 4,980 | +24.6% |
| 169 | FNT | Bishop International Airport | MI | 4,910 | -32.6% |
| 170 | LFT | Lafayette Regional/Paul Fournet Field | LA | 4,910 | +8.4% |
| 171 | SBP | San Luis County Regional Airport | CA | 4,900 | +16.5% |
| 172 | BGR | Bangor International Airport | ME | 4,820 | +0.5% |
| 173 | TRI | Tri-Cities Airport | TN | 4,800 | +10.7% |
| 174 | GNV | Gainesville Regional Airport | FL | 4,600 | +14.1% |
| 175 | CRW | West Virginia International Yeager Airport | WV | 4,500 | +3.6% |
| 176 | JAC | Jackson Hole Airport | WY | 4,410 | +50.0% |
| 177 | BLV | Scott AFB/Midamerica St Louis | IL | 4,330 | +12.0% |
| 178 | FAY | Fayetteville Regional/Grannis Field | NC | 4,270 | -4.0% |
| 179 | BMI | Central Illinois Regional/Bloomington-Normal Airport | IL | 4,270 | +30.6% |
| 180 | STX | Henry E Rohlsen Airport | VI | 4,260 | +7.4% |
| 181 | JQF | Concord-Padgett Regional Airport | NC | 4,170 | +41.5% |
| 182 | STS | Charles M Schulz - Sonoma County Airport | CA | 4,100 | -2.0% |
| 183 | MGM | Montgomery Regional (Dannelly Field) | AL | 4,050 | +9.6% |
| 184 | GPI | Glacier Park International Airport | MT | 3,990 | -9.2% |
| 185 | PHF | Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport | VA | 3,960 | +2.0% |
| 186 | LCK | Rickenbacker International Airport | OH | 3,910 | -0.5% |
| 187 | DRO | Durango-La Plata County Airport | CO | 3,460 | +0.8% |
| 188 | AZO | Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport | MI | 3,430 | +29.0% |
| 189 | RST | Rochester International Airport | MN | 3,390 | +0.4% |
| 190 | HXD | Hilton Head Airport | SC | 3,300 | n/a |
| 191 | OAJ | Albert J Ellis Airport | NC | 3,140 | +8.4% |
| 192 | HTS | Tri-State/Milton J Ferguson Field | WV | 3,130 | +13.0% |
| 193 | GRK | Robert Gray AAF Airport | TX | 3,080 | +46.9% |
| 194 | UNV | University Park Airport | PA | 3,070 | +38.1% |
| 195 | SAF | Santa Fe Municipal Airport | NM | 3,020 | +44.3% |
| 196 | IDA | Idaho Falls Regional Airport | ID | 3,010 | +3.1% |
| 197 | LAN | Capital Region International Airport | MI | 2,970 | +15.1% |
| 198 | GTF | Great Falls International Airport | MT | 2,940 | -0.6% |
| 199 | DLH | Duluth International Airport | MN | 2,920 | +41.5% |
| 200 | MOT | Minot International Airport | ND | 2,910 | +1.2% |
| 201 | LNK | Lincoln Airport | NE | 2,900 | +5.1% |
| 202 | SGU | St George Regional Airport | UT | 2,800 | +14.6% |
| 203 | PSE | Mercedita Airport | PR | 2,670 | +68.2% |
| 204 | LBE | Arnold Palmer Regional Airport | PA | 2,650 | +13.4% |
| 205 | AEX | Alexandria International Airport | LA | 2,610 | +13.1% |
| 206 | CWA | Central Wisconsin Airport | WI | 2,560 | +33.0% |
| 207 | COU | Columbia Regional Airport | MO | 2,560 | +10.1% |
| 208 | ASE | Aspen-Pitkin County/Sardy Field | CO | 2,550 | +16.4% |
| 209 | FLG | Flagstaff Pulliam Airport | AZ | 2,530 | +67.9% |
| 210 | ELM | Elmira/Corning Regional Airport | NY | 2,520 | +24.1% |
| 211 | BRO | Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport | TX | 2,490 | +28.9% |
| 212 | MLU | Monroe Regional Airport | LA | 2,430 | +13.2% |
| 213 | IFP | Laughlin/Bullhead International Airport | AZ | 2,400 | +4.1% |
| 214 | PVU | Provo Municipal Airport | UT | 2,290 | +30.2% |
| 215 | BFL | Meadows Field | CA | 2,120 | +21.9% |
| 216 | MBS | MBS International Airport | MI | 2,080 | +1.8% |
