The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) estimated that this Thanksgiving holiday would be a whopper.
Little did it know.
TSA set an American aviation record when it processed an all-time high number of passengers on Sunday, Nov. 26.
Airport officials moved 2,907,378 passengers through security checkpoints on the last day of the extended Thanksgiving weekend.
In fact, it’s been an extraordinary month for airline travel. TSA reported that it moved more than 2 million passengers per day through security every day this month, with the exception of Thanksgiving Day itself.
The agency has processed more than 2 million passengers per day, with the exception of Thanksgiving Day, dating all the way back to Sept. 19, 2023.
TSA has never approached 3 million passengers in a single day before and it did so with more than 7,500 flights canceled or delayed in the Midwest because of a snowstorm.
Outside of the disruptive weather, U.S. airlines and airports did not appear to have any significant problems or meltdowns during the holiday. It was a welcome change from last year.
With the heightened demand for travel, TSA added four new participants for its PreCheck program earlier this year.
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