While the primary focus for most on Thanksgiving is to spend time with loved ones.

That also means traveling to see them traditionally.

Today is the busiest day of the year.

Nationally, AA expects to see new record breaking numbers, with nearly 80 million total travelers between November 26th and December 2nd.

Here in Jersey, 888 is projecting nearly 2 million people will travel 50 miles or more by car, plane, rail or bus.

Ted Goldberg spoke to travelers at the airports and on the road, and has more about what to expect as you head out.

Wednesday isn't just Thanksgiving Eve.

It's also one of the most heavily traveled days of the year, and triple AA projects more than 2 million New Jerseyans to travel at some point this week.

Not only would that be a record, but it would be the fourth year in a row that the record is broken.

I almost sound like a broken record, but again, it is a record.

People are looking to spend time with family, friends, loved ones, and they are certainly going to be on the move this year.

TSA expects to screen about 3 million people flying nationwide Wednesday, including these folks passing through Newark Airport to see their loved ones.

Thanksgiving to see my grandkids, my daughter and sister down in Knoxville, Tennessee.

We are going to see my daughter, who lives in South Carolina, to spend Thanksgiving with her.

The big board at Newark Airport was light on delays this morning, and at least in terminal B, the lines weren't horribly long.

I'm surprised I was actually just saying that.

To me, it looks pretty empty because we came out pretty early today, because we know that this is one of the most busiest travel days of the year.

It's been perfect.

It's amazing.

Road was clear to half an hour to get here.

I really thought it was going to be shoulder to shoulder, to tell you the truth, because if I've been at the airport at other times when it seemed much busier than it is today, and it's supposed to be the busiest day of the year to travel, it looks pretty light to me.

Well, things looked all right up in the air.

The ground wasn't too bad either.

Drivers at the Whitney Houston service area in Union said the parkway was in decent shape.

We left Maryland at 630 and here we are in the Garden State Parkway.

It's been pretty decent.

Pretty much spend Thanksgiving with my moms every year.

Me and my brothers, sisters, we all go down there, you know, try to be family oriented as much as we possibly care.

Drivers like Tommy Diggs show how being early has its benefits.

You can stop for coffee and still avoid having to rush.

I'm pretty familiar with the area, so long as you get there before like 3:00, you know, you pretty much should be good.

I expected to be bumper to bumper us getting that, getting back to Massachusetts like 4 or 5:00 this evening.

But by 2:00, we'll be safely home.

What do you even do with all that extra time?

Sleep well.

Thanks in part to lower prices for gas and flights, this rest stop at Newark Airport will stay busy, which could be an issue because of Newark's lack of air traffic controllers.

FAA administrator Mike Whitaker said last week that we could see delayed flights because not enough people have been hired to keep airports safe.

We expect to have some of those shortages.

So we're working, diligently to make sure that that can operate as efficiently as possible.

And people should know that safety is never at risk if we are short on staff.

We will slow traffic as needed to keep this system safe.

Why Newark is such a problem is is really puzzling because, New York seems to be okay, and other major, epicenters seem to be okay.

Henry Harteveldt is an airline industry analyst for Atmosphere Research Group.

The FAA acknowledged this last week, and United Airlines was particularly vocal in their displeasure about this, and United has been vocal all along with their frustrations.

Meanwhile, travelers will hope that doesn't become an issue, and the weather can hold out just long enough so people can enjoy the holiday and the warm two hours.

That's very generous.

Yeah.

I'm excited to see him.

I haven't seen him in a while.

It'll be a nice time.

It'll feel a little more vacationing, you know, with the weather being nice and being with family.

I'm looking forward to seeing my nephews and great little nephews or their little boys under five.

I'm really excited.

My brother's children.

I'm really excited to see them.

I love them so much.

I'm pretty excited about the food.

Triple A is reminding drivers to not text and drive and don't drive drunk that way everyone can enjoy Thanksgiving for whatever reasons they like.

In Union County, I'm Ted Goldberg, NJ Spotlight News.