Next week the TSA will make a number of changes to the location and structure of security screening at MSP Terminal 1. The transition will be phased in over the course of the week, beginning February 15. Travelers should allow extra time during this week and anticipate that the phased movement of equipment means that the screening capacity may be reduced until Friday, when the new checkpoint will be fully operational.

Below is information I have learned from a training session and materials for MSP volunteers. I've tried to be as concise as possible, but apologize that this is rather long.

There will be two main checkpoints, North Checkpoint, at the end of the terminal where the AA and AS checkin counters are located, and South Checkpoint, the former Checkpoint 6 near Delta. North Checkpoint will have 10 lanes; South Checkpoint will have the current six lanes until an expansion in a couple of years. Both checkpoints will have Pre✓ lanes. There will be large Queue Management System (QMS) signs at both checkpoints that will initially display just the name of each checkpoint and later will display wait times for the checkpoints.

Checkpoint 10, which enters airside into the C-G skybridge, will continue to operate as it currently does. Checkpoint 7, from customs and immigration into the G concourse, will continue to operate for pax connecting from international arrivals.

Checkpoints 2 and 4 (current Pre✓) will close. Checkpoint 3 (employees) will close for now but will reopen in a few weeks as the KCM (Known Crew Member) portal; Checkpoint 3 will continue to be an exit from the airside terminal.

At least for now, the airlines have agreed to share joint premier passenger lanes at both checkpoints. I don’t know whether this includes DL FOs, who, until now, have been able to use the all-airline premier lane at Checkpoint 2 but not the Sky Priority lane at Checkpoint 6. As far as I have been able to ascertain, there will no longer be a lane for those who have both SkyPriority and Pre✓.

***Dates to note:
Tuesday 2/16 - Checkpoint 2 closed. North Checkpoint open with four lanes.
Friday 2/19 - North Checkpoint fully operational. Checkpoint 4 (current Pre✓) closed.

***Pre✓ Information
Pre✓ only at Checkpoint 4 through 2/18
Pre✓ only at North Checkpoint on 2/18 and for a day or two thereafter, when it will be at both checkpoints

Checkpoint Hours from 2/19-4/17
North Checkpoint: 0300-1900 daily
South Checkpoint: 24 hours
Checkpoint 10: 0400-1330

Checkpoint Hours after 4/17
North Checkpoint: 24 hours
South Checkpoint: 0400-2200
Checkpoint 10: 0400-1330