# Memorial Day 2023 air travel: how US airports and states did

Source: Passenger Index, https://passengerindex.com/web/holidays/memorial-day-2023/ (CC BY 4.0). Updated 2026-10-20.

TSA screened 14,827,497 passengers nationwide over the Memorial Day 2023 travel period (Thu, May 25 – Tue, May 30, 2023), up 11.2% from 13,335,036 over the same period a year earlier. The busiest day was Friday, May 26, with 2,744,596 screenings.

The busiest airports by departing passengers screened were Los Angeles International Airport (LAX, about 618,000), Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL, about 531,000) and Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD, about 488,000). Among states, California led with about 1.9 million.

## Key facts

- **Travel period:** Thu, May 25 – Tue, May 30, 2023
- **TSA screenings:** 14,827,497 (+11.2% YoY)
- **Busiest day:** May 26, 2023: 2,744,596
- **Busiest airport:** LAX, about 618,000

## Day by day, nationwide

| 2023 | Screened | Year earlier | Screened | YoY |
|---|--:|---|--:|--:|
| Thu, May 25 | 2,672,648 | Thu, May 26, 2022 | 2,399,579 | +11.4% |
| Fri, May 26 | 2,744,596 | Fri, May 27, 2022 | 2,397,928 | +14.5% |
| Sat, May 27 | 2,206,475 | Sat, May 28, 2022 | 2,000,335 | +10.3% |
| Sun, May 28 | 2,257,797 | Sun, May 29, 2022 | 2,103,022 | +7.4% |
| Mon, May 29 | 2,596,978 | Mon, May 30, 2022 | 2,319,237 | +12.0% |
| Tue, May 30 | 2,349,003 | Tue, May 31, 2022 | 2,114,935 | +11.1% |

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

| State | Departing screened | YoY | Busiest airport |
|---|--:|--:|---|
| California | 1.9 million | +13.7% | LAX |
| Florida | 1.8 million | +7.2% | MCO |
| Texas | 1.0 million | +9.0% | DFW |
| Illinois | 633,000 | +8.4% | ORD |
| Georgia | 582,000 | +12.0% | ATL |
| Virginia | 484,000 | +14.6% | IAD |
| Nevada | 479,000 | +9.3% | LAS |
| Colorado | 449,000 | +12.0% | DEN |
| New Jersey | 420,000 | +10.3% | EWR |
| Arizona | 412,000 | +13.8% | PHX |
| North Carolina | 375,000 | +14.5% | CLT |
| Massachusetts | 370,000 | +9.5% | BOS |
| Washington | 361,000 | +14.2% | SEA |
| Pennsylvania | 297,000 | +8.3% | PHL |
| Tennessee | 293,000 | +16.0% | BNA |
| Michigan | 253,000 | +17.8% | DTW |
| Missouri | 237,000 | +16.5% | STL |
| Minnesota | 197,000 | +20.3% | MSP |
| Ohio | 189,000 | +13.1% | CLE |
| Maryland | 170,000 | +15.4% | BWI |
| Oregon | 167,000 | +13.1% | PDX |
| Utah | 159,000 | +6.7% | SLC |
| New York | 150,000 | +9.9% | BUF |
| Louisiana | 149,000 | +9.7% | MSY |
| Hawaii | 149,000 | +2.6% | OGG |
| Kentucky | 145,000 | +20.4% | CVG |
| Puerto Rico | 145,000 | +18.3% | SJU |
| South Carolina | 131,000 | +7.1% | CHS |
| Indiana | 116,000 | +14.5% | IND |
| Wisconsin | 80,500 | +9.7% | MKE |
| Oklahoma | 74,500 | +9.7% | OKC |
| Alaska | 72,700 | +10.1% | ANC |
| Connecticut | 61,100 | +17.6% | BDL |
| New Mexico | 55,600 | +12.0% | ABQ |
| Nebraska | 53,800 | +16.8% | OMA |
| Alabama | 53,000 | +13.1% | BHM |
| Idaho | 48,300 | +5.3% | BOI |
| Montana | 44,100 | +7.7% | BZN |
| Arkansas | 43,900 | +6.5% | LIT |
| Iowa | 41,200 | +10.8% | DSM |
| Rhode Island | 31,600 | +15.2% | PVD |
| Mississippi | 23,200 | +8.4% | JAN |
| South Dakota | 20,400 | +13.9% | FSD |
| North Dakota | 19,500 | +10.3% | FAR |
| Kansas | 18,300 | +15.2% | ICT |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 17,600 | -5.1% | STT |
| Vermont | 10,700 | +8.6% | BTV |
| New Hampshire | 10,200 | +4.7% | MHT |
| West Virginia | 7,110 | -4.0% | CRW |
| Maine | 6,460 | -3.8% | BGR |
| Wyoming | 3,960 | -2.0% | CPR |

