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Airport Stuffed Early Thanksgiving
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Travelers who had hoped to avoid the traffic madness of Thanksgiving Eve crammed the Hartsfield Jackson International Airport on Thanksgiving morning.
As early as 7 a.m., folks showed up to check in on time only to find thousands of others who’d had the same idea. Lines leading to the security check point stretched to the food court of the Atrium. But lines were moving fast and no major delays were reported by 8 a.m.
“I wasn’t expecting the line to be this long,” sighed Dawnita Jenkins, 35, of Atlanta, who was trying to catch a flight to Florida.
Sue Corcoran and her three teenage boys had flown on standby from Ann Arbor to Atlanta last night to go to Ashville and visit her parents. The family had to spent a night at a hotel near the airport because they couldn’t find enough seats on the connecting flight on Thanksgiving Eve.
Corcoran wasn’t rattled by the delay or the wait Thursday. “I don’t think it’s too bad. It’s moving,” she said.
Tiffany Davis, a Smyrna resident, arrived at the airport at 6:45 a.m. to catch a 9:25 a.m. flight to Baltimore, fearing the worst. An hour later, she was relaxed and reading a book in the Atrium.
“I expected a lot of delays, but it’s smooth,” said the 31-year-old. “I was way too early.”
Daily passenger volume is expected to peak at more than 290,000 on the Sunday and Monday after the holiday as travelers return home.
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