Air travel is expected to increase this Labor Day weekend, and may reach the highest levels since the recession in 2008. Where are Americans flying to on the Labor Day weekend?

According to a study reported by AAA, air travel is expected to increase by about 2.8 percent, with more than 2.61 million American leisure travelers (or 8 percent) arriving at their destination by air, IB Times reports.

About 34.1 million Americans are expected to journey 50 miles or more from home between Thursday, Aug. 29 and Monday, Sept. 3, according to the AAA data. That figure marks a 4.2 percent increase in 2013 from the 32.7 million Americans who traveled last year.

Atlanta, Georgia is the top trending destination for Labor Day weekend 2013, with a 62 percent increase in searches compared to the weekends before and after, according to flight comparison site Kayak.

The city was identified as the top destination after Kayak sifted through hundreds of millions of search queries, IB Times reports. Kayak attributed the jump to the Alabama vs. Virginia Tech Chick-fil-A Kickoff and Nascar races at the Atlanta Motor Speedway.

Tropical Cancun, Mexico, and San Juan, Puerto Rico, also leapt into the top 5 trending destinations this year, according to IB Times.

Falling unemployment, better consumer finances, rising house prices and faster economic growth in the United States have all contributed to the 4.2 percent increase of travelers this Labor Day weekend, AAA and IHS report, according to NBC News.

"AAA is forecasting a lift in Labor Day travel this year due to the increasingly positive economic outlook and optimism in the housing market," AAA President and CEO Robert Darbelnet said in a statement, NBC News reports.

The average traveler will journey 594 miles and spend $804 during the long weekend round trip, the two groups said.

Labor Day falls on Monday, September 2.