Thanksgiving 2021 air travel: how US airports and states did
· TSA checkpoint screenings and CBP international arrivals · updated · how it is measured
TSA screened 14,634,984 passengers nationwide over the Thanksgiving 2021 travel period (Tue, Nov 23 – Mon, Nov 29, 2021), up 123.4% from 6,551,371 over the same period a year earlier. The busiest day was Sunday, November 28, with 2,458,325 screenings.
The busiest airports by departing passengers screened were Los Angeles International Airport (LAX, about 571,000), Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL, about 486,000) and Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD, about 467,000). Among states, Florida led with about 2.0 million.
Key facts
- Travel period
- TSA screenings
- 14,634,984 (+123.4% YoY)
- Busiest day
- : 2,458,325
- Busiest airport
- LAX, about 571,000
Day by day, nationwide
| 2021 | Screened | Year earlier | Screened | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,217,635 | 959,178 | +131.2% | ||
| 2,331,880 | 1,074,824 | +117.0% | ||
| 1,383,501 | 562,697 | +145.9% | ||
| 1,783,938 | 821,789 | +117.1% | ||
| 2,219,149 | 966,412 | +129.6% | ||
| 2,458,325 | 1,179,933 | +108.3% | ||
| 2,240,556 | 986,538 | +127.1% |
Biggest movers
Among airports with at least 100,000 departing passengers screened in the year-earlier period. Up most: JFK +222.5%, BOS +193.3%, SFO +189.0%, EWR +153.2%, SEA +152.8%. Down most: FLL +56.7%, MCO +77.6%, DFW +83.1%, TPA +92.2%, DEN +97.5%.
By state
| State | Departing screened | YoY | Busiest airport | Airports |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 2.0 million | +90.4% | MCO | 18 |
| California | 1.8 million | +159.8% | LAX | 22 |
| Texas | 1.3 million | +111.4% | DFW | 21 |
| New York | 918,000 | +243.5% | JFK | 16 |
| Illinois | 611,000 | +147.3% | ORD | 9 |
| Georgia | 531,000 | +115.5% | ATL | 8 |
| Colorado | 459,000 | +100.5% | DEN | 12 |
| Nevada | 448,000 | +113.6% | LAS | 3 |
| New Jersey | 436,000 | +154.4% | EWR | 3 |
| Arizona | 426,000 | +98.6% | PHX | 5 |
| Washington | 355,000 | +141.0% | SEA | 7 |
| Massachusetts | 316,000 | +193.2% | BOS | 5 |
| Virginia | 305,000 | +202.8% | DCA | 7 |
| Michigan | 273,000 | +108.9% | DTW | 14 |
| Tennessee | 253,000 | +109.8% | BNA | 5 |
| Pennsylvania | 234,000 | +123.7% | PHL | 11 |
| Missouri | 223,000 | +118.8% | STL | 5 |
| Minnesota | 209,000 | +137.2% | MSP | 8 |
| North Carolina | 194,000 | +116.7% | RDU | 7 |
| Hawaii | 189,000 | +251.1% | HNL | 3 |
| Ohio | 187,000 | +122.8% | CLE | 4 |
| Oregon | 179,000 | +151.9% | PDX | 4 |
| Utah | 165,000 | +102.8% | SLC | 6 |
| Louisiana | 141,000 | +95.0% | MSY | 7 |
| Kentucky | 128,000 | +109.3% | CVG | 5 |
| South Carolina | 116,000 | +107.2% | CHS | 5 |
| Puerto Rico | 116,000 | +78.1% | SJU | 1 |
| Indiana | 110,000 | +96.8% | IND | 4 |
| Wisconsin | 98,000 | +140.7% | MKE | 8 |
| Oklahoma | 71,100 | +91.9% | OKC | 2 |
| Connecticut | 59,000 | +168.1% | BDL | 1 |
| Nebraska | 53,200 | +110.0% | OMA | 7 |
| New Mexico | 50,800 | +236.0% | ABQ | 4 |
| Idaho | 50,800 | +82.8% | BOI | 6 |
| Alabama | 50,800 | +82.7% | BHM | 5 |
| Alaska | 46,600 | +110.3% | ANC | 4 |
| Montana | 41,900 | +52.1% | BZN | 11 |
| Arkansas | 40,500 | +107.0% | LIT | 3 |
| Iowa | 40,100 | +111.5% | DSM | 5 |
| Rhode Island | 31,100 | +182.8% | PVD | 1 |
| Mississippi | 23,800 | +101.4% | JAN | 4 |
| North Dakota | 21,700 | +78.8% | FAR | 8 |
| Maine | 21,700 | +107.4% | PWM | 6 |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 20,800 | +36.5% | STT | 2 |
| Kansas | 20,400 | +89.0% | ICT | 7 |
| South Dakota | 20,000 | +71.8% | FSD | 5 |
