Nov 27, 2024
The holiday buzz is back at the Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport. People are headed to all kinds of places to see all kinds of people. My kids were up at about 2 oclock in the morning, said Shawn, who is traveling to Baltimore with his children. They were plenty excited to go see grandma and grandpa. Were going to Orlando, Florida to see the family, said Eric, another traveler. But first things first, everyone had to make their way through lines, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) K-9s, and checkpoints.Travelers said the number of people they see has changed depending on the time of day.Nikki is also heading to Florida and says shed take the MKE airport over several others any day. Its been pretty easy, its a smaller airport than Minneapolis and yeah I really like it so yeah very smooth, said Nikki.Watch: Travelers line up for Thanksgiving flights. Travelers already hitting the road and skies for Thanksgiving travelParking was easy but we just wanted to make sure we got here a couple hours ahead of time and were not going to be surprised with any lines and its been going pretty good, said Shawn.Watch: TMJ4's Sydni Eure and Tom Durian chat about airport conditions. Thanksgiving travelers hit the road on biggest travel day of the yearWell its been pretty busy but since theyre having the K9s go through, we all get like a TSA pre-check so I think its going to move pretty quick, said Gray who was walking through security. These people were among the millions expected to travel over the next few days. The Federal Security Administration predicts this will be the busiest Thanksgiving travel period on record, with 18.3 million passengers traveling between Tuesday and Monday.Its about time to watch on your time. Stream local news and weather 24/7 by searching for TMJ4 on your device.Available for download on Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and more.Report a typo or error // Submit a news tip
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