Thanksgiving travel season begins at SMF airport

BIT. SO WAIT A BIT FOR THAT TO CLEAR UP. HAPPENING NOW, AIRPORTS ARE BRACING FOR THE HOLIDAY TRAVEL SEASON. TODAY KICKS OFF WHAT THE SACRAMENTO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IS EXPECTING TO BE ONE OF THE BUSIEST TIMES OF THE YEAR AS PEOPLE TRAVEL FOR THANKSGIVING. SO AN HOUR AND A HALF BEFOREHAND, STILL IT WAS A VERY LONG LINE AT THE BAGGAGE DROP OFF SO. WE WERE JUST HOPING THAT WE WERE GONNA MAKE OUR FLIGHT. WELL, THEN I WAS THINKING I HOPE OUR BAGS MAKE IT, TOO. KCRA 3’S LYSEE MITRI IS LIVE AT THE AIRPORT. WHAT’S IT LOOKING LIKE RIGHT NOW, LYSEE? THE CROWDS HAVE BEEN COMING AND GOING THROUGHOUT THE DAY AS YOU WOULD IMAGINE RIGHT NOW. SOME FLIGHTS JUST ARRIVED. IF YOU CAN SEE PEOPLE WAITING TO GET THEIR BACKS, COMING IN FROM SAN DIEGO AND PORTLAND IN THIS CASE. THE AIRPORTS IS EXPECTING THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE COMING THROUGH HERE THIS HOLIDAY SEASON TO REACH OR SURPASS PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS. PEOPLE ARE PACKING UP AND HEADING OUT FOR THANKSGIVING. FOR THE BALTEZORES, IT WAS A HECTIC MORNING. THE FLIGHT WAS GREAT. GETTING ON THE FLIGHT WAS A BIT OF A NIGHTMARE, SO WE’RE COMING IN FROM SAN DIEGO AND IT’S JAM PACKED OVER THERE. WE THOUGHT WE WERE GETTING THERE EARLY ENOUGH. APPARENTLY NOT. THEY GOT THERE AN HOUR AND A HALF BEFORE THEIR FLIGHT. BUT THE LINE TO DROP OFF THEIR LUGGAGE WAS LONG. ARE THERE STILL BAGS COMING OUT? UH, NO, OK. LEAVING THEM WONDERING IF THEIR SUITCASES SUCCESSFULLY MADE THE TRIP TO SACRAMENTO. I WONDER IF OUR BAGS DIDN’T MAKE IT. WHILE THINGS DIDN’T GO QUITE AS SMOOTHLY AS THEY’D HOPED. YEAH, I MEAN IF ANYTHING IT WILL GET ON THE NEXT FLIGHT AND FLIGHTS FROM SAN DIEGO ARE PRETTY FREQUENT SO THAT’S AT LEAST A PLUS. THEY’RE STILL EXCITED TO ENJOY THANKSGIVING HERE WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS. HOPING TO DEFINITELY HAVE A GREAT WEEK AND EAT PLENTY OF FOOD. THE NUMBER OF TRAVELERS FLYING IN AND OUT OF THE SACRAMENTO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MORE THAN DOUBLED IN NOVEMBER LAST YEAR COMPARED TO THE LULL IN NOVEMBER THE YEAR BEFORE DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. LAST NOVEMBER, MORE THAN 970,000 PEOPLE CAME THROUGH HERE. AND THIS NOVEMBER THE NUMBER OF TRAVELERS IS EXPECTED TO REACH OR SURPASS PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS. THE NEXT STOP FOR THE SIFERS. HELLO IS ORANGE COUNTY. WE’RE GOING TO ORANGE COUNTY TO SEE HIS BROTHER AND FAMILY AND THEN TAKING THE GIRLS TO DISNEYLAND FOR A COUPLE DAYS. HER FIRST TIME AND HER FIRST TIME. TRAVELING WITH THE WHOLE FAMILY CAN BE A LOT. CHAOTIC A LITTLE BIT OF CHAOS. BUT THEY’VE DONE THIS BEFORE. WE HAVE 3. THE KIDS CAN’T WAIT FOR DISNEYLAND WHILE MOM, JAYMEE SIFERS IS MOST LOOKING FORWARD TO, NOT HAVING TO COOK OR CLEAN ON THE HOLIDAY. OK, THANK YOU SO MUCH. WHILE LONG LINES AREN’T USUALLY TOO MUCH OF AN ISSUE HERE IN SACRAMENTO THE AIRPORT DOES SAY PARKING IS EXPECTED TO FILL UP FOR THE THANKSGIVING WEEKEND. THEY SUGGEST HAVING SOMEONE DROP YOU OFF OR YOU CAN CHECK PARKING AVAILABILITY IN ADVANCE BY GOING TO THE AIRPORTS WEBSITE AT FLYSMF.COM. LIVE IN SACRAMENTO, LYSEE MITRI, KCRA 3 NEWS. SOME GOOD ADVICE. GOOD ADVICE TO GET TO THE AIRPORT WITH PLENTY OF TIME. THANKS, LYSEE. WE ARE TAKING A LIVE LOOK AT WHAT TRAFFIC LOOKS LIKE IN OUR REGION. SUNDAY AFTERNOON BUT ON YOUR LEFT THIS IS I-80 IN FAIRFIELD. IT LOOKS LIKE TRAFFIC MOVING IN BOTH DIRECTIONS. YOU CAN SEE TRAFFIC MOVING RIGHT ALONG THERE SO SO FAR NO MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS RELATED TO HOLIDAY TRAVEL BUT WE WILL MONITOR THIS DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS. WE KNOW MANY ARE PLANNING TO DRIVE TO AVOID THE AIRPORT THANKSGIVING TRAVEL RUSH. THIS COMES AS GAS PRICES CONTINUE TO GO DOWN HERE IN CALIFORNIA. ACCORDING TO AAA THIS MORNING’S AVERAGE IS $5.26. THAT’S DOWN 62 CENTS FROM A MONTH AGO. BUT STILL MORE EXPENSIVE THA

Thanksgiving travel season begins at Sacramento airport

Updated: 7:17 PM PST Nov 20, 2022

Sunday kicked off what the Sacramento International Airport is expecting to be one of the busiest times of the year as people travel for Thanksgiving.The number of people flying in and out of the airport this holiday season is expected to reach or surpass pre-pandemic levels. It has been on the rise since the lull in air travel in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.For instance, the number of travelers at SMF more than doubled in November 2021 compared to November 2020, going from 464,557 to 970,039. Before the pandemic in November 2019, more than a million passengers came through the airport. Video below: Thanksgiving holiday travel to be one of the…