Travelers at Seattle Tacoma International Airport line up and try to get through a security chokepoint during a busy day in June 2024.
last week he anticipates it will see 2-3% more travelers this summer compared to the same time period last year and more than 52 million passengers for the entire year – which would break the record in 2019 with 51.8 million passengers.Cooper also told KIRO 7 the airport is currently working on 120 construction projects, worth more than $5 billion, over the next five years.“I think this makes it a little harder, with entering, driving to the airport.
“We expect this summer to be our busiest ever and summer travel usually peaks over the Independence Day holiday,” TSA Administrator David Pekoske said. TSA expects to screen more than 32 million people between Thursday and July 8, the Monday after the holiday, for a daily average of 2.67 million. That would be a 5.4% increase over the July 4 period last year.