| 217 | ITH | Ithaca Tompkins International Airport | NY | 2,070 | -1.5% |
| 218 | SIT | Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport | AK | 2,060 | -3.5% |
| 219 | EWN | Coastal Carolina Regional Airport | NC | 2,030 | +14.1% |
| 220 | HLN | Helena Regional Airport | MT | 2,020 | +5.8% |
| 221 | CMI | University Of Illinois/Willard Airport | IL | 1,990 | -10.0% |
| 222 | TOL | Eugene F Kranz Toledo Express Airport | OH | 1,990 | -9.2% |
| 223 | SCK | Stockton Metropolitan Airport | CA | 1,910 | -11.1% |
| 224 | ERI | Erie International/Tom Ridge Field | PA | 1,860 | +10.4% |
| 225 | KTN | Ketchikan International Airport | AK | 1,820 | -2.6% |
| 226 | NYL | Yuma MCAS/Yuma International Airport | AZ | 1,820 | +27.7% |
| 227 | GFK | Grand Forks International Airport | ND | 1,770 | -3.6% |
| 228 | ACK | Nantucket Memorial Airport | MA | 1,770 | +7.6% |
| 229 | FSM | Fort Smith Regional Airport | AR | 1,760 | +3.2% |
| 230 | LRD | Laredo International Airport | TX | 1,740 | +9.7% |
| 231 | IAG | Niagara Falls International Airport | NY | 1,730 | +14.3% |
| 232 | ADQ | Kodiak Airport | AK | 1,730 | +57.4% |
| 233 | ORH | Worcester Regional Airport | MA | 1,700 | +43.3% |
| 234 | BET | Bethel Airport | AK | 1,690 | +35.7% |
| 235 | LYH | Lynchburg Regional/Preston Glenn Field | VA | 1,680 | +18.7% |
| 236 | LSE | La Crosse Regional Airport | WI | 1,660 | +4.8% |
| 237 | MHK | Manhattan Regional Airport | KS | 1,650 | +17.5% |
| 238 | ABI | Abilene Regional Airport | TX | 1,570 | +1.0% |
| 239 | PBG | Plattsburgh International Airport | NY | 1,550 | +27.2% |
| 240 | ISN | Sloulin Field International | ND | 1,530 | +24.9% |
| 241 | CPR | Casper/Natrona County International Airport | WY | 1,520 | +5.2% |
| 242 | CLL | Easterwood Field | TX | 1,460 | +4.2% |
| 243 | GRI | Central Nebraska Regional Airport | NE | 1,430 | +15.7% |
| 244 | ACV | California Redwood Coast-Humboldt County Airport | CA | 1,360 | n/a |
| 245 | ROW | Roswell Air Center Airport | NM | 1,240 | +16.2% |
| 246 | SPI | Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport | IL | 1,200 | -10.3% |
| 247 | ACT | Waco Regional Airport | TX | 1,160 | +4.9% |
| 248 | SBY | Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport | MD | 1,160 | +0.7% |
| 249 | OME | Nome Airport | AK | 1,130 | n/a |
| 250 | MTJ | Montrose Regional Airport | CO | 1,110 | n/a |
| 251 | LAW | Lawton-Fort Sill Regional Airport | OK | 1,100 | +1.9% |
| 252 | DHN | Dothan Regional Airport | AL | 1,080 | +5.2% |
| 253 | SJT | San Angelo Regional/Mathis Field | TX | 1,080 | -2.5% |
| 254 | LNY | Lanai Airport | HI | 1,070 | n/a |
| 255 | PUW | Pullman/Moscow Regional Airport | WA | 1,070 | n/a |
| 256 | ENV | Wendover Municipal Airport | UT | 1,060 | n/a |
| 257 | PGV | Pitt-Greenville Airport | NC | 1,040 | n/a |
| 258 | CSG | Columbus Airport | GA | 995 | n/a |
| 259 | RDD | Redding Regional Airport | CA | 951 | n/a |
| 260 | YKM | Yakima Air Terminal/Mcallister Field | WA | 916 | -17.8% |
| 261 | TYR | Tyler Pounds Regional Airport | TX | 908 | n/a |
| 262 | EAT | Pangborn Memorial Airport | WA | 902 | -12.0% |
| 263 | MQT | Sawyer International Airport | MI | 885 | n/a |
| 264 | BRW | Wiley Post-Will Rogers Memorial Airport | AK | 883 | n/a |
| 265 | SUX | Sioux Gateway/Brig General Bud Day Field | IA | 861 | n/a |
