Long Beach (LGB) and Oakland (OAK) show the sharpest increases in Thanksgiving week arrivals, rising 111% and 84%, respectively, year-over-year.
Major hubs like San Francisco International (SFO) and Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta (ATL) expect declines in Thanksgiving arrivals, highlighting 2025 travelers’ preference for smaller airports.
Thanksgiving remains one of the busiest travel periods in the United States, with millions of passengers moving through airports nationwide.
This visualization uses data from Amadeus to map out where air traffic is rising the most - and where it is falling - across 100 airports for Thanksgiving week 2025 compared to 2024.
The key trend in Thanksgiving air travel for 2025 is that smaller regional airports are experiencing surges in arrivals while major hubs are seeing notable pullbacks.
The data table below shows the year-over-year change in scheduled Thanksgiving week arrivals for 100 U.S. airports. Thanksgiving week is defined as the period from November 25th to December 2nd.



If you can fly in there, Long Beach is a WONDERFUL airport to deal with. I deal with Atlanta...what a toilet. Do yourself a favor...never fly...drive.
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