Travel News - TSA posts wait times for airport security checkpoints

"Good morning, sir, and welcome to Checkpoint Charlie". Can you tell I dislike that term, checkpoint?

http://www.thekansascitychannel.com/news/3639052/detail.html

"The Transportation Security Administration has been monitoring wait times at airports across the country by day, hour and gate.

The TSA is providing the wait times on its Web site, where travelers can use the information to help plan trips."

So, wait a minute, I have to plan my trips around the TSA delays? :rolleyes:

This link takes you directly to the wait list times: http://waittime.tsa.dhs.gov/index.html

You can query the airport and time of your departure to get the TSA wait times at that particular span of time. It's actually pretty impressive. Here's what I pulled up for an upcoming flight:

The following wait times are historical averages for Fridays at Honolulu International Airport (HNL) between 11am and 3pm. Please note that your personal experience may differ due to weather, airport flight schedules, staffing conditions, holidays or special events.

COMMUTER TERMINAL 3 min. 10 min. 1 min. 2 min. 0 min. 0 min. 2 min. 6 min. 3 min. 8 min.
HNL02 10 min. 16 min. 7 min. 15 min. 6 min. 20 min. 2 min. 4 min. 1 min. 1 min.
HNL03 3 min. 6 min. 3 min. 7 min. 0 min. 0 min. n/a n/a n/a n/a
HNL04 13 min. 20 min. 15 min. 25 min. 12 min. 18 min. 2 min. 5 min. 4 min. 11 min.
HNL05 6 min. 14 min. 10 min. 15 min. 3 min. 10 min. 3 min. 5 min. 4 min. 5 min.
HNLAQ 6 min. 16 min. 3 min. 7 min. 3 min. 7 min. 5 min. 9 min. 4 min. 6 min.
HNLAQM 3 min. 14 min. 4 min. 8 min. n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
HNLHA 5 min. 11 min. 5 min. 13 min. 0 min. 0 min. 2 min. 12 min. 1 min. 3 min.
HNLHAM 4 min. 8 min. 2 min. 6 min. n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

Pretty handy.

aloha