Thanksgiving 2019 air travel: how US airports and states did
· TSA checkpoint screenings and CBP international arrivals · updated · how it is measured
TSA screened 16,273,479 passengers nationwide over the Thanksgiving 2019 travel period (Tue, Nov 26 – Mon, Dec 2, 2019), up 2.9% from 15,811,484 over the same period a year earlier. The busiest day was Sunday, December 1, with 2,809,889 screenings.
The busiest airports by departing passengers screened were Los Angeles International Airport (LAX, about 784,000), John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK, about 605,000) and Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD, about 566,000). Among states, California led with about 2.3 million.
Key facts
- Travel period
- TSA screenings
- 16,273,479 (+2.9% YoY)
- Busiest day
- : 2,809,889
- Busiest airport
- LAX, about 784,000
Day by day, nationwide
| 2019 | Screened | Year earlier | Screened | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,365,277 | 2,428,890 | -2.6% | ||
| 2,554,298 | 2,575,551 | -0.8% | ||
| 1,541,312 | 1,515,289 | +1.7% | ||
| 1,908,239 | 1,768,846 | +7.9% | ||
| 2,577,361 | 2,404,619 | +7.2% | ||
| 2,809,889 | 2,661,847 | +5.6% | ||
| 2,517,103 | 2,456,442 | +2.5% |
Biggest movers
Among airports with at least 100,000 departing passengers screened in the year-earlier period. Up most: CLT +12.2%, RSW +9.7%, ORD +9.5%, BNA +8.1%, SJC +6.8%. Down most: MDW -6.2%, HOU -5.2%, LGA -5.1%, DEN -3.6%, SAT -1.2%.
By state
| State | Departing screened | YoY | Busiest airport | Airports |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 2.3 million | +2.4% | LAX | 23 |
| Florida | 2.0 million | +4.7% | MCO | 18 |
| Texas | 1.4 million | +3.5% | DFW | 23 |
| New York | 1.1 million | -1.6% | JFK | 18 |
| Illinois | 737,000 | +5.9% | ORD | 9 |
| Georgia | 551,000 | -0.8% | ATL | 8 |
| Virginia | 541,000 | +2.6% | DCA | 9 |
| New Jersey | 484,000 | +3.5% | EWR | 3 |
| Colorado | 475,000 | -2.5% | DEN | 10 |
| Nevada | 466,000 | +2.7% | LAS | 3 |
| North Carolina | 447,000 | +8.6% | CLT | 10 |
| Washington | 440,000 | +1.9% | SEA | 8 |
| Arizona | 440,000 | +4.5% | PHX | 8 |
| Massachusetts | 413,000 | +1.3% | BOS | 6 |
| Pennsylvania | 402,000 | +5.1% | PHL | 13 |
| Michigan | 330,000 | +4.4% | DTW | 12 |
| Missouri | 265,000 | +1.6% | STL | 7 |
| Tennessee | 264,000 | +6.9% | BNA | 5 |
| Minnesota | 257,000 | +3.2% | MSP | 7 |
| Hawaii | 245,000 | +5.5% | HNL | 6 |
| Maryland | 238,000 | -0.0% | BWI | 2 |
| Oregon | 223,000 | +3.1% | PDX | 5 |
| Ohio | 223,000 | -0.9% | CLE | 5 |
| Louisiana | 173,000 | +2.0% | MSY | 7 |
| Utah | 169,000 | +3.1% | SLC | 6 |
| Kentucky | 150,000 | +4.1% | CVG | 4 |
| Puerto Rico | 126,000 | +20.2% | SJU | 3 |
| Indiana | 121,000 | +1.3% | IND | 4 |
| South Carolina | 116,000 | +3.5% | CHS | 6 |
| Wisconsin | 115,000 | +1.9% | MKE | 8 |
| Oklahoma | 83,900 | -3.3% | OKC | 4 |
| Connecticut | 71,000 | -4.0% | BDL | 2 |
| New Mexico | 63,700 | -1.8% | ABQ | 4 |
| Alabama | 63,200 | +1.5% | BHM | 6 |
| Alaska | 58,700 | +5.2% | ANC | 8 |
| Nebraska | 57,600 | -0.2% | OMA | 3 |
| Idaho | 51,700 | +5.1% | BOI | 6 |
| Arkansas | 45,800 | +8.1% | LIT | 4 |
| Iowa | 45,700 | +6.6% | DSM | 7 |
| Rhode Island | 44,100 | -7.1% | PVD | 1 |
| Montana | 42,800 | +4.9% | BZN | 12 |
| Guam | 41,800 | +2.5% | GUM | 1 |
| Maine | 25,200 | -9.4% | PWM | 6 |
| Mississippi | 23,900 | +2.8% | JAN | 7 |
| North Dakota | 23,600 | +7.7% | FAR | 7 |
| Kansas | 21,600 | +4.0% | ICT | 7 |
| South Dakota | 19,600 | +5.5% | FSD | 5 |
| New Hampshire | 18,200 | -2.0% | MHT | 2 |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 18,100 | +19.2% | STT | 2 |
| Vermont | 13,400 | -1.4% | BTV | 2 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 12,200 | +521.5% | GSN | 1 |
| West Virginia | 8,620 | -0.0% | CRW | 5 |
| Wyoming | 8,110 | -1.4% | JAC | 7 |
By airport
