(NEW YORK) — A record number of Americans are expected to travel for Thanksgiving this year, AAA said.

AAA predicts 81.8 million people will travel during the holiday period (between Tuesday, Nov. 25, and Monday, Dec. 1), which is a 1.6 million jump from last year.

Thanksgiving — which falls on Thursday, Nov. 27 — comes just weeks after the 43-day-long government shutdown that caused massive flight cancellations across the country, but airlines say they’re not expecting any residual impacts during the holiday.

Here’s what you need to know:

Air travel AAA anticipates 6 million people will fly within the U.S. over Thanksgiving — up 2% from 2024.

Sunday, Nov. 30, is predicted to be the busiest air travel day, according to data from aviation analytics company Cirium, with 3,280,652 domest

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