Travel pundits have been predicting for weeks that Thanksgiving 2025 could be the busiest ever for US commercial aviation. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has now confirmed that Sunday, November 30th was the busiest travel day in US history, with more than 3.13 million passengers screened at airports nationwide.

This new record surpasses the previous busiest day of 3.09 million passengers, set earlier this year , and represents a 1.4% increase from the post-Thanksgiving Sunday last year. Prior to this year, US airport screenings had only surpassed 3 million passengers on two occasions, but this has now occurred on seven separate days in 2025.

The Busiest Travel Day In TSA History

US travel faced a number of challenges over Thanksgiving weekend. The aviation sector

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