Thanksgiving travel: What to expect

The most traveled day, however, is the Sunday following T-day.

Boston is the only major city in the country where the traffic is historically heavier on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving instead of Wednesday, according to data from Google Maps. “In the end, it’s going to take more time to screen each person, and that is going to add up to longer lines”. According to AAA estimates, we’re talking 43.4 million people traveling for Thanksgiving this year? In the city’s New Jersey suburbs, fuel averages $1.90 per gallon, down from $2.68 at this time a year ago.

Travelers are being advised to get to whichever airport they are flying from extra early because of increased security and screening procedures and passenger volume.

U.S. roads and airports are getting jam-packed, but that has nothing to do with Thanksgiving. Patrick Hogan, MSP spokesperson, told BringMeTheNews a year ago that “during the holidays, there are more families traveling, so lines can move a bit more slowly than during non-holiday weeks”.

The least busy travel day will be Thanksgiving Day itself, when airport officials expect about 12,000 travelers.

AAA expects the busiest day of the holiday week to be November 29. Here’s how the days rank, from busiest to lightest: Sunday, Nov. 29; Monday, Nov. 30; Wednesday, Nov. 25; Thursday, Nov. 26; and Friday, Nov. 27.