| New Hampshire | 14,200 | +207.3% | MHT | 2 |
| Wyoming | 9,560 | +47.8% | JAC | 9 |
| Guam | 6,400 | +204.6% | GUM | 1 |
| West Virginia | 5,070 | +84.1% | CRW | 4 |
| Maryland | 1,230 | n/a | SBY | 1 |
| Vermont | 114 | n/a | RUT | 1 |
By airport
| # | Code | Airport | State | Departing screened | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LAX | Los Angeles International Airport | CA | 571,000 | +139.5% |
| 2 | ATL | Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport | GA | 486,000 | +116.0% |
| 3 | ORD | Chicago O'Hare International Airport | IL | 467,000 | +148.1% |
| 4 | MCO | Orlando International Airport | FL | 459,000 | +77.6% |
| 5 | JFK | John F. Kennedy International Airport | NY | 452,000 | +222.5% |
| 6 | MIA | Miami International Airport | FL | 443,000 | +133.9% |
| 7 | EWR | Newark Liberty International Airport | NJ | 417,000 | +153.2% |
| 8 | DEN | Denver International Airport | CO | 414,000 | +97.5% |
| 9 | LAS | Harry Reid International Airport | NV | 405,000 | +113.7% |
| 10 | DFW | Dallas Fort Worth International Airport | TX | 384,000 | +83.1% |
| 11 | PHX | Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport | AZ | 384,000 | +98.8% |
| 12 | FLL | Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport | FL | 322,000 | +56.7% |
| 13 | BOS | Boston Logan International Airport | MA | 315,000 | +193.3% |
| 14 | SFO | San Francisco International Airport | CA | 315,000 | +189.0% |
| 15 | IAH | George Bush Intercontinental Airport | TX | 312,000 | +117.7% |
| 16 | SEA | Seattle-Tacoma International Airport | WA | 301,000 | +152.8% |
| 17 | LGA | LaGuardia Airport | NY | 301,000 | +294.8% |
| 18 | TPA | Tampa International Airport | FL | 240,000 | +92.2% |
| 19 | DTW | Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport | MI | 216,000 | +112.8% |
| 20 | MSP | Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport | MN | 203,000 | +139.5% |
| 21 | PHL | Philadelphia International Airport | PA | 198,000 | +126.1% |
| 22 | DCA | Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport | VA | 196,000 | +301.3% |
| 23 | SAN | San Diego International Airport | CA | 194,000 | +125.7% |
| 24 | AUS | Austin-Bergstrom International Airport | TX | 180,000 | +174.8% |
| 25 | BNA | Nashville International Airport | TN | 165,000 | +125.0% |
| 26 | SLC | Salt Lake City International Airport | UT | 157,000 | +105.5% |
| 27 | RSW | Southwest Florida International Airport | FL | 146,000 | +89.7% |
| 28 | PDX | Portland International Airport | OR | 141,000 | +158.6% |
| 29 | HNL | Daniel K. Inouye International Airport | HI | 137,000 | +264.7% |
| 30 | RDU | Raleigh-Durham International Airport | NC | 133,000 | +132.7% |
| 31 | MDW | Chicago Midway International Airport | IL | 126,000 | +152.2% |
| 32 | DAL | Dallas Love Field | TX | 119,000 | +130.2% |
| 33 | SMF | Sacramento International Airport | CA | 118,000 | +119.2% |
| 34 | MSY | Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport | LA | 117,000 | +108.5% |
| 35 | STL | St. Louis Lambert International Airport | MO | 117,000 | +132.3% |
| 36 | SJU | Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport | PR | 116,000 | +78.1% |
| 37 | SNA | John Wayne Airport | CA | 104,000 | +224.1% |
| 38 | OAK | Oakland International Airport | CA | 103,000 | +167.1% |
| 39 | HOU | William P. Hobby Airport | TX | 101,000 | +100.6% |
| 40 | SJC | San José Mineta International Airport | CA | 99,200 | +194.4% |
| 41 | SAT | San Antonio International Airport | TX | 98,200 | +140.0% |
| 42 | MCI | Kansas City International Airport | MO | 92,400 | +110.8% |
| 43 | CLE | Cleveland Hopkins International Airport | OH | 90,500 | +108.5% |