| 266 | HVN | Tweed/New Haven Airport | CT | 854 | n/a |
| 267 | OTZ | Ralph Wien Memorial Airport | AK | 852 | n/a |
| 268 | GTR | Golden Triangle Regional Airport | MS | 836 | n/a |
| 269 | TXK | Texarkana Regional-Webb Field | AR | 833 | n/a |
| 270 | ALW | Walla Walla Regional Airport | WA | 829 | n/a |
| 271 | SPS | Sheppard AFB/Wichita Falls Municipal | TX | 819 | n/a |
| 272 | FLO | Florence Regional Airport | SC | 784 | n/a |
| 273 | VLD | Valdosta Regional Airport | GA | 770 | n/a |
| 274 | BQK | Brunswick Golden Isles Airport | GA | 764 | n/a |
| 275 | BGM | Greater Binghamton/Edwin A Link Field | NY | 755 | n/a |
| 276 | SUN | Friedman Memorial Airport | ID | 748 | n/a |
| 277 | TWF | Joslin Field/Magic Valley Regional | ID | 743 | n/a |
| 278 | ABY | Southwest Georgia Regional Airport | GA | 734 | n/a |
| 279 | SCC | Deadhorse Airport | AK | 725 | n/a |
| 280 | CKB | North Central West Virginia Airport | WV | 715 | n/a |
| 281 | JLN | Joplin Regional Airport | MO | 714 | n/a |
| 282 | MVY | Martha's Vineyard Airport | MA | 691 | n/a |
| 283 | PIH | Pocatello Regional Airport | ID | 679 | n/a |
| 284 | LWS | Lewiston/Nez Perce County Airport | ID | 665 | -36.4% |
| 285 | COD | Yellowstone Regional Airport | WY | 645 | n/a |
| 286 | DBQ | Dubuque Regional Airport | IA | 611 | n/a |
| 287 | HGR | Hagerstown Regional/Richard A Henson Field | MD | 607 | n/a |
| 288 | SWO | Stillwater Regional Airport | OK | 603 | n/a |
| 289 | BPT | Jack Brooks Regional Airport | TX | 595 | n/a |
| 290 | PLN | Pellston Regional/Emmet County Airport | MI | 583 | n/a |
| 291 | EGE | Eagle County Regional Airport | CO | 550 | n/a |
| 292 | GCC | Northeast Wyoming Regional Airport | WY | 535 | n/a |
| 293 | GGG | East Texas Regional Airport | TX | 530 | n/a |
| 294 | MKK | Molokai Airport | HI | 523 | n/a |
| 295 | HOB | Lea County Regional Airport | NM | 520 | n/a |
| 296 | ABR | Aberdeen Regional Airport | SD | 505 | n/a |
| 297 | BJI | Bemidji Regional Airport | MN | 488 | n/a |
| 298 | GCK | Garden City Regional Airport | KS | 481 | n/a |
| 299 | RKS | Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport | WY | 464 | n/a |
| 300 | MEI | Key Field | MS | 459 | n/a |
| 301 | ALO | Waterloo Regional Airport | IA | 451 | n/a |
| 302 | DIK | Dickinson/Theodore Roosevelt Regional Airport | ND | 451 | n/a |
| 303 | MCN | Middle Georgia Regional Airport | GA | 426 | n/a |
| 304 | INL | Falls International/Einarson Field | MN | 416 | n/a |
| 305 | OWB | Owensboro/Daviess County Regional Airport | KY | 410 | n/a |
| 306 | CDC | Cedar City Regional Airport | UT | 409 | n/a |
| 307 | RHI | Rhinelander/Oneida County Airport | WI | 389 | n/a |
| 308 | ART | Watertown International Airport | NY | 381 | n/a |
| 309 | CIU | Chippewa County International Airport | MI | 374 | n/a |
| 310 | BTM | Bert Mooney Airport | MT | 371 | n/a |
| 311 | MKG | Muskegon County Airport | MI | 362 | n/a |
| 312 | IMT | Ford Airport | MI | 362 | n/a |
| 313 | CNY | Canyonlands Regional Airport | UT | 358 | n/a |
| 314 | LBF | North Platte Regional/Lee Bird Field | NE | 352 | n/a |
| 315 | PAH | Barkley Regional Airport | KY | 351 | n/a |
| 316 | HDN | Yampa Valley Airport | CO | 350 | n/a |
| 317 | PIR | Pierre Regional Airport | SD | 346 | n/a |
| 318 | YAK | Yakutat Airport | AK | 346 | n/a |
| 319 | BRD | Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport | MN | 345 | n/a |
