Interactive: COVID-19 empties U.S. airports, big and small
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by GABRIEL CORTES | April 23, 2020
Since the beginning of March, the Transportation Security Administration has been updating its coronavirus web page with the daily totals of travelers the agency is screening across all U.S. airports. Those data show a dramatic drop in U.S. air travel this spring when compared to the same period last year, but those aggregate figures only show the big picture.
APM Research Lab collected and analyzed data for every airport in the United States to see how bleak the travel landscape really is.
Of the nation’s largest air hubs, Los Angeles International alone saw a drop of more than 1.8 million travelers in March 2020 compared to the same period from a year before. Outgoing traveler volume at John F. Kennedy International in New York fell by more than 1.4 million, and Chicago’s O’Hare International saw a drop of 1.3 million travelers.
In all, outgoing-passenger volume was down more than 50% at seven of the country’s 10 busiest airports in the month of March. In Seattle and San Francisco, it was down more than 60% from a year ago.
APM Research Lab collected TSA data for every U.S. airport—big and small—and compiled them in a searchable database. Use the tool below to select a U.S. airport and see how this year’s outgoing passenger volumes compare to those from 2019.
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