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

| Code | Airport | State | Departing screened | YoY |
|---|---|---|--:|--:|
| LAX | Los Angeles International Airport | CA | 618,000 | +14.6% |
| ATL | Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport | GA | 531,000 | +12.4% |
| ORD | Chicago O'Hare International Airport | IL | 488,000 | +8.3% |
| MCO | Orlando International Airport | FL | 477,000 | +10.0% |
| LAS | Harry Reid International Airport | NV | 444,000 | +9.5% |
| DFW | Dallas Fort Worth International Airport | TX | 440,000 | +11.7% |
| MIA | Miami International Airport | FL | 418,000 | +4.2% |
| EWR | Newark Liberty International Airport | NJ | 415,000 | +10.7% |
| SFO | San Francisco International Airport | CA | 414,000 | +23.8% |
| DEN | Denver International Airport | CO | 412,000 | +13.0% |
| BOS | Boston Logan International Airport | MA | 362,000 | +8.8% |
| PHX | Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport | AZ | 360,000 | +14.9% |
| SEA | Seattle-Tacoma International Airport | WA | 310,000 | +15.7% |
| FLL | Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport | FL | 301,000 | +3.9% |
| TPA | Tampa International Airport | FL | 214,000 | +13.7% |
| SAN | San Diego International Airport | CA | 212,000 | +12.0% |
| DTW | Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport | MI | 205,000 | +20.1% |
| BNA | Nashville International Airport | TN | 196,000 | +16.9% |
| MSP | Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport | MN | 192,000 | +20.8% |
| IAD | Washington Dulles International Airport | VA | 192,000 | +21.9% |
| PHL | Philadelphia International Airport | PA | 192,000 | +9.7% |
| CLT | Charlotte Douglas International Airport | NC | 188,000 | +13.3% |
| DCA | Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport | VA | 188,000 | +9.9% |
| AUS | Austin-Bergstrom International Airport | TX | 186,000 | +2.3% |
| BWI | Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport | MD | 169,000 | +15.3% |
| SLC | Salt Lake City International Airport | UT | 147,000 | +3.1% |
| PDX | Portland International Airport | OR | 135,000 | +14.9% |
| RDU | Raleigh-Durham International Airport | NC | 131,000 | +18.7% |
| SJU | Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport | PR | 131,000 | +19.8% |
| MSY | Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport | LA | 126,000 | +10.5% |
| MDW | Chicago Midway International Airport | IL | 124,000 | +12.1% |
| STL | St. Louis Lambert International Airport | MO | 113,000 | +10.5% |
| SMF | Sacramento International Airport | CA | 112,000 | +7.8% |
| MCI | Kansas City International Airport | MO | 108,000 | +23.3% |
| DAL | Dallas Love Field | TX | 106,000 | +7.5% |
| SJC | San José Mineta International Airport | CA | 102,000 | +8.4% |
| SAT | San Antonio International Airport | TX | 101,000 | +16.9% |
| SNA | John Wayne Airport | CA | 101,000 | +7.3% |
| IND | Indianapolis International Airport | IN | 98,100 | +16.1% |
| OAK | Oakland International Airport | CA | 91,900 | +2.3% |
| HOU | William P. Hobby Airport | TX | 91,100 | +8.9% |
| CLE | Cleveland Hopkins International Airport | OH | 86,200 | +12.9% |
| CVG | Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport | KY | 86,100 | +24.2% |
| CMH | John Glenn Columbus International Airport | OH | 80,100 | +15.4% |
| RSW | Southwest Florida International Airport | FL | 80,000 | -6.9% |
| PIT | Pittsburgh International Airport | PA | 77,100 | +9.4% |
| JAX | Jacksonville International Airport | FL | 72,800 | +22.1% |
| PBI | Palm Beach International Airport | FL | 71,900 | +12.7% |
| OGG | Kahului Airport | HI | 66,400 | +0.4% |
| CHS | Charleston International Airport | SC | 60,500 | +14.6% |
| ONT | Ontario International Airport | CA | 60,100 | +16.0% |
| MEM | Memphis International Airport | TN | 53,400 | +17.8% |
| BUR | Hollywood Burbank Airport | CA | 52,900 | +2.9% |
| BDL | Bradley International Airport | CT | 52,600 | +14.7% |
