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The Christmas season is a popular one for travel, with students getting a break from school until the New Year and adults taking advantage of vacation time. With passenger numbers continually increasing, Memphis International Airport is expecting a busy holiday season.
During the week of Thanksgiving, on Dec. 1, screened 10,744 passengers and employees, making it MEM’s busiest single day since May 23, 2008. The Christmas/New Year’s travel season (Dec. 20 – Jan. 6) is more spread out, so it’s unlikely that we’ll see the same time of single day numbers that we experienced on December 1.
However, here are a few things to keep in mind if you’re traveling during that time: