Near-record numbers of travelers took to the skies for the Thanksgiving holiday amid FAA warnings of flight delays and the promise of big crowds at South Florida’s international airports.

Millions of US citizens will be traveling over the Thanksgiving period, but plans to visit loved ones and eat copious amounts of food could be hampered by flight cancellations or delays as they attempt to cross the country in one of the most busiest holidays for travel.

The Transportation Security Administration is expecting the “busiest Thanksgiving travel period on record,” projecting 18.3 million people will pass through its airport checkpoints from the Tuesday before Thanksgiving to the Monday after the big day.

Around the holidays, travelers should know to expect delays, but this Thanksgiving could be full of more delays than usual. Between the Tuesday before Thanksgi

This year's Thanksgiving is predicted to be the "busiest ever" for air travel, a transport agency has warned. The American Automobile Association (AA) has projected there will be a record 5.84 million air travelers this season.