Passenger Index / Holiday travel / Thanksgiving 2025

Thanksgiving 2025 air travel: how US airports and states did

· TSA checkpoint screenings and CBP international arrivals · updated · how it is measured

TSA screened 18,104,378 passengers nationwide over the Thanksgiving 2025 travel period (Tue, Nov 25 – Mon, Dec 1, 2025), roughly flat (+0.1%) from 18,080,093 over the same period a year earlier. The busiest day was Sunday, November 30, with 3,134,613 screenings, the most TSA had ever screened in a single day.

The busiest airports by departing passengers screened were Los Angeles International Airport (LAX, about 689,000), John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK, about 647,000) and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL, about 603,000). Among states, Florida led with about 2.3 million.

Key facts

Travel period
TSA screenings
18,104,378 (+0.1% YoY)
Busiest day
: 3,134,613 (all-time record)
International arrivals (CBP)
about 2.1 million (+1.2% YoY)
Busiest airport
LAX, about 689,000

Day by day, nationwide

TSA checkpoint screenings each day of the Thanksgiving 2025 travel period and the matching day a year earlier (TSA published totals, exact).
2025ScreenedYear earlierScreenedYoY
2,675,2612,694,504-0.7%
2,753,0362,726,845+1.0%
1,559,1651,551,896+0.5%
2,392,0362,377,911+0.6%
2,696,8162,811,101-4.1%
3,134,6133,088,836+1.5%
2,893,4512,829,000+2.3%

Biggest movers

Among airports with at least 100,000 departing passengers screened in the year-earlier period. Up most: SJU +6.6%, PBI +5.6%, PIT +5.2%, DTW +4.5%, RDU +4.2%. Down most: SJC -13.6%, MDW -10.0%, OAK -8.1%, MSY -7.7%, HOU -6.3%.

By state

Departing passengers screened over Thanksgiving 2025, by state: sum of the state's airports with complete data, rounded to 3 significant figures.
StateDeparting screenedYoYBusiest airportAirports
Florida2.3 million+1.4%MCO20
California2.2 million-2.3%LAX23
Texas965,000-1.2%DFW23
New York857,000+0.7%JFK13
Illinois757,000+1.0%ORD8
Georgia663,000-0.7%ATL7
Virginia619,000+0.9%IAD9
Arizona535,000-0.8%PHX9
Colorado534,000-0.2%DEN9
New Jersey520,000+3.1%EWR2
North Carolina516,000+1.5%CLT10
Nevada503,000-2.3%LAS3
Washington470,000+3.0%SEA7
Massachusetts438,000-3.9%BOS5
Michigan352,000+3.7%DTW13
Minnesota283,000-1.6%MSP7
Tennessee279,000+0.3%BNA5
Missouri271,000-2.4%STL8
Ohio228,000-0.7%CLE4
Oregon225,000-2.0%PDX4
Utah199,000+0.9%SLC6
Hawaii165,000+0.9%OGG4
Puerto Rico164,000+8.0%SJU3
Kentucky157,000-3.5%CVG4
Louisiana156,000-6.4%MSY7
Pennsylvania154,000+7.3%PIT11
South Carolina148,000+0.4%CHS6
Indiana136,000-0.7%IND5
Wisconsin117,000+1.4%MKE7
Connecticut93,500-1.9%BDL2
Oklahoma88,200-0.4%OKC4
Idaho67,300+0.7%BOI6
Alabama66,200-6.1%BHM6
Nebraska62,700+1.1%OMA6
New Mexico61,400-6.1%ABQ3
Montana60,100+8.7%BZN12
Alaska57,700+6.1%ANC5
Arkansas56,900-0.3%LIT4
Rhode Island52,000+5.6%PVD1
Iowa51,900+0.7%DSM3
Guam30,700+32.6%GUM1
North Dakota28,500-1.4%FAR8
South Dakota27,100+0.3%FSD5
Mississippi26,200-7.7%JAN7
Kansas26,100+5.9%ICT7
New Hampshire15,000+2.0%MHT2
Vermont13,500+0.8%BTV2
Wyoming11,400-2.2%JAC9
West Virginia8,490+0.4%CRW7
Maine7,460+2.1%BGR4
U.S. Virgin Islands4,900+5.5%STX1
Delaware4,800+11.9%ILG1
Northern Mariana Islands3,900-6.3%GSN1
Maryland1,460-22.8%SBY1

