What is the heaviest travel day of the year?

The Sunday after Thanksgiving is brutal for airport crowds. Last year, about 83% more people flew on the Sunday after Thanksgiving than on Thanksgiving Day, according to TSA data, making it the busiest travel day of 2022. That same Sunday was also the year's single busiest airport travel day in both 2019 and 2021.



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TSA is projecting to screen 2.6 million passengers on Tuesday, Nov. 21; 2.7 million passengers on Wednesday, Nov. 22 and 2.9 million passengers on Sunday, Nov. 26, which will likely be the busiest travel day.

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TSA is projecting to screen 2.6 million passengers on Tuesday, Nov. 21; 2.7 million passengers on Wednesday, Nov. 22 and 2.9 million passengers on Sunday, Nov. 26, which will likely be the busiest travel day.

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Cheapest Days To Fly for Christmas 2023 For Christmas, opting to fly on Christmas Eve (Dec. 24) can help you save 26% on domestic airfares, according to Priceline data. If you don't want to fly on Christmas Eve, traveling between Dec. 18 and Dec. 20 may help you save up to 15%.

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The cheapest months to travel are:
  • November – early December.
  • Late January – March.


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Saturday and Friday are still the two deadliest days to drive, and rush hour from 3:00–6:00 pm is still the deadliest time to drive.

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The NHTSA reports that most accidents occur during rush hour, between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. And according to the NHTSA, Saturday is the most dangerous day of the week to drive, primarily because there are more cars – and more drunk drivers – on the road than any other day.

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The Busiest Travel Days for Your Summer Vacation
  • Memorial Day weekend (the last weekend in May)
  • Fourth of July weekend (July 3rd to 5th)
  • Labor Day weekend (first weekend in September)
  • Fridays and Sundays throughout the summer.


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NerdWallet analyzed the past four years of this data for the seven days before and after July Fourth. In each of the past four years, the Friday before July Fourth was the busiest travel day ahead of the Fourth of July weekend.

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Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport remains the busiest airport in the world with 5.2 million seats in September 2023. The composition of the Global Top 10 Busiest Airports is also the same as last month but there are a few changes to the rankings.

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Now, the day of the week you choose to travel does make a difference in the best time to buy flights. In 2023, the cheapest day of the week to fly is Wednesday. Flying on Wednesday will save you almost $100 versus Sunday – the most expensive day to fly.

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Christmas (best departure and return dates) Other things such as school and business closures affect the dates too. Christmas can fall on a weekend (as it will in 2022), which further complicates things. Generally, the worst day to fly for Christmas is December 23, but that is not a hard rule.

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Thanksgiving and Christmas tend to be the busiest travel days of the year, but other holidays like Memorial Day, July Fourth, and Labor Day also see some of the highest volumes of air passengers.

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The most dangerous countries in the world in 2023
  • Russia. ...
  • South Sudan. ...
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo. ...
  • Iraq. ...
  • Somalia. ...
  • Central African Republic. ...
  • Sudan. ...
  • Ukraine. The reason that Ukraine was ranked among the most dangerous countries in the world is the Russian invasion that took place in February 2022.


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