TSA PreCheck To More Than Double By Year-End
It looks like TSA is getting ready to go through a massive growth phase for PreCheck, expanding it to many corners of the country where it’s not yet present.
There are plenty of folks who decry the TSA and pretty much everything they do. I’ve never been one of those people, though I have had my share of unpleasant experiences traveling in the TSA era. I don’t think everything is perfect by any stretch. But I think they’ve hit their stride in a few areas, most specifically TSA PreCheck.
I was a very early adopter of PreCheck through my elite status at American Airlines. I also enrolled in Global Entry early on and made sure to enroll my entire family, since Global Entry participants also get access to PreCheck.
For those that haven’t experienced it yet, PreCheck is security the way it used to be. Leave your shoes and belt on. Leave your laptop and liquids in your bag. And, generally speaking, a much shorter line. Even though there’s a random element to PreCheck selection for each Flight, I’ve actually qualified for every one of my eligible flights this year. TSA even improved the program earlier this year, providing advance notification of your PreCheck status before each flight. You’ll also be able to enroll directly in PreCheck for a fee in the near future, though I think that’s a bad idea.
With the improvements I’m thoroughly enjoying PreCheck. The only problem? Showing up somewhere like Bob Hope airport earlier this year and not having PreCheck. With only 40 airports enrolled I ran into my fair share of places that didn’t have it over the last few years. But, that’s about to change at Bob Hope, and plenty of other places.
So, where else is the TSA expanding to? Here are the list of 60 airports they’ve added.:
Alabama:
Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport
Arizona:
Tucson International Airport
Arkansas:
Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport (Little Rock)
***Really? They named the airport after BOTH of them? Not political commentary, just a bit of political theater. 🙂
California:
Bob Hope Airport (Burbank)
Fresno Yosemite International Airport
Long Beach Airport
Oakland International Airport
Ontario International Airport
Sacramento International Airport
San Diego International Airport
San Jose International Airport
Colorado:
Colorado Springs Airport
Connecticut:
Bradley International Airport (Hartford)
Florida:
Jacksonville International Airport
Palm Beach International Airport (West Palm Beach)
Pensacola International Airport
Southwest Florida International Airport (Fort Myers)
Georgia:
Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport
Guam:
Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport (Hagåtña)
Hawaii:
Kahului Airport
Kona International Airport
Lihue Airport
Idaho:
Boise Airport
Illinois:
Chicago Midway 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
Michigan:
Gerald R. Ford International Airport (Grand Rapids)
Missouri:
Kansas City International Airport
Nebraska:
Eppley Airfield (Omaha)
Nevada:
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
Syracuse Hancock International Airport
Westchester County Airport
North Carolina:
Piedmont Triad International Airport (Greensboro)
Ohio:
Akron-Canton Airport
Dayton International Airport
Port Columbus International Airport
Oklahoma:
Tulsa International Airport
Will Rogers World Airport (Oklahoma City)
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)
Texas:
Dallas Love Field
El Paso International Airport
San Antonio International Airport
William P. Hobby Airport (Houston)
Virginia:
Norfolk International Airport
Richmond International Airport
Washington:
Spokane International Airport
Wisconsin:
Dane County Regional Airport (Madison)
General Mitchell International Airport (Milwaukee)
The full press release and 100 airports can be found on the TSA’s website. I’m pretty excited about this. Most of the holes in my travel have been plugged with PreCheck now!
What about you? Are you enjoying PreCheck?
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I enjoy Pre-Check and I am glad that the next time I visit NOLA I don’t have to take off my shoes. That was annoying this morning and I had bare feet >.<
Chanel, I don’t think there’s any airport I really want to walk barefoot through. 😉