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Airport on Thanksgiving weekend
I'm flying on Thanksgiving weekend this year for the first time. I'm flying out of Newark that Sunday at 8am. I'm planning on getting to the airport around 2 hours prior to the flight. Can anyone tell me if that is early enough, or should I try to get there even earlier?
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Re: Airport on Thanksgiving weekend
I am one to always be way too earlt @ the airport... But two hours is what is recommended... It should be enough. If you are worried you can always get there 2 and half hours early just to make sure.
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Re: Airport on Thanksgiving weekend
Two hours early at Newark at that time of the morning will probably give you a very comfortable amount of time before your flight.
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Re: Airport on Thanksgiving weekend
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Re: Airport on Thanksgiving weekend
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Re: Airport on Thanksgiving weekend
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If it were me, I'd get there early with some krispy kremes and enjoy the day. 
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Re: Airport on Thanksgiving weekend
Learn from my last Thanksgiving experience and get there early!!! We arrived at the curbside check-in early and felt great until we saw the line to get through security..... it was terrible (and not even a very large airport). It does not matter if you are checked-in and bags already on the way, they will not allow you to skip security and they're not in a hurry to push people through. Thanksgiving is a very high travel time and most people are still not familiar with the travel regs and it just takes sooo much longer to deal with that many people.
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Re: Airport on Thanksgiving weekend
Newark at any holiday can be really busy... if you check in prior to the flight and go right to security you should be okay.
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