Thanksgiving Travel Live Updates: Winter Storm Threatens Record Travel, Flight Tracker, Forecasts

A record 82 million people are expected to travel this Thanksgiving week – with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) bracing for its busiest holiday period in at least 15 years.

Severe winter weather could spark travel misery millions of Americans as a major winter storm is forecast to hit four U.S. states, dumping up to 3 feet of snow during the Thanksgiving holiday period. It is set to sweep across the Northern Plains, Upper Midwest, and Great Lakes region, producing high winds and hazardous travel conditions. 

What To Know

• AAA expects 73 million drivers on the road this week, with another 6 million set to fly home for the holiday.
• “We are projecting that the Sunday after Thanksgiving will be one of the busiest travel days in TSA history,” Adam Stahl, senior official acting as deputy TSA administrator, said in a statement.
• The busy travel period is expected just a week after the shutdown-prompted flight restrictions on airlines were lifted by the FAA.
• Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy assured Americans during a Monday news conference that air traffic controller staffing levels are back to normal ahead of the busiest Thanksgiving on record for travel. The head of the FAA also reassured passengers that they can “fly with confidence” this week.
• Hundreds of flights were delayed on Tuesday and dozens were cancelled.

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