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Ontario International Airport is predicting an 11 percent year-over-year increase in passenger traffic during the upcoming Labor Day weekend.
More than 105,000 travelers are expected to pass through the airport between Aug. 29 and Labor Day on Sept. 2, according to a statement on the airport’s website.
Airlines are offering more than 130,000 seats on arriving and departing flights at Ontario International in that five-day period.
Nationwide, air travel is expected to be up 8.5 percent compared with the Labor Day weekend of 2023, according to the U.S. Transportation Security Administration.
Labor Day is expected to be the busiest day of the holiday weekend at Ontario International, with an estimated 23,500 passengers on that day.
“We have enjoyed a great run of summer travel, and we expect to end it on a strong note,” said Atif Elkadi, the Ontario International Airport Authority’s chief executive officer, in the statement. “We forecast 2.1 million passengers for summer travel beginning Memorial Day weekend, and we anticipate our Labor Day weekend count will help us reach our mark.”
