Thanksgiving 2019 was the TSA's busiest. Get ready for even bigger crowds this year.
In fact, the airport in the region's biggest city is already up almost 25% over the busiest travel period recorded by federal officials.
The great turkey shortage of 2022 is here Rampant bird flu increased the price of this year’s Thanksgiving fowl. Climate change may also be to blame Oakland International Airport officials said they screened approximately 18,500 passengers on Sunday, which was about 7.4% more passengers than the same day three years ago. About 1,000 fewer passengers were screened on Monday, representing a 12.7% decrease.
TSA screened a little more than 2.3 million passengers on Sunday, and just 61,710 fewer on Monday. The former total represented a 0.25% increase over 2019 travel levels, while Monday marked a 0.5% growth.
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