By airport

All 350 airports with complete TSA data on every day of both periods, ranked by departing passengers screened (3 significant figures).
#CodeAirportStateDeparting screenedYoYIntl arrivals
1LAXLos Angeles International AirportCA689,000-2.9%212,000
2JFKJohn F. Kennedy International AirportNY647,000+0.1%277,000
3ATLHartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International AirportGA603,000-1.0%115,000
4ORDChicago O'Hare International AirportIL598,000+3.9%107,000
5MCOOrlando International AirportFL569,000+2.7%63,900
6EWRNewark Liberty International AirportNJ516,000+3.4%123,000
7MIAMiami International AirportFL513,000+2.7%232,000
8DFWDallas Fort Worth International AirportTX509,000+2.5%116,000
9SFOSan Francisco International AirportCA502,000+2.9%139,000
10DENDenver International AirportCO477,000-0.9%34,600
11LASHarry Reid International AirportNV453,000-2.4%16,500
12PHXPhoenix Sky Harbor International AirportAZ449,000-1.1%19,700
13BOSBoston Logan International AirportMA435,000-3.8%60,400
14SEASeattle-Tacoma International AirportWA398,000+2.7%53,900
15FLLFort Lauderdale-Hollywood International AirportFL358,000-2.9%41,600
16DTWDetroit Metropolitan Wayne County AirportMI278,000+4.5%23,700
17MSPMinneapolis-Saint Paul International AirportMN277,000-1.3%16,500
18SANSan Diego International AirportCA267,000-2.8%8,580
19TPATampa International AirportFL263,000-1.6%13,000
20IADWashington Dulles International AirportVA248,000+4.0%82,200
21CLTCharlotte Douglas International AirportNC237,000-3.3%26,500
22DCARonald Reagan Washington National AirportVA233,000-1.3%-
23BNANashville International AirportTN205,000+1.4%3,060
24RDURaleigh-Durham International AirportNC188,000+4.2%5,560
25SLCSalt Lake City International AirportUT179,000+0.7%9,800
26PDXPortland International AirportOR175,000-5.1%6,200
27SJULuis Muñoz Marín International AirportPR149,000+6.6%19,300
28RSWSouthwest Florida International AirportFL141,000+0.2%-
29SMFSacramento International AirportCA138,000-2.9%4,600
30MDWChicago Midway International AirportIL134,000-10.0%4,910
31STLSt. Louis Lambert International AirportMO134,000-0.8%4,100
32MSYLouis Armstrong New Orleans International AirportLA124,000-7.7%-
33PBIPalm Beach International AirportFL118,000+5.6%318
34MCIKansas City International AirportMO117,000-5.8%-
35SNAJohn Wayne AirportCA113,000+1.8%1,510
36DALDallas Love FieldTX112,000-5.1%-
37SATSan Antonio International AirportTX111,000-5.3%9,220
38SJCSan José Mineta International AirportCA111,000-13.6%5,800
39INDIndianapolis International AirportIN109,000-1.5%-
40PITPittsburgh International AirportPA108,000+5.2%-
41CLECleveland Hopkins International AirportOH105,000-2.1%-
42HOUWilliam P. Hobby AirportTX100,000-6.3%-
43CMHJohn Glenn Columbus International AirportOH97,100-2.2%-
44CVGCincinnati/Northern Kentucky International AirportKY94,800-2.7%2,130
45OAKOakland International AirportCA92,100-8.1%9,850
46ONTOntario International AirportCA85,600+5.7%7,740
47JAXJacksonville International AirportFL85,400-1.8%-
48BDLBradley International AirportCT72,200-7.9%-
49CHSCharleston International AirportSC71,300+9.9%-
50OGGKahului AirportHI71,200+3.1%-
51BURHollywood Burbank AirportCA67,300-16.3%-
52MKEMilwaukee Mitchell International AirportWI62,300-4.1%-
53RICRichmond International AirportVA58,500-0.6%-
54SRQSarasota Bradenton International AirportFL58,400+5.7%-
55ORFNorfolk International AirportVA58,300+0.1%-
56OMAEppley AirfieldNE56,800+1.5%-
57ABQAlbuquerque International SunportNM56,400-6.6%-
58BOIBoise AirportID55,900+0.5%-
59BUFBuffalo Niagara International AirportNY54,200+2.2%-
60MEMMemphis International AirportTN53,500-5.8%-
