‘Tis the season for traveling — and hundreds of thousands of people are expected to make their way through the Colorado Springs Airport on their way to visit loved ones for the holidays.

The Transportation Security Administration told reporters Friday morning it anticipates screening more than 100,000 people at the local municipal airport, and more than 39 million travelers at airports across the U.S., in the two-week period between Dec. 19 and Jan. 2, the official end-of-the-year holiday season.

North of Colorado Springs, TSA officials anticipate more than 1 million travelers will come through Denver International Airport in the same timeframe, according to a Thursday news release from the federal agency.

Peak travel days at the Colorado Springs Airport ahead of Christmas Day will likely be Dec. 19 and 20, said Lorie Dankers, a spokeswoman for the TSA’s western region that includes Colorado. After Christmas, the airport’s busiest travel day is likely going to be Dec. 26.

The busiest times at the Colorado Springs security checkpoints are 5-9 a.m., Dankers said. The busiest hour for security checks at the airport is routinely 5 a.m., when travelers depart on early-morning flights.

Security checkpoints and airport traffic at other hours of the day during the holiday travel period are expected to be busy but steady, though “nothing like the morning time,” Dankers said.

At Denver International Airport, the busiest travel days during the end-of-year holiday travel period are likely to be Dec. 19, 20 and 30, the news release said. The busiest times at security checkpoints in Denver are 4 a.m.-noon, and 3-6 p.m. TSA’s routine busiest hours at DIA are 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., when those departing on late-morning and late-afternoon flights come through the airport’s security checkpoints, according to the release.

Dankers said travelers may experience varying security screening procedures depending on which airport they’re traveling through. The TSA follows strict standardized screening protocols, but those procedures depend on the equipment and technology in use at any given airport. She recommended travelers listen to guidance from on-site TSA officers when flying.

Technologies in use at the Colorado Springs Airport, for example, include Credential Authentication Technology and a computed tomography (CT) X-ray scanner. These technologies permit travelers over 18 years old to show only their photo identification, and not their boarding pass, to the TSA officer. The 3D X-ray scanner provides TSA officers more advanced capabilities to screen carry-on luggage, without the need for travelers to remove electronics and travel-sized liquids from their bags.

For more information on new technologies in use at the Colorado Springs Airport, and how to prepare for the end-of-the-year holiday travel period, visit tinyurl.com/tsa-cos.

For more about security checkpoints at Denver International Airport, visit tinyurl.com/tsa-den.