December 15: TSA checkpoint travel numbers

Air travel is about to see another dip in passenger rates due to the pandemic.

Source: TSA.gov
Published: December 2021

TSA checkpoint travel numbers

Air travel is about to see another dip in passenger rates due to the pandemic. 

Just as air traffic was slowly returning to normal, with the industry celebrating 2 million passengers traveling through US airports in July and 1.9 million last month, the Omicron variant appeared. Travel restrictions have already been tightened or re-introduced. 

It is now predicted that air traffic will not reach pre-pandemic rates until 2022 or beyond.

January
2021: 750,000
2020: 2,000,000
2019: 1,900,000

February
2021: 900,000
2020: 2,200,000
2019: 2,050,000

March
2021: 1,125,000
2020: 1,050,000
2019: 2,350,000

April
2021: 1,400,000
2020: 100,000
2019: 2,350,000

May
2021: 1,600,000
2020: 250,000
2019: 2,400,000

June
2021: 1,900,000
2020: 500,000
2019: 2,600,000

July
2021: 2,000,000
2020: 700,000
2019: 2,600,000

August
2021: 1,850,000
2020: 700,000
2019: 2,400,000

September
2021: 1,700,000
2020: 750,000
2019: 2,250,000

October
2021: 1,850,000
2020: 850,000
2019: 2,350,000

November
2021: 1,900,000
2020: 850,000
2019: 2,300,000

December
2021: TBD
2020: 850,000
2019: 2,250,000