61PVDRhode Island T. F. Green International AirportRI52,000+5.6%6
62RNOReno-Tahoe International AirportNV49,700-1.2%-
63OKCWill Rogers International AirportOK49,100+0.3%-
64PSPPalm Springs International AirportCA48,800+9.2%-
65GRRGerald R. Ford International AirportMI48,600+0.9%-
66SAVSavannah/Hilton Head International AirportGA48,600+4.4%-
67TUSTucson International AirportAZ48,000-1.8%-
68ELPEl Paso International AirportTX46,400+8.1%-
69SDFLouisville Muhammad Ali International AirportKY45,200-5.0%-
70GEGSpokane International AirportWA44,900+0.3%-
71KOAEllison Onizuka Kona International at Keahole AirportHI42,300-4.3%-
72SFBOrlando Sanford International AirportFL41,400+14.1%539
73LGBLong Beach (Daugherty Field)CA39,900-5.1%-
74ANCTed Stevens Anchorage International AirportAK38,900+7.4%-
75TULTulsa International AirportOK37,600-0.7%-
76LIHLihue AirportHI36,800+1.2%-
77ALBAlbany International AirportNY35,800+4.4%-
78DSMDes Moines International AirportIA34,900+2.8%-
79PNSPensacola International AirportFL33,100-0.1%-
80BHMBirmingham-Shuttlesworth International AirportAL33,100-12.4%-
81ROCFrederick Douglass/Greater Rochester International AirportNY32,900+6.6%-
82PGDPunta Gorda AirportFL31,700+8.5%-
83GSPGreenville Spartanburg International AirportSC31,600+0.7%-
84IWAPhoenix-Mesa Gateway AirportAZ31,100+6.3%-
85GUMGuam International AirportGU30,700+32.6%24,000
86SYRSyracuse Hancock International AirportNY30,600-2.2%-
87FATFresno Yosemite International AirportCA29,900-1.3%3,280
88COSCity Of Colorado Springs Municipal AirportCO28,900+0.2%-
89MSNDane County Regional/Truax FieldWI28,500+10.1%-
90MYRMyrtle Beach International AirportSC28,400-12.1%-
91LITBill and Hillary Clinton National/Adams FieldAR27,600-4.1%-
92HPNWestchester County AirportNY27,000-4.0%-
93XNANorthwest Arkansas National AirportAR27,000+3.4%-
94AVLAsheville Regional AirportNC26,300+0.9%-
95GSOPiedmont Triad International AirportNC24,300+1.7%-
96BZNBozeman Yellowstone International AirportMT23,300+14.8%-
97ILMWilmington International AirportNC22,700+44.9%-
98ICTWichita Dwight D Eisenhower National AirportKS22,000+7.4%-
99EUGMahlon Sweet FieldOR21,600+5.4%-
100HVNTweed/New Haven AirportCT21,300+25.6%-
101ISPLong Island Mac Arthur AirportNY20,800+17.4%-
102VPSEglin AFB/Destin-Ft Walton BeachFL20,600+5.1%-
103HSVHuntsville International-Carl T Jones FieldAL19,300+5.8%-
104MDTHarrisburg International AirportPA19,000+17.2%-
105EYWKey West International AirportFL18,200+2.7%-
106ECPNorthwest Florida Beaches International AirportFL17,800+15.8%-
107SBASanta Barbara Municipal AirportCA17,700+0.6%-
108LEXBlue Grass AirportKY17,000-3.4%-
109FSDJoe Foss FieldSD16,800+0.6%-
110SGFSpringfield-Branson National AirportMO16,700+4.3%-
111CIDThe Eastern Iowa AirportIA16,400-3.2%-
112RDMRoberts FieldOR15,800+20.2%-
113ATWAppleton International AirportWI15,200+4.4%-
114ITOHilo International AirportHI14,900+5.8%-
115MHTManchester Boston Regional AirportNH14,900+2.3%-
116DAYJames M Cox Dayton International AirportOH14,800+0.4%-
117CHALovell FieldTN14,700+7.5%-
118MAFMidland International Air And Space Port AirportTX14,600-8.2%-
119CAEColumbia Metropolitan AirportSC14,600-13.0%-
120ABELehigh Valley International AirportPA13,900+16.6%-
121JANJackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International AirportMS13,400-18.1%-
122BTVBurlington International AirportVT13,400+0.9%-
123PVUProvo Municipal AirportUT13,100-1.1%-
124PSCTri-Cities AirportWA12,500+1.8%-
125SBNSouth Bend International AirportIN12,400+12.7%-
126MFRRogue Valley International - Medford AirportOR12,400+8.9%-
127MFEMc Allen Miller International AirportTX12,200-12.9%-
128LBBLubbock Preston Smith International AirportTX11,800-14.3%-