| ABQ | Albuquerque International Sunport | NM | 51,400 | +12.7% |
| OMA | Eppley Airfield | NE | 49,000 | +15.8% |
| MKE | Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport | WI | 48,600 | +10.2% |
| ANC | Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport | AK | 45,800 | +11.2% |
| SDF | Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport | KY | 45,100 | +19.4% |
| RIC | Richmond International Airport | VA | 45,100 | +19.0% |
| ORF | Norfolk International Airport | VA | 44,500 | +5.6% |
| SAV | Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport | GA | 41,700 | +11.2% |
| OKC | Will Rogers International Airport | OK | 41,500 | +12.7% |
| BOI | Boise Airport | ID | 41,100 | +11.3% |
| BUF | Buffalo Niagara International Airport | NY | 39,900 | +9.3% |
| SRQ | Sarasota Bradenton International Airport | FL | 38,000 | +8.3% |
| ELP | El Paso International Airport | TX | 37,500 | +7.8% |
| KOA | Ellison Onizuka Kona International at Keahole Airport | HI | 36,100 | +0.5% |
| RNO | Reno-Tahoe International Airport | NV | 35,000 | +6.2% |
| TUS | Tucson International Airport | AZ | 34,800 | +16.2% |
| MYR | Myrtle Beach International Airport | SC | 33,900 | -9.9% |
| LIH | Lihue Airport | HI | 33,000 | +4.7% |
| PVD | Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport | RI | 31,600 | +15.2% |
| TUL | Tulsa International Airport | OK | 31,600 | +7.1% |
| GEG | Spokane International Airport | WA | 31,100 | +8.2% |
| LGB | Long Beach (Daugherty Field) | CA | 30,000 | +10.3% |
| BHM | Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport | AL | 29,800 | +21.4% |
| GRR | Gerald R. Ford International Airport | MI | 29,700 | +8.4% |
| PNS | Pensacola International Airport | FL | 29,200 | +14.5% |
| TYS | Mc Ghee Tyson Airport | TN | 29,000 | +12.0% |
| DSM | Des Moines International Airport | IA | 28,400 | +10.3% |
| SFB | Orlando Sanford International Airport | FL | 27,300 | +0.1% |
| VPS | Eglin AFB/Destin-Ft Walton Beach | FL | 26,300 | +9.0% |
| SYR | Syracuse Hancock International Airport | NY | 25,000 | +15.3% |
| ROC | Frederick Douglass/Greater Rochester International Airport | NY | 24,000 | +12.7% |
| GSP | Greenville Spartanburg International Airport | SC | 23,100 | +19.1% |
| LIT | Bill and Hillary Clinton National/Adams Field | AR | 22,900 | +6.0% |
| ALB | Albany International Airport | NY | 22,400 | -0.6% |
| PSP | Palm Springs International Airport | CA | 22,200 | +3.7% |
| FAT | Fresno Yosemite International Airport | CA | 21,700 | +14.4% |
| AVL | Asheville Regional Airport | NC | 21,400 | +10.5% |
| COS | City Of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport | CO | 21,400 | +0.5% |
| HPN | Westchester County Airport | NY | 19,700 | +23.2% |
| XNA | Northwest Arkansas National Airport | AR | 19,200 | +10.0% |
| BZN | Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport | MT | 18,100 | +4.7% |
| ECP | Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport | FL | 17,100 | +9.7% |
| ICT | Wichita Dwight D Eisenhower National Airport | KS | 16,900 | +17.1% |
| MSN | Dane County Regional/Truax Field | WI | 16,600 | +10.5% |
| PGD | Punta Gorda Airport | FL | 15,800 | +1.2% |
| GSO | Piedmont Triad International Airport | NC | 15,800 | +14.9% |
| SGF | Springfield-Branson National Airport | MO | 14,600 | +23.1% |
| IWA | Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport | AZ | 14,200 | -5.0% |
| JAN | Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport | MS | 13,900 | +7.8% |
| EUG | Mahlon Sweet Field | OR | 13,800 | +8.3% |
| ITO | Hilo International Airport | HI | 13,400 | +15.6% |
| FSD | Joe Foss Field | SD | 13,200 | +15.9% |
| HSV | Huntsville International-Carl T Jones Field | AL | 13,200 | +11.1% |
| MAF | Midland International Air And Space Port Airport | TX | 13,100 | +2.2% |
| LEX | Blue Grass Airport | KY | 13,000 | +4.6% |
| STT | Cyril E King Airport | VI | 12,700 | -11.4% |
| EYW | Key West International Airport | FL | 12,000 | -13.0% |
