And finally tonight, we have officially entered the most hectic travel season of the year.

And analysts predict the Thanksgiving period will see record numbers of people hitting the skies and roads to get to their Thanksgiving destinations.

Triple A expects just under 1.5 million New Jersey residents will be traveling the majority by road.

And thankfully, the impact from the severe storm that moved through our area overnight cleared out today.

As Ted Goldberg reports, that made for sunny skies and smooth sailing at Newark airport.

It might be the busiest day of the year at New Jersey's busiest airport as various travelers fly into and out of Newark.

I am traveling from New Jersey, going to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

Edison to Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

Traveling from Tennessee and traveling to go see the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

We're super excited and we get to have our family with us and it's going to be a great time.

Much of that travel volume is people seeing family on the East Coast or down south.

My birthday's around Thanksgiving time, so we always go to my family for Thanksgiving.

I'm a graduate student, so I've been up here doing grad school.

So going back to visit family Thanksgiving dinner?

Yep.

With the usual bowling after dinner and after you've had too much food and can't bowl.

All those family get togethers and bowling outings mean a tremendous number of travelers nationwide.

Airlines for America are expects nearly 30 million people to be flying during the Thanksgiving period.

And on the airlines side, that is expected to be a record.

That includes an estimated 132,000 people in New Jersey, according to triple A.

That's actually the highest number that we've seen on record since triple A began tracking this holiday forecast in the year 2000.

That's 3% more people than last year, even as travel has become more unpredictable and sometimes more expensive.

Traveler's prioritized travel in their budgets.

And Thanksgiving is such a special holiday that people will make a point of saving money to either drive to family or friends or take a flight to be with the people they want to be with.

Triple A spokesperson Tracy Noble says you can expect airport lines to remain busy this weekend as folks make their way home after the holiday.

Get there earlier than you normally would.

We know that the TSA lines are going to be extremely long.

So when you get there and you're on line, make sure that you're getting your documents at the ready.

Most travelers I spoke with took that advice.

We had about an hour drive this morning at about 4 a.m., drove for about an hour, hopped on a flight and about a two hour flight over.

Did everything go smoothly?

Yeah, We fly out of a small airport and we chose that airport for that exact reason.

I actually am surprised here.

Didn't look as crowded, which makes me nervous for Sunday.

We hit no traffic at all, you know, getting to Asheville, to the airport there.

And then it really it went very smooth.

The flight left on time.

There wasn't much traffic getting into the airport.

And you know, some lines here, but kind of what you expect before Thanksgiving.

I just got here.

It is currently 942.

And when's your flight?

1117 departing, worried like if I'm going to get on my flight in time or not.

In a risky proposition as people pile into Newark trying to see their loved ones on schedule.

At Newark Airport, I'm Ted Goldberg.

NJ Spotlight News.