| # | Code | Airport | State | Departing screened | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LAX | Los Angeles International Airport | CA | 784,000 | -0.2% |
| 2 | JFK | John F. Kennedy International Airport | NY | 605,000 | +0.6% |
| 3 | ORD | Chicago O'Hare International Airport | IL | 566,000 | +9.5% |
| 4 | ATL | Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport | GA | 507,000 | -1.1% |
| 5 | SFO | San Francisco International Airport | CA | 495,000 | +4.2% |
| 6 | MCO | Orlando International Airport | FL | 486,000 | +2.0% |
| 7 | EWR | Newark Liberty International Airport | NJ | 459,000 | +2.8% |
| 8 | DEN | Denver International Airport | CO | 439,000 | -3.6% |
| 9 | LAS | Harry Reid International Airport | NV | 421,000 | +2.6% |
| 10 | MIA | Miami International Airport | FL | 416,000 | +2.4% |
| 11 | BOS | Boston Logan International Airport | MA | 410,000 | +1.3% |
| 12 | DFW | Dallas Fort Worth International Airport | TX | 405,000 | +5.2% |
| 13 | FLL | Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport | FL | 390,000 | +5.9% |
| 14 | PHX | Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport | AZ | 387,000 | +4.5% |
| 15 | SEA | Seattle-Tacoma International Airport | WA | 376,000 | +1.9% |
| 16 | IAH | George Bush Intercontinental Airport | TX | 327,000 | +6.7% |
| 17 | LGA | LaGuardia Airport | NY | 318,000 | -5.1% |
| 18 | DTW | Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport | MI | 263,000 | +2.7% |
| 19 | SAN | San Diego International Airport | CA | 258,000 | -0.7% |
| 20 | PHL | Philadelphia International Airport | PA | 253,000 | +6.4% |
| 21 | MSP | Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport | MN | 249,000 | +3.2% |
| 22 | TPA | Tampa International Airport | FL | 237,000 | +2.4% |
| 23 | BWI | Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport | MD | 237,000 | -0.0% |
| 24 | DCA | Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport | VA | 218,000 | -0.1% |
| 25 | CLT | Charlotte Douglas International Airport | NC | 209,000 | +12.2% |
| 26 | IAD | Washington Dulles International Airport | VA | 202,000 | +5.9% |
| 27 | HNL | Daniel K. Inouye International Airport | HI | 188,000 | +4.1% |
| 28 | PDX | Portland International Airport | OR | 187,000 | +2.7% |
| 29 | AUS | Austin-Bergstrom International Airport | TX | 170,000 | +6.1% |
| 30 | SLC | Salt Lake City International Airport | UT | 163,000 | +3.4% |
| 31 | BNA | Nashville International Airport | TN | 162,000 | +8.1% |
| 32 | RDU | Raleigh-Durham International Airport | NC | 161,000 | +4.0% |
| 33 | SJC | San José Mineta International Airport | CA | 155,000 | +6.8% |
| 34 | MDW | Chicago Midway International Airport | IL | 147,000 | -6.2% |
| 35 | MSY | Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport | LA | 143,000 | +1.0% |
| 36 | OAK | Oakland International Airport | CA | 137,000 | +2.9% |
| 37 | SMF | Sacramento International Airport | CA | 136,000 | +5.7% |
| 38 | STL | St. Louis Lambert International Airport | MO | 134,000 | -0.4% |
| 39 | RSW | Southwest Florida International Airport | FL | 131,000 | +9.7% |
| 40 | DAL | Dallas Love Field | TX | 124,000 | +1.4% |
| 41 | MCI | Kansas City International Airport | MO | 114,000 | +3.0% |
| 42 | SJU | Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport | PR | 113,000 | +19.7% |
| 43 | HOU | William P. Hobby Airport | TX | 108,000 | -5.2% |
| 44 | PIT | Pittsburgh International Airport | PA | 105,000 | -1.1% |
| 45 | SAT | San Antonio International Airport | TX | 104,000 | -1.2% |
| 46 | CLE | Cleveland Hopkins International Airport | OH | 99,900 | +1.4% |
| 47 | SNA | John Wayne Airport | CA | 97,500 | -1.5% |
| 48 | IND | Indianapolis International Airport | IN | 97,400 | -0.0% |
| 49 | PBI | Palm Beach International Airport | FL | 94,200 | +13.3% |
| 50 | CMH | John Glenn Columbus International Airport | OH | 90,700 | -1.8% |
| 51 | CVG | Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport | KY | 89,200 | +5.0% |
