Thanksgiving 2020 air travel: how US airports and states did
· TSA checkpoint screenings and CBP international arrivals · updated · how it is measured
TSA screened 6,551,371 passengers nationwide over the Thanksgiving 2020 travel period (Tue, Nov 24 – Mon, Nov 30, 2020), down 60.9% from 16,741,368 over the same period a year earlier. The busiest day was Sunday, November 29, with 1,179,933 screenings.
The busiest airports by departing passengers screened were Orlando International Airport (MCO, about 258,000), Los Angeles International Airport (LAX, about 238,000) and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL, about 225,000). Among states, Florida led with about 1.0 million.
Key facts
- Travel period
- TSA screenings
- 6,551,371 (-60.9% YoY)
- Busiest day
- : 1,179,933
- Busiest airport
- MCO, about 258,000
Day by day, nationwide
| 2020 | Screened | Year earlier | Screened | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 959,178 | 2,435,170 | -60.6% | ||
| 1,074,824 | 2,624,250 | -59.0% | ||
| 562,697 | 1,591,158 | -64.6% | ||
| 821,789 | 1,968,137 | -58.2% | ||
| 966,412 | 2,648,268 | -63.5% | ||
| 1,179,933 | 2,882,915 | -59.1% | ||
| 986,538 | 2,591,470 | -61.9% |
Biggest movers
Among airports with at least 100,000 departing passengers screened in the year-earlier period. Up most: RSW -41.4%, SJU -42.8%, MCO -46.9%, FLL -47.3%, TPA -47.4%. Down most: HNL -80.1%, SJC -78.2%, SFO -78.0%, DCA -77.6%, JFK -76.8%.
By state
| State | Departing screened | YoY | Busiest airport | Airports |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 1.0 million | -48.4% | MCO | 18 |
| California | 679,000 | -70.8% | LAX | 21 |
| Texas | 615,000 | -54.3% | DFW | 19 |
| New York | 267,000 | -75.9% | JFK | 16 |
| Illinois | 247,000 | -66.3% | ORD | 9 |
| Georgia | 246,000 | -55.3% | ATL | 8 |
| Arizona | 231,000 | -49.7% | PHX | 7 |
| Colorado | 228,000 | -51.9% | DEN | 10 |
| Nevada | 210,000 | -55.0% | LAS | 3 |
| New Jersey | 171,000 | -64.6% | EWR | 3 |
| Washington | 148,000 | -66.4% | SEA | 8 |
| Michigan | 130,000 | -60.6% | DTW | 12 |
| Tennessee | 121,000 | -54.3% | BNA | 5 |
| Massachusetts | 108,000 | -73.7% | BOS | 5 |
| Pennsylvania | 105,000 | -64.7% | PHL | 12 |
| Missouri | 102,000 | -61.3% | STL | 6 |
| Virginia | 101,000 | -69.8% | DCA | 7 |
| North Carolina | 89,600 | -61.4% | RDU | 7 |
| Minnesota | 88,100 | -65.7% | MSP | 7 |
| Ohio | 84,100 | -61.7% | CLE | 4 |
| Utah | 81,600 | -52.0% | SLC | 6 |
| Louisiana | 72,200 | -58.4% | MSY | 7 |
| Oregon | 71,200 | -68.0% | PDX | 5 |
| Puerto Rico | 64,900 | -42.8% | SJU | 1 |
| Kentucky | 61,200 | -59.3% | CVG | 5 |
| South Carolina | 55,900 | -51.8% | CHS | 6 |
| Indiana | 55,800 | -54.0% | IND | 4 |
| Hawaii | 54,000 | -77.9% | HNL | 5 |
| Wisconsin | 40,700 | -64.5% | MKE | 8 |
| Oklahoma | 37,100 | -55.1% | OKC | 2 |
| Alabama | 27,900 | -55.9% | BHM | 6 |
| Idaho | 27,800 | -46.2% | BOI | 6 |
| Montana | 27,600 | -35.5% | BZN | 12 |
| Nebraska | 23,600 | -59.1% | OMA | 3 |
| Alaska | 23,200 | -58.4% | ANC | 5 |
| Connecticut | 22,000 | -69.0% | BDL | 2 |
| Arkansas | 19,600 | -56.4% | LIT | 3 |
| Iowa | 19,000 | -56.3% | DSM | 5 |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 15,200 | -15.7% | STT | 2 |
| New Mexico | 15,100 | -76.3% | ABQ | 4 |
| North Dakota | 12,200 | -52.0% | FAR | 8 |
| Mississippi | 11,800 | -48.9% | GPT | 4 |
| South Dakota | 11,600 | -40.5% | FSD | 5 |
| Rhode Island | 11,000 | -75.1% | PVD | 1 |
| Kansas | 10,800 | -50.2% | ICT | 7 |
| Maine | 10,400 | -58.5% | PWM | 6 |
| Wyoming | 6,470 | -24.5% | JAC | 9 |
| New Hampshire | 4,620 | -74.7% | MHT | 2 |
