Forecasters say the long July 4 holiday will be a record-setting bash
On June 25, 2024, travelers go through Los Angeles International Airport ahead of the official July 4 holiday period. TSA said it screened a record-setting 2.99 million passengers on June 23 and that it had expected to pass the 3 million passenger mark on Friday, June 28. However, the record was not broken as TSA said it screened 2.93 million that day.
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The Transportation Security Administration said it expected to screen more than 32 million folks at US airports from June 27 through July 8. That would be a 5.4% increase over the 2023 Independence Day holiday. “We expect this summer to be our busiest ever and summer travel usually peaks over the Independence Day holiday,” said TSA Administrator David Pekoske in a news release this week. He vows the agency is ready for the security line onslaught.