| 52 | JAX | Jacksonville International Airport | FL | 74,000 | +6.1% |
| 53 | MKE | Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport | WI | 70,200 | -1.1% |
| 54 | BUR | Hollywood Burbank Airport | CA | 69,800 | +3.1% |
| 55 | BDL | Bradley International Airport | CT | 69,800 | -4.7% |
| 56 | ONT | Ontario International Airport | CA | 64,700 | +12.1% |
| 57 | ABQ | Albuquerque International Sunport | NM | 58,700 | -3.6% |
| 58 | MEM | Memphis International Airport | TN | 54,700 | +3.6% |
| 59 | OMA | Eppley Airfield | NE | 54,400 | -0.3% |
| 60 | CHS | Charleston International Airport | SC | 52,800 | +3.5% |
| 61 | RIC | Richmond International Airport | VA | 51,700 | +5.1% |
| 62 | BUF | Buffalo Niagara International Airport | NY | 50,900 | -6.6% |
| 63 | OKC | Will Rogers International Airport | OK | 47,100 | -4.3% |
| 64 | ORF | Norfolk International Airport | VA | 45,200 | -2.9% |
| 65 | BOI | Boise Airport | ID | 44,700 | +7.0% |
| 66 | TUS | Tucson International Airport | AZ | 44,600 | +0.3% |
| 67 | RNO | Reno-Tahoe International Airport | NV | 44,100 | +3.6% |
| 68 | PVD | Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport | RI | 44,100 | -7.1% |
| 69 | SDF | Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport | KY | 43,200 | +1.8% |
| 70 | KOA | Ellison Onizuka Kona International at Keahole Airport | HI | 42,200 | +12.7% |
| 71 | GEG | Spokane International Airport | WA | 42,000 | +4.2% |
| 72 | GUM | Guam International Airport | GU | 41,800 | +2.5% |
| 73 | GRR | Gerald R. Ford International Airport | MI | 41,100 | +12.2% |
| 74 | ELP | El Paso International Airport | TX | 39,500 | -4.0% |
| 75 | LGB | Long Beach (Daugherty Field) | CA | 38,800 | +9.3% |
| 76 | ANC | Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport | AK | 37,100 | +5.6% |
| 77 | TUL | Tulsa International Airport | OK | 35,500 | -1.3% |
| 78 | BHM | Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport | AL | 33,500 | -5.9% |
| 79 | PSP | Palm Springs International Airport | CA | 33,200 | -4.1% |
| 80 | SAV | Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport | GA | 32,300 | +2.3% |
| 81 | ALB | Albany International Airport | NY | 29,900 | -7.2% |
| 82 | GSP | Greenville Spartanburg International Airport | SC | 29,800 | +8.6% |
| 83 | ROC | Frederick Douglass/Greater Rochester International Airport | NY | 29,300 | -0.1% |
| 84 | TYS | Mc Ghee Tyson Airport | TN | 29,000 | +8.5% |
| 85 | DSM | Des Moines International Airport | IA | 28,900 | +0.2% |
| 86 | SYR | Syracuse Hancock International Airport | NY | 27,700 | +13.8% |
| 87 | SRQ | Sarasota Bradenton International Airport | FL | 27,500 | +67.7% |
| 88 | PIE | St Pete-Clearwater International Airport | FL | 26,000 | -1.0% |
| 89 | GSO | Piedmont Triad International Airport | NC | 25,200 | +4.7% |
| 90 | LIT | Bill and Hillary Clinton National/Adams Field | AR | 24,800 | +2.3% |
| 91 | MSN | Dane County Regional/Truax Field | WI | 23,900 | +4.7% |
| 92 | PNS | Pensacola International Airport | FL | 23,400 | +5.2% |
| 93 | PGD | Punta Gorda Airport | FL | 21,900 | +14.8% |
| 94 | ISP | Long Island Mac Arthur Airport | NY | 21,300 | +2.3% |
| 95 | AVL | Asheville Regional Airport | NC | 20,900 | +24.6% |
| 96 | FAT | Fresno Yosemite International Airport | CA | 20,400 | +8.4% |
| 97 | DAY | James M Cox Dayton International Airport | OH | 19,800 | -5.2% |
| 98 | PWM | Portland International Jetport | ME | 19,700 | -9.6% |
| 99 | HPN | Westchester County Airport | NY | 18,900 | +4.7% |
| 100 | ICT | Wichita Dwight D Eisenhower National Airport | KS | 18,300 | +1.4% |
| 101 | MHT | Manchester Boston Regional Airport | NH | 18,100 | -2.1% |
| 102 | XNA | Northwest Arkansas National Airport | AR | 18,100 | +18.1% |
| 103 | COS | City Of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport | CO | 17,700 | +10.1% |
| 104 | MDT | Harrisburg International Airport | PA | 17,400 | +16.0% |