| West Virginia | 2,750 | -57.0% | CRW | 4 |
| Vermont | 2,430 | -81.9% | BTV | 2 |
| Guam | 2,100 | -95.0% | GUM | 1 |
| Maryland | 823 | -46.6% | SBY | 1 |
By airport
| # | Code | Airport | State | Departing screened | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MCO | Orlando International Airport | FL | 258,000 | -46.9% |
| 2 | LAX | Los Angeles International Airport | CA | 238,000 | -69.6% |
| 3 | ATL | Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport | GA | 225,000 | -55.6% |
| 4 | DFW | Dallas Fort Worth International Airport | TX | 210,000 | -48.1% |
| 5 | DEN | Denver International Airport | CO | 209,000 | -52.2% |
| 6 | FLL | Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport | FL | 206,000 | -47.3% |
| 7 | PHX | Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport | AZ | 193,000 | -50.1% |
| 8 | LAS | Harry Reid International Airport | NV | 190,000 | -55.0% |
| 9 | MIA | Miami International Airport | FL | 189,000 | -54.5% |
| 10 | ORD | Chicago O'Hare International Airport | IL | 188,000 | -66.7% |
| 11 | EWR | Newark Liberty International Airport | NJ | 165,000 | -64.1% |
| 12 | IAH | George Bush Intercontinental Airport | TX | 143,000 | -56.2% |
| 13 | JFK | John F. Kennedy International Airport | NY | 140,000 | -76.8% |
| 14 | TPA | Tampa International Airport | FL | 125,000 | -47.4% |
| 15 | SEA | Seattle-Tacoma International Airport | WA | 119,000 | -68.3% |
| 16 | SFO | San Francisco International Airport | CA | 109,000 | -78.0% |
| 17 | BOS | Boston Logan International Airport | MA | 107,000 | -73.8% |
| 18 | DTW | Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport | MI | 101,000 | -61.4% |
| 19 | PHL | Philadelphia International Airport | PA | 87,700 | -65.3% |
| 20 | SAN | San Diego International Airport | CA | 86,100 | -66.6% |
| 21 | MSP | Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport | MN | 84,800 | -66.0% |
| 22 | RSW | Southwest Florida International Airport | FL | 76,900 | -41.4% |
| 23 | SLC | Salt Lake City International Airport | UT | 76,600 | -53.0% |
| 24 | LGA | LaGuardia Airport | NY | 76,300 | -76.0% |
| 25 | BNA | Nashville International Airport | TN | 73,500 | -54.7% |
| 26 | AUS | Austin-Bergstrom International Airport | TX | 65,400 | -61.5% |
| 27 | SJU | Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport | PR | 64,900 | -42.8% |
| 28 | RDU | Raleigh-Durham International Airport | NC | 57,100 | -64.6% |
| 29 | MSY | Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport | LA | 55,900 | -60.9% |
| 30 | PDX | Portland International Airport | OR | 54,400 | -70.9% |
| 31 | SMF | Sacramento International Airport | CA | 54,000 | -60.4% |
| 32 | DAL | Dallas Love Field | TX | 51,500 | -58.3% |
| 33 | HOU | William P. Hobby Airport | TX | 50,600 | -53.2% |
| 34 | STL | St. Louis Lambert International Airport | MO | 50,200 | -62.6% |
| 35 | MDW | Chicago Midway International Airport | IL | 49,800 | -66.2% |
| 36 | DCA | Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport | VA | 48,800 | -77.6% |
| 37 | MCI | Kansas City International Airport | MO | 43,800 | -61.5% |
| 38 | CLE | Cleveland Hopkins International Airport | OH | 43,400 | -56.6% |
| 39 | IND | Indianapolis International Airport | IN | 42,500 | -56.4% |
| 40 | SAT | San Antonio International Airport | TX | 40,900 | -60.7% |
| 41 | OAK | Oakland International Airport | CA | 38,500 | -71.8% |
| 42 | HNL | Daniel K. Inouye International Airport | HI | 37,500 | -80.1% |
| 43 | CVG | Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport | KY | 37,200 | -58.3% |
| 44 | PBI | Palm Beach International Airport | FL | 35,200 | -62.7% |