| 44 | IND | Indianapolis International Airport | IN | 89,500 | +110.7% |
| 45 | PBI | Palm Beach International Airport | FL | 83,300 | +137.0% |
| 46 | CMH | John Glenn Columbus International Airport | OH | 76,900 | +152.4% |
| 47 | CVG | Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport | KY | 72,700 | +95.4% |
| 48 | JAX | Jacksonville International Airport | FL | 67,700 | +125.4% |
| 49 | BUR | Hollywood Burbank Airport | CA | 66,500 | +348.2% |
| 50 | ONT | Ontario International Airport | CA | 61,500 | +137.4% |
| 51 | MKE | Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport | WI | 61,400 | +158.8% |
| 52 | BDL | Bradley International Airport | CT | 59,000 | +168.1% |
| 53 | CHS | Charleston International Airport | SC | 53,400 | +119.4% |
| 54 | SRQ | Sarasota Bradenton International Airport | FL | 48,600 | +199.6% |
| 55 | RIC | Richmond International Airport | VA | 48,000 | +137.2% |
| 56 | OMA | Eppley Airfield | NE | 47,700 | +111.3% |
| 57 | MEM | Memphis International Airport | TN | 47,400 | +89.9% |
| 58 | ABQ | Albuquerque International Sunport | NM | 46,900 | +236.5% |
| 59 | ORF | Norfolk International Airport | VA | 46,900 | +100.9% |
| 60 | BUF | Buffalo Niagara International Airport | NY | 43,200 | +261.9% |
| 61 | RNO | Reno-Tahoe International Airport | NV | 42,200 | +114.1% |
| 62 | SDF | Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport | KY | 41,800 | +155.5% |
| 63 | BOI | Boise Airport | ID | 41,400 | +78.6% |
| 64 | OKC | Will Rogers International Airport | OK | 41,300 | +100.7% |
| 65 | ELP | El Paso International Airport | TX | 40,300 | +145.5% |
| 66 | KOA | Ellison Onizuka Kona International at Keahole Airport | HI | 39,900 | +217.7% |
| 67 | PSP | Palm Springs International Airport | CA | 38,000 | +149.6% |
| 68 | GRR | Gerald R. Ford International Airport | MI | 36,700 | +102.5% |
| 69 | TUS | Tucson International Airport | AZ | 36,500 | +105.4% |
| 70 | GEG | Spokane International Airport | WA | 35,800 | +75.0% |
| 71 | SAV | Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport | GA | 34,800 | +136.6% |
| 72 | SFB | Orlando Sanford International Airport | FL | 34,400 | +71.1% |
| 73 | ANC | Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport | AK | 33,300 | +114.4% |
| 74 | LGB | Long Beach (Daugherty Field) | CA | 31,800 | +405.2% |
| 75 | PVD | Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport | RI | 31,100 | +182.8% |
| 76 | TUL | Tulsa International Airport | OK | 29,800 | +80.9% |
| 77 | BHM | Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport | AL | 28,400 | +93.8% |
| 78 | TYS | Mc Ghee Tyson Airport | TN | 27,000 | +90.0% |
| 79 | ROC | Frederick Douglass/Greater Rochester International Airport | NY | 26,900 | +196.4% |
| 80 | ALB | Albany International Airport | NY | 26,600 | +207.4% |
| 81 | DSM | Des Moines International Airport | IA | 26,500 | +115.5% |
| 82 | PNS | Pensacola International Airport | FL | 26,400 | +64.4% |
| 83 | SYR | Syracuse Hancock International Airport | NY | 26,100 | +218.3% |
| 84 | PGD | Punta Gorda Airport | FL | 26,000 | +56.0% |
| 85 | GSP | Greenville Spartanburg International Airport | SC | 25,100 | +108.5% |
| 86 | COS | City Of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport | CO | 24,500 | +214.1% |
| 87 | MYR | Myrtle Beach International Airport | SC | 23,700 | +109.7% |
| 88 | FAT | Fresno Yosemite International Airport | CA | 23,200 | +96.4% |
| 89 | LIT | Bill and Hillary Clinton National/Adams Field | AR | 22,500 | +96.4% |
| 90 | GSO | Piedmont Triad International Airport | NC | 20,700 | +142.7% |
