Port Authority of New York and New Jersey reports facility volumes for November 2025

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey today announced that its commercial airports welcomed 11.2 million passengers during the airports’ third-busiest November, buoyed by the agency’s the busiest Thanksgiving travel period ever. The Port of New York and New Jersey maintained its status as the nation’s second-busiest port for loaded containers both during November and over the first 11 months of the year

Airports:

The Port Authority’s commercial airports welcomed 11.2 million passengers in November 2025. This was the agency’s third-busiest November ever, down 3.7 percent from the record for the month set in November 2023. November 2025 volume declined 2.6 percent from November 2024.

The Thanksgiving holiday travel period was the busiest in the agency’s history. The 3.3 million passengers served over the eight-day period of Nov. 24 to Dec. 1 surpassed the previous record set in 2024 by 33,000 passengers.

The year-over-year decline was largely due to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) staffing challenges. From Nov. 6 through Nov. 18, the FAA required the agency’s three major airports, along with 37 other large hub airports, to reduce flight schedules by 10 percent to manage staff shortages during the government shutdown. Compared to November 2024, John F. Kennedy International Airport’s passenger volume declined 2.4 percent; LaGuardia Airport’s fell 3.9 percent; and Newark Liberty International Airport’s declined 2 percent.

Over the first 11 months of the year, the agency’s commercial airports welcomed 130.5 million passengers. This was a 2.2 percent decrease from the same period of 2024, which was the airports’ busiest year ever.

Port of New York and New Jersey:

The Port of New York and New Jersey was the nation’s second-busiest gateway for loaded TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) in November 2025. It handled 509,124 loaded TEUs through the month. It also maintained the same status over the first 11 months of the year, moving a total of 5,520,444 loaded TEUs from January through November.