People began loading up their cars and jumping on planes across the U.S. on Thursday as the long Memorial Day weekend kicked off. Even as politics and the nation’s aging air traffic infrastructure rattle the U.

AAA says it expects 45.1 million people nationwide, including 1.38 million in Georgia, will travel for the holiday weekend.

gasoline prices at their lowest for the holiday in years, while the number of American travelers is expected to reach a record high.