Holiday travel over the Fourth of July weekend is set to hit record-breaking levels, even as air traffic across the country continues to be a headache for travelers.
An estimated 50.7 million people are expected to travel at least 50 miles from their homes, a 3.7% increase from the previous record of 49 million in 2019, an American Automobile Association news release said. Last year’s total number of travelers came to 48.7 million, which has grown by 4.3% between 2022 and 2023.“We’ve never projected travel numbers this high for Independence Day weekend,” Paula Twidale, the senior vice president of AAA Travel, said in the Monday release.
Transportation data company INRIX expected Friday would be the busiest day to travel, and it recommended people driving that day to either leave in the morning or after 6 p.m. to avoid the heaviest amount of traffic, the release noted. Though the vast majority of travelers are driving, airports will be strained as flights continue to be delayed or canceled, conditions that will only get worse across the country over the next few days.
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