Is your average airport security experience a quick walk through the screening area, or does the line often snake around multiple stanchions? The answer depends on where you’re flying out of.
At the top 50 busiest airports in the US, the average security line wait time is 9.9 minutes, but TSA data shows that passengers can wait almost three times as long at some airports and as little as a few minutes at others.
The Trump administration is pushing to privatize airport security by expanding the TSA’s Screening Partnership Program (SPP), which allows airports to use private contractors for screening instead of federal TSA officers.
The push comes…
