The Chicago Department of Aviation (CDA) announced O’Hare and Midway International Airports are expected to be among the busiest airports in the country for Christmas-through-New Year holiday travel. Nearly five million passengers are expected over the 19-day travel period, and airlines anticipate that passenger volumes across O’Hare and Midway will be 2.5 percent higher compared to this season in 2018. The official holiday travel season kicked off last week and continues through Monday, January 6, 2020. Over that period, airlines project more than 3.9 million passengers will travel through O’Hare, while nearly 1 million passengers will pass through Midway. Friday, December 20 is projected to be the busiest travel day at both airports with more than 230,000 passengers at O’Hare and more than 49,000 at Midway. On the back-end of the season, the second busiest day at O’Hare will be Friday, January 3, 2020, while Saturday, January 4, 2020, will be the second busiest at Midway. The holiday travel period will conclude on January 6, 2020. Visit flychicago.com for a map of all dining and retail choices at both airports.