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LAX bracing for 11 busy days around Thanksgiving holiday

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If you’re flying out of Los Angeles International Airport during the Thanksgiving holiday, brace yourself for huge crowds, long lines and a challenge finding parking.

Officials at LAX — the nation’s second-busiest airport — are preparing for the heaviest Thanksgiving traffic since before the pandemic, with about 200,000 passengers expected daily for the next 11 days.

Passenger travel is projected to peak on Nov. 27 — the Sunday after Thanksgiving — when more than 215,000 passengers are expected to pass through the airport, according to a press release from the Los Angeles World Airports.

These numbers are just slightly below the record-breaking 2019 Thanksgiving travel volume, and about 20,000 more passengers per day compared to 2021, said airport spokesperson Heath Montgomery.

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