ST. LOUIS – Officials at St. Louis Lambert International Airport say they expect to see their largest crowds ever for Thanksgiving travel. AAA predicts record-breaking travel numbers beginning Wednesday morning for the Thanksgiving holiday period.
Lambert officials say the record crowds that they expect to see at Lambert during the Thanksgiving period are really a continuation of an upward trajectory for the airport when it comes to the amount of people traveling.
TSA projects nearly 203,000 people to depart from Lambert during the overall Thanksgiving travel period, which started last Friday and continues through next Monday.
Wednesday and Sunday are expected to be the busiest days at Lambert, with Sunday having the largest crowds. TSA is projecting that more than 22,100 passengers will depart from the airport Wednesday. On Sunday, TSA expects more than 24,600 passengers to depart from Lambert.
Nationwide, AAA projects that 79.9 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more from home over the Thanksgiving holiday travel period. That number is up 1.7 million people compared to last year and two million more than in 2019 before the pandemic.