Long waits expected at nation’s airports Sunday as travelers head home

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Long lines and crowds were expected astatine Jacksonville International Airport connected Sunday, but aboriginal successful the time determination wasn’t overmuch of a unreserved arsenic expected.

At Jacksonville International Airport (JAX), officials said they expected 11,000 radical to travel done arsenic portion of vacation travel.

Officials said to get 2 hours earlier scheduled departures to let clip for parking, checking bags and going done TSA.

Most radical News4JAX spoke with Sunday greeting did conscionable that.

“It’s been truly casual truthful far. No postulation getting successful and I got present other aboriginal reasoning it was going to beryllium brainsick successful here. It’s evidently not,” 1 traveler said.

News4JAX didn’t spot agelong lines astatine the desks oregon adjacent astatine the drop-offs.

“Already made it done astir to spell to TSA truthful precise creaseless truthful far,” the traveler said.

Records amusement much than 53 cardinal Americans were expected to question this weekend. Sunday was expected to beryllium astir arsenic engaged arsenic the Wednesday earlier Thanksgiving.

Luckily immoderate travelers said it was casual navigating astatine JAX.

“Seattle tin beryllium a batch worst than here. We got present beauteous aboriginal but it’s been beauteous smooth,” 1 traveler said.