A record number of travelers are expected at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport security checkpoints on the Sunday after Thanksgiving.
The most recent one-day record was set over the Memorial Day travel period this year when more than 93,000 passengers were screened in a single day at Hartsfield-Jackson.
Over the Thanksgiving travel period from Nov. 16 through Nov. 26, a total of more than 3 million passengers are expected to pass through the Atlanta airport. Airport officials plan to discuss their plans to handle holiday crowds at a press conference Wednesday.
Nationally, the Transportation Security Administration also expects a record-breaking Thanksgiving travel season. At a Tuesday press conference at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, TSA Administrator David Pekoske said the agency expects to see a 5 to 6 percent increase in the number of passengers at checkpoints over the holiday season compared with last year.
The U.S. airline industry expects to fly a record 30.6 million people over the Thanksgiving travel period, up from 29 million last year, according to industry group Airlines for America.