129FARHector International AirportND11,700-6.1%-
130BILBillings Logan International AirportMT11,500+5.4%-
131HRLValley International AirportTX11,300-15.4%-
132FAIFairbanks International AirportAK11,300+7.2%-
133CAKAkron-Canton Regional AirportOH11,200+33.9%-
134BQNRafael Hernandez AirportPR10,900+15.5%-
135MSOMissoula Montana AirportMT10,700+8.2%-
136BTRBaton Rouge Metropolitan, Ryan FieldLA10,300-0.7%-
137GPTGulfport-Biloxi International AirportMS9,840+4.0%-
138FWAFort Wayne International AirportIN9,790-6.0%-
139PIAGeneral Downing - Peoria International AirportIL9,770+3.5%-
140ROARoanoke/Blacksburg Regional (Woodrum Field)VA9,670+3.7%-
141TLHTallahassee International AirportFL9,470-24.0%-
142AMARick Husband Amarillo International AirportTX9,180-2.3%-
143SBPSan Luis County Regional AirportCA8,980-1.6%-
144CRPCorpus Christi International AirportTX8,980+0.5%-
145RAPRapid City Regional AirportSD8,890-0.6%-
146DABDaytona Beach International AirportFL8,720+14.0%-
147FNTBishop International AirportMI8,650+6.5%-
148STSCharles M Schulz - Sonoma County AirportCA8,100-25.8%-
149SHVShreveport Regional AirportLA8,070-8.3%-
150CHOCharlottesville-Albemarle AirportVA8,070+1.3%-
151MRYMonterey Regional AirportCA7,860+8.2%-
152MOBMobile Regional AirportAL7,630-3.8%-
153IDAIdaho Falls Regional AirportID7,590+7.8%-
154GJTGrand Junction Regional AirportCO7,590+19.9%-
155GPIGlacier Park International AirportMT7,530+2.0%-
156PAESnohomish County (Paine Field)WA7,450+44.4%-
157TVCCherry Capital AirportMI7,440+6.2%-
158MLIQuad Cities International AirportIL7,440-2.6%-
159JQFConcord-Padgett Regional AirportNC7,410+30.8%-
160GRBGreen Bay/Austin Straubel International AirportWI7,390+10.1%-
161MLBMelbourne Orlando International AirportFL7,310+0.5%-
162BISBismarck Municipal AirportND6,920+1.1%-
163AGSAugusta Regional at Bush FieldGA6,880-5.8%-
164BGRBangor International AirportME6,860+3.6%-
165LFTLafayette Regional/Paul Fournet FieldLA6,620+5.4%-
166AVPWilkes-Barre/Scranton International AirportPA6,460-7.4%-
167DRODurango-La Plata County AirportCO6,250+10.6%-
168TRITri-Cities AirportTN6,090-1.5%-
169GNVGainesville Regional AirportFL6,060-0.1%-
170SGUSt George Regional AirportUT5,210+15.2%-
171BFLMeadows FieldCA5,100-3.1%-
172EVVEvansville Regional AirportIN4,930-6.1%-
173STXHenry E Rohlsen AirportVI4,900+5.5%-
174JACJackson Hole AirportWY4,860-6.9%-
175ILGNew Castle AirportDE4,800+11.9%-
176BLIBellingham International AirportWA4,770+11.6%-
177CRWWest Virginia International Yeager AirportWV4,760-2.9%-
178MGMMontgomery Regional (Dannelly Field)AL4,740-7.4%-
179JNUJuneau International AirportAK4,580+4.6%-
180ASEAspen-Pitkin County/Sardy FieldCO4,550+3.3%-
181SAFSanta Fe Municipal AirportNM4,200+9.3%-
182MOTMinot International AirportND4,170+1.5%-
183GTFGreat Falls International AirportMT4,000+0.3%-
184GSNFrancisco C Ada/Saipan International AirportMP3,900-6.3%-
185COUColumbia Regional AirportMO3,540+43.4%-
186FAYFayetteville Regional/Grannis FieldNC3,530-17.2%-
187TTNTrenton Mercer AirportNJ3,510-22.6%-
188MTJMontrose Regional AirportCO3,340+1.2%-
189OAJAlbert J Ellis AirportNC3,330-18.7%-
190PSEMercedita AirportPR3,310+65.6%-
191SWFNew York Stewart International AirportNY3,260-17.3%-
192EGEEagle County Regional AirportCO3,250+53.8%-
193BLVScott AFB/Midamerica St LouisIL3,240+2.0%-
194BMICentral Illinois Regional/Bloomington-Normal AirportIL3,150-14.3%-
195LALLakeland Linder International AirportFL3,070+25.8%-
196UNVUniversity Park AirportPA2,960-5.4%-
197BROBrownsville/South Padre Island International AirportTX2,920-23.0%-
198VRBVero Beach Regional AirportFL2,860-15.9%-
199LRDLaredo International AirportTX2,860-14.6%-