| 45 | SJC | San José Mineta International Airport | CA | 33,700 | -78.2% |
| 46 | SNA | John Wayne Airport | CA | 32,000 | -67.1% |
| 47 | CMH | John Glenn Columbus International Airport | OH | 30,500 | -66.4% |
| 48 | JAX | Jacksonville International Airport | FL | 30,000 | -59.4% |
| 49 | ONT | Ontario International Airport | CA | 25,900 | -59.9% |
| 50 | MEM | Memphis International Airport | TN | 24,900 | -54.4% |
| 51 | CHS | Charleston International Airport | SC | 24,300 | -53.8% |
| 52 | MKE | Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport | WI | 23,700 | -66.2% |
| 53 | ORF | Norfolk International Airport | VA | 23,300 | -48.3% |
| 54 | BOI | Boise Airport | ID | 23,200 | -48.1% |
| 55 | OMA | Eppley Airfield | NE | 22,600 | -58.5% |
| 56 | BDL | Bradley International Airport | CT | 22,000 | -68.5% |
| 57 | OKC | Will Rogers International Airport | OK | 20,600 | -56.3% |
| 58 | GEG | Spokane International Airport | WA | 20,500 | -51.3% |
| 59 | RIC | Richmond International Airport | VA | 20,200 | -60.8% |
| 60 | SFB | Orlando Sanford International Airport | FL | 20,100 | -47.1% |
| 61 | RNO | Reno-Tahoe International Airport | NV | 19,700 | -55.4% |
| 62 | GRR | Gerald R. Ford International Airport | MI | 18,100 | -56.0% |
| 63 | TUS | Tucson International Airport | AZ | 17,800 | -60.1% |
| 64 | PGD | Punta Gorda Airport | FL | 16,700 | -23.7% |
| 65 | TUL | Tulsa International Airport | OK | 16,500 | -53.6% |
| 66 | ELP | El Paso International Airport | TX | 16,400 | -58.4% |
| 67 | SDF | Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport | KY | 16,400 | -62.1% |
| 68 | SRQ | Sarasota Bradenton International Airport | FL | 16,200 | -40.9% |
| 69 | PNS | Pensacola International Airport | FL | 16,100 | -31.1% |
| 70 | AZA | Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport | AZ | 15,800 | -23.2% |
| 71 | ANC | Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport | AK | 15,600 | -58.1% |
| 72 | PSP | Palm Springs International Airport | CA | 15,200 | -54.2% |
| 73 | BUR | Hollywood Burbank Airport | CA | 14,800 | -78.7% |
| 74 | SAV | Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport | GA | 14,700 | -54.4% |
| 75 | BHM | Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport | AL | 14,700 | -56.2% |
| 76 | TYS | Mc Ghee Tyson Airport | TN | 14,200 | -51.0% |
| 77 | ABQ | Albuquerque International Sunport | NM | 13,900 | -76.3% |
| 78 | KOA | Ellison Onizuka Kona International at Keahole Airport | HI | 12,600 | -70.2% |
| 79 | DSM | Des Moines International Airport | IA | 12,300 | -57.4% |
| 80 | GSP | Greenville Spartanburg International Airport | SC | 12,000 | -59.7% |
| 81 | BUF | Buffalo Niagara International Airport | NY | 11,900 | -76.6% |
| 82 | FAT | Fresno Yosemite International Airport | CA | 11,800 | -42.2% |
| 83 | LIT | Bill and Hillary Clinton National/Adams Field | AR | 11,400 | -53.8% |
| 84 | VPS | Eglin AFB/Destin-Ft Walton Beach | FL | 11,400 | -29.3% |
| 85 | MYR | Myrtle Beach International Airport | SC | 11,300 | -25.3% |
| 86 | PVD | Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport | RI | 11,000 | -75.1% |
| 87 | AVL | Asheville Regional Airport | NC | 10,900 | -47.5% |
| 88 | STT | Cyril E King Airport | VI | 10,800 | -19.9% |
| 89 | ECP | Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport | FL | 10,400 | -13.5% |
| 90 | EYW | Key West International Airport | FL | 9,980 | +4.8% |
| 91 | BZN | Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport | MT | 9,290 | -25.8% |
| 92 | ROC | Frederick Douglass/Greater Rochester International Airport | NY | 9,070 | -69.0% |
