People are getting ready for Thanksgiving holiday travel from Fort Wayne

People are getting ready for Thanksgiving holiday travel from Fort Wayne

Thanksgiving time is usually one of the most traveled holidays,but it looks a little different this year.

Travelers at the Fort Wayne International Airport talked about traveling during the pandemic.

And 1 death.

Thankgiving time is usually one of the most traveled holidays but it looks a little different this year.fox 55's jentill neal talked to travelers at the fort wayne international travel about traveling during the pandemic.

>today the fort wayne international airport isn't as busy as it typically would be this time of year but that does not mean people are not traveling.>09:50:06-09:50:09"i miss family and i need to see them."pandemic or not cindy cole says she's going to see her grandchildren.

09:50:19-09:50:28"i got three granddaughters in atlanta.

They're not coming home for christmas.

I'm taking christmas to them.

Then i won't see them until spring."

Cole and her husband are traveling with the essentials such as a masks, hand sanitizer and making sure they're social distancing...lau ra lancia and her family arrived at the airport shortly after with the same things not sure what to expect as far as the holiday crowd.> 09:49:10-09:49:18"i've traveled a few times recently.

The airport is doing a really good job of sanitizing and keeping things clean and we feel very safe."director of operations and facilities joe morana says october was extremely successful for them and the amount of people coming in this month matches what they were expecting.

09:44:31-09:44:48"we were expecting maybe 500 or 600 people through our security checkpoint the last few days and that is what we've been seeing.

Nationally, friday and sunday, i believe, there was over a million passengers coming through terminal checkpoints and that's the second or third busiest day since the pandemic started."

He says november numbers right now aren't close to october but they'll have a total percentage by the end of the month.in fort wayne, jentill neal