"We are expecting a busy Labor Day travel weekend this year," Hayley Berg, the lead economist at Hopper, told Travel + Leisure. "If you are taking to the skies this weekend, we recommend getting to the airport early and giving yourself plenty of time to get through security."
Overall, 22.8 million seats are booked for the holiday weekend, or 2.4 percent more than the same week last year, and 86 percent will be headed to domestic destinations.
In total, more than 17 million travelers are expected to pass through U.S. airports, according to recent data from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). The record-breaking weekend will cap an equally record-breaking summer.
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) - consistently the world's busiest airport - will once again take the top spot for crowds on Labor Day weekend.
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