200DLHDuluth International AirportMN2,800-7.0%-
201LCHLake Charles Regional AirportLA2,640+10.0%-
202LNKLincoln AirportNE2,620-0.9%-
203MLUMonroe Regional AirportLA2,540-1.7%-
204LANCapital Region International AirportMI2,530-10.1%-
205XWAWilliston Basin International AirportND2,500+3.6%-
206ABIAbilene Regional AirportTX2,480+8.0%-
207ORHWorcester Regional AirportMA2,440-8.4%-
208ELMElmira/Corning Regional AirportNY2,440+16.1%-
209ACVCalifornia Redwood Coast-Humboldt County AirportCA2,430-29.3%-
210SCKStockton Metropolitan AirportCA2,380+16.3%-
211GRKRobert Gray AAF AirportTX2,340-11.5%-
212HTSTri-State/Milton J Ferguson FieldWV2,330+9.2%-
213EWNCoastal Carolina Regional AirportNC2,330+21.2%-
214NYLYuma MCAS/Yuma International AirportAZ2,290-4.2%-
215RDDRedding Regional AirportCA2,280+13.0%-
216HDNYampa Valley AirportCO2,230+5.1%-
217CPRCasper/Natrona County International AirportWY2,210-2.9%-
218AEXAlexandria International AirportLA2,180+0.0%-
219HLNHelena Regional AirportMT2,120+8.4%-
220FLGFlagstaff Pulliam AirportAZ2,080-6.6%-
221MBSMBS International AirportMI2,080-18.2%-
222GRICentral Nebraska Regional AirportNE2,020+5.5%-
223CWACentral Wisconsin AirportWI1,990+27.1%-
224GFKGrand Forks International AirportND1,910+1.9%-
225RSTRochester International AirportMN1,910+1.3%-
226AZOKalamazoo/Battle Creek International AirportMI1,900-1.0%-
227SUNFriedman Memorial AirportID1,900+35.3%-
228KTNKetchikan International AirportAK1,800-5.1%-
229CLLEasterwood FieldTX1,740+30.4%-
230LYHLynchburg Regional/Preston Glenn FieldVA1,660-7.6%-
231MHKManhattan Regional AirportKS1,650-15.4%-
232ERIErie International/Tom Ridge FieldPA1,620n/a-
233IFPLaughlin/Bullhead International AirportAZ1,610-8.6%-
234HXDHilton Head AirportSC1,600+15.1%-
235PUWPullman/Moscow Regional AirportWA1,510+5.8%-
236SBYSalisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional AirportMD1,460-22.8%-
237FSMFort Smith Regional AirportAR1,420+12.7%-
238GTRGolden Triangle Regional AirportMS1,420+40.4%-
239SJTSan Angelo Regional/Mathis FieldTX1,340+11.6%-
240PBGPlattsburgh International AirportNY1,280-32.2%-
241ITHIthaca Tompkins International AirportNY1,280-6.6%-
242PHFNewport News/Williamsburg International AirportVA1,260-36.1%-
243SAWMarquette Sawyer Regional AirportMI1,240n/a-
244BQKBrunswick Golden Isles AirportGA1,200+6.0%-
245DHNDothan Regional AirportAL1,180+7.1%-
246SPIAbraham Lincoln Capital AirportIL1,180+5.4%-
247VLDValdosta Regional AirportGA1,110-13.9%-
248TYRTyler Pounds Regional AirportTX1,100-9.3%-
249SITSitka Rocky Gutierrez AirportAK1,090-15.8%-
250ABYSouthwest Georgia Regional AirportGA1,080n/a-
251ACTWaco Regional AirportTX1,000-11.7%-
252LAWLawton-Fort Sill Regional AirportOK944-15.0%-
253EATPangborn Memorial AirportWA906n/a-
254SLNSalina Regional AirportKS906n/a-
255PGVPitt-Greenville AirportNC888-14.4%-
256SHRSheridan County AirportWY878n/a-
257TXKTexarkana Regional-Webb FieldAR857n/a-
258LWSLewiston/Nez Perce County AirportID850-34.5%-
259LSELa Crosse Regional AirportWI815n/a-
260PRCPrescott Regional - Ernest A Love FieldAZ814n/a-
261GUCGunnison-Crested Butte Regional AirportCO799n/a-
262ROWRoswell Air Center AirportNM784-32.3%-
263SPSSheppard AFB/Wichita Falls MunicipalTX725n/a-
264GCKGarden City Regional AirportKS700n/a-
265GGGEast Texas Regional AirportTX694n/a-
266CYSCheyenne Regional/Jerry Olson FieldWY693n/a-
267TWFJoslin Field/Magic Valley RegionalID683n/a-
268OGSOgdensburg International AirportNY670n/a-
269CKBNorth Central West Virginia AirportWV668n/a-
270BPTJack Brooks Regional AirportTX664n/a-
271FLOFlorence Regional AirportSC657n/a-
272GCCNortheast Wyoming Regional AirportWY654n/a-
273CODYellowstone Regional AirportWY637n/a-
