Dane County Regional Airport expects to see an enormous enhance as vacationers pack their luggage for Memorial Day weekend.
DANE COUNTY (WKOW) – Dane County Regional Airport expects to see an enormous enhance as vacationers pack their luggage for Memorial Day weekend.
This yr, there are 214 flights departing MSN, from the Thursday by the Tuesday after Memorial Day, a 75% enhance from 2023.
MSN can be serving passengers with bigger planes this yr, with eight,000 extra seats anticipated to depart this weekend.
Dane County Regional Airport's busiest journey yr up to now was 2019, however airport spokesman Michael Riechers stated they’re on observe to hit their objective of between 1.2 million and 1.three million. passengers this yr.
“The attractive factor about our airport, particularly with Milwaukee and Chicago so shut, is that should you don't actually wish to struggle these crowds, should you don't need the visitors, you don't need the hustle and bustle of a very large airport, Dane County is “the proper place to start out and finish your journey.” Riechers stated. “We're now including our nonstop locations on a regular basis.”
Breeze Airways is the latest addition to MSN final yr. They provide nonstop flights to Tampa, and the airport introduced Thursday that they are going to supply a nonstop flight to Los Angeles, particularly for Memorial Day weekend.
Elevated journey comes with longer safety test strains, and Riechers stated there are issues passengers can do to organize for his or her journeys earlier than they even arrive on the airport.
“Check out the TSA's packaging suggestions and likewise test your airline's suggestions,” he stated.
Riechers stated having issues like over-the-limit liquids and batteries packed within the fallacious compartment can decelerate the method. Though his largest recommendation for this weekend is to be good to the airport workers.
“That's why we are saying: 'Be affected person.'”