| 320 | OGS | Ogdensburg International Airport | NY | 344 | n/a |
| 321 | CMX | Houghton County Memorial Airport | MI | 340 | n/a |
| 322 | IPT | Williamsport Regional Airport | PA | 339 | n/a |
| 323 | WYS | Yellowstone Airport | MT | 332 | n/a |
| 324 | PSG | Petersburg James A Johnson Airport | AK | 330 | n/a |
| 325 | CDV | Merle K (Mudhole) Smith Airport | AK | 323 | n/a |
| 326 | TUP | Tupelo Regional Airport | MS | 321 | n/a |
| 327 | EKO | Elko Regional Airport | NV | 314 | n/a |
| 328 | EAU | Chippewa Valley Regional Airport | WI | 307 | n/a |
| 329 | HYS | Hays Regional Airport | KS | 304 | n/a |
| 330 | ESC | Delta County Airport | MI | 301 | n/a |
| 331 | SLN | Salina Regional Airport | KS | 301 | n/a |
| 332 | PQI | Presque Isle International Airport | ME | 299 | n/a |
| 333 | LWB | Greenbrier Valley Airport | WV | 296 | n/a |
| 334 | BFF | Western Nebraska Regional/William B Heilig Field | NE | 292 | n/a |
| 335 | SHD | Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport | VA | 287 | n/a |
| 336 | HIB | Range Regional Airport | MN | 286 | n/a |
| 337 | LAR | Laramie Regional Airport | WY | 281 | n/a |
| 338 | ATY | Watertown Regional Airport | SD | 268 | n/a |
| 339 | WRG | Wrangell Airport | AK | 245 | n/a |
| 340 | MMH | Mammoth Yosemite Airport | CA | 231 | n/a |
| 341 | CGI | Cape Girardeau Regional Airport | MO | 223 | n/a |
| 342 | BHB | Hancock County/Bar Harbor Airport | ME | 220 | n/a |
| 343 | MWA | Veterans Airport Of Southern Illinois | IL | 201 | n/a |
| 344 | OTH | Southwest Oregon Regional Airport | OR | 199 | n/a |
| 345 | PUB | Pueblo Memorial Airport | CO | 199 | n/a |
| 346 | JMS | Jamestown Regional Airport | ND | 195 | n/a |
| 347 | SDY | Sidney-Richland Regional Airport | MT | 174 | n/a |
| 348 | CEC | Jack Mc Namara Field | CA | 171 | n/a |
| 349 | PIB | Hattiesburg/Laurel Regional Airport | MS | 167 | n/a |
| 350 | SHR | Sheridan County Airport | WY | 164 | n/a |
| 351 | LBL | Liberal Mid-America Regional Airport | KS | 153 | n/a |
| 352 | CEZ | Cortez Municipal Airport | CO | 144 | n/a |
| 353 | DEC | Decatur Airport | IL | 143 | n/a |
| 354 | RIW | Central Wyoming Regional Airport | WY | 140 | n/a |
| 355 | PKB | Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport | WV | 136 | n/a |
| 356 | DVL | Devils Lake Regional Airport | ND | 136 | n/a |
| 357 | AUG | Augusta State Airport | ME | 128 | n/a |
| 358 | RKD | Knox County Regional Airport | ME | 121 | n/a |
| 359 | MSL | Northwest Alabama Regional Airport | AL | 117 | n/a |
| 360 | MCE | Merced Regional/Macready Field | CA | 116 | n/a |
| 361 | ALS | San Luis Valley Regional/Bergman Field | CO | 116 | n/a |
| 362 | IPL | Imperial County Airport | CA | 115 | n/a |
| 363 | TVF | Thief River Falls Regional Airport | MN | 115 | n/a |
| 364 | BRL | Southeast Iowa Regional Airport | IA | 115 | n/a |
| 365 | MSS | Massena International-Richards Field | NY | 110 | n/a |
| 366 | FOD | Fort Dodge Regional Airport | IA | 105 | n/a |
| 367 | RUT | Rutland - Southern Vermont Regional Airport | VT | 105 | n/a |
| 368 | IRK | Kirksville Regional Airport | MO | 102 | n/a |
| 369 | SOW | Show Low Regional Airport | AZ | 99 | n/a |
| 370 | IWD | Gogebic/Iron County Airport | MI | 98 | n/a |
| 371 | TBN | Waynesville-St Robert Regional Forney Field | MO | 97 | n/a |