| DAY | James M Cox Dayton International Airport | OH | 11,900 | +1.3% |
| ISP | Long Island Mac Arthur Airport | NY | 11,900 | +0.3% |
| MDT | Harrisburg International Airport | PA | 11,700 | +4.7% |
| CID | The Eastern Iowa Airport | IA | 11,700 | +15.3% |
| ILM | Wilmington International Airport | NC | 11,500 | +3.9% |
| SBA | Santa Barbara Municipal Airport | CA | 11,200 | +12.6% |
| LBB | Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport | TX | 11,000 | +17.7% |
| BTV | Burlington International Airport | VT | 10,700 | +8.6% |
| MHT | Manchester Boston Regional Airport | NH | 10,100 | +4.7% |
| CAE | Columbia Metropolitan Airport | SC | 10,000 | +13.6% |
| BQN | Rafael Hernandez Airport | PR | 9,660 | -2.0% |
| MFE | Mc Allen Miller International Airport | TX | 9,640 | +8.7% |
| CHA | Lovell Field | TN | 9,560 | +7.7% |
| FAI | Fairbanks International Airport | AK | 9,350 | +18.0% |
| RDM | Roberts Field | OR | 9,150 | +7.5% |
| MFR | Rogue Valley International - Medford Airport | OR | 8,720 | +0.9% |
| FAR | Hector International Airport | ND | 8,710 | +17.5% |
| HVN | Tweed/New Haven Airport | CT | 8,460 | +39.7% |
| PVU | Provo Municipal Airport | UT | 8,370 | +167.4% |
| AMA | Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport | TX | 8,360 | +7.4% |
| TLH | Tallahassee International Airport | FL | 8,240 | -2.0% |
| ABE | Lehigh Valley International Airport | PA | 7,840 | -17.2% |
| FWA | Fort Wayne International Airport | IN | 7,820 | +4.5% |
| MSO | Missoula Montana Airport | MT | 7,680 | +17.9% |
| GPT | Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport | MS | 7,620 | +9.6% |
| CRP | Corpus Christi International Airport | TX | 7,480 | +9.5% |
| BIL | Billings Logan International Airport | MT | 7,370 | +13.5% |
| ATW | Appleton International Airport | WI | 7,360 | +9.1% |
| HRL | Valley International Airport | TX | 7,230 | -15.4% |
| BTR | Baton Rouge Metropolitan, Ryan Field | LA | 7,070 | +16.1% |
| SBN | South Bend International Airport | IN | 7,040 | +8.2% |
| PSC | Tri-Cities Airport | WA | 7,010 | +11.8% |
| ROA | Roanoke/Blacksburg Regional (Woodrum Field) | VA | 6,710 | +16.8% |
| DAB | Daytona Beach International Airport | FL | 6,500 | +13.5% |
| JNU | Juneau International Airport | AK | 6,440 | +5.9% |
| CAK | Akron-Canton Regional Airport | OH | 6,430 | +20.7% |
| RAP | Rapid City Regional Airport | SD | 6,300 | +12.8% |
| PIA | General Downing - Peoria International Airport | IL | 6,150 | +1.0% |
| SHV | Shreveport Regional Airport | LA | 5,950 | +12.9% |
| GPI | Glacier Park International Airport | MT | 5,940 | +5.4% |
| STS | Charles M Schulz - Sonoma County Airport | CA | 5,930 | +4.9% |
| BGR | Bangor International Airport | ME | 5,780 | -6.2% |
| SBP | San Luis County Regional Airport | CA | 5,630 | +28.3% |
| CHO | Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport | VA | 5,600 | +1.3% |
| PAE | Snohomish County (Paine Field) | WA | 5,590 | +22.7% |
| TVC | Cherry Capital Airport | MI | 5,560 | +41.9% |
| BLI | Bellingham International Airport | WA | 5,550 | -9.8% |
| MOB | Mobile Regional Airport | AL | 5,460 | -8.0% |
| IDA | Idaho Falls Regional Airport | ID | 5,430 | -27.9% |
| MRY | Monterey Regional Airport | CA | 5,290 | +28.6% |
| GRB | Green Bay/Austin Straubel International Airport | WI | 5,280 | +10.3% |
| TTN | Trenton Mercer Airport | NJ | 5,120 | -13.0% |
| STX | Henry E Rohlsen Airport | VI | 4,920 | +16.1% |
| AGS | Augusta Regional at Bush Field | GA | 4,890 | +2.0% |
| GJT | Grand Junction Regional Airport | CO | 4,850 | +20.3% |
| TRI | Tri-Cities Airport | TN | 4,740 | +5.1% |
| BIS | Bismarck Municipal Airport | ND | 4,610 | +12.0% |
| GNV | Gainesville Regional Airport | FL | 4,610 | -8.7% |
| FNT | Bishop International Airport | MI | 4,480 | -16.7% |
| LFT | Lafayette Regional/Paul Fournet Field | LA | 4,440 | -14.0% |
| MLI | Quad Cities International Airport | IL | 4,290 | -12.2% |
| BLV | Scott AFB/Midamerica St Louis | IL | 4,200 | -13.2% |
