TSA 56-02
Monday, July 8, 2002
Contact: Sebastian Warren or Deirdre O’Sullivan
Phone: 202-385-1255 or 202-385-1253
TSA Begins Federalization Process At More Airports
Under Secretary of Transportation for Security John W. Magaw announced today that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will begin federalizing the next 111 airports the week of July 8, 2002.
The TSA will send assessment teams to conduct initial studies for the federalization of passenger security screening and/or baggage screening checkpoints.
“Moving into these additional airports places us another step closer in the federalization process to meet our Nov. 19 deadline of a fully-deployed federal screening workforce and our Dec. 31 deadline for installation of explosive detection systems,” said Magaw.
The federalization process consists of three steps: a site survey to determine the best design of the checkpoints and baggage screening areas; checkpoint and baggage screening reconfiguration to best facilitate security and safety of the flying public; and the deployment of a general screening workforce. The timeframe between arrival of the site assessment team and full deployment of a federal screening workforce depends on the size of the airport and other factors. The recruitment, assessment, training and deployment of screeners at a given airport will take five weeks or longer.
The Transportation Security Administration, which has responsibility for civil aviation security, is currently establishing federal security operations in the nation’s commercial airports. TSA will deploy federal personnel, including passenger screeners, to all airports by Nov. 19, 2002, and is responsible for having checked baggage-screening equipment in place by Dec. 31, 2002. Over 200 airports have been visited by site assessment teams.
The TSA will begin site assessments at the following airports to begin the process of deploying a federal screening workforce and installing explosive detection equipment. A blank indicates airports receiving passenger security screening site assessment teams; * Indicates airports receiving explosive detection equipment site assessment teams; · Indicates airports receiving both passenger security screening and explosive detection equipment site assessment teams.
Adak Naval Air Station (ADK), Adak, AK ·
Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC), Anchorage, AK
Cold Bay Airport (CDB), Cold Bay, AK ·
Unalaska-Dutch Harbor Airport (DUT), Dutch Harbor, AK *
Fairbanks International Airport (FAI), Fairbanks, AK ·
Juneau International Airport (JNU), Juneau, AK *
Ketchikan International Airport (KTN), Ketchikan, AK ·
Petersburg Airport (PSG), Petersburg, AK *
Deadhorse Airport (SCC), Prudhoe Bay, AK
Wrangell Airport (WRG), Wrangell, AK *
Birmingham International Airport (BHM), Birmingham, AL *
Dothan-Houston County Airport (DHN), Dothan, AL
Mobile Regional Airport (MOB), Mobile, AL
Little Rock National Airport (LIT), Little Rock, AR *
Kingman Airport Authority, Inc. (IGM), Kingman, AZ
Tucson International Airport (TUS), Tucson, AZ *
McClellan-Palomar Airport (CRQ), Carlsbad, CA
Arcata-Eureka Airport (ACV), Eureka, CA
Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), Los Angeles, CA
Metropolitan Oakland International Airport (OAK), Oakland, CA
San Francisco International Airport (SFO), San Francisco, CA
San Jose International Airport (SJC), San Jose, CA
Colorado Springs Municipal (COS), Colorado Springs, CO *
Denver International Airport (DEN), Denver, CO
Melbourne International Airport (MLB), Melbourne, FL
Naples Municipal Airport (APF), Naples, FL
Orlando International Airport (MCO), Orlando, FL
Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport (ATL), Atlanta, GA
Middle Georgia Regional Airport (MCN), Macon, GA
Antonio B. Won Pat Guam International Airport (GUM), Tumuning, Guam *
Hilo International Airport (ITO), Hilo, HI
Kona International Airport (KOA), Kailua-Kona, HI *
Lihue Airport (LIH), Lihue, HI *
The Eastern Iowa Airport (CID), Cedar Rapids, IA
