COnned

Saw this posted on the Flight Status & Updates page:

90 minutes prior to departure seems a little overly cautious for such a tiny airport, but as anyone who has flown out of GRR knows, there is no SkyPriority screening. Everything is slow. Based on personal experience, you are more than 75% likely to be stuck behind a senior citizen traveling for the first time in decades.

Just last week I had two friends flying GRR - LGA miss their flight because delays at the TSA checkpoint in GRR were in excess of an hour. Meanwhile it takes less than 15 minutes to get from curbside to the gate at JFK T2.

Are there any other small airports that regularly experience such delays in screening so as to recommend passengers arrive a full hour and 30 minutes prior to departure?

Taz

I live in AZO but decided to give GRR a try a couple of weeks ago for an award trip because the mileage required was much lower. It is a mess. Clearing security is a giant goat rodeo. The checkpoint is just in a fairly narrow hallway, partially up the concourse leading to the gates and with multiple departures at roughly the same time, it took me 45 minutes to clear. There was no curbside bag drop that I could see and that adds to the lines at check-in. I'm sticking with AZO.

carybrevard

I have a vague memory of Herman Miller butter yellow leather chairs in the gate areas of GRR several years ago - perhaps arrive earlier to enjoy them longer?

But it looks as if help is on the way:http://www.wwmt.com/articles/expansi...wschannel.html

COnned

Your memory serves correct! But then again, having grown up with Herman Miller furniture all over the place (it's a West Michigan thing) it's not that big of a draw anymore.

Thank goodness. That hallway-turned-security area was always a little awkward.

wb8iny

BTW already discussed here -> http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/delta...?highlight=grr