In the absence of official TSA wait times, passengers can crowd-source information by posting on Twitter or Instagram using TSA’s social media tools, which they can access easily at www.iHateTheWait.com.
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A review of TSA performance finds, the average waiting time at security checkpoints at O’Hare is down to eight minutes, and nine minutes at Midway Airport.
Q: What if I miss my flight?
Domestic travelers should arrive at the airport two hours before a flight while worldwide travelers should arrive three hours prior to their flight’s departure time.
A TSA K9 unit patrols the security line at Terminal B in Mineta San Jose International Airport in San Jose on Friday, May 27, 2016. Representatives from both United Airlines and Delta said the airlines were each investing $4 million across dozens of airports to ensure their passengers make it onto their planes.
Traffic has grown to record levels at Lovell Field, but Chattanooga’s airport still handles only a fraction of the passengers other airports in the region handle, where passenger congestion and TSA check lines have been much longer.
“With the help of Congress, we are working quickly and aggressively to add resources to keep air travelers moving at airports, and to keep them safe”, Johnson said in a statement. But they allow five passengers at a time to put all of their belongings into those large plastic bins for scanning, instead of the painfully slow one-at-a-time process that now exists at most airports.
Tim Sakahara, a spokesman for the Hawaii Department of Transportation, said the TSA says it will allow overtime for employees if needed and open additional checkpoints during peak hours.
He doesn’t expect to see double-digit percentage gains again in airport boardings until the airlines start increasing the number of seats out of Chattanooga this summer.
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TSA chief Peter Neffenger – under fire for how his agency has been handling those lines – pledged Wednesday to congressional lawmakers to alleviate the problem, specifically at hard-hit O’Hare International Airport in Chicago.
