Denver International Airport said it expects nearly 450,000 people to pass through TSA checkpoints this weekend.
DENVER — Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial kickoff to the summer travel season, and Denver International Airport said it expects record passenger numbers over the holiday weekend.
AAA is also predicting near-record travel numbers this weekend, with more than 43 million people expected to travel more than 80 miles from home. AAA said this weekend is expected to be the second-busiest Memorial Day travel weekend on record.
“The busiest Memorial Day weekend in nearly 20 years will be the start of a summer that will historically attract the most travelers,” said AAA's Skyler McKinley. “Remember that travel is fundamentally an economic issue.Despite stubborn inflation and storm clouds globally, consumer interest in travel is increasing, and international travel is one of the lowest in recent memory. has reached the highest level.”
Auto Club Group predicts more than 38 million people will travel by car in the U.S. this weekend, the highest total for the Memorial Day holiday since AAA began tracking 24 years ago. It becomes a number.
Gasoline prices in Colorado currently average $3.35 per gallon, but severe ozone pollution along the northern Front Range means that the state's major refineries will switch to producing reformulated gasoline as part of an EPA mandate. It is expected that the price will rise during this period.
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Denver International Airport officials expect Thursday and Friday to be the busiest days, with more than 80,000 passengers passing through security each day.
Overall, the airport announced that nearly 450,000 people are expected to pass through the airport's TSA checkpoints between Thursday and Tuesday, May 28. This would represent a 9% increase in ridership over last year's Memorial Day weekend.
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