This Thanksgiving will likely see a record number of Americans on the road and in the skies.

 

Triple-A predicts 81.8 million people will travel at least 50 miles from home this week. That number is 1.6 million more than last Thanksgiving and is a new overall record for travelers during the holiday season, surpassing even pre-Covid numbers. Shawn Steward with Triple-A Kansas says many of those travelers will be on the nation's highways.

 

Steward says those numbers mean that roads may be more congested with heavier traffic than in years past.

 

The good news for Kansans is that gas prices have fallen slightly to a state-wide average of $2.72 a gallon for regular unleaded.

 

Triple-A expects around 6 million people are expected to travel by air this week, though there may be fewer people traveling by plane this week due to the recent disruptions in air travel caused by the federal government shutdown.