Airport Security Waits Down Ahead Of Labor Day Weekend
Passengers line up to go through security at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, Friday, Dec. 18, 2015, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Transportation Security Administration spokesperson Sari Koshetz said that about 8,000 lbs. of prohibited items were confiscated this year by the TSA at the Fort Lauderdale airport. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
Security officials are predicting a relatively calm Labor Day travel weekend, after long security lines snarled passengers earlier this summer.
Mark Howell, the region’s spokesman for the Transportation Security Administration, says Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport is expected to see a total of about 140,000 passengers Thursday and Friday. Howell said he doesn’t expect the volume to cause big problems.
“Nationwide we’re seeing dramatically decreased wait times,” Howell said. “In fact in Atlanta in July, about 94 percent of passengers going through screening waited less than 20 minutes.”
Howell said increased staffing and more K-9 units have helped drop wait times.
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