Busiest days are still ahead for Thanksgiving travel

0 Comments | USA TODAY, November, 2007 | by Laura Parker

Light crowds kept traffic at the nation's airports and train stations flowing smoothly Thursday, the lightest travel day of the long holiday weekend.

Sunday, the busiest day of the Thanksgiving travel period, and Monday, the second-busiest day, still loom. Bad weather and big crowds could unravel airline schedules and foil train operations.

"All in all, this has been very good," said David Castelveter, spokesman for the Air Transport Association.

Airport delays were minimal Thursday, limited to Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, which reported brief delays in arriving aircraft because of wind. Light snow in Denver did not slow flights there.

In anticipation of the 38.7 million travelers the AAA auto club estimated would be on the...