Name: Airports brace for record number of travelers
Uploaded: 2025-12-24T17:38:43.153Z
Duration: 3 min 5 s
Description: Airports across the U.S. are preparing for a record number of travelers this year as severe weather threatens holiday travel. Kris Van Cleave has more on how airports are keeping people entertained through delays.

Airports across the U.S. are preparing for a record number of travelers this year as severe weather threatens holiday travel. Kris Van Cleave has more on how airports are keeping people entertained through delays.

Airports nationwide are seeing a significant increase in passenger traffic as the holiday season nears, with the Transportation Security Administration predicting the busiest travel days to fall between December 27th and 29th. Weather-related disruptions, including storms and snow in the Northeast, have led to nearly 7,000 flight delays, though cancellations remain minimal.

Travelers are facing long lines at airports and challenging road conditions due to wind and rain, particularly in the western United States. The Federal Aviation Administration continues to monitor for further delays, while airports and airlines offer festive activities to help ease the travel experience for families and children.

Airports brace for record number of travelers

talked about this busy travel time so we suggest you just stay in and continue to watch this show okay because there's more of that to come tsa says the busiest day of all will be this sunday the 28th the 27th and 29th are also pretty packed but today and tomorrow are actually a little bit lighter so chris van cleve is at lax in los angeles chris good morning would you say all is calm all is bright right now i would say it is wet windy and busy at lax now we saw weather delays a bunch of weather delays yesterday because of this storm as well as the snow in the northeast nearly 7 000 flight delays but very few cancellations because that's good news today really the concern for flyers the wind more so than the rain for drivers on the roads though it could be a treacherous drive home for christmas with the clock quickly running out for millions to make it home for christmas it was long lines at airports from newark all the way to los angeles ready to holiday oh we are ready stephen thor yuleton whitney wood and their two-year-old son wyatt were heading right into the winter storm hitting grandma's house outside boston tuesday having my son wake up in my childhood home to experience christmas like i had it um i don't know that feeling alone is it's pretty special aubrey vega and her family were hoping to miss the rush on their 12-hour road trip to galveston we woke up at three in the morning and we hit the road by five in denver united airlines pilot bo brandt spent his layover on the piano hoping to bring some holiday joy and at the portland oregon airport christmas llamas replaced travel drama they're so calm and festive in their outfits and it's just a great way to i think welcome guests here to the airport whether you're coming or going in spokane washington christmas came early for 43 kids in need alaska airlines took them on a very special 40-minute fantasy flight to santa's hometown participating in something like this gives them an opportunity to be children for an afternoon and have no worries and cares or at least a hanger resembling the north pole for an evening of christmas gifts and holiday cheer folks may need some of that christmas spirit that holiday cheer as they navigate today the faa is watching for delays mainly because of the wind from seattle all the way down to san diego and las vegas but houston and the new york city airports up to boston all could be subject to delays because of weather conditions of course the roads could be dicey too here in the west glad well chris kringle see i could do it today because he's wearing a hat today today's the day i was one day early chris i was one day early yeah we hope that you make it home yeah we hope that you make it home safe planes and everything i know see the planes it's perfectly fitting for christine

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