274BTMBert Mooney AirportMT609n/a-
275SWOStillwater Regional AirportOK609n/a-
276LNSLancaster AirportPA603n/a-
277RKSSouthwest Wyoming Regional AirportWY597n/a-
278BJIBemidji Regional AirportMN574n/a-
279SUXSioux Gateway/Brig General Bud Day FieldIA561n/a-
280ABRAberdeen Regional AirportSD556n/a-
281EARKearney Regional AirportNE546n/a-
282DIKDickinson/Theodore Roosevelt Regional AirportND545n/a-
283PIBHattiesburg/Laurel Regional AirportMS482n/a-
284RIWCentral Wyoming Regional AirportWY480n/a-
285CIUChippewa County International AirportMI480n/a-
286MEIKey FieldMS477n/a-
287ACKNantucket Memorial AirportMA477n/a-
288IMTFord AirportMI466n/a-
289EKOElko Regional AirportNV464n/a-
290JLNJoplin Regional AirportMO457n/a-
291JSTJohn Murtha Johnstown/Cambria County AirportPA451n/a-
292PIRPierre Regional AirportSD449n/a-
293RHIRhinelander/Oneida County AirportWI448n/a-
294ATYWatertown Regional AirportSD443n/a-
295PQIPresque Isle International AirportME419n/a-
296VCTVictoria Regional AirportTX396n/a-
297CDCCedar City Regional AirportUT393n/a-
298HYSHays Regional AirportKS376n/a-
299LARLaramie Regional AirportWY368n/a-
300DVLDevils Lake Regional AirportND364n/a-
301ESCDelta County AirportMI363n/a-
302PIHPocatello Regional AirportID362n/a-
303LBFNorth Platte Regional/Lee Bird FieldNE356n/a-
304LAFPurdue University AirportIN338n/a-
305JMSJamestown Regional AirportND333n/a-
306BFFWestern Nebraska Regional/William B Heilig FieldNE330n/a-
307TUPTupelo Regional AirportMS326n/a-
308BRDBrainerd Lakes Regional AirportMN315n/a-
309MGWMorgantown Municipal (Walter L Bill Hart Field)WV314n/a-
310MCNMiddle Georgia Regional AirportGA308n/a-
311PAHBarkley Regional AirportKY304n/a-
312CNYCanyonlands Regional AirportUT303n/a-
313VELVernal Regional AirportUT286n/a-
314AOOAltoona/Blair County AirportPA283n/a-
315MVYMartha's Vineyard AirportMA276n/a-
316MSLNorthwest Alabama Regional AirportAL273n/a-
317LBLLiberal Mid-America Regional AirportKS268n/a-
318GLHGreenville Mid-Delta AirportMS263n/a-
319HIBRange Regional AirportMN257n/a-
320SOWShow Low Regional AirportAZ253n/a-
321DDCDodge City Regional AirportKS249n/a-
322MKLMc Kellar-Sipes Regional AirportTN248n/a-
323MWAVeterans Airport Of Southern IllinoisIL231n/a-
324APNAlpena County Regional AirportMI220n/a-
325CGICape Girardeau Regional AirportMO210n/a-
326PGAPage Municipal AirportAZ203n/a-
327INLFalls International/Einarson FieldMN202n/a-
328MBLManistee County/Blacker AirportMI200n/a-
329PKBMid-Ohio Valley Regional AirportWV197n/a-
330CECJack Mc Namara FieldCA197n/a-
331MSSMassena International-Richards FieldNY151n/a-
332SHDShenandoah Valley Regional AirportVA145n/a-
333SDYSidney-Richland Regional AirportMT145n/a-
334TBNWaynesville-St Robert Regional Forney FieldMO144n/a-
335LWBGreenbrier Valley AirportWV140n/a-
336IRKKirksville Regional AirportMO119n/a-
337HYACape Cod Gateway AirportMA105n/a-
338LEBLebanon Municipal AirportNH98n/a-
339DUJDubois Regional AirportPA98n/a-
340IPLImperial County AirportCA98n/a-
341BHBHancock County/Bar Harbor AirportME98n/a-
342RUTRutland - Southern Vermont Regional AirportVT90n/a-
343BKWRaleigh County Memorial AirportWV90n/a-
344RKDKnox County Regional AirportME87n/a-
345BFDBradford Regional AirportPA69n/a-
346HVRHavre City-County AirportMT68n/a-
347GGWWokal Field/Glasgow-Valley CountyMT62n/a-
348OLFL M Clayton AirportMT52n/a-
349MCEMerced Regional/Macready FieldCA41n/a-
350GDVDawson Communicipalty AirportMT34n/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 (350 of 419 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 2025 air travel: how US airports and states did", https://passengerindex.com/web/holidays/thanksgiving-2025/ (CC BY 4.0).