| 93 | ICT | Wichita Dwight D Eisenhower National Airport | KS | 8,970 | -51.0% |
| 94 | ALB | Albany International Airport | NY | 8,650 | -71.0% |
| 95 | GSO | Piedmont Triad International Airport | NC | 8,530 | -66.2% |
| 96 | SYR | Syracuse Hancock International Airport | NY | 8,210 | -70.3% |
| 97 | PWM | Portland International Jetport | ME | 7,890 | -60.0% |
| 98 | COS | City Of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport | CO | 7,810 | -55.9% |
| 99 | DAY | James M Cox Dayton International Airport | OH | 7,300 | -63.1% |
| 100 | XNA | Northwest Arkansas National Airport | AR | 7,250 | -59.9% |
| 101 | LEX | Blue Grass Airport | KY | 7,190 | -58.6% |
| 102 | MAF | Midland International Air And Space Port Airport | TX | 7,150 | -50.6% |
| 103 | FSD | Joe Foss Field | SD | 6,880 | -46.8% |
| 104 | MSN | Dane County Regional/Truax Field | WI | 6,840 | -71.3% |
| 105 | SGF | Springfield-Branson National Airport | MO | 6,770 | -45.5% |
| 106 | CID | The Eastern Iowa Airport | IA | 6,440 | -54.4% |
| 107 | LGB | Long Beach (Daugherty Field) | CA | 6,290 | -83.8% |
| 108 | HSV | Huntsville International-Carl T Jones Field | AL | 6,290 | -58.7% |
| 109 | CAE | Columbia Metropolitan Airport | SC | 6,290 | -56.8% |
| 110 | EUG | Mahlon Sweet Field | OR | 6,100 | -56.0% |
| 111 | MFR | Rogue Valley International - Medford Airport | OR | 6,020 | -50.5% |
| 112 | BIL | Billings Logan International Airport | MT | 5,970 | -39.8% |
| 113 | ILM | Wilmington International Airport | NC | 5,940 | -53.6% |
| 114 | MDT | Harrisburg International Airport | PA | 5,830 | -66.4% |
| 115 | SBN | South Bend International Airport | IN | 5,750 | -39.9% |
| 116 | LBB | Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport | TX | 5,740 | -48.6% |
| 117 | GPT | Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport | MS | 5,550 | -36.5% |
| 118 | CHA | Lovell Field | TN | 5,470 | -56.1% |
| 119 | JAN | Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport | MS | 5,370 | -57.3% |
| 120 | TLH | Tallahassee International Airport | FL | 5,210 | -50.8% |
| 121 | ISP | Long Island Mac Arthur Airport | NY | 5,130 | -75.9% |
| 122 | MSO | Missoula Montana Airport | MT | 5,090 | -38.7% |
| 123 | FAR | Hector International Airport | ND | 5,070 | -51.8% |
| 124 | ACY | Atlantic City International Airport | NJ | 4,950 | -65.0% |
| 125 | BTR | Baton Rouge Metropolitan, Ryan Field | LA | 4,880 | -49.3% |
| 126 | HPN | Westchester County Airport | NY | 4,870 | -74.3% |
| 127 | FWA | Fort Wayne International Airport | IN | 4,870 | -46.3% |
| 128 | MFE | Mc Allen Miller International Airport | TX | 4,820 | -53.6% |
| 129 | ABE | Lehigh Valley International Airport | PA | 4,730 | -53.4% |
| 130 | CRP | Corpus Christi International Airport | TX | 4,720 | -39.7% |
| 131 | RDM | Roberts Field | OR | 4,620 | -54.7% |
| 132 | AMA | Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport | TX | 4,610 | -48.2% |
| 133 | MHT | Manchester Boston Regional Airport | NH | 4,580 | -74.7% |
| 134 | STX | Henry E Rohlsen Airport | VI | 4,480 | -3.3% |
| 135 | HRL | Valley International Airport | TX | 4,450 | -39.6% |
| 136 | PSC | Tri-Cities Airport | WA | 4,370 | -55.4% |
| 137 | ROA | Roanoke/Blacksburg Regional (Woodrum Field) | VA | 4,240 | -47.4% |
| 138 | ATW | Appleton International Airport | WI | 4,200 | -46.4% |
| 139 | SHV | Shreveport Regional Airport | LA | 4,190 | -48.7% |
| 140 | MOB | Mobile Regional Airport | AL | 4,000 | -51.9% |
| 141 | RAP | Rapid City Regional Airport | SD | 3,970 | -25.8% |
| 142 | FNT | Bishop International Airport | MI | 3,970 | -53.7% |