| 105 | LEX | Blue Grass Airport | KY | 17,400 | +5.4% |
| 106 | VPS | Eglin AFB/Destin-Ft Walton Beach | FL | 16,100 | -0.5% |
| 107 | HSV | Huntsville International-Carl T Jones Field | AL | 15,200 | +12.1% |
| 108 | MYR | Myrtle Beach International Airport | SC | 15,100 | -9.7% |
| 109 | CAE | Columbia Metropolitan Airport | SC | 14,600 | -0.8% |
| 110 | MAF | Midland International Air And Space Port Airport | TX | 14,500 | +5.0% |
| 111 | ACY | Atlantic City International Airport | NJ | 14,200 | +3.9% |
| 112 | CID | The Eastern Iowa Airport | IA | 14,100 | +21.7% |
| 113 | EUG | Mahlon Sweet Field | OR | 13,900 | +4.6% |
| 114 | STT | Cyril E King Airport | VI | 13,400 | +24.1% |
| 115 | BTV | Burlington International Airport | VT | 13,300 | -1.5% |
| 116 | FSD | Joe Foss Field | SD | 12,900 | +13.8% |
| 117 | ILM | Wilmington International Airport | NC | 12,800 | +9.1% |
| 118 | ITO | Hilo International Airport | HI | 12,600 | +1.2% |
| 119 | JAN | Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport | MS | 12,600 | +0.3% |
| 120 | BZN | Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport | MT | 12,500 | +10.6% |
| 121 | CHA | Lovell Field | TN | 12,400 | +2.5% |
| 122 | SGF | Springfield-Branson National Airport | MO | 12,400 | +3.6% |
| 123 | GSN | Francisco C Ada/Saipan International Airport | MP | 12,200 | +521.5% |
| 124 | MFR | Rogue Valley International - Medford Airport | OR | 12,200 | +0.0% |
| 125 | ECP | Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport | FL | 12,000 | +10.2% |
| 126 | SBA | Santa Barbara Municipal Airport | CA | 11,900 | +25.6% |
| 127 | LBB | Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport | TX | 11,200 | -5.4% |
| 128 | TTN | Trenton Mercer Airport | NJ | 10,800 | +42.2% |
| 129 | TLH | Tallahassee International Airport | FL | 10,600 | -3.9% |
| 130 | FAR | Hector International Airport | ND | 10,500 | +15.9% |
| 131 | MFE | Mc Allen Miller International Airport | TX | 10,400 | +22.2% |
| 132 | RDM | Roberts Field | OR | 10,200 | +13.9% |
| 133 | ABE | Lehigh Valley International Airport | PA | 10,200 | +14.1% |
| 134 | FAI | Fairbanks International Airport | AK | 10,100 | -5.1% |
| 135 | BIL | Billings Logan International Airport | MT | 9,920 | +13.6% |
| 136 | PSC | Tri-Cities Airport | WA | 9,790 | +5.7% |
| 137 | BTR | Baton Rouge Metropolitan, Ryan Field | LA | 9,630 | +1.5% |
| 138 | SBN | South Bend International Airport | IN | 9,560 | +7.8% |
| 139 | EYW | Key West International Airport | FL | 9,530 | +19.6% |
| 140 | CAK | Akron-Canton Regional Airport | OH | 9,440 | -6.2% |
| 141 | BQN | Rafael Hernandez Airport | PR | 9,340 | +22.5% |
| 142 | FWA | Fort Wayne International Airport | IN | 9,060 | +9.2% |
| 143 | AMA | Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport | TX | 8,900 | -0.5% |
| 144 | GPT | Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport | MS | 8,730 | +1.0% |
| 145 | FNT | Bishop International Airport | MI | 8,570 | +15.5% |
| 146 | CHO | Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport | VA | 8,360 | +2.4% |
| 147 | MOB | Mobile Regional Airport | AL | 8,310 | +16.4% |
| 148 | MSO | Missoula Montana Airport | MT | 8,300 | -6.7% |
| 149 | SHV | Shreveport Regional Airport | LA | 8,170 | +19.1% |
| 150 | ROA | Roanoke/Blacksburg Regional (Woodrum Field) | VA | 8,060 | +5.2% |
| 151 | ATW | Appleton International Airport | WI | 7,820 | +4.9% |
| 152 | CRP | Corpus Christi International Airport | TX | 7,820 | -2.0% |
| 153 | AGS | Augusta Regional at Bush Field | GA | 7,690 | +6.2% |
| 154 | HRL | Valley International Airport | TX | 7,360 | +1.7% |
| 155 | PIA | General Downing - Peoria International Airport | IL | 7,260 | +7.0% |
| 156 | MLI | Quad Cities International Airport | IL | 7,250 | +4.6% |
| 157 | GRB | Green Bay/Austin Straubel International Airport | WI | 7,220 | +13.3% |
| 158 | DAB | Daytona Beach International Airport | FL | 7,040 | -16.4% |
