1. BY GILLIAN MCMURRAY Thanksgiving Travel in the United States

2. INDEX Volumes of Travelers Modes of Transportation Busiest Airports Distance TraveledGas Prices

3. Volumes of Travelers Per Year This year represented the second-highest volume of Thanksgiving travelers since the recession-driven decline seen in 2008/2009 Index Link to further info PreviousNext

4. Modes of Transportation The majority of Thanksgiving travelers travel by automobile: 38.9 million out of 43.4 million total Index PreviousNext Link to further info

5. Busiest Airports 2013 2013 RankingAirport NameLocation 1Los Angeles InternationalLost Angeles, CA 2Chicago O'Hare InternationalChicago, IL 3Boston Logan InternationalBoston, MA 4San Francisco InternationalSan Francisco, CA 5LaGuardia New YorkNew York, NY 6Ronal Reagan National AirportWashington, D.C. 7Sea-Tac InternationalSeattle, WA 8Denver InternationalDenver, CO 9Newark Liberty InternationalNewark, NJ 10Minneapolis-St. Paul InternationalMinneapolis, MN According to information provided by Orbitz Index PreviousNext Link to further info

6. Distances Traveled For all modes of travel, percentage of total trips by day Trips between 50-99 milesTrips over 100 miles Index Previous Link to further info Next

7. Yearly Gas Prices This year marked an all-time low for November average as well as yearly average for gas prices in the United States Index Previous Link to further info