| 143 | DAB | Daytona Beach International Airport | FL | 3,940 | -43.9% |
| 144 | AGS | Augusta Regional at Bush Field | GA | 3,920 | -49.0% |
| 145 | JAC | Jackson Hole Airport | WY | 3,680 | -9.4% |
| 146 | ITO | Hilo International Airport | HI | 3,680 | -70.9% |
| 147 | FAI | Fairbanks International Airport | AK | 3,660 | -63.6% |
| 148 | GJT | Grand Junction Regional Airport | CO | 3,420 | -47.3% |
| 149 | GPI | Glacier Park International Airport | MT | 3,390 | -31.9% |
| 150 | SBA | Santa Barbara Municipal Airport | CA | 3,260 | -72.5% |
| 151 | PIA | General Downing - Peoria International Airport | IL | 3,250 | -55.2% |
| 152 | GRB | Green Bay/Austin Straubel International Airport | WI | 3,130 | -56.7% |
| 153 | LFT | Lafayette Regional/Paul Fournet Field | LA | 3,110 | -43.1% |
| 154 | BIS | Bismarck Municipal Airport | ND | 3,060 | -49.8% |
| 155 | FAY | Fayetteville Regional/Grannis Field | NC | 3,000 | -40.9% |
| 156 | MLI | Quad Cities International Airport | IL | 2,930 | -59.6% |
| 157 | GNV | Gainesville Regional Airport | FL | 2,910 | -51.4% |
| 158 | CAK | Akron-Canton Regional Airport | OH | 2,910 | -69.2% |
| 159 | MLB | Melbourne Orlando International Airport | FL | 2,890 | -50.0% |
| 160 | OAJ | Albert J Ellis Airport | NC | 2,820 | -28.5% |
| 161 | SBP | San Luis County Regional Airport | CA | 2,740 | -54.6% |
| 162 | EVV | Evansville Regional Airport | IN | 2,700 | -48.5% |
| 163 | CHO | Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport | VA | 2,640 | -68.4% |
| 164 | TVC | Cherry Capital Airport | MI | 2,480 | -53.8% |
| 165 | TRI | Tri-Cities Airport | TN | 2,470 | -54.2% |
| 166 | ASE | Aspen-Pitkin County/Sardy Field | CO | 2,430 | -21.8% |
| 167 | BTV | Burlington International Airport | VT | 2,400 | -82.0% |
| 168 | SGU | St George Regional Airport | UT | 2,380 | -34.1% |
| 169 | IDA | Idaho Falls Regional Airport | ID | 2,340 | -29.2% |
| 170 | BGR | Bangor International Airport | ME | 2,320 | -52.1% |
| 171 | BFL | Meadows Field | CA | 2,300 | -10.4% |
| 172 | DRO | Durango-La Plata County Airport | CO | 2,300 | -44.9% |
| 173 | GTF | Great Falls International Airport | MT | 2,170 | -41.2% |
| 174 | CRW | West Virginia International Yeager Airport | WV | 2,150 | -57.3% |
| 175 | MOT | Minot International Airport | ND | 2,110 | -38.2% |
| 176 | GUM | Guam International Airport | GU | 2,100 | -95.0% |
| 177 | STS | Charles M Schulz - Sonoma County Airport | CA | 2,070 | -64.9% |
| 178 | MGM | Montgomery Regional (Dannelly Field) | AL | 2,040 | -56.4% |
| 179 | PVU | Provo Municipal Airport | UT | 2,020 | -6.1% |
| 180 | JNU | Juneau International Airport | AK | 2,020 | -57.9% |
| 181 | AVP | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport | PA | 1,960 | -67.0% |
| 182 | AEX | Alexandria International Airport | LA | 1,940 | -28.2% |
| 183 | HXD | Hilton Head Airport | SC | 1,920 | -22.5% |
| 184 | MRY | Monterey Regional Airport | CA | 1,870 | -63.1% |
| 185 | BMI | Central Illinois Regional/Bloomington-Normal Airport | IL | 1,860 | -52.4% |
| 186 | BRO | Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport | TX | 1,780 | -16.7% |
| 187 | FLG | Flagstaff Pulliam Airport | AZ | 1,720 | -27.9% |
| 188 | UNV | University Park Airport | PA | 1,710 | -61.0% |
| 189 | BLI | Bellingham International Airport | WA | 1,620 | -73.7% |
| 190 | MLU | Monroe Regional Airport | LA | 1,610 | -39.5% |
| 191 | TTN | Trenton Mercer Airport | NJ | 1,580 | -85.4% |
| 192 | LBE | Arnold Palmer Regional Airport | PA | 1,430 | -55.1% |
| 193 | DLH | Duluth International Airport | MN | 1,410 | -55.2% |
