Travelers heading home after the Thanksgiving holiday set a record Sunday as airport officials screened more than 3 million people.
The Transportation Security Administration said Monday it picked up 3.09 million passengers, breaking the previous record by about 74,000. That mark was placed on July 7th, also on a Sunday after a public holiday.
Hundreds of thousands of passengers were delayed or canceled flights. About 120 U.S. flights were canceled by airlines — not an unusual number — and more than 6,800 flights were delayed, according to FlightAware. The largest number of delays were at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport and Chicago O’Hare International Airport.
The TSA predicted that Thanksgiving week air travel would increase 6% over the same days last year, matching the pattern of record travel in 2024.