| 159 | GJT | Grand Junction Regional Airport | CO | 6,490 | +17.4% |
| 160 | BLI | Bellingham International Airport | WA | 6,170 | -23.1% |
| 161 | BIS | Bismarck Municipal Airport | ND | 6,090 | -5.4% |
| 162 | SBP | San Luis County Regional Airport | CA | 6,050 | +25.9% |
| 163 | GNV | Gainesville Regional Airport | FL | 5,990 | +12.7% |
| 164 | AVP | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport | PA | 5,920 | -3.6% |
| 165 | STS | Charles M Schulz - Sonoma County Airport | CA | 5,920 | +39.7% |
| 166 | MLB | Melbourne Orlando International Airport | FL | 5,780 | -10.1% |
| 167 | LFT | Lafayette Regional/Paul Fournet Field | LA | 5,460 | +4.5% |
| 168 | TRI | Tri-Cities Airport | TN | 5,390 | +7.6% |
| 169 | TVC | Cherry Capital Airport | MI | 5,370 | +23.9% |
| 170 | RAP | Rapid City Regional Airport | SD | 5,360 | -11.3% |
| 171 | EVV | Evansville Regional Airport | IN | 5,250 | +3.6% |
| 172 | FAY | Fayetteville Regional/Grannis Field | NC | 5,070 | -19.1% |
| 173 | MRY | Monterey Regional Airport | CA | 5,050 | +6.1% |
| 174 | CRW | West Virginia International Yeager Airport | WV | 5,050 | +1.5% |
| 175 | JQF | Concord-Padgett Regional Airport | NC | 4,980 | +21.1% |
| 176 | GPI | Glacier Park International Airport | MT | 4,980 | +14.9% |
| 177 | BGR | Bangor International Airport | ME | 4,850 | -8.8% |
| 178 | JNU | Juneau International Airport | AK | 4,790 | +2.8% |
| 179 | MGM | Montgomery Regional (Dannelly Field) | AL | 4,680 | +7.2% |
| 180 | STX | Henry E Rohlsen Airport | VI | 4,630 | +6.9% |
| 181 | PHF | Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport | VA | 4,580 | +3.6% |
| 182 | UNV | University Park Airport | PA | 4,390 | +46.1% |
| 183 | DRO | Durango-La Plata County Airport | CO | 4,170 | +1.7% |
| 184 | JAC | Jackson Hole Airport | WY | 4,060 | +3.9% |
| 185 | LAN | Capital Region International Airport | MI | 3,960 | +4.3% |
| 186 | OAJ | Albert J Ellis Airport | NC | 3,950 | +1.8% |
| 187 | BMI | Central Illinois Regional/Bloomington-Normal Airport | IL | 3,920 | -3.7% |
| 188 | SWF | New York Stewart International Airport | NY | 3,780 | -45.7% |
| 189 | GTF | Great Falls International Airport | MT | 3,690 | -1.7% |
| 190 | SGU | St George Regional Airport | UT | 3,610 | -3.1% |
| 191 | RST | Rochester International Airport | MN | 3,600 | +7.7% |
| 192 | AZO | Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport | MI | 3,460 | +0.5% |
| 193 | MOT | Minot International Airport | ND | 3,410 | +17.4% |
| 194 | ELM | Elmira/Corning Regional Airport | NY | 3,330 | -8.2% |
| 195 | IDA | Idaho Falls Regional Airport | ID | 3,310 | -3.3% |
| 196 | LNK | Lincoln Airport | NE | 3,210 | -0.2% |
| 197 | LBE | Arnold Palmer Regional Airport | PA | 3,180 | +15.3% |
| 198 | DLH | Duluth International Airport | MN | 3,140 | +19.6% |
| 199 | PSE | Mercedita Airport | PR | 3,140 | +34.8% |
| 200 | ASE | Aspen-Pitkin County/Sardy Field | CO | 3,100 | -4.0% |
| 201 | EWN | Coastal Carolina Regional Airport | NC | 3,040 | +13.5% |
| 202 | COU | Columbia Regional Airport | MO | 3,040 | +36.2% |
| 203 | SAF | Santa Fe Municipal Airport | NM | 2,980 | +31.6% |
| 204 | IFP | Laughlin/Bullhead International Airport | AZ | 2,920 | +9.4% |
| 205 | MBS | MBS International Airport | MI | 2,890 | +7.7% |
| 206 | TOL | Eugene F Kranz Toledo Express Airport | OH | 2,860 | +1.7% |
| 207 | CWA | Central Wisconsin Airport | WI | 2,790 | +9.2% |
| 208 | AEX | Alexandria International Airport | LA | 2,710 | -0.8% |
| 209 | GFK | Grand Forks International Airport | ND | 2,680 | +5.7% |
| 210 | MLU | Monroe Regional Airport | LA | 2,660 | -1.6% |
| 211 | SCK | Stockton Metropolitan Airport | CA | 2,600 | +15.7% |
| 212 | BFL | Meadows Field | CA | 2,560 | -1.4% |
| 213 | HXD | Hilton Head Airport | SC | 2,480 | +138.8% |
| 214 | PBG | Plattsburgh International Airport | NY | 2,460 | +3.7% |
| 215 | HLN | Helena Regional Airport | MT | 2,410 | -6.4% |