| 194 | LYH | Lynchburg Regional/Preston Glenn Field | VA | 1,380 | -31.8% |
| 195 | NYL | Yuma MCAS/Yuma International Airport | AZ | 1,320 | -30.2% |
| 196 | MTJ | Montrose Regional Airport | CO | 1,280 | -40.2% |
| 197 | IFP | Laughlin/Bullhead International Airport | AZ | 1,260 | -56.9% |
| 198 | EWN | Coastal Carolina Regional Airport | NC | 1,250 | -58.8% |
| 199 | RST | Rochester International Airport | MN | 1,250 | -65.3% |
| 200 | CWA | Central Wisconsin Airport | WI | 1,200 | -57.0% |
| 201 | CLL | Easterwood Field | TX | 1,190 | -34.9% |
| 202 | EGE | Eagle County Regional Airport | CO | 1,180 | -35.7% |
| 203 | AZO | Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport | MI | 1,130 | -67.4% |
| 204 | LRD | Laredo International Airport | TX | 1,100 | -52.1% |
| 205 | LAN | Capital Region International Airport | MI | 1,090 | -72.5% |
| 206 | GFK | Grand Forks International Airport | ND | 1,050 | -60.8% |
| 207 | LSE | La Crosse Regional Airport | WI | 1,040 | -36.7% |
| 208 | HLN | Helena Regional Airport | MT | 1,010 | -58.0% |
| 209 | SCC | Deadhorse Airport | AK | 1,010 | -48.2% |
| 210 | ELM | Elmira/Corning Regional Airport | NY | 1,010 | -69.7% |
| 211 | MBS | MBS International Airport | MI | 1,000 | -65.2% |
| 212 | COU | Columbia Regional Airport | MO | 1,000 | -67.0% |
| 213 | ITH | Ithaca Tompkins International Airport | NY | 1,000 | -51.9% |
| 214 | LNK | Lincoln Airport | NE | 971 | -69.7% |
| 215 | CPR | Casper/Natrona County International Airport | WY | 932 | -47.4% |
| 216 | KTN | Ketchikan International Airport | AK | 914 | -46.8% |
| 217 | SJT | San Angelo Regional/Mathis Field | TX | 914 | -47.3% |
| 218 | ERI | Erie International/Tom Ridge Field | PA | 903 | -55.7% |
| 219 | FSM | Fort Smith Regional Airport | AR | 900 | -55.6% |
| 220 | ACT | Waco Regional Airport | TX | 834 | -36.8% |
| 221 | SBY | Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport | MD | 823 | -46.6% |
| 222 | ACV | California Redwood Coast-Humboldt County Airport | CA | 816 | -59.5% |
| 223 | DHN | Dothan Regional Airport | AL | 803 | -37.2% |
| 224 | MHK | Manhattan Regional Airport | KS | 780 | -57.6% |
| 225 | SPI | Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport | IL | 717 | -69.0% |
| 226 | VLD | Valdosta Regional Airport | GA | 710 | -30.8% |
| 227 | GTR | Golden Triangle Regional Airport | MS | 637 | -47.3% |
| 228 | CSG | Columbus Airport | GA | 634 | -47.5% |
| 229 | TWF | Joslin Field/Magic Valley Regional | ID | 624 | -53.4% |
| 230 | LWS | Lewiston/Nez Perce County Airport | ID | 614 | n/a |
| 231 | SAF | Santa Fe Municipal Airport | NM | 608 | -79.6% |
| 232 | YKM | Yakima Air Terminal/Mcallister Field | WA | 599 | -62.1% |
| 233 | BQK | Brunswick Golden Isles Airport | GA | 590 | n/a |
| 234 | LCH | Lake Charles Regional Airport | LA | 557 | -66.4% |
| 235 | PIH | Pocatello Regional Airport | ID | 557 | n/a |
| 236 | ABY | Southwest Georgia Regional Airport | GA | 545 | n/a |
| 237 | EAT | Pangborn Memorial Airport | WA | 542 | -62.0% |
| 238 | PUW | Pullman/Moscow Regional Airport | WA | 511 | -69.0% |
| 239 | ROW | Roswell Air Center Airport | NM | 506 | -60.3% |
| 240 | GCK | Garden City Regional Airport | KS | 485 | n/a |
| 241 | SUN | Friedman Memorial Airport | ID | 480 | n/a |
| 242 | PRC | Prescott Regional - Ernest A Love Field | AZ | 471 | n/a |
| 243 | XWA | Williston Basin International Airport | ND | 445 | -74.0% |
| 244 | ALW | Walla Walla Regional Airport | WA | 429 | -60.2% |
| 245 | COD | Yellowstone Regional Airport | WY | 399 | n/a |
| 246 | CKB | North Central West Virginia Airport | WV | 394 | n/a |
