Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is expecting more than 4.2 million passengers to travel through the airport during the holiday period that runs from Dec. 16 through Jan. 3, airports officials said.
Travelers leaving out of Atlanta, however, shouldn’t have to worry too much because the bulk of the passengers will be from connecting traffic, said Reese McCranie, the airport’s director of policy and communications.
“From a passenger perspective, if you’re leaving from Atlanta, you won’t really see that passenger volume if you’re going through the TSA security checkpoints,” he said.
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