Salt Lake airport sees one of its busiest days in the COVID-19 era as holiday weekend ends

A holiday traveler walks to check-in at Salt Lake City International Airport in Salt Lake City on Sunday. Airport officials expected 13,000 to 14,000 people going through the airport on what is traditionally the busiest flying day of the year as the Thanksgiving holiday ends. During 2020, the airport has been averaging about 10,000 travelers per day. But over Thanksgiving 2019, travelers numbered closer to 30,000 on the Sunday after the holiday. AAA estimated that air travel this year would be about half of previous Thanksgivings because of the coronavirus pandemic.