High Wait Times Reported At Atlanta Airport 9 Days Before Super Bowl

A Transportation Security Administration employee helps air travelers submit their bags for inspection at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Jan. 7. With just over a week until the Super Bowl, the TSA said in a statement Friday that Hartsfield-Jackson had maximum wait times Thursday of 42 minutes, the highest of the nation’s top 42 airports.

John Bazemore / Associated Press file

The world’s busiest airport is experiencing long wait times to get through security just nine days before it expects 150,000 out-of-town visitors for the Super Bowl.

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport had maximum wait times Thursday of 42 minutes, the highest of the nation’s top 42 airports, the Transportation Security Administration said in a statement Friday.

Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport had the second-longest wait time, of 19 minutes.