Holiday travel impacts more than just airports. Using historical traffic data from HERE for the past three years on December 23 (a peak travel day), this map shows how traffic around America's five busiest airports changes throughout the day.
Scroll through to see how traffic changes around LAX, DFW, ORD, ATL, and JFK. Each GIF shows how far someone can drive in 60 minutes throughout a 24-hour period.
Photo: Minesweeper (CC BY-SA 3.0)