It is a big local market, but it’s also a big destination. It has the three airports in Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and West Palm Beach that add up to this big number. South Florida is also an outlier here, but that’s a different story. In most other cities, it’s closer to 50/50. The rest are tourists/conference attendees/etc coming into town. These are big destinations where the local population only accounts for around a quarter of all O&D traffic. You would absolutely expect to see Las Vegas and Orlando punching above their weight, as you see in this chart. Those above the line have less population but higher PDEWs. The dots that fall below the trend line have higher levels of population but fewer PDEWs. There’s a lot going on here, but let me try and make this easy. 2022 Domestic O&D PDEW and Population by Metro Area I used population counts of Combined Statistical Areas (CSAs) where available and Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) in places like San Diego where there is no CSA. I decided to do a scatter plot where I have the PDEWs on the vertical axis and the metro area population on the horizontal. So let’s dive in further on that, because Denver once again stands out. The population, however, is really important to put this in context. That’s still a lofty perch for the 17th largest Combined Statistical Area (CSA), but it’s more reasonable. In fact, Denver (which I combined with Colorado Springs) is all the way down in the ninth spot, just behind Vegas and ahead of Dallas. LA is next followed by South Florida, Chicago, and the San Francisco Bay Area. Paul Pearson contributed to this story.This looks more like what you might expect to see, right? New York and its three giant airports (along with smaller ones) combine to be the largest metro area. Over the Thanksgiving holiday, southbound I-15 from Las Vegas to California saw a 16-mile backup.Īs well, many travelers affected by the ongoing Southwest Airlines meltdown have been forced to rent cars to drive to their destination after their flights were canceled.Ĭontact Brett Clarkson at Follow on Twitter. On Monday, the day after Christmas, traffic was backed up 12 miles on the way out of Las Vegas. On New Year’s Day, traffic was backed up for 7 miles near the California stateline on Sunday afternoon, according to RTC Southern Nevada. The holidays are known to cause traffic spikes, and delays, on the main route between Las Vegas and California. Much of the past week has seen miles-long backups on the highway. It warned motorists that snow tires/chains are required and to plan for delays. In addition, the RTC reported “heavy traffic” on Kyle Canyon and Lee Canyon roads leading to Mount Charleston. Heavy traffic on Interstate 11 heading south to Arizona was also reported Monday. Interstate 15 heading south out of Las Vegas was backed up as much as 19 miles from the California border, according the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada. Traffic headaches continued on Monday following New Year’s Day for those heading from Las Vegas toward Los Angeles. (Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada) This picture taken from video shows traffic backed up on Interstate 15 southbound near Primm on Friday, Dec.
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