Travelers swarm Philadelphia International Airport for the holiday

is expected to be one of the busiest travel days of the holiday season at the airport while the weather could slow some people down it is not dampening the holiday spirit among Travelers AC news reporter Jessica Calia is live at Philadelphia International Jessica how's thing looking there well Sarah this snow rain mix is kind of dampening things so to speak out here but as you said Travelers are in a great mood and that's a good thing because today and next Friday are expected to be the busiest days here at PHL an aerial view of the runway at Philadelphia International on another incredibly busy day of holiday travel we're going a Caribbean cruise to St kit St Thomas Puerto Rico and Haiti I think yeah the whole family TSA expects to screen 40 million passengers this holiday season in our region tripa says 92,000 residents will fly to their holiday destination that's a 4% increase from last year and I know a lot of people say that sounds silly we just keep breaking records um but travel has rebounded substantially post pandemic and we saw that Trend throughout 2024 we prepare for for this holiday season throughout the entire year PHL is one of the largest East Coast hubs for American Airlines so our entire fleet is going to travel about 100 million miles during this holiday season I mean if you stacked up candy canes from end to end it'll be about a trillion candy cane That's a lot of sugar still AAA says most holiday Travelers will drive to their destination 90% of all holiday Travelers here in the area which is 1.2 million Philly 5 count area residents traveling by car for the holiday whether you're driving or flying Travel Experts say plan ahead and pack your patience along with those Christmas presents and Sarah I just checked as of now there have been hundreds of delays here at the airport but fortunately no cancellations so we're going to stay out here live at PHL and think very positively I'm Jessica Calia Channel 6 Action News