Memorial Day weekend travelers are expected to pack roads and airports at or above pre-pandemic levels this year, with experts saying that an estimated 42.3 million Americans are likely to travel. Of those, about 887,000 will be from Arizona.
The Memorial Day weekend is expected to bring big crowds through Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport which is coming off of its busiest first quarter ever. The airport saw over 12 million passengers in March alone, a roughly 16% jump from 2022. Compared to pre-pandemic numbers in 2019, that’s an increase of roughly half a million.Spokesperson Eric Everts says travelers planning ahead