Departing travelers, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) requests that you use the following tips for making your security checkpoint process as efficient and comfortable as possible.Pack Smart
- Pack your carry-on in organized layers
- If you can put your oversized electronics in your checked baggage, please do so
- Perpare you ONE quart-sized, clear, plastic zip-top bag of liquids before arriving at the airport
- Coats and jackets are recommended to be packed in checked baggage
- Do not wrap gifts
- Undeveloped film should go in your carry-on bag, so that 800-speed or higher can be declared to a TSA officer for hand inspection
- When it doubt, leave it out. Check it or leave it at home.
Dress the Part
The following items may set off the metal detector alarm.
- Keys
- Loose change
- Mobile phones and pagers
- Personal Data Assistants (PDAs)
- Heavy jewelry
- Clothing containing metal buttons, snaps or studs
- Metal hair barrettes or other hair adornments
- Belt buckles
- Under-wire bra
- Body piercings (which may cause you to require additional screening)
*you may ask to privately remove the piercing to avoid a pat-down search
Head coverings and religious garmets may be worn during screening. If your head covering or clothing (religious or otherwise) is loose fitting/large enough to conceal prohibited items you may be directed to additional screening.
Shoes, need to be removed before you enter the walk-through metal detector.
Have the Following Ready
- Boarding Pass
- Acceptable for of ID
*Click here to see the full list of acceptable forms of identification.
Hassle-Free Security Tips
- Arrive on time
- Wear slip-on shoes
- Remove pets from their carrying cases
*Hold them as you pass through the metal detector - Take children/infants out of their baby carriers/strollers
*Take them through the metal detector with you - Think before you speak
