The Transportation Safety Administration introduced it screened greater than 2.95 million airline passengers on Friday, setting a brand new document for a single day.

In a submit on X, previously generally known as Twitter, the company stated Saturday that it screened 2,951,163 people at airport checkpoints nationwide on Friday, surpassing the earlier document of two,907,378 set on the Sunday after Thanksgiving final yr.

“If you happen to flew yesterday, congratulations, you have been a part of a record-setting day!” stated Lisa Farbstein, a spokesperson for the TSA, in a separate submit.

Forward of the beginning of Memorial Day weekend, the TSA predicted that Friday could be the busiest day for air journey, with practically 3 million individuals anticipated to cross via airport checkpoints.

TSA screened just below 2.9 million individuals Thursday, coming inside about 11,000 from the earlier document. 5 of the ten busiest-ever journey days have been since Might 16, the company stated.

Memorial Day weekend journey can be anticipated to break data on the roads.

The American Car Affiliation, or AAA, warned of probably unprecedented congestion on roads this weekend, together with airports that might be much more crowded than in years previous. The group, which appears to be like at varied financial elements and companions with different teams to undertaking journey circumstances, introduced earlier this month that an estimated 43.8 million individuals throughout the US would doubtless journey at the least 50 miles from Thursday to Monday. That may mark a 4% enhance in general journey in contrast with 2023, in response to AAA.

“We’ve not seen Memorial Day weekend journey numbers like these in virtually 20 years,” stated Paula Twidale, the senior vp of the journey division at AAA, in a press release. “We’re projecting a further a million vacationers this vacation weekend in comparison with 2019, which not solely means we’re exceeding pre-pandemic ranges but additionally indicators a really busy summer season journey season forward.” 

Emily Mae Czachor additionally contributed to this report.