How many passengers does the TSA screen on an average day?

USA medium Data from 2024

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Answer in passengers. Shorthand like 9m or 1.2bn works.

The answer

2,500,000 passengers

Roughly 2.5M.

The TSA screens roughly 2.5 million people on an average day, with record days above 3 million around Thanksgiving and the July 4th weekend. The agency publishes the figure daily, which makes it one of the fastest public indicators of U.S. travel demand.

Where this number comes from

Source Transportation Security Administration
Figure refers to 2024
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Unit passengers

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