| 372 | DUJ | Dubois Regional Airport | PA | 93 | n/a |
| 373 | DDC | Dodge City Regional Airport | KS | 90 | n/a |
| 374 | MGW | Morgantown Municipal (Walter L Bill Hart Field) | WV | 87 | n/a |
| 375 | SLK | Adirondack Regional Airport | NY | 84 | n/a |
| 376 | MCW | Mason City Municipal Airport | IA | 81 | n/a |
| 377 | LNS | Lancaster Airport | PA | 80 | n/a |
| 378 | LEB | Lebanon Municipal Airport | NH | 75 | n/a |
| 379 | OLF | L M Clayton Airport | MT | 75 | n/a |
| 380 | JST | John Murtha Johnstown/Cambria County Airport | PA | 69 | n/a |
| 381 | HVR | Havre City-County Airport | MT | 65 | n/a |
| 382 | GGW | Wokal Field/Glasgow-Valley County | MT | 64 | n/a |
| 383 | AOO | Altoona/Blair County Airport | PA | 63 | n/a |
| 384 | BFD | Bradford Regional Airport | PA | 58 | n/a |
| 385 | GDV | Dawson Communicipalty Airport | MT | 51 | n/a |
| 386 | HYA | Cape Cod Gateway Airport | MA | 39 | n/a |
| 387 | AIA | Alliance Municipal Airport | NE | 37 | n/a |
| 388 | FKL | Venango Regional Airport | PA | 31 | n/a |
| 389 | MCK | Mc Cook Ben Nelson Regional Airport | NE | 26 | n/a |
| 390 | BKW | Raleigh County Memorial Airport | WV | 0 | n/a |
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How it is measured
The Memorial Day travel period is the Thursday before Memorial Day through the Tuesday after (6 days). It is compared with the same period a year earlier ().
National figures add up every airport in TSA's FOIA checkpoint files, because TSA's published daily totals do not cover both periods; they run a few percent below the published totals. 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 (390 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, "Memorial Day 2019 air travel: how US airports and states did", https://passengerindex.com/web/holidays/memorial-day-2019/ (CC BY 4.0).
Frequently asked questions
How many people flew over Memorial Day 2019?
TSA screened 14,196,042 passengers nationwide over the Memorial Day 2019 travel period (Thu, May 23 – Tue, May 28, 2019), up 4.5% from 13,583,186 over the same period a year earlier. The busiest day was Friday, May 24, with 2,715,704 screenings.
What was the busiest airport over Memorial Day 2019?
The busiest airports by departing passengers screened were Los Angeles International Airport (LAX, about 701,000), John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK, about 591,000) and Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD, about 529,000). Among states, California led with about 2.0 million.
Which airports grew the most over Memorial Day 2019?
Among airports with at least 100,000 departing passengers screened in the year-earlier period, the largest gains were BNA (+17.3%), RDU (+12.3%), AUS (+12.0%), IAH (+10.3%) and DFW (+9.4%) and the largest declines OAK (-4.9%), BOS (-2.0%), MDW (-1.9%), TPA (-0.5%) and LAX (+0.1%).
How does Passenger Index define the Memorial Day travel period?
As the Thursday before Memorial Day through the Tuesday after (6 days). The 2019 period ran Thu, May 23 – Tue, May 28, 2019 and is compared with Thu, May 24 – Tue, May 29, 2018, the same days relative to the holiday.
When is the Memorial Day 2020 travel period?
Thu, May 21 – Tue, May 26, 2020. Passenger Index publishes airport and state results a few days after it ends, once TSA releases the checkpoint data.