A look at holiday weekend travel inside Bradley International Airport

well today was predicted to be one of the busiest travel days of the holiday season with an already expected record-breaking holiday travel period 22 news reporter Julio O'Keefe caught up with air Travelers navigating a busy airport in Windsor Locks this morning another record-breaking holiday travel period is upon us as people prepare to take public transportation drive or fly to their holiday destinations from December 19th to January 2nd TSA expects to screen nearly 40 million people an increase from last year's 37 million December 20th may end up being one of the busiest airport days in that period Friday morning security lines at Bradley International Airport were backed well beyond the designated areas with people trying to make it on their holiday flights one passenger told 22 News how he was feeling waiting to get through not the best uh it's a long line and you know we're looking to go on vacation but you know we'll get there eventually when preparing for Holiday flights TSA says arrive at least 2 hours hours before your domestic flights and 3 hours before international flights to allow enough time to get through security have your boarding pass and ID ready and follow TSA instructions and if your packing presents do not wrap them TSA recommends packing wrapping paper and tape separately to wrap your gifts at your destination as for road travel 107 million people are expected to travel by car and that's 2.5 million more than last year AAA says the worst traffic delays will be the weekends before Christmas Day and New Year's Day while the best time to travel will be the holidays themselves and always in the morning before 11:00 a.m. the worst traffic is expected late afternoons into evenings no matter how you're traveling this coming week pack your patience and be aware of Travelers around you remember everyone is trying to get to their holiday celebration safely I just hope everybody is just kind to each other and you know carry the spirit of Christmas with everybody working for you Julia o'keef 22 News is