INFORMATION SURROUNDING THESE LATEST NUMBERS. FLIGHT CANCELLATIONS ARE FORCING MORE PASSENGERS ONTO THE SAME PLANE, AT TIMES VIOLATING SOCIAL DISTANCING GUIDELINES. ONE CAREY WOMAN GAVE KIRSTEN GUTIERREZ A LOOK AT HOW MANY PASSENGERS SQUEEZED ONTO HER PLANE THIS WEEK. >> Reporter: IT IS A GHOST TOWN HERE AT RDU. NO ONE SEEMS TO BE FLYING RIGHT NOW. BUT THE FLIGHTS THAT ARE TAKING OFF MIGHT SURPRISE YOU. >> THERE WERE PEOPLE ALL AROUND. AND THAT'S WHEN I DID NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE AT ALL BECAUSE I WAS ACTUALLY SURPRISED THERE WERE SO MANY PEOPLE ON THE PLANE. OUT OF THE IN YNL. >> Reporter: THIS IS WHAT OLIVIA'S FLIGHT TUESDAY MORNING LOOKED LIKE. IT WAS PACKED WITH PEOPLE. MIDDLE SEATS IN USE. THE MIDDLE SEAT WAS HER ASSIGNMENT. >> RALEIGH DID A DECLARATION OF SOCIAL DISTANCING IN EVERY CASE FROM SECURITY ALL THE WAY TO THE PLANE. BUT IN CHARLOTTE, THAT'S WHERE IT WAS BASICALLY A FREE FOR ALL. >> Reporter: SHE WAS IN THE MIDDLE SEAT, SURROUNDED ON BOTH SIDES WHILE TRAVELLING TO VISIT HER FIANCEE. >> I'M JUST REALLY GROSSED OUT RIGHT NOW. THERE'S PEOPLE COUGHING, SNEEZING. >> Reporter: AMERICAN AIRLINES SENT US THIS STATEMENT. >> Reporter: THE MAIN REASON SOME FLIGHTS LOOK LIKE THIS IS BECAUSE AIRLINES ARE CREATING CROWDS BY CANCELING OTHER FLIGHTS AND PACKING PASSENGERS ON THE FEW REMAINING. WE CHECKED WITH T.S.A. AND THE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS TRAVELLING ON MAY 4th AND 5th VERSUS THIS TIME LAST YEAR IS NOTHING SHORT OF STUNNING. ON TUESDAY, MORE THAN 130,000 TRAVELLERS VERSUS OVER TWO MILLION LAST YEAR. ON MONDAY, THEY SAW MORE THAN 160,000 TRAVELLERS. AND A YEAR AGO, JUST UNDER 2.5 MILLION. OSHGSZ LIVIA TELLS US SHE'S FLYING BACK HOME TO CAREY THIS SATURDAY AND SAYS SHE HOPES IT'S LESS CROWDED THIS TIME AROUND. EITHER WAY, SHE'S WEARING MASKS AND GLOVES TO BE SAFE. >>> AIRLINES ARE TAKING ACTION TO EASE PASSENGER FEARS ABOUT SPREADING THE VIRUS. SOME ARE