The holiday travel season this year is expected to rival the busiest seasons before the pandemic at Florida's two most bustling airports, which will see millions of travelers passing through them, officials said.
The busiest travel day at the Orlando airport is expected to be the day after New Year's Day, with an estimated 162,000 travelers arriving at and departing the airport.
At the Miami airport, the busiest travel days are expected to be Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of this week, the Friday before New Year's Day and the Thursday and Friday after New Year's Day. On those days, an estimated 157,000 travelers are expected to pass through the airport each day, airport officials said.
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport was expecting almost 1.6 million passengers over two weeks starting Wednesday. If that estimate holds, it will be 13% busier than last year's travel volume but short of the pre-pandemic 1.8 million passengers who traveled during the same period in 2019.
During the holiday season, AAA expected 6.3 million Floridians to travel 50 miles or more from home, with the bulk of travelers getting around by car. About 5.8 million Floridians were planning to hit the road by car, a 3% increase over last year, according to AAA.Port Canaveral on Florida's Space Coast is expected to break one-day cruise records on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve this year.
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