| 216 | FLG | Flagstaff Pulliam Airport | AZ | 2,380 | +96.6% |
| 217 | SPI | Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport | IL | 2,310 | +41.8% |
| 218 | ORH | Worcester Regional Airport | MA | 2,300 | +1.1% |
| 219 | LRD | Laredo International Airport | TX | 2,290 | +18.9% |
| 220 | CMI | University Of Illinois/Willard Airport | IL | 2,240 | +34.6% |
| 221 | HTS | Tri-State/Milton J Ferguson Field | WV | 2,210 | -3.9% |
| 222 | MTJ | Montrose Regional Airport | CO | 2,140 | +94.6% |
| 223 | BRO | Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport | TX | 2,140 | -8.3% |
| 224 | ITH | Ithaca Tompkins International Airport | NY | 2,080 | +2.6% |
| 225 | IAG | Niagara Falls International Airport | NY | 2,080 | +3.8% |
| 226 | ERI | Erie International/Tom Ridge Field | PA | 2,040 | +6.0% |
| 227 | FSM | Fort Smith Regional Airport | AR | 2,030 | +2.6% |
| 228 | LYH | Lynchburg Regional/Preston Glenn Field | VA | 2,020 | +27.4% |
| 229 | ACV | California Redwood Coast-Humboldt County Airport | CA | 2,020 | +15.7% |
| 230 | SCC | Deadhorse Airport | AK | 1,960 | n/a |
| 231 | NYL | Yuma MCAS/Yuma International Airport | AZ | 1,890 | +23.8% |
| 232 | MHK | Manhattan Regional Airport | KS | 1,840 | +37.6% |
| 233 | EGE | Eagle County Regional Airport | CO | 1,830 | +38.2% |
| 234 | CLL | Easterwood Field | TX | 1,830 | -10.7% |
| 235 | CPR | Casper/Natrona County International Airport | WY | 1,770 | +0.3% |
| 236 | SJT | San Angelo Regional/Mathis Field | TX | 1,730 | +54.9% |
| 237 | KTN | Ketchikan International Airport | AK | 1,720 | +4.6% |
| 238 | LCH | Lake Charles Regional Airport | LA | 1,660 | +26.6% |
| 239 | PUW | Pullman/Moscow Regional Airport | WA | 1,650 | +21.7% |
| 240 | LSE | La Crosse Regional Airport | WI | 1,640 | +9.3% |
| 241 | YKM | Yakima Air Terminal/Mcallister Field | WA | 1,580 | +10.9% |
| 242 | SBY | Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport | MD | 1,540 | -3.4% |
| 243 | EAT | Pangborn Memorial Airport | WA | 1,420 | +2.8% |
| 244 | TWF | Joslin Field/Magic Valley Regional | ID | 1,340 | +24.1% |
| 245 | ACT | Waco Regional Airport | TX | 1,320 | +7.1% |
| 246 | SUX | Sioux Gateway/Brig General Bud Day Field | IA | 1,290 | +25.8% |
| 247 | DHN | Dothan Regional Airport | AL | 1,280 | -8.5% |
| 248 | ROW | Roswell Air Center Airport | NM | 1,280 | -0.1% |
| 249 | TYR | Tyler Pounds Regional Airport | TX | 1,270 | +18.6% |
| 250 | PGV | Pitt-Greenville Airport | NC | 1,250 | +3.7% |
| 251 | HVN | Tweed/New Haven Airport | CT | 1,230 | n/a |
| 252 | SIT | Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport | AK | 1,220 | -5.4% |
| 253 | ADQ | Kodiak Airport | AK | 1,210 | +9.3% |
| 254 | GTR | Golden Triangle Regional Airport | MS | 1,210 | +11.6% |
| 255 | CSG | Columbus Airport | GA | 1,210 | -2.8% |
| 256 | JLN | Joplin Regional Airport | MO | 1,180 | n/a |
| 257 | LNY | Lanai Airport | HI | 1,160 | n/a |
| 258 | ENV | Wendover Municipal Airport | UT | 1,090 | -5.8% |
| 259 | ALW | Walla Walla Regional Airport | WA | 1,080 | n/a |
| 260 | FLO | Florence Regional Airport | SC | 1,070 | n/a |
| 261 | VLD | Valdosta Regional Airport | GA | 1,030 | n/a |
| 262 | RDD | Redding Regional Airport | CA | 975 | -5.2% |
| 263 | SPS | Sheppard AFB/Wichita Falls Municipal | TX | 956 | n/a |
| 264 | CKB | North Central West Virginia Airport | WV | 901 | n/a |
| 265 | ABY | Southwest Georgia Regional Airport | GA | 883 | n/a |
| 266 | TXK | Texarkana Regional-Webb Field | AR | 858 | n/a |
| 267 | PIH | Pocatello Regional Airport | ID | 848 | n/a |
| 268 | BQK | Brunswick Golden Isles Airport | GA | 847 | n/a |
| 269 | HOB | Lea County Regional Airport | NM | 813 | n/a |
| 270 | LWS | Lewiston/Nez Perce County Airport | ID | 812 | n/a |
| 271 | EAU | Chippewa Valley Regional Airport | WI | 777 | n/a |
| 272 | LAW | Lawton-Fort Sill Regional Airport | OK | 775 | n/a |