| LCK | Rickenbacker International Airport | OH | 3,970 | +0.2% |
| DRO | Durango-La Plata County Airport | CO | 3,840 | +17.7% |
| PSE | Mercedita Airport | PR | 3,770 | +28.9% |
| MGM | Montgomery Regional (Dannelly Field) | AL | 3,700 | +3.3% |
| ACK | Nantucket Memorial Airport | MA | 3,660 | +32.4% |
| BFL | Meadows Field | CA | 3,420 | +31.1% |
| BMI | Central Illinois Regional/Bloomington-Normal Airport | IL | 3,410 | -11.0% |
| CRW | West Virginia International Yeager Airport | WV | 3,330 | +0.9% |
| EVV | Evansville Regional Airport | IN | 3,220 | +7.1% |
| FAY | Fayetteville Regional/Grannis Field | NC | 3,130 | +8.8% |
| AVP | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport | PA | 3,100 | -6.2% |
| BRO | Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport | TX | 3,010 | +24.6% |
| GTF | Great Falls International Airport | MT | 2,880 | +15.4% |
| SGU | St George Regional Airport | UT | 2,790 | +14.2% |
| HXD | Hilton Head Airport | SC | 2,690 | -6.4% |
| SAF | Santa Fe Municipal Airport | NM | 2,670 | +14.5% |
| OAJ | Albert J Ellis Airport | NC | 2,620 | -0.5% |
| MOT | Minot International Airport | ND | 2,610 | -8.8% |
| LNK | Lincoln Airport | NE | 2,450 | +46.8% |
| HTS | Tri-State/Milton J Ferguson Field | WV | 2,340 | -6.7% |
| ACV | California Redwood Coast-Humboldt County Airport | CA | 2,310 | +1.5% |
| UNV | University Park Airport | PA | 2,280 | +25.8% |
| SWF | New York Stewart International Airport | NY | 2,270 | +4.3% |
| MVY | Martha's Vineyard Airport | MA | 2,240 | +89.4% |
| KTN | Ketchikan International Airport | AK | 2,200 | -11.4% |
| LRD | Laredo International Airport | TX | 2,150 | -2.6% |
| DLH | Duluth International Airport | MN | 2,100 | +3.9% |
| ASE | Aspen-Pitkin County/Sardy Field | CO | 2,040 | -2.3% |
| MTJ | Montrose Regional Airport | CO | 2,020 | -8.3% |
| GRK | Robert Gray AAF Airport | TX | 2,010 | -13.1% |
| SIT | Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport | AK | 2,000 | -3.6% |
| MLU | Monroe Regional Airport | LA | 1,990 | +21.6% |
| ORH | Worcester Regional Airport | MA | 1,880 | +44.4% |
| LAN | Capital Region International Airport | MI | 1,860 | +44.7% |
| COU | Columbia Regional Airport | MO | 1,810 | -2.0% |
| LCH | Lake Charles Regional Airport | LA | 1,740 | +38.6% |
| ADQ | Kodiak Airport | AK | 1,700 | +11.5% |
| SCK | Stockton Metropolitan Airport | CA | 1,690 | +6.5% |
| RDD | Redding Regional Airport | CA | 1,650 | -13.8% |
| LBE | Arnold Palmer Regional Airport | PA | 1,650 | +0.9% |
| CPR | Casper/Natrona County International Airport | WY | 1,550 | +17.4% |
| AEX | Alexandria International Airport | LA | 1,540 | -26.6% |
| GFK | Grand Forks International Airport | ND | 1,530 | +5.3% |
| MBS | MBS International Airport | MI | 1,480 | +20.1% |
| BET | Bethel Airport | AK | 1,450 | +7.7% |
| AZO | Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport | MI | 1,450 | +7.2% |
| ELM | Elmira/Corning Regional Airport | NY | 1,450 | +19.0% |
| RST | Rochester International Airport | MN | 1,440 | +7.3% |
| ABI | Abilene Regional Airport | TX | 1,410 | -4.7% |
| CWA | Central Wisconsin Airport | WI | 1,370 | +11.0% |
| EGE | Eagle County Regional Airport | CO | 1,360 | +1.2% |
| GRI | Central Nebraska Regional Airport | NE | 1,360 | +31.9% |
| ITH | Ithaca Tompkins International Airport | NY | 1,320 | -13.0% |
| SUN | Friedman Memorial Airport | ID | 1,300 | n/a |
| NYL | Yuma MCAS/Yuma International Airport | AZ | 1,300 | -10.8% |
| FLG | Flagstaff Pulliam Airport | AZ | 1,290 | -24.1% |
| HLN | Helena Regional Airport | MT | 1,260 | -24.9% |
| EWN | Coastal Carolina Regional Airport | NC | 1,240 | +4.9% |
| CMI | University Of Illinois/Willard Airport | IL | 1,240 | -0.6% |
| LYH | Lynchburg Regional/Preston Glenn Field | VA | 1,150 | -6.4% |
| XWA | Williston Basin International Airport | ND | 1,140 | +6.5% |
| SJT | San Angelo Regional/Mathis Field | TX | 1,110 | -5.5% |
| CSG | Columbus Airport | GA | 1,100 | -35.7% |
| CLL | Easterwood Field | TX | 1,100 | -4.0% |
