Airport travelers experience long lines as Formula One visitors depart Austin

[TexasTowelie]

Long security lines stretched throughout the departure concourse at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport on Monday, as thousands of Formula One fans headed home after a sun-dappled weekend at Circuit of the Americas.

"Holy sh-t," one traveler exclaimed while walking through the entrance.

Austin-Bergstrom International Airport reported heavy traffic on Sunday and Monday. Sunday's confirmed total was 29,251 passengers, making it the airport's 10th busiest day ever, said Bryce Dubee, ABIA spokesperson.

Monday's projections are showing 36,146, which would be the airport's busiest day ever. However, that may still change up or down slightly, Dubee said.

"That being said, our current record for busiest ever is Nov. 4, 2019, the Monday after F1 2019, with 31,934 passengers," he said. "So I'm confident that (this Monday's) projections will at least hold up as the new single-day record."

Read more: https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2021/10/25/austin-bergstrom-experiences-busiest-day-history-after-f-1-race/8541602002/

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1. As fan who was there this entire 3 day spectacular, I was gobsmacked. 120,000 on Sunday

and more than 400,000 for the three days. Hotter’n Satan’s elbow. But a grand spectacle nonetheless. Glad F1 is going strong in the US. It was a nice getaway from the dystopian Republican hellscape that dominates the news.