| 247 | ABR | Aberdeen Regional Airport | SD | 393 | n/a |
| 248 | PBG | Plattsburgh International Airport | NY | 373 | -84.8% |
| 249 | GCC | Northeast Wyoming Regional Airport | WY | 365 | n/a |
| 250 | ACK | Nantucket Memorial Airport | MA | 338 | n/a |
| 251 | RDD | Redding Regional Airport | CA | 332 | n/a |
| 252 | SHR | Sheridan County Airport | WY | 311 | n/a |
| 253 | RHI | Rhinelander/Oneida County Airport | WI | 309 | n/a |
| 254 | BTM | Bert Mooney Airport | MT | 306 | n/a |
| 255 | BJI | Bemidji Regional Airport | MN | 296 | n/a |
| 256 | EAU | Chippewa Valley Regional Airport | WI | 294 | n/a |
| 257 | PLN | Pellston Regional/Emmet County Airport | MI | 293 | n/a |
| 258 | SLN | Salina Regional Airport | KS | 265 | n/a |
| 259 | DIK | Dickinson/Theodore Roosevelt Regional Airport | ND | 261 | n/a |
| 260 | OWB | Owensboro/Daviess County Regional Airport | KY | 258 | n/a |
| 261 | EKO | Elko Regional Airport | NV | 255 | n/a |
| 262 | LAR | Laramie Regional Airport | WY | 252 | n/a |
| 263 | RIW | Central Wyoming Regional Airport | WY | 246 | n/a |
| 264 | MEI | Key Field | MS | 241 | n/a |
| 265 | ART | Watertown International Airport | NY | 240 | n/a |
| 266 | BRD | Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport | MN | 232 | n/a |
| 267 | IMT | Ford Airport | MI | 230 | n/a |
| 268 | CDC | Cedar City Regional Airport | UT | 223 | n/a |
| 269 | PIR | Pierre Regional Airport | SD | 218 | n/a |
| 270 | MCN | Middle Georgia Regional Airport | GA | 217 | n/a |
| 271 | RKS | Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport | WY | 206 | n/a |
| 272 | CNY | Canyonlands Regional Airport | UT | 187 | n/a |
| 273 | CGI | Cape Girardeau Regional Airport | MO | 182 | n/a |
| 274 | PAH | Barkley Regional Airport | KY | 178 | n/a |
| 275 | BGM | Greater Binghamton/Edwin A Link Field | NY | 176 | n/a |
| 276 | ATY | Watertown Regional Airport | SD | 171 | n/a |
| 277 | CIU | Chippewa County International Airport | MI | 156 | n/a |
| 278 | LNY | Lanai Airport | HI | 154 | -86.7% |
| 279 | MKK | Molokai Airport | HI | 153 | n/a |
| 280 | VEL | Vernal Regional Airport | UT | 147 | n/a |
| 281 | PUB | Pueblo Memorial Airport | CO | 139 | n/a |
| 282 | APN | Alpena County Regional Airport | MI | 138 | n/a |
| 283 | UIN | Quincy Regional-Baldwin Field | IL | 137 | n/a |
| 284 | SDY | Sidney-Richland Regional Airport | MT | 136 | n/a |
| 285 | PQI | Presque Isle International Airport | ME | 127 | n/a |
| 286 | ALS | San Luis Valley Regional/Bergman Field | CO | 122 | n/a |
| 287 | MGW | Morgantown Municipal (Walter L Bill Hart Field) | WV | 120 | n/a |
| 288 | HYS | Hays Regional Airport | KS | 116 | n/a |
| 289 | DEC | Decatur Airport | IL | 116 | n/a |
| 290 | MWA | Veterans Airport Of Southern Illinois | IL | 115 | n/a |
| 291 | SHD | Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport | VA | 110 | n/a |
| 292 | MKG | Muskegon County Airport | MI | 99 | n/a |
| 293 | JMS | Jamestown Regional Airport | ND | 97 | n/a |
| 294 | OGS | Ogdensburg International Airport | NY | 94 | n/a |
| 295 | MCE | Merced Regional/Macready Field | CA | 92 | n/a |
| 296 | HOB | Lea County Regional Airport | NM | 88 | n/a |
| 297 | LWB | Greenbrier Valley Airport | WV | 86 | n/a |
| 298 | DDC | Dodge City Regional Airport | KS | 86 | n/a |
| 299 | IRK | Kirksville Regional Airport | MO | 84 | n/a |
| 300 | OTH | Southwest Oregon Regional Airport | OR | 83 | n/a |
| 301 | MVY | Martha's Vineyard Airport | MA | 83 | n/a |
| 302 | CEZ | Cortez Municipal Airport | CO | 82 | n/a |
| 303 | VCT | Victoria Regional Airport | TX | 80 | n/a |
| 304 | CYS | Cheyenne Regional/Jerry Olson Field | WY | 79 | n/a |
