Dec. 2 (UPI) -- The Transportation Security Administration said it screened more than 3.1 million people at U.S. airports on Sunday, setting a new single-day record.
The record-setting figure of 3,133,924 individuals screened was published by the TSA in a statement on X on Monday.
The number was more than 100,000 higher than the second-highest total of 3,096,797 set on June 22.
Each of the top 10 busiest days was recorded in the last two years, with all but two having occurred this year -- and all involved more than 3 million people screened.
The record was also set about two weeks after the end of the United States' longest government shutdown, a 43-day impasse that had impacted air travel.