Frequently asked questions

How many people flew over Thanksgiving 2025?

TSA screened 18,104,378 passengers nationwide over the Thanksgiving 2025 travel period (Tue, Nov 25 – Mon, Dec 1, 2025), roughly flat (+0.1%) from 18,080,093 over the same period a year earlier. The busiest day was Sunday, November 30, with 3,134,613 screenings, the most TSA had ever screened in a single day.

What was the busiest airport over Thanksgiving 2025?

The busiest airports by departing passengers screened were Los Angeles International Airport (LAX, about 689,000), John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK, about 647,000) and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL, about 603,000). Among states, Florida led with about 2.3 million.

How many international travelers arrived in the US over Thanksgiving 2025?

US Customs and Border Protection processed about 2.1 million arriving international passengers at the 46 airports it monitors over the period, up 1.2% year over year.

Which airports grew the most over Thanksgiving 2025?

Among airports with at least 100,000 departing passengers screened in the year-earlier period, the largest gains were SJU (+6.6%), PBI (+5.6%), PIT (+5.2%), DTW (+4.5%) and RDU (+4.2%) and the largest declines SJC (-13.6%), MDW (-10.0%), OAK (-8.1%), MSY (-7.7%) and HOU (-6.3%).

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 2025 period ran Tue, Nov 25 – Mon, Dec 1, 2025 and is compared with Tue, Nov 26 – Mon, Dec 2, 2024, the same days relative to the holiday.

When is the Thanksgiving 2026 travel period?

Tue, Nov 24 – Mon, Nov 30, 2026. Passenger Index publishes airport and state results a few days after it ends, once TSA releases the checkpoint data.