| 305 | CEC | Jack Mc Namara Field | CA | 78 | n/a |
| 306 | LBL | Liberal Mid-America Regional Airport | KS | 77 | n/a |
| 307 | FOD | Fort Dodge Regional Airport | IA | 75 | n/a |
| 308 | HVR | Havre City-County Airport | MT | 71 | n/a |
| 309 | GGW | Wokal Field/Glasgow-Valley County | MT | 71 | n/a |
| 310 | MSL | Northwest Alabama Regional Airport | AL | 70 | n/a |
| 311 | INL | Falls International/Einarson Field | MN | 70 | n/a |
| 312 | DVL | Devils Lake Regional Airport | ND | 67 | n/a |
| 313 | BRL | Southeast Iowa Regional Airport | IA | 65 | n/a |
| 314 | BFD | Bradford Regional Airport | PA | 63 | n/a |
| 315 | LNS | Lancaster Airport | PA | 63 | n/a |
| 316 | MCW | Mason City Municipal Airport | IA | 62 | n/a |
| 317 | OLF | L M Clayton Airport | MT | 61 | n/a |
| 318 | DUJ | Dubois Regional Airport | PA | 58 | n/a |
| 319 | TVF | Thief River Falls Regional Airport | MN | 54 | n/a |
| 320 | AIA | Alliance Municipal Airport | NE | 44 | n/a |
| 321 | GDV | Dawson Communicipalty Airport | MT | 42 | n/a |
| 322 | BHB | Hancock County/Bar Harbor Airport | ME | 41 | n/a |
| 323 | LEB | Lebanon Municipal Airport | NH | 38 | n/a |
| 324 | AOO | Altoona/Blair County Airport | PA | 38 | n/a |
| 325 | AUG | Augusta State Airport | ME | 36 | n/a |
| 326 | RUT | Rutland - Southern Vermont Regional Airport | VT | 36 | n/a |
| 327 | PVC | Provincetown Municipal Airport | MA | 36 | n/a |
| 328 | RKD | Knox County Regional Airport | ME | 25 | n/a |
| 329 | MSS | Massena International-Richards Field | NY | 25 | n/a |
| 330 | SLK | Adirondack Regional Airport | NY | 22 | n/a |
| 331 | JST | John Murtha Johnstown/Cambria County Airport | PA | 21 | n/a |
| 332 | HYA | Cape Cod Gateway Airport | MA | 8 | n/a |
| 333 | FLO | Florence Regional Airport | SC | 0 | -100.0% |
| 334 | HVN | Tweed/New Haven Airport | CT | 0 | -100.0% |
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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 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 (334 of 409 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 2020 air travel: how US airports and states did", https://passengerindex.com/web/holidays/thanksgiving-2020/ (CC BY 4.0).
Frequently asked questions
How many people flew over Thanksgiving 2020?
TSA screened 6,551,371 passengers nationwide over the Thanksgiving 2020 travel period (Tue, Nov 24 – Mon, Nov 30, 2020), down 60.9% from 16,741,368 over the same period a year earlier. The busiest day was Sunday, November 29, with 1,179,933 screenings.
What was the busiest airport over Thanksgiving 2020?
The busiest airports by departing passengers screened were Orlando International Airport (MCO, about 258,000), Los Angeles International Airport (LAX, about 238,000) and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL, about 225,000). Among states, Florida led with about 1.0 million.
Which airports grew the most over Thanksgiving 2020?
Among airports with at least 100,000 departing passengers screened in the year-earlier period, the largest gains were RSW (-41.4%), SJU (-42.8%), MCO (-46.9%), FLL (-47.3%) and TPA (-47.4%) and the largest declines HNL (-80.1%), SJC (-78.2%), SFO (-78.0%), DCA (-77.6%) and JFK (-76.8%).
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 2020 period ran Tue, Nov 24 – Mon, Nov 30, 2020 and is compared with Tue, Nov 26 – Mon, Dec 2, 2019, the same days relative to the holiday.
When is the Thanksgiving 2021 travel period?
Tue, Nov 23 – Mon, Nov 29, 2021. Passenger Index publishes airport and state results a few days after it ends, once TSA releases the checkpoint data.