ATLANTA — Thanksgiving vacation journey has wrapped up and huge crowds handed by way of the world’s busiest airport.

At Hartsfield-Jackson Worldwide Airport, tons of of 1000’s handed by way of through the vacation weekend.

“It’s been shoulder to shoulder, simply folks in every single place,” stated Alexis Toombs.

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Toombs stated it’s been an extended journey day for her and her household.

“We simply left Connecticut and we’re coming residence,” she stated.

Lengthy strains greeted them at Hartsfield-Jackson.

“The busiest day of the 12 months seems to be the Sunday after Thanksgiving as a result of the window to come back again house is so much shorter,” stated Johnny Jones with TSA.

Jones stated nationwide, they’re anticipating to display nearly 3 million folks by way of safety checkpoints on Sunday.

The typical wait time for safety checkpoints was wherever from half-hour to an hour.

“We’re working very onerous. We additionally need to observe the procedures to the tee. The strains do get again up however not as a result of we’re short-staffed or something however simply because there’s a lot quantity,” stated Jones.

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Many individuals skilled that firsthand on Sunday.

“I noticed the road exterior and I’ve by no means seen it earlier than and I used to be like oh my gosh,” stated Parker Condon.

“They’re actually organized, so I actually recognize that. We’ve been in line about half-hour now, and we nonetheless don’t see the checkpoint fairly but,” stated Jessica Freel.

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