| SBY | Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport | MD | 1,060 | n/a |
| SPI | Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport | IL | 1,040 | -13.1% |
| FSM | Fort Smith Regional Airport | AR | 1,030 | -19.5% |
| HDN | Yampa Valley Airport | CO | 1,010 | -22.9% |
| ERI | Erie International/Tom Ridge Field | PA | 995 | -8.0% |
| LSE | La Crosse Regional Airport | WI | 930 | -13.6% |
| TYR | Tyler Pounds Regional Airport | TX | 921 | n/a |
| PHF | Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport | VA | 896 | -30.4% |
| PUW | Pullman/Moscow Regional Airport | WA | 889 | n/a |
| CKB | North Central West Virginia Airport | WV | 877 | n/a |
| VLD | Valdosta Regional Airport | GA | 862 | n/a |
| ACT | Waco Regional Airport | TX | 851 | -19.0% |
| SAW | Marquette Sawyer Regional Airport | MI | 813 | n/a |
| LAW | Lawton-Fort Sill Regional Airport | OK | 797 | -24.2% |
| PBG | Plattsburgh International Airport | NY | 794 | n/a |
| TXK | Texarkana Regional-Webb Field | AR | 776 | n/a |
| ROW | Roswell Air Center Airport | NM | 758 | -26.8% |
| GTR | Golden Triangle Regional Airport | MS | 730 | n/a |
| BQK | Brunswick Golden Isles Airport | GA | 729 | n/a |
| DHN | Dothan Regional Airport | AL | 713 | n/a |
| BPT | Jack Brooks Regional Airport | TX | 680 | n/a |
| COD | Yellowstone Regional Airport | WY | 677 | -36.4% |
| GGG | East Texas Regional Airport | TX | 667 | n/a |
| OME | Nome Airport | AK | 645 | n/a |
| BRW | Wiley Post-Will Rogers Memorial Airport | AK | 615 | n/a |
| OTZ | Ralph Wien Memorial Airport | AK | 615 | n/a |
| HYA | Cape Cod Gateway Airport | MA | 614 | n/a |
| ABY | Southwest Georgia Regional Airport | GA | 610 | n/a |
| SWO | Stillwater Regional Airport | OK | 593 | n/a |
| BGM | Greater Binghamton/Edwin A Link Field | NY | 585 | n/a |
| GCK | Garden City Regional Airport | KS | 572 | n/a |
| PLN | Pellston Regional/Emmet County Airport | MI | 560 | n/a |
| SUX | Sioux Gateway/Brig General Bud Day Field | IA | 553 | n/a |
| BJI | Bemidji Regional Airport | MN | 546 | n/a |
| CIU | Chippewa County International Airport | MI | 523 | n/a |
| DLG | Dillingham Airport | AK | 515 | n/a |
| GCC | Northeast Wyoming Regional Airport | WY | 513 | n/a |
| CNY | Canyonlands Regional Airport | UT | 507 | n/a |
| PSG | Petersburg James A Johnson Airport | AK | 464 | n/a |
| PRC | Prescott Regional - Ernest A Love Field | AZ | 461 | n/a |
| DIK | Dickinson/Theodore Roosevelt Regional Airport | ND | 454 | n/a |
| FLO | Florence Regional Airport | SC | 432 | n/a |
| MCN | Middle Georgia Regional Airport | GA | 432 | n/a |
| HOB | Lea County Regional Airport | NM | 416 | n/a |
| PGV | Pitt-Greenville Airport | NC | 415 | n/a |
| ART | Watertown International Airport | NY | 412 | n/a |
| EAT | Pangborn Memorial Airport | WA | 406 | n/a |
| SHR | Sheridan County Airport | WY | 398 | n/a |
| OTH | Southwest Oregon Regional Airport | OR | 385 | n/a |
| ABR | Aberdeen Regional Airport | SD | 366 | n/a |
| SLN | Salina Regional Airport | KS | 365 | n/a |
| CVN | Clovis Regional Airport | NM | 360 | n/a |
| PQI | Presque Isle International Airport | ME | 355 | n/a |
| CDV | Merle K (Mudhole) Smith Airport | AK | 346 | n/a |
| BFF | Western Nebraska Regional/William B Heilig Field | NE | 340 | n/a |
| YKM | Yakima Air Terminal/Mcallister Field | WA | 337 | n/a |
| GUC | Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional Airport | CO | 337 | n/a |
| OWB | Owensboro/Daviess County Regional Airport | KY | 326 | n/a |
| ALW | Walla Walla Regional Airport | WA | 319 | n/a |
| MEI | Key Field | MS | 315 | n/a |
| WRG | Wrangell Airport | AK | 315 | n/a |
| EAR | Kearney Regional Airport | NE | 311 | n/a |
| IMT | Ford Airport | MI | 309 | n/a |
| RHI | Rhinelander/Oneida County Airport | WI | 306 | n/a |
| INL | Falls International/Einarson Field | MN | 303 | n/a |
| ATY | Watertown Regional Airport | SD | 299 | n/a |
| RKS | Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport | WY | 294 | n/a |