| 91 | AVL | Asheville Regional Airport | NC | 19,500 | +78.0% |
| 92 | ISP | Long Island Mac Arthur Airport | NY | 18,500 | +261.8% |
| 93 | VPS | Eglin AFB/Destin-Ft Walton Beach | FL | 18,200 | +59.9% |
| 94 | MSN | Dane County Regional/Truax Field | WI | 18,000 | +163.6% |
| 95 | EUG | Mahlon Sweet Field | OR | 17,400 | +184.4% |
| 96 | XNA | Northwest Arkansas National Airport | AR | 16,900 | +133.2% |
| 97 | ICT | Wichita Dwight D Eisenhower National Airport | KS | 16,900 | +88.3% |
| 98 | HPN | Westchester County Airport | NY | 16,800 | +243.8% |
| 99 | EYW | Key West International Airport | FL | 15,900 | +59.7% |
| 100 | STT | Cyril E King Airport | VI | 15,900 | +48.0% |
| 101 | BZN | Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport | MT | 15,800 | +70.0% |
| 102 | PWM | Portland International Jetport | ME | 15,600 | +97.5% |
| 103 | JAN | Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport | MS | 15,400 | +187.3% |
| 104 | ECP | Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport | FL | 14,800 | +42.8% |
| 105 | MHT | Manchester Boston Regional Airport | NH | 14,100 | +207.0% |
| 106 | DAY | James M Cox Dayton International Airport | OH | 14,000 | +91.9% |
| 107 | MAF | Midland International Air And Space Port Airport | TX | 13,000 | +82.2% |
| 108 | SBA | Santa Barbara Municipal Airport | CA | 13,000 | +299.1% |
| 109 | CID | The Eastern Iowa Airport | IA | 12,900 | +100.7% |
| 110 | LEX | Blue Grass Airport | KY | 12,700 | +76.6% |
| 111 | MDT | Harrisburg International Airport | PA | 12,700 | +117.1% |
| 112 | HSV | Huntsville International-Carl T Jones Field | AL | 12,100 | +92.2% |
| 113 | FSD | Joe Foss Field | SD | 12,000 | +74.7% |
| 114 | ITO | Hilo International Airport | HI | 12,000 | +226.4% |
| 115 | SGF | Springfield-Branson National Airport | MO | 11,700 | +72.6% |
| 116 | CAE | Columbia Metropolitan Airport | SC | 11,100 | +75.8% |
| 117 | ILM | Wilmington International Airport | NC | 11,000 | +84.5% |
| 118 | ABE | Lehigh Valley International Airport | PA | 10,800 | +128.0% |
| 119 | MFR | Rogue Valley International - Medford Airport | OR | 10,800 | +78.8% |
| 120 | LBB | Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport | TX | 10,700 | +85.8% |
| 121 | RDM | Roberts Field | OR | 10,400 | +125.5% |
| 122 | MFE | Mc Allen Miller International Airport | TX | 10,400 | +115.7% |
| 123 | ACY | Atlantic City International Airport | NJ | 10,300 | +108.2% |
| 124 | FAR | Hector International Airport | ND | 9,740 | +92.1% |
| 125 | TLH | Tallahassee International Airport | FL | 9,680 | +85.9% |
| 126 | CHA | Lovell Field | TN | 9,040 | +65.3% |
| 127 | HRL | Valley International Airport | TX | 8,950 | +101.3% |
| 128 | PSC | Tri-Cities Airport | WA | 8,700 | +99.4% |
| 129 | SBN | South Bend International Airport | IN | 8,420 | +46.5% |
| 130 | AMA | Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport | TX | 8,250 | +78.9% |
| 131 | TTN | Trenton Mercer Airport | NJ | 8,240 | +422.5% |
| 132 | ATW | Appleton International Airport | WI | 8,210 | +95.6% |
| 133 | FWA | Fort Wayne International Airport | IN | 8,120 | +66.7% |
| 134 | BIL | Billings Logan International Airport | MT | 8,000 | +34.0% |
| 135 | FAI | Fairbanks International Airport | AK | 7,650 | +109.2% |
| 136 | BTR | Baton Rouge Metropolitan, Ryan Field | LA | 7,220 | +48.0% |
| 137 | MSO | Missoula Montana Airport | MT | 7,220 | +41.8% |
| 138 | GPT | Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport | MS | 7,120 | +28.3% |
| 139 | CRP | Corpus Christi International Airport | TX | 7,000 | +48.5% |
| 140 | ROA | Roanoke/Blacksburg Regional (Woodrum Field) | VA | 6,730 | +58.8% |