| 273 | DBQ | Dubuque Regional Airport | IA | 715 | n/a |
| 274 | MKK | Molokai Airport | HI | 712 | n/a |
| 275 | SUN | Friedman Memorial Airport | ID | 697 | -44.2% |
| 276 | JHM | Kapalua Airport | HI | 695 | n/a |
| 277 | GCC | Northeast Wyoming Regional Airport | WY | 690 | n/a |
| 278 | PRC | Prescott Regional - Ernest A Love Field | AZ | 681 | n/a |
| 279 | BPT | Jack Brooks Regional Airport | TX | 658 | n/a |
| 280 | BRW | Wiley Post-Will Rogers Memorial Airport | AK | 643 | n/a |
| 281 | RKS | Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport | WY | 598 | n/a |
| 282 | ABR | Aberdeen Regional Airport | SD | 589 | n/a |
| 283 | SWO | Stillwater Regional Airport | OK | 585 | n/a |
| 284 | BGM | Greater Binghamton/Edwin A Link Field | NY | 562 | n/a |
| 285 | MEI | Key Field | MS | 552 | n/a |
| 286 | OGS | Ogdensburg International Airport | NY | 532 | n/a |
| 287 | BTM | Bert Mooney Airport | MT | 527 | n/a |
| 288 | BJI | Bemidji Regional Airport | MN | 523 | n/a |
| 289 | COD | Yellowstone Regional Airport | WY | 522 | n/a |
| 290 | GCK | Garden City Regional Airport | KS | 498 | n/a |
| 291 | ACK | Nantucket Memorial Airport | MA | 490 | n/a |
| 292 | DIK | Dickinson/Theodore Roosevelt Regional Airport | ND | 490 | n/a |
| 293 | ART | Watertown International Airport | NY | 486 | n/a |
| 294 | CDC | Cedar City Regional Airport | UT | 484 | n/a |
| 295 | IMT | Ford Airport | MI | 481 | n/a |
| 296 | SHD | Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport | VA | 469 | n/a |
| 297 | DRT | Del Rio Texas International Airport | TX | 463 | n/a |
| 298 | RHI | Rhinelander/Oneida County Airport | WI | 440 | n/a |
| 299 | IPT | Williamsport Regional Airport | PA | 436 | n/a |
| 300 | PIB | Hattiesburg/Laurel Regional Airport | MS | 435 | n/a |
| 301 | ALO | Waterloo Regional Airport | IA | 433 | n/a |
| 302 | MKG | Muskegon County Airport | MI | 424 | n/a |
| 303 | PUB | Pueblo Memorial Airport | CO | 416 | n/a |
| 304 | EKO | Elko Regional Airport | NV | 406 | n/a |
| 305 | CIU | Chippewa County International Airport | MI | 401 | n/a |
| 306 | SLN | Salina Regional Airport | KS | 400 | n/a |
| 307 | ATY | Watertown Regional Airport | SD | 399 | n/a |
| 308 | OWB | Owensboro/Daviess County Regional Airport | KY | 382 | n/a |
| 309 | BRD | Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport | MN | 376 | n/a |
| 310 | LAR | Laramie Regional Airport | WY | 373 | n/a |
| 311 | MCN | Middle Georgia Regional Airport | GA | 371 | n/a |
| 312 | TUP | Tupelo Regional Airport | MS | 353 | n/a |
| 313 | PLN | Pellston Regional/Emmet County Airport | MI | 338 | n/a |
| 314 | LWB | Greenbrier Valley Airport | WV | 326 | n/a |
| 315 | HYS | Hays Regional Airport | KS | 304 | n/a |
| 316 | VEL | Vernal Regional Airport | UT | 301 | n/a |
| 317 | PIR | Pierre Regional Airport | SD | 289 | n/a |
| 318 | CNY | Canyonlands Regional Airport | UT | 266 | n/a |
| 319 | PQI | Presque Isle International Airport | ME | 265 | n/a |
| 320 | LBL | Liberal Mid-America Regional Airport | KS | 225 | n/a |
| 321 | MWA | Veterans Airport Of Southern Illinois | IL | 222 | n/a |
| 322 | APN | Alpena County Regional Airport | MI | 221 | n/a |
| 323 | JMS | Jamestown Regional Airport | ND | 216 | n/a |
| 324 | MVY | Martha's Vineyard Airport | MA | 215 | n/a |
| 325 | DVL | Devils Lake Regional Airport | ND | 212 | n/a |
| 326 | DEC | Decatur Airport | IL | 189 | n/a |
| 327 | CEZ | Cortez Municipal Airport | CO | 183 | n/a |
| 328 | SDY | Sidney-Richland Regional Airport | MT | 165 | n/a |
| 329 | INL | Falls International/Einarson Field | MN | 165 | n/a |
| 330 | MSL | Northwest Alabama Regional Airport | AL | 163 | n/a |
| 331 | TVF | Thief River Falls Regional Airport | MN | 159 | n/a |
| 332 | VCT | Victoria Regional Airport | TX | 151 | n/a |
| 333 | DUJ | Dubois Regional Airport | PA | 148 | n/a |
| 334 | CEC | Jack Mc Namara Field | CA | 139 | n/a |