Sioux Gateway Airport (SUX), Sioux City, IA
Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Field (BOI), Boise, ID ·
Idaho Falls Regional Airport (IDA), Idaho Falls, ID
Bloomington-Normal Airport (BMI), Bloomington, IL
Capital Airport (SPI), Springfield, IL *
Decatur Airport (DEC), Decatur, IL ·
Quincy Regional Airport-Baldwin Field (UIN), Quincy, IL *
O'Hare International Airport (ORD), Chicago, IL
Salina Municipal Airport (SLN), Salina, KS
Louisville International Airport (SDF), Louisville, KY
Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport (BTR), Baton Rouge, LA
Worcester Regional Airport (ORH), Worcester, MA
Logan International Airport (BOS), East Boston, MA
Monroe Regional Airport (MLU), Monroe, LA
Hanscom Field (BED), Bedford, MA *
Hagerstown Regional Airport (HGR), Hagerstown, MD
Baltimore-Washington International (BWI), BWI Airport, MD
Hancock County Bar Harbor Airport (BHB), Trenton, ME *
Northern Maine Regional Airport (PQI), Presque Isle, ME *
Knox County Regional Airport (RKD), Rockland, ME *
Augusta State Airport (AUG), Augusta, ME *
Houghton County Memorial Airport (CMX), Calumet, MI
Chippewa County International Airport (CIU), Kincheloe, MI*
Gerald R. Ford International Airport (GRR), Grand Rapids, MI
Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport (AZO), Kalamazoo, MI *
Manistee County Blacker Airport (MBL), Manistee, MI
Pellston Regional Airport of Emmet County (PLN), Pellston, MI *
Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP), St Paul, MN
Springfield/Branson Regional Airport (SGF), Springfield, MO
Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport (GPT), Gulfport, MS
Great Falls International Airport (GTF), Great Falls, MT
Charlotte/Douglas International Airport (CLT), Charlotte, NC
Piedmont Triad International Airport (GSO), Greensboro, NC ·
Sloulin Field International Airport (ISN), Williston, ND
McCook Municipal Airport (MCK), McCook, NE
Eppley Airfield (OMA), Omaha, NE *
Lebanon Municipal Airport (LEB), West Lebanon, NH *
Pease International Airport (PSM), Portsmouth, NH *
Manchester Airport (MHT), Manchester, NH *
FAA Technical Center (PVO), Atlantic City, NJ
Newark International Airport (EWR), Newark, NJ
Santa Fe Municipal Airport (SAF), Santa Fe, NM
Albany International Airport (ALB), Albany, NY *
Greater Rochester International Airport (ROC), Rochester, NY *
Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF), Cheektowago, NY *
Watertown International Airport (ART), Dexter, NY
LaGuardia Airport (LGA), Flushing, NY
John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), Jamaica, NY
Syracuse-Hancock International Airport (SYR), North Syracuse, NY *
Long Island MacArthur Airport (ISP), Ronkonkoma, NY *
Port Columbus International Airport (CMH), Columbus, OH
James M. Cox Dayton International Airport (DAY), Dayton, OH ·
Will Rogers World Airport (OKC), Oklahoma City, OK *
Tulsa International Airport (TUL), Tulsa, OK *
Bradford Regional Airport (BFD), Lewis Run, PA
Lancaster Airport (LNS), Lititz, PA
Philadelphia International Airport (PHL), Philadelphia, PA
Tri-Cities Regional Airport (TRI), Blountville, TN
Nashville International Airport (BNA), Nashville, TN
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW), DFW Airport, TX
El Paso International Airport (ELP), El Paso, TX *
Tyler Pounds Field Airport (TYR), Tyler, TX
Victoria Regional Airport (VCT), Victoria, TX
Canyonlands Field Airport (CNY), Moab, UT
Lynchburg Regional Airport (LYH), Lynchburg, VA
Richmond International Airport (RIC), Richmond, VA *
Shenandoah Valley Airport (SHD), Weyers Cave, VA
Rutland State Airport (RUT), North Clarendon, VT *
Burlington International Airport (BTV), South Burlington, VT *
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA), Seattle, WA
Spokane International Airport (GEG), Spokane, WA
Yakima Air Terminal-McAllister Field (YKM), Yakima, WA
Dane County Regional Airport (MSN), Madison, WI *
Cheyenne Airport (CYS), Cheyenne, WY
Sheridan County Airport (SHR), Sheridan, WY
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