TSA PreCheck adds 60 airport locations
10 September, 2013
category: Government
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has revealed an expansion to its expedited screening program, TSA PreCheck, to include 60 new airports. The new airports will join the list of 40 existing sites, bringing the total number of nationwide airport locations to 100.
Airports participating in the TSA PreCheck program will have express lanes at the select 60 airports by the end of the year. Additionally, the agency has plans to expand the number of TSA PreCheck lanes at the existing 40 airport locations within the coming weeks.
TSA PreCheck is an expedited screening program that eliminates the need for pre-approved travelers to remove their shoes, light outerwear or belt as well as allows them to keep their laptop in its case and compliant liquids/gels bag in a carry-on in select screening lanes. Since the program’s inception in October of 2011, more than 15 million passengers have utilized TSA PreCheck express screening.
Eligibility for the TSA PreCheck program requires U.S. citizenship and membership invitation to frequent traveler programs by participating airlines. Additionally, U.S. citizens who are members of a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Trusted Traveler program, or Canadian citizens who are members of CBP’s NEXUS program, also qualify for the TSA PreCheck program. To further expand the program, the TSA has plans to launch a mobile app that will allow more U.S. citizens to enroll in TSA PreCheck.
The list of current airline participants includes Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Hawaiian Airlines, United Airlines, US Airways and Virgin America, while JetBlue and Southwest are expected to begin participating once operationally prepared.
Once a passenger is eligible for expedited screening, a TSA PreCheck indicator will be embedded in the barcode of their boarding pass so that when scanned at the checkpoint, the passenger may be referred to a TSA PreCheck lane. A number of the participating airlines already print TSA PreCheck indicators directly on the boarding pass meaning passengers will know in advance whether they have been cleared for expedited screening.
For security purposes, the TSA maintains that it will always incorporate random and unpredictable security measures throughout the airport screening process, meaning no individual will ever be fully guaranteed expedited screening.
The full list of new TSA PreCheck airport locations is listed below:
Alabama:
Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport
Alaska:
Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport
Arizona:
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport
Tucson International Airport
Arkansas:
Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport (Little Rock)
California:
Bob Hope Airport (Burbank)
Fresno Yosemite International Airport
John Wayne Airport (Orange County)
Long Beach Airport
Los Angeles International Airport*
Oakland International Airport
Ontario International Airport
Sacramento International Airport
San Diego International Airport
San Francisco International Airport
San Jose International Airport
Colorado:
Colorado Springs Airport
Denver International Airport
Connecticut:
Bradley International Airport (Hartford)
Florida:
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport
Jacksonville International Airport
Miami International Airport
Orlando International Airport
Palm Beach International Airport (West Palm Beach)
Pensacola International Airport
Southwest Florida International Airport (Fort Myers)
Tampa International Airport
Georgia:
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport
Guam:
Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport (Hagåtña)
Hawaii:
Honolulu International Airport
Kahului Airport
Kona International Airport
Lihue Airport
Idaho:
Boise Airport
Illinois:
Chicago Midway International Airport
Chicago O’Hare International Airport
Indiana:
Indianapolis International Airport
Iowa:
Des Moines International Airport
Kansas:
Wichita Mid-Continent Airport
Kentucky:
Louisville International Airport
Louisiana:
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport
Maine:
Portland International Jetport
Maryland:
Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport
Massachusetts:
Boston Logan International Airport
Michigan:
Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport
Gerald R. Ford International Airport (Grand Rapids)
Minnesota:
Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport
Missouri:
Kansas City International Airport
Lambert-St. Louis International Airport
Nebraska:
Eppley Airfield (Omaha)
Nevada:
McCarran International Airport (Las Vegas)
Reno-Tahoe International Airport
New Hampshire:
Manchester-Boston Regional Airport
New Jersey:
Newark Liberty International Airport
New Mexico:
Albuquerque International Sunport
New York:
Albany International Airport
Buffalo Niagara International Airport
Greater Rochester International Airport
John F. Kennedy International Airport (New York City)
LaGuardia Airport (New York City)
Syracuse Hancock International Airport
Westchester County Airport
North Carolina:
Charlotte-Douglas International Airport
Piedmont Triad International Airport (Greensboro)
Raleigh-Durham International Airport
Ohio:
Akron-Canton Airport
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport
Cleveland Hopkins International Airport
Dayton International Airport
Port Columbus International Airport
Oklahoma:
Tulsa International Airport
Will Rogers World Airport (Oklahoma City)
Oregon:
Portland International Airport
Pennsylvania:
Philadelphia International Airport
Pittsburgh International Airport
Puerto Rico:
Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (San Juan)
Rhode Island:
T. F. Green Airport (Providence)
South Carolina:
Charleston International Airport
Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport
Myrtle Beach International Airport
Tennessee:
McGhee Tyson Airport (Knoxville)
Memphis International Airport
Nashville International Airport
Texas:
Austin-Bergstrom International Airport
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
Dallas Love Field
El Paso International Airport
George Bush Intercontinental Airport (Houston)
San Antonio International Airport
William P. Hobby Airport (Houston)
Utah:
Salt Lake City International Airport
Virginia:
Norfolk International Airport
Richmond International Airport
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
Washington Dulles International Airport
Washington:
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
Spokane International Airport
Wisconsin:
Dane County Regional Airport (Madison)
General Mitchell International Airport (Milwaukee)