TSA breaks screening records with holiday rush
With the government shutdown over, airports handled a record-breaking surge of holiday travel, per new data.
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screened more than 3.13 million people at U.S. airports on Sunday, a new single-day record.
TSA announced the milestone Monday on the social platform X. The mark surpassed the previous high of more than 3.09 million, set on June 22.
Each of the top 10 busiest days occurred in the last two years, with the third-place mark of more than 3.08 million people screened also occurring on the Sunday after Thanksgiving last year.
The new record also comes less than three weeks after the longest government shutdown in U.S. history came to a close.
The 43-day funding lapse resulted in TSA employees and air traffic controllers missing multiple paychecks, with some taking second jobs — leading to mass disruptions nationwide, including a forced air traffic reduction from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