| RIW | Central Wyoming Regional Airport | WY | 286 | n/a |
| TWF | Joslin Field/Magic Valley Regional | ID | 277 | n/a |
| PIR | Pierre Regional Airport | SD | 277 | n/a |
| WYS | Yellowstone Airport | MT | 276 | n/a |
| VEL | Vernal Regional Airport | UT | 274 | n/a |
| ALO | Waterloo Regional Airport | IA | 266 | n/a |
| YAK | Yakutat Airport | AK | 263 | n/a |
| JST | John Murtha Johnstown/Cambria County Airport | PA | 261 | n/a |
| BTM | Bert Mooney Airport | MT | 255 | n/a |
| CDC | Cedar City Regional Airport | UT | 253 | n/a |
| DEC | Decatur Airport | IL | 252 | n/a |
| LAR | Laramie Regional Airport | WY | 246 | n/a |
| PGA | Page Municipal Airport | AZ | 246 | n/a |
| BRD | Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport | MN | 244 | n/a |
| TUP | Tupelo Regional Airport | MS | 238 | n/a |
| GLH | Greenville Mid-Delta Airport | MS | 227 | n/a |
| LBF | North Platte Regional/Lee Bird Field | NE | 223 | n/a |
| PIH | Pocatello Regional Airport | ID | 213 | n/a |
| VCT | Victoria Regional Airport | TX | 211 | n/a |
| HYS | Hays Regional Airport | KS | 210 | n/a |
| PIB | Hattiesburg/Laurel Regional Airport | MS | 205 | n/a |
| PAH | Barkley Regional Airport | KY | 204 | n/a |
| ALS | San Luis Valley Regional/Bergman Field | CO | 203 | n/a |
| JMS | Jamestown Regional Airport | ND | 198 | n/a |
| DVL | Devils Lake Regional Airport | ND | 195 | n/a |
| ESC | Delta County Airport | MI | 186 | n/a |
| CEZ | Cortez Municipal Airport | CO | 180 | n/a |
| CEC | Jack Mc Namara Field | CA | 170 | n/a |
| PKB | Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport | WV | 170 | n/a |
| LWB | Greenbrier Valley Airport | WV | 168 | n/a |
| EKO | Elko Regional Airport | NV | 164 | n/a |
| SDY | Sidney-Richland Regional Airport | MT | 159 | n/a |
| MWA | Veterans Airport Of Southern Illinois | IL | 150 | n/a |
| HIB | Range Regional Airport | MN | 150 | n/a |
| OGS | Ogdensburg International Airport | NY | 141 | n/a |
| TBN | Waynesville-St Robert Regional Forney Field | MO | 138 | n/a |
| SHD | Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport | VA | 138 | n/a |
| TEX | Telluride Regional Airport | CO | 137 | n/a |
| LBL | Liberal Mid-America Regional Airport | KS | 136 | n/a |
| MGW | Morgantown Municipal (Walter L Bill Hart Field) | WV | 134 | n/a |
| PVC | Provincetown Municipal Airport | MA | 132 | n/a |
| MBL | Manistee County/Blacker Airport | MI | 129 | n/a |
| BHB | Hancock County/Bar Harbor Airport | ME | 126 | n/a |
| MCW | Mason City Municipal Airport | IA | 122 | n/a |
| CGI | Cape Girardeau Regional Airport | MO | 119 | n/a |
| IPL | Imperial County Airport | CA | 118 | n/a |
| MSL | Northwest Alabama Regional Airport | AL | 116 | n/a |
| LEB | Lebanon Municipal Airport | NH | 115 | n/a |
| DDC | Dodge City Regional Airport | KS | 114 | n/a |
| TVF | Thief River Falls Regional Airport | MN | 110 | n/a |
| AUG | Augusta State Airport | ME | 105 | n/a |
| FOD | Fort Dodge Regional Airport | IA | 105 | n/a |
| DUJ | Dubois Regional Airport | PA | 103 | n/a |
| RKD | Knox County Regional Airport | ME | 100 | n/a |
| LNS | Lancaster Airport | PA | 96 | n/a |
| UIN | Quincy Regional-Baldwin Field | IL | 95 | n/a |
| BKW | Raleigh County Memorial Airport | WV | 90 | n/a |
| AIA | Alliance Municipal Airport | NE | 86 | n/a |
| BRL | Southeast Iowa Regional Airport | IA | 86 | n/a |
| SLK | Adirondack Regional Airport | NY | 85 | n/a |
| MSS | Massena International-Richards Field | NY | 84 | n/a |
| MKG | Muskegon County Airport | MI | 79 | n/a |
| IRK | Kirksville Regional Airport | MO | 72 | n/a |
| AOO | Altoona/Blair County Airport | PA | 65 | n/a |
| BFD | Bradford Regional Airport | PA | 65 | n/a |
| OLF | L M Clayton Airport | MT | 57 | n/a |
| GGW | Wokal Field/Glasgow-Valley County | MT | 53 | n/a |
| HVR | Havre City-County Airport | MT | 41 | n/a |
| GDV | Dawson Communicipalty Airport | MT | 40 | n/a |
| MCE | Merced Regional/Macready Field | CA | 38 | n/a |