| 141 | STS | Charles M Schulz - Sonoma County Airport | CA | 6,530 | +214.7% |
| 142 | GUM | Guam International Airport | GU | 6,400 | +204.6% |
| 143 | FNT | Bishop International Airport | MI | 6,340 | +59.9% |
| 144 | SHV | Shreveport Regional Airport | LA | 6,260 | +49.5% |
| 145 | IDA | Idaho Falls Regional Airport | ID | 6,180 | +163.8% |
| 146 | MLB | Melbourne Orlando International Airport | FL | 6,170 | +113.5% |
| 147 | BLI | Bellingham International Airport | WA | 6,140 | +278.3% |
| 148 | MOB | Mobile Regional Airport | AL | 6,100 | +52.7% |
| 149 | RAP | Rapid City Regional Airport | SD | 6,100 | +53.5% |
| 150 | DAB | Daytona Beach International Airport | FL | 6,060 | +53.7% |
| 151 | MLI | Quad Cities International Airport | IL | 6,050 | +106.3% |
| 152 | CAK | Akron-Canton Regional Airport | OH | 5,950 | +104.6% |
| 153 | AGS | Augusta Regional at Bush Field | GA | 5,680 | +45.0% |
| 154 | GNV | Gainesville Regional Airport | FL | 5,610 | +92.8% |
| 155 | GPI | Glacier Park International Airport | MT | 5,580 | +64.8% |
| 156 | GJT | Grand Junction Regional Airport | CO | 5,580 | +63.0% |
| 157 | PIA | General Downing - Peoria International Airport | IL | 5,570 | +71.3% |
| 158 | BGR | Bangor International Airport | ME | 5,480 | +136.5% |
| 159 | MRY | Monterey Regional Airport | CA | 5,480 | +193.8% |
| 160 | GRB | Green Bay/Austin Straubel International Airport | WI | 5,470 | +74.8% |
| 161 | CHO | Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport | VA | 5,470 | +106.7% |
| 162 | BIS | Bismarck Municipal Airport | ND | 5,100 | +66.7% |
| 163 | TVC | Cherry Capital Airport | MI | 4,990 | +101.2% |
| 164 | STX | Henry E Rohlsen Airport | VI | 4,890 | +9.1% |
| 165 | SBP | San Luis County Regional Airport | CA | 4,880 | +77.9% |
| 166 | LFT | Lafayette Regional/Paul Fournet Field | LA | 4,820 | +55.1% |
| 167 | JAC | Jackson Hole Airport | WY | 4,720 | +28.1% |
| 168 | TRI | Tri-Cities Airport | TN | 4,180 | +69.6% |
| 169 | BMI | Central Illinois Regional/Bloomington-Normal Airport | IL | 4,170 | +123.6% |
| 170 | FAY | Fayetteville Regional/Grannis Field | NC | 4,150 | +38.4% |
| 171 | DRO | Durango-La Plata County Airport | CO | 4,100 | +78.3% |
| 172 | AVP | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport | PA | 4,080 | +109.0% |
| 173 | JNU | Juneau International Airport | AK | 4,000 | +98.3% |
| 174 | OAJ | Albert J Ellis Airport | NC | 3,980 | +40.9% |
| 175 | EVV | Evansville Regional Airport | IN | 3,780 | +39.9% |
| 176 | CRW | West Virginia International Yeager Airport | WV | 3,750 | +74.0% |
| 177 | PVU | Provo Municipal Airport | UT | 3,730 | +84.8% |
| 178 | BFL | Meadows Field | CA | 3,580 | +55.9% |
| 179 | ACV | California Redwood Coast-Humboldt County Airport | CA | 3,430 | n/a |
| 180 | MGM | Montgomery Regional (Dannelly Field) | AL | 3,390 | +66.5% |
| 181 | MOT | Minot International Airport | ND | 3,060 | +45.1% |
| 182 | LBE | Arnold Palmer Regional Airport | PA | 3,030 | +112.7% |
| 183 | SGU | St George Regional Airport | UT | 3,010 | +26.6% |
| 184 | MTJ | Montrose Regional Airport | CO | 2,710 | +111.9% |
| 185 | ASE | Aspen-Pitkin County/Sardy Field | CO | 2,630 | +8.5% |
| 186 | GTF | Great Falls International Airport | MT | 2,600 | +19.4% |
| 187 | UNV | University Park Airport | PA | 2,580 | +50.6% |
| 188 | HXD | Hilton Head Airport | SC | 2,570 | +33.8% |
| 189 | BRO | Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport | TX | 2,570 | +44.4% |
| 190 | LNK | Lincoln Airport | NE | 2,550 | n/a |
| 191 | LAN | Capital Region International Airport | MI | 2,450 | +125.0% |
