Operational Updates as of 5 p.m. EST: (Final Report)
Dallas/Fort Worth: One Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) opt-out today, and wait times consistently under 12 minutes.
Dallas Love Field: Wait times under 3 minutes.
Salt Lake City: Wait times no more than 5 minutes at both checkpoints one and two; when open, checkpoint 3 has a 2-minute wait time. Across the airport, we have all lanes open and 6 AITs in operation.
Atlanta: 39 total AIT opt outs today (again, out of 47,000 fliers). All were screened and continued to their flights.
Newark: Average wait times today by terminal were 6 minutes for A and C, 11 minutes for B.
New Orleans: The longest reported wait time was approximately 13 minutes. Six passengers opted out of AIT screening. All were screened and continued to their flights.
Iowa and Kansas: No disruptions, no wait times greater than 10 minutes. According to federal security director, lots of passenger compliments.
Denver: Current wait times are 3-4 minutes per checkpoint.
Colorado Springs: 5-minute average wait time, and no AIT opt-outs.
Minneapolis: Wait times are currently 5-10 mins. No incidents.
Detroit: No wait time over 20 minutes all day.
Green Bay: Wait time is 3 minutes.
Indianapolis: 24-minute peak this morning at 6 a.m. Nothing near since.
Louisville: 5-10 minute wait times.
Los Angeles: Los Angeles: 113 AIT opt outs across LAX’s 8 terminals, which is less than 1 percent of the approximately 50,000 travelers screened at LAX today. All AIT opt-outs were screened and continued to their flights.
Charlotte: 18,000 passengers screened so far today, and estimated 24,000 will be screened by end of day. 1 AIT opt out today.
Cincinnati: The peak wait time was 10 minutes, and average is 5 minutes.
Chicago O’Hare: The longest wait was 15 minutes at one checkpoint, and has been under 10 minutes airport-wide for the most part.
Cleveland: Under 20 minutes for wait times all day, with a 10-minute average. Current wait times are less than 5 minutes. 0.66 percent opt out rate today.
Boston: Approximately 56,000 passengers screened with 300 AIT opt outs, which is less than 1 percent of all travelers and less than a normal day at the airport’s 17 AITs. All were screened and continued to their flights. The longest wait time all day was 12 minutes in terminal A in very early morning, and it was very short lived given all lanes were open.
Detroit: 25,000 passengers screened today, and 57 AIT opt-outs. All were screened and continued to their flights.
As of 3 p.m. EST:
We’re receiving reports of minimal wait times across the entire country – from Honolulu to Myrtle Beach and everywhere in between – and no disruptions.
Cincinnati: Nearly 5,500 passengers had been screened as of 12:30, 15 of whom opted out of AIT. All were screened and continued to their flights.
Denver: Walk-up service (virtually no wait times).
St. Louis: Wait times are less than 10 minutes, and seven passengers have opted for pat-down instead of AIT over the course of the day. All were screened and continued to their flights.
Miami: Some checkpoints have no lines at all.
Memphis: Wait times of 5 minutes or less, and five AIT opt-outs.
As of 12:30 EST:
Atlanta: Current wait time is 5 minutes, and AIT opt outs total 26 for the day so far, out of an estimated 47,000 passengers to be screened today (not including incoming international).
Seattle: Wait times below normal levels.
Wait times at all airports in the northwest and Rocky Mountain regions remain at or below normal levels.
Burbank, CA: We measured the wait times at one of our checkpoints vs. the coffee shop just inside the terminal past the checkpoint…the coffee shop took longer than the checkpoint.
As of 10:30 a.m. EST:
Miami: No AIT opt outs.
Burlington, VT: Following a pat-down, one passenger commented, “That’s it? That’s all there is to it? Why is the media making such a big deal? I’ve received more invasive pat downs just going to a rock concert.”
As of 10 a.m. EST:
Boston: Highest wait time was 12 minutes, and that was short-lived. Many, many compliments and few AIT opt outs.
Buffalo: No significant wait times. The longest wait time might have been 10 minutes this morning.
Bradley: Minimal wait times and no AIT opt outs
Phoenix, LAX and San Diego remain normal.
As of 9:30 a.m. EST:
Minneapolis/St. Paul: No problems, lots of passenger compliments, waits around 10 minutes.
Newark: No problems at EWR. More TSOs than passengers right now. Wait times minimal. There was a 25-minute wait time at B1 at 0430 right when the checkpoint opened, but whittled it down quickly.
LaGuardia: Very few AIT opt outs. No passengers opting out of a pat down. Wait times are very low. During the morning rush we had wait times of 15 minutes at two checkpoints.
Manchester, NH: No waits. Very positive passenger feedback. Here since 0500 with no issues.
San Francisco: No issues.
Albany: less than 30 minutes at all ALB lanes, no disruptions.
Portland, Maine: less than 15-minute waits, no issues.
Harrisburg, PA: Wait time is about 5 minutes, no long lines and passengers have been very supportive.
No problems and minimal wait times at Kansas City (MCI), Wichita (ICT), Des Moines (DSM) and Omaha (OMA).
Phoenix: Normal operations.
Live shots on local TV at SLC show no lines at checkpoint.
Richmond: Wait times are under 10 minutes, no AIT opt outs, lots of thank yous.
Norfolk: Wait times under 7 minutes.
Reagan (DCA): Wait times are basically 0.
BWI: No waits, only 4 AIT opt outs.
LAX: Less than 5-minute waits.
Denver: Had 39-minute waits at 5 am, but now we're under 20 minutes. No protests yet; no one has opted out of AIT.
From Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma: Busiest checkpoint is less than 10 minutes' wait, rest are 3-5 minutes.
Tampa: All wait times have remained under 20 minutes. No disruptions.
St. Louis: Highest wait time was 17 minutes early on for short period, but now about 5 minutes.
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