FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — The Thanksgiving holiday rush was in full swing on Monday as travelers packed the Fresno Yosemite International Airport with 72 hours until the holiday.<\/p>\n
“There was a little bit of fog, but United got us here safely,” passenger Reisa Elden told Action News about her flight from San Francisco.<\/p>\n
Elden is in Fresno for work and is thankful she arrived on time.<\/p>\n
“I would recommend TSA and CLEAR if you are traveling over the holidays,” Elden said. “I think today is a good travel day. It might get a little crazier Tuesday and Wednesday.”<\/p>\n
Passengers are advised to arrive two hours before domestic flights and three hours before international departures.<\/p>\n
Flyers should also check their wallets.<\/p>\n
“If passengers haven’t traveled since May, Real ID is now in effect,” airport spokeswoman Vikkie Calderon said. “Travelers need a Real ID or other acceptable form of identification to get through security screening.”<\/p>\n
Across the country, winter weather might have major impacts, from storms in the Pacific Northwest to the Midwest and the East Coast.<\/p>\n
Some of the nation’s most popular connecting airports are bracing for a wet Tuesday.<\/p>\n
“The airlines will push out flight status updates to their passengers if anything’s changed with their flight departure times or any changes along their itinerary,” Calderon said.<\/p>\n
On the roads, AAA projects a record-setting 73 million people will travel by car. Coupled with recent flight reductions, the number of drivers could be even higher.<\/p>\n
“(It’s) certainly nice to see out of Thanksgiving prices falling almost $0.10 a gallon in Fresno,” Patrick De Haan at GasBuddy told Action News.<\/p>\n
He says drivers will see some relief at the pump this week. The average gas price in Fresno is now $4.33 a gallon, and is expected to drop even further.<\/p>\n
“You probably will see gas prices going down another couple (of) cents between now and the end of the Thanksgiving weekend,” De Haan said. “So waiting may pay a little bit of a dividend, but it’s certainly not too big of a drop that we expect here over the next couple of days.”<\/p>\n
Back at the airport, officials say flyers should leave extra time for parking. The cheaper economy lot is expected to fill up quickly.<\/p>\n
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