| 192 | DLH | Duluth International Airport | MN | 2,440 | +73.8% |
| 193 | SAF | Santa Fe Municipal Airport | NM | 2,420 | n/a |
| 194 | AEX | Alexandria International Airport | LA | 2,420 | +24.5% |
| 195 | NYL | Yuma MCAS/Yuma International Airport | AZ | 2,370 | +79.5% |
| 196 | EGE | Eagle County Regional Airport | CO | 2,330 | +98.0% |
| 197 | ELM | Elmira/Corning Regional Airport | NY | 2,310 | +129.0% |
| 198 | MLU | Monroe Regional Airport | LA | 2,220 | +37.9% |
| 199 | FLG | Flagstaff Pulliam Airport | AZ | 2,180 | +26.9% |
| 200 | RST | Rochester International Airport | MN | 2,140 | +71.0% |
| 201 | LRD | Laredo International Airport | TX | 2,100 | +92.0% |
| 202 | AZO | Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport | MI | 2,090 | +85.1% |
| 203 | COU | Columbia Regional Airport | MO | 2,080 | +107.7% |
| 204 | HDN | Yampa Valley Airport | CO | 2,050 | n/a |
| 205 | SPI | Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport | IL | 2,040 | n/a |
| 206 | CWA | Central Wisconsin Airport | WI | 2,030 | +69.4% |
| 207 | RDD | Redding Regional Airport | CA | 2,030 | n/a |
| 208 | EWN | Coastal Carolina Regional Airport | NC | 2,020 | +61.5% |
| 209 | LSE | La Crosse Regional Airport | WI | 1,960 | +87.6% |
| 210 | CLL | Easterwood Field | TX | 1,840 | +54.6% |
| 211 | HLN | Helena Regional Airport | MT | 1,840 | +81.3% |
| 212 | ITH | Ithaca Tompkins International Airport | NY | 1,770 | +77.1% |
| 213 | ABI | Abilene Regional Airport | TX | 1,670 | +18.8% |
| 214 | ERI | Erie International/Tom Ridge Field | PA | 1,650 | n/a |
| 215 | LYH | Lynchburg Regional/Preston Glenn Field | VA | 1,640 | +18.9% |
| 216 | MBS | MBS International Airport | MI | 1,630 | +62.3% |
| 217 | CSG | Columbus Airport | GA | 1,600 | n/a |
| 218 | KTN | Ketchikan International Airport | AK | 1,580 | n/a |
| 219 | GFK | Grand Forks International Airport | ND | 1,580 | +50.2% |
| 220 | SJT | San Angelo Regional/Mathis Field | TX | 1,560 | n/a |
| 221 | MHK | Manhattan Regional Airport | KS | 1,500 | n/a |
| 222 | SUN | Friedman Memorial Airport | ID | 1,450 | n/a |
| 223 | GRI | Central Nebraska Regional Airport | NE | 1,420 | +27.2% |
| 224 | XWA | Williston Basin International Airport | ND | 1,410 | n/a |
| 225 | PBG | Plattsburgh International Airport | NY | 1,390 | n/a |
| 226 | CPR | Casper/Natrona County International Airport | WY | 1,340 | n/a |
| 227 | LCH | Lake Charles Regional Airport | LA | 1,260 | n/a |
| 228 | PUW | Pullman/Moscow Regional Airport | WA | 1,230 | n/a |
| 229 | SBY | Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport | MD | 1,230 | n/a |
| 230 | FSM | Fort Smith Regional Airport | AR | 1,170 | n/a |
| 231 | ACT | Waco Regional Airport | TX | 1,090 | n/a |
| 232 | ROW | Roswell Air Center Airport | NM | 1,050 | n/a |
| 233 | LWS | Lewiston/Nez Perce County Airport | ID | 936 | n/a |
| 234 | VLD | Valdosta Regional Airport | GA | 871 | n/a |
| 235 | CKB | North Central West Virginia Airport | WV | 842 | n/a |
| 236 | BQK | Brunswick Golden Isles Airport | GA | 819 | n/a |
| 237 | GTR | Golden Triangle Regional Airport | MS | 814 | n/a |
| 238 | DHN | Dothan Regional Airport | AL | 785 | n/a |
| 239 | ACK | Nantucket Memorial Airport | MA | 751 | n/a |
| 240 | EAR | Kearney Regional Airport | NE | 751 | n/a |
| 241 | PRC | Prescott Regional - Ernest A Love Field | AZ | 746 | n/a |
| 242 | ABY | Southwest Georgia Regional Airport | GA | 743 | n/a |
| 243 | YKM | Yakima Air Terminal/Mcallister Field | WA | 736 | n/a |
| 244 | ATY | Watertown Regional Airport | SD | 719 | n/a |
| 245 | ALW | Walla Walla Regional Airport | WA | 715 | n/a |
