For the first time on record, more than eight million travelers will take domestic flights this holiday period, according to AAA.The 2.2% increase from last year could mean travelers will face longer lines at airport security.The Get the Facts Data Team analyzed security wait times at the 30 busiest commercial airports in the U.S., known as the “Core 30” by the Federal Aviation Administration. The airport with the worst wait time was John F. Kennedy International in New York, where nearly 96% hours of the day had average wait times of 15 to 30 minutes. Logan International in Massachusetts had the best wait times, with nearly 99% of hours averaging less than 15 minutes.The Transportation Security Agency publishes average wait times for each hour of the day and day of the week based on historical data. TSA does not provide exact minute averages for each hour; instead, wait times are reported in ranges. The Data Team excluded data from midnight to 3 a.m. to recreate realistic travel periods when passengers are typically at the airport, and flights are departing. The data also excludes average wait times for passengers with TSA PreCheck, CLEAR or other expedited screening options.Click on the symbols on the map below to see the best and worst days to travel out of each of the Core 30 airports. PHNjcmlwdCB0eXBlPSJ0ZXh0L2phdmFzY3JpcHQiPiFmdW5jdGlvbigpeyJ1c2Ugc3RyaWN0Ijt3aW5kb3cuYWRkRXZlbnRMaXN0ZW5lcigibWVzc2FnZSIsKGZ1bmN0aW9uKGUpe2lmKHZvaWQgMCE9PWUuZGF0YVsiZGF0YXdyYXBwZXItaGVpZ2h0Il0pe3ZhciB0PWRvY3VtZW50LnF1ZXJ5U2VsZWN0b3JBbGwoImlmcmFtZSIpO2Zvcih2YXIgYSBpbiBlLmRhdGFbImRhdGF3cmFwcGVyLWhlaWdodCJdKWZvcih2YXIgcj0wO3I8dC5sZW5ndGg7cisrKXtpZih0W3JdLmNvbnRlbnRXaW5kb3c9PT1lLnNvdXJjZSl0W3JdLnN0eWxlLmhlaWdodD1lLmRhdGFbImRhdGF3cmFwcGVyLWhlaWdodCJdW2FdKyJweCJ9fX0pKX0oKTs8L3NjcmlwdD4=
For the first time on record, more than eight million travelers will take domestic flights this holiday period, according to AAA.
The 2.2% increase from last year could mean travelers will face longer lines at airport security.
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The Get the Facts Data Team analyzed security wait times at the 30 busiest commercial airports in the U.S., known as the “Core 30” by the Federal Aviation Administration.
The airport with the worst wait time was John F. Kennedy International in New York, where nearly 96% hours of the day had average wait times of 15 to 30 minutes. Logan International in Massachusetts had the best wait times, with nearly 99% of hours averaging less than 15 minutes.
The Transportation Security Agency publishes average wait times for each hour of the day and day of the week based on historical data. TSA does not provide exact minute averages for each hour; instead, wait times are reported in ranges.
The Data Team excluded data from midnight to 3 a.m. to recreate realistic travel periods when passengers are typically at the airport, and flights are departing. The data also excludes average wait times for passengers with TSA PreCheck, CLEAR or other expedited screening options.
Click on the symbols on the map below to see the best and worst days to travel out of each of the Core 30 airports.
