Atlanta airport: Friday is busiest day of Labor Day weekend

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Credit: Kelly Yamanouchi

Credit: Kelly Yamanouchi

Friday is expected to be the busiest day of the Labor Day travel weekend at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.

The world's busiest airport expects about 85,000 travelers to pass through security checkpoints throughout the day.

Overall, the airport expects more than 2 million passengers over the long holiday travel weekend period, including arriving and connecting passengers.

To read more about what the airport is doing to keep security lines down, and how the new Uber and Lyft pickup zones work for travelers returning from trips, get the full story on MyAJC.com.

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