| 246 | BJI | Bemidji Regional Airport | MN | 681 | n/a |
| 247 | GUC | Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional Airport | CO | 645 | n/a |
| 248 | COD | Yellowstone Regional Airport | WY | 623 | n/a |
| 249 | GGG | East Texas Regional Airport | TX | 609 | n/a |
| 250 | PLN | Pellston Regional/Emmet County Airport | MI | 597 | n/a |
| 251 | GCK | Garden City Regional Airport | KS | 588 | n/a |
| 252 | PIR | Pierre Regional Airport | SD | 587 | n/a |
| 253 | TWF | Joslin Field/Magic Valley Regional | ID | 587 | n/a |
| 254 | SHR | Sheridan County Airport | WY | 570 | n/a |
| 255 | ABR | Aberdeen Regional Airport | SD | 561 | n/a |
| 256 | RKS | Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport | WY | 557 | n/a |
| 257 | GCC | Northeast Wyoming Regional Airport | WY | 555 | n/a |
| 258 | ART | Watertown International Airport | NY | 544 | n/a |
| 259 | CNY | Canyonlands Regional Airport | UT | 517 | n/a |
| 260 | SLN | Salina Regional Airport | KS | 516 | n/a |
| 261 | CIU | Chippewa County International Airport | MI | 503 | n/a |
| 262 | HOB | Lea County Regional Airport | NM | 503 | n/a |
| 263 | BTM | Bert Mooney Airport | MT | 500 | n/a |
| 264 | EAU | Chippewa Valley Regional Airport | WI | 483 | n/a |
| 265 | HIB | Range Regional Airport | MN | 473 | n/a |
| 266 | SHD | Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport | VA | 467 | n/a |
| 267 | RHI | Rhinelander/Oneida County Airport | WI | 461 | n/a |
| 268 | CMX | Houghton County Memorial Airport | MI | 452 | n/a |
| 269 | PAH | Barkley Regional Airport | KY | 442 | n/a |
| 270 | ESC | Delta County Airport | MI | 422 | n/a |
| 271 | IMT | Ford Airport | MI | 421 | n/a |
| 272 | DEC | Decatur Airport | IL | 419 | n/a |
| 273 | CDC | Cedar City Regional Airport | UT | 413 | n/a |
| 274 | RIW | Central Wyoming Regional Airport | WY | 411 | n/a |
| 275 | DIK | Dickinson/Theodore Roosevelt Regional Airport | ND | 406 | n/a |
| 276 | MEI | Key Field | MS | 399 | n/a |
| 277 | CYS | Cheyenne Regional/Jerry Olson Field | WY | 399 | n/a |
| 278 | OWB | Owensboro/Daviess County Regional Airport | KY | 398 | n/a |
| 279 | LAR | Laramie Regional Airport | WY | 388 | n/a |
| 280 | BFF | Western Nebraska Regional/William B Heilig Field | NE | 368 | n/a |
| 281 | BRD | Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport | MN | 362 | n/a |
| 282 | ALS | San Luis Valley Regional/Bergman Field | CO | 357 | n/a |
| 283 | HYS | Hays Regional Airport | KS | 353 | n/a |
| 284 | LBF | North Platte Regional/Lee Bird Field | NE | 352 | n/a |
| 285 | CGI | Cape Girardeau Regional Airport | MO | 336 | n/a |
| 286 | MCN | Middle Georgia Regional Airport | GA | 321 | n/a |
| 287 | PUB | Pueblo Memorial Airport | CO | 319 | n/a |
| 288 | LWB | Greenbrier Valley Airport | WV | 316 | n/a |
| 289 | EKO | Elko Regional Airport | NV | 314 | n/a |
| 290 | OGS | Ogdensburg International Airport | NY | 304 | n/a |
| 291 | JST | John Murtha Johnstown/Cambria County Airport | PA | 291 | n/a |
| 292 | VEL | Vernal Regional Airport | UT | 287 | n/a |
| 293 | APN | Alpena County Regional Airport | MI | 280 | n/a |
| 294 | PIH | Pocatello Regional Airport | ID | 279 | n/a |
| 295 | FOD | Fort Dodge Regional Airport | IA | 279 | n/a |
| 296 | MVY | Martha's Vineyard Airport | MA | 273 | n/a |
| 297 | LBL | Liberal Mid-America Regional Airport | KS | 272 | n/a |
| 298 | PQI | Presque Isle International Airport | ME | 259 | n/a |
| 299 | DDC | Dodge City Regional Airport | KS | 257 | n/a |
| 300 | BGM | Greater Binghamton/Edwin A Link Field | NY | 257 | n/a |
| 301 | MCW | Mason City Municipal Airport | IA | 256 | n/a |
