Busiest travel daysChecked 15 November 2026

TSA screened a record 3.13 million people on the Sunday after Thanksgiving 2025

Jeremy CabralGrowth advisor Checked

The busiest day ever recorded at US airport checkpoints was Sunday 30 November 2025, the Sunday after Thanksgiving, when the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screened 3,134,613 people. 1 This year that Sunday falls on 29 November 2026. 10 of the 15 busiest days in TSA's table were Sundays, and all 15 came in 2024 or 2025.

The record stands at 3.13 million, set on the Sunday after Thanksgiving

3,134,613People screened on Sunday 30 November 2025, the busiest day in TSA's table 1TSA's statement the next day gave 3,133,924
3,096,797Second busiest, Sunday 22 June 2025 1Then 20 July 2025: 3,043,973
2,753,036The Wednesday before Thanksgiving 2025 1381,577 fewer than the Sunday after
2,988,204Busiest day of 2026 so far, Thursday 18 June 2Number 16 in the table
10Days when TSA screened 3 million or moreAll in 2024 and 2025
2,484,208An average day in 2025 1Computed from all 365 days in TSA's 2025 table

10 of the 15 busiest days at US checkpoints were Sundays

People screened at TSA checkpoints on the 15 busiest days since TSA's daily table began on 1 January 2019, with the latest day in the table for comparison.

SundayOther days
1. Sun 30 Nov 2025 Sunday after Thanksgiving
3,134,613
2. Sun 22 Jun 2025
3,096,797
3. Sun 1 Dec 2024 Sunday after Thanksgiving
3,088,836
4. Sun 20 Jul 2025
3,043,973
5. Sun 6 Jul 2025 Sunday after Independence Day
3,041,954
6. Sun 27 Jul 2025
3,017,861
7. Fri 10 Oct 2025
3,017,612
8. Sun 7 Jul 2024 Sunday after Independence Day
3,013,622
9. Fri 23 May 2025 Friday before Memorial Day
3,010,183
10. Sun 13 Jul 2025
3,007,773
11. Fri 1 Aug 2025
2,999,166
12. Thu 17 Jul 2025
2,998,225
13. Sun 23 Jun 2024
2,996,495
14. Fri 27 Jun 2025
2,988,614
15. Sun 19 Oct 2025
2,988,255
For comparison
Latest day in TSA's table: Thu 12 Nov 2026
2,484,345

TSA checkpoint travel numbers, daily tables for 2019 to 2026, read 15 November 2026.

The Sunday after Thanksgiving beat the Wednesday before it in 2019 and in every year from 2022 to 2025

Thanksgiving Sunday, in people screened: 2019: 2,882,915 on 1 Dec 2019; 2022: 2,639,616 on 27 Nov 2022; 2023: 2,908,785 on 26 Nov 2023; 2024: 3,088,836 on 1 Dec 2024; 2025: 3,134,613 on 30 Nov 2025. 1

The Wednesday before Thanksgiving: 2019: 2,624,250; 2022: 2,465,337; 2023: 2,741,610; 2024: 2,726,845; 2025: 2,753,036.

The table below has every day of Thanksgiving week from Tuesday to Monday for each of those years. 2020 and 2021 are left out because pandemic travel limits held numbers down.

YearDateDayPeople screenedRank since 2019
201926 Nov 2019Tuesday2,435,170956
201927 Nov 2019Wednesday2,624,250531
201928 Nov 2019Thursday1,591,1582,377
201929 Nov 2019Friday1,968,1372,038
201930 Nov 2019Saturday2,648,268474
20191 Dec 2019Sunday2,882,91581
20192 Dec 2019Monday2,591,470614
202222 Nov 2022Tuesday2,370,3511,099
202223 Nov 2022Wednesday2,465,337885
202224 Nov 2022Thursday1,426,1952,455
202225 Nov 2022Friday1,984,9802,006
202226 Nov 2022Saturday2,336,6331,185
202227 Nov 2022Sunday2,639,616501
202228 Nov 2022Monday2,389,6721,056
202321 Nov 2023Tuesday2,647,461477
202322 Nov 2023Wednesday2,741,610282
202323 Nov 2023Thursday1,547,4192,405
202324 Nov 2023Friday2,199,0571,518
202325 Nov 2023Saturday2,605,387577
202326 Nov 2023Sunday2,908,78560
202327 Nov 2023Monday2,633,263514
202426 Nov 2024Tuesday2,694,504375
202427 Nov 2024Wednesday2,726,845305
202428 Nov 2024Thursday1,551,8962,401
202429 Nov 2024Friday2,377,9111,087
202430 Nov 2024Saturday2,811,101159
20241 Dec 2024Sunday3,088,8363
20242 Dec 2024Monday2,829,000142
202525 Nov 2025Tuesday2,675,261409
202526 Nov 2025Wednesday2,753,036254
202527 Nov 2025Thursday1,559,1652,396
202528 Nov 2025Friday2,392,0361,053
202529 Nov 2025Saturday2,696,816371
202530 Nov 2025Sunday3,134,6131
20251 Dec 2025Monday2,893,45171