| 335 | LNS | Lancaster Airport | PA | 139 | n/a |
| 336 | MCW | Mason City Municipal Airport | IA | 136 | n/a |
| 337 | MGW | Morgantown Municipal (Walter L Bill Hart Field) | WV | 134 | n/a |
| 338 | FOD | Fort Dodge Regional Airport | IA | 133 | n/a |
| 339 | LEB | Lebanon Municipal Airport | NH | 116 | n/a |
| 340 | MMH | Mammoth Yosemite Airport | CA | 114 | n/a |
| 341 | SOW | Show Low Regional Airport | AZ | 112 | n/a |
| 342 | PGA | Page Municipal Airport | AZ | 111 | n/a |
| 343 | ALS | San Luis Valley Regional/Bergman Field | CO | 111 | n/a |
| 344 | AUG | Augusta State Airport | ME | 110 | n/a |
| 345 | MCE | Merced Regional/Macready Field | CA | 109 | n/a |
| 346 | IRK | Kirksville Regional Airport | MO | 109 | n/a |
| 347 | BHB | Hancock County/Bar Harbor Airport | ME | 106 | n/a |
| 348 | TBN | Waynesville-St Robert Regional Forney Field | MO | 105 | n/a |
| 349 | RKD | Knox County Regional Airport | ME | 104 | n/a |
| 350 | RUT | Rutland - Southern Vermont Regional Airport | VT | 91 | n/a |
| 351 | DDC | Dodge City Regional Airport | KS | 90 | n/a |
| 352 | OTH | Southwest Oregon Regional Airport | OR | 90 | n/a |
| 353 | CYS | Cheyenne Regional/Jerry Olson Field | WY | 89 | n/a |
| 354 | PVC | Provincetown Municipal Airport | MA | 87 | n/a |
| 355 | MSS | Massena International-Richards Field | NY | 86 | n/a |
| 356 | AOO | Altoona/Blair County Airport | PA | 78 | n/a |
| 357 | GGW | Wokal Field/Glasgow-Valley County | MT | 76 | n/a |
| 358 | SLK | Adirondack Regional Airport | NY | 73 | n/a |
| 359 | HYA | Cape Cod Gateway Airport | MA | 64 | n/a |
| 360 | OLF | L M Clayton Airport | MT | 63 | n/a |
| 361 | AIA | Alliance Municipal Airport | NE | 61 | n/a |
| 362 | HVR | Havre City-County Airport | MT | 61 | n/a |
| 363 | JST | John Murtha Johnstown/Cambria County Airport | PA | 58 | n/a |
| 364 | GDV | Dawson Communicipalty Airport | MT | 57 | n/a |
| 365 | GLH | Greenville Mid-Delta Airport | MS | 30 | n/a |
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How it is measured
The Thanksgiving travel period is the Tuesday before Thanksgiving through the Monday after (7 days), the period TSA itself reports. 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 (365 of 416 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, "Thanksgiving 2019 air travel: how US airports and states did", https://passengerindex.com/web/holidays/thanksgiving-2019/ (CC BY 4.0).
Frequently asked questions
How many people flew over Thanksgiving 2019?
TSA screened 16,273,479 passengers nationwide over the Thanksgiving 2019 travel period (Tue, Nov 26 – Mon, Dec 2, 2019), up 2.9% from 15,811,484 over the same period a year earlier. The busiest day was Sunday, December 1, with 2,809,889 screenings.
What was the busiest airport over Thanksgiving 2019?
The busiest airports by departing passengers screened were Los Angeles International Airport (LAX, about 784,000), John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK, about 605,000) and Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD, about 566,000). Among states, California led with about 2.3 million.
Which airports grew the most over Thanksgiving 2019?
Among airports with at least 100,000 departing passengers screened in the year-earlier period, the largest gains were CLT (+12.2%), RSW (+9.7%), ORD (+9.5%), BNA (+8.1%) and SJC (+6.8%) and the largest declines MDW (-6.2%), HOU (-5.2%), LGA (-5.1%), DEN (-3.6%) and SAT (-1.2%).
How does Passenger Index define the Thanksgiving travel period?
As the Tuesday before Thanksgiving through the Monday after (7 days), the period TSA itself reports. The 2019 period ran Tue, Nov 26 – Mon, Dec 2, 2019 and is compared with Tue, Nov 20 – Mon, Nov 26, 2018, the same days relative to the holiday.
When is the Thanksgiving 2020 travel period?
Tue, Nov 24 – Mon, Nov 30, 2020. Passenger Index publishes airport and state results a few days after it ends, once TSA releases the checkpoint data.