| 302 | JMS | Jamestown Regional Airport | ND | 253 | n/a |
| 303 | TVF | Thief River Falls Regional Airport | MN | 222 | n/a |
| 304 | VCT | Victoria Regional Airport | TX | 215 | n/a |
| 305 | DVL | Devils Lake Regional Airport | ND | 193 | n/a |
| 306 | SDY | Sidney-Richland Regional Airport | MT | 173 | n/a |
| 307 | MGW | Morgantown Municipal (Walter L Bill Hart Field) | WV | 165 | n/a |
| 308 | CEC | Jack Mc Namara Field | CA | 165 | n/a |
| 309 | MWA | Veterans Airport Of Southern Illinois | IL | 161 | n/a |
| 310 | IPL | Imperial County Airport | CA | 160 | n/a |
| 311 | HYA | Cape Cod Gateway Airport | MA | 146 | n/a |
| 312 | LNS | Lancaster Airport | PA | 137 | n/a |
| 313 | UIN | Quincy Regional-Baldwin Field | IL | 133 | n/a |
| 314 | INL | Falls International/Einarson Field | MN | 130 | n/a |
| 315 | LEB | Lebanon Municipal Airport | NH | 128 | n/a |
| 316 | DUJ | Dubois Regional Airport | PA | 127 | n/a |
| 317 | TEX | Telluride Regional Airport | CO | 124 | n/a |
| 318 | MSS | Massena International-Richards Field | NY | 116 | n/a |
| 319 | RUT | Rutland - Southern Vermont Regional Airport | VT | 114 | n/a |
| 320 | BHB | Hancock County/Bar Harbor Airport | ME | 112 | n/a |
| 321 | RKD | Knox County Regional Airport | ME | 109 | n/a |
| 322 | AUG | Augusta State Airport | ME | 109 | n/a |
| 323 | PVC | Provincetown Municipal Airport | MA | 104 | n/a |
| 324 | BRL | Southeast Iowa Regional Airport | IA | 98 | n/a |
| 325 | SLK | Adirondack Regional Airport | NY | 91 | n/a |
| 326 | AIA | Alliance Municipal Airport | NE | 88 | n/a |
| 327 | MCE | Merced Regional/Macready Field | CA | 86 | n/a |
| 328 | BFD | Bradford Regional Airport | PA | 80 | n/a |
| 329 | OLF | L M Clayton Airport | MT | 78 | n/a |
| 330 | MBL | Manistee County/Blacker Airport | MI | 77 | n/a |
| 331 | GGW | Wokal Field/Glasgow-Valley County | MT | 72 | n/a |
| 332 | GDV | Dawson Communicipalty Airport | MT | 46 | 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 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 (332 of 405 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 2021 air travel: how US airports and states did", https://passengerindex.com/web/holidays/thanksgiving-2021/ (CC BY 4.0).
Frequently asked questions
How many people flew over Thanksgiving 2021?
TSA screened 14,634,984 passengers nationwide over the Thanksgiving 2021 travel period (Tue, Nov 23 – Mon, Nov 29, 2021), up 123.4% from 6,551,371 over the same period a year earlier. The busiest day was Sunday, November 28, with 2,458,325 screenings.
What was the busiest airport over Thanksgiving 2021?
The busiest airports by departing passengers screened were Los Angeles International Airport (LAX, about 571,000), Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL, about 486,000) and Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD, about 467,000). Among states, Florida led with about 2.0 million.
Which airports grew the most over Thanksgiving 2021?
Among airports with at least 100,000 departing passengers screened in the year-earlier period, the largest gains were JFK (+222.5%), BOS (+193.3%), SFO (+189.0%), EWR (+153.2%) and SEA (+152.8%) and the largest declines FLL (+56.7%), MCO (+77.6%), DFW (+83.1%), TPA (+92.2%) and DEN (+97.5%).
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 2021 period ran Tue, Nov 23 – Mon, Nov 29, 2021 and is compared with Tue, Nov 24 – Mon, Nov 30, 2020, the same days relative to the holiday.
When is the Thanksgiving 2022 travel period?
Tue, Nov 22 – Mon, Nov 28, 2022. Passenger Index publishes airport and state results a few days after it ends, once TSA releases the checkpoint data.