June, July and August hold 72 of the 100 busiest days

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RankDateDayYearPeople screenedHoliday
130 Nov 2025Sunday20253,134,613Sunday after Thanksgiving
222 Jun 2025Sunday20253,096,797
31 Dec 2024Sunday20243,088,836Sunday after Thanksgiving
420 Jul 2025Sunday20253,043,973
56 Jul 2025Sunday20253,041,954Sunday after Independence Day
627 Jul 2025Sunday20253,017,861
710 Oct 2025Friday20253,017,612
87 Jul 2024Sunday20243,013,622Sunday after Independence Day
923 May 2025Friday20253,010,183Friday before Memorial Day
1013 Jul 2025Sunday20253,007,773
111 Aug 2025Friday20252,999,166
1217 Jul 2025Thursday20252,998,225
1323 Jun 2024Sunday20242,996,495
1427 Jun 2025Friday20252,988,614
1519 Oct 2025Sunday20252,988,255
1618 Jun 2026Thursday20262,988,204
173 Aug 2025Sunday20252,983,755
1821 Jun 2026Sunday20262,981,485
1919 Jun 2025Thursday20252,980,935
2022 May 2026Friday20262,976,209Friday before Memorial Day
219 Oct 2025Thursday20252,975,982
2229 Aug 2025Friday20252,971,455Friday before Labor Day
2325 Jul 2025Friday20252,970,569
2424 Jul 2025Thursday20252,968,866
2518 Jul 2025Friday20252,962,082
2610 Aug 2025Sunday20252,960,755
2722 May 2025Thursday20252,960,413Thursday before Memorial Day
2829 Jun 2025Sunday20252,959,224
2918 Jul 2024Thursday20242,957,170
3021 May 2026Thursday20262,955,843Thursday before Memorial Day
3123 Jun 2025Monday20252,953,905
3224 May 2024Friday20242,951,859Friday before Memorial Day
3312 Oct 2025Sunday20252,951,273
3424 Jun 2024Monday20242,944,001
3519 Jul 2026Sunday20262,939,611
3628 Jun 2024Friday20242,938,292
3714 Jul 2024Sunday20242,937,845
3820 Oct 2024Sunday20242,934,025
3918 Oct 2026Sunday20262,931,779
4026 Jun 2025Thursday20252,931,282
4128 Jun 2026Sunday20262,930,672
4218 May 2025Sunday20252,929,839
4328 Jul 2025Monday20252,929,749
4414 Jun 2024Friday20242,929,467
458 Jun 2025Sunday20252,927,145
4626 Jul 2026Sunday20262,924,624
4728 Dec 2025Sunday20252,924,593Sunday after Christmas
4825 Jul 2024Thursday20242,924,478
493 Jul 2025Thursday20252,923,234Thursday before Independence Day
5028 Jul 2024Sunday20242,922,306
5127 Jun 2024Thursday20242,921,687
527 Jul 2025Monday20252,917,942Monday after Independence Day
5312 Jul 2026Sunday20262,916,003
549 Jun 2024Sunday20242,915,830
555 Jul 2026Sunday20262,914,375Sunday after Independence Day
569 Oct 2026Friday20262,914,371
5730 Aug 2024Friday20242,913,547Friday before Labor Day
5825 Jun 2026Thursday20262,910,453
5921 Jul 2024Sunday20242,909,267
6026 Nov 2023Sunday20232,908,785Sunday after Thanksgiving
6117 Aug 2025Sunday20252,907,660
6226 Jun 2026Friday20262,904,610
6323 Jul 2026Thursday20262,903,099
642 Jul 2026Thursday20262,901,753Thursday before Independence Day
6516 Oct 2025Thursday20252,901,650
665 Oct 2025Sunday20252,901,606
678 Oct 2026Thursday20262,901,564
686 Jul 2026Monday20262,898,957Monday after Independence Day
6923 May 2024Thursday20242,897,421Thursday before Memorial Day
707 Aug 2025Thursday20252,893,814
711 Dec 2025Monday20252,893,451Monday after Thanksgiving
7214 Jun 2026Sunday20262,891,326
7320 Jun 2025Friday20252,891,240
7415 Jun 2025Sunday20252,888,821
7517 May 2026Sunday20262,887,942
7612 Jun 2025Thursday20252,887,798
7721 Jul 2025Monday20252,886,647
7811 Jul 2025Friday20252,885,953
7930 Jun 2023Friday20232,884,783Friday before Independence Day
802 Aug 2026Sunday20262,883,744
811 Dec 2019Sunday20192,882,915Sunday after Thanksgiving
8231 Jul 2025Thursday20252,882,829
8319 Jun 2026Friday20262,881,272
8417 Oct 2025Friday20252,878,950
8526 Jul 2024Friday20242,877,017
8622 Jun 2026Monday20262,876,770
8713 Oct 2025Monday20252,874,884
8810 Jul 2025Thursday20252,873,682
8921 Jun 2024Friday20242,873,390
9012 Jun 2026Friday20262,873,210
9113 Jun 2025Friday20252,871,959
921 Aug 2024Thursday20242,871,907
9324 Jul 2026Friday20262,870,012
9431 Jul 2026Friday20262,866,606
9522 Mar 2026Sunday20262,865,969
967 Jun 2026Sunday20262,865,564
9714 Jul 2025Monday20252,865,292
9822 Jul 2024Monday20242,864,584
9926 May 2025Monday20252,863,596Memorial Day
10030 Jul 2026Thursday20262,862,797

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The counts here depend on who counted and when

  • TSA counts people screened at its airport checkpoints each day. It is a different measure from airline passenger numbers.
  • The daily tables start on 1 January 2019. Any statement here about a record means the highest figure in those tables.
  • TSA revises some values after its press statements. The record day reads 3,134,613 in the table and 3,133,924 in TSA's statement of 1 December 2025. This page uses the table.
  • The tables were read on 15 November 2026. The latest day in them was 12 November 2026.
  • The 2025 average is computed here from the 365 daily values in TSA's 2025 table.
  • Holiday labels are worked out from the calendar (for example, Thanksgiving is the fourth Thursday of November). TSA does not label its days.

Full data for this page: TSA daily checkpoint numbers, 2019 to 2026 (CSV). Free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 with a credit and a link.

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  1. 1TSA checkpoint travel numbers, 2025 table Checked at source
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  3. 3TSA checkpoint travel numbers, 2024 table Checked at source

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