## 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 (Thu, May 26 – Tue, May 31, 2022). 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 (374 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 2023 air travel: how US airports and states did", https://passengerindex.com/web/holidays/memorial-day-2023/ (CC BY 4.0).

## Frequently asked questions

### How many people flew over Memorial Day 2023?

TSA screened 14,827,497 passengers nationwide over the Memorial Day 2023 travel period (Thu, May 25 – Tue, May 30, 2023), up 11.2% from 13,335,036 over the same period a year earlier. The busiest day was Friday, May 26, with 2,744,596 screenings.

### What was the busiest airport over Memorial Day 2023?

The busiest airports by departing passengers screened were Los Angeles International Airport (LAX, about 618,000), Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL, about 531,000) and Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD, about 488,000). Among states, California led with about 1.9 million.

### Which airports grew the most over Memorial Day 2023?

Among airports with at least 100,000 departing passengers screened in the year-earlier period, the largest gains were SFO (+23.8%), IAD (+21.9%), MSP (+20.8%), DTW (+20.1%) and SJU (+19.8%) and the largest declines AUS (+2.3%), SLC (+3.1%), FLL (+3.9%), MIA (+4.2%) and SMF (+7.8%).

### How does Passenger Index define the Memorial Day travel period?

As the Thursday before Memorial Day through the Tuesday after (6 days). The 2023 period ran Thu, May 25 – Tue, May 30, 2023 and is compared with Thu, May 26 – Tue, May 31, 2022, the same days relative to the holiday.

### When is the Memorial Day 2024 travel period?

Thu, May 23 – Tue, May 28, 2024. Passenger Index publishes airport and state results a few days after it ends, once TSA releases the checkpoint data.