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I'll be flying out of Newark on June 21st at 4:00 pm. I have a bus taking me to the airport from another airport that isn't scheduled to arrive at Newark until 2:30 pm. I won't have to check my bags at Newark because they will be checked in at the first airport before I get on the bus, but I'm still worried that that won't be enough time. In the past, 1-1/2 hours was plenty of time to get to the airport, through security and to the gate. Hoping it works out for me. Not much else I can do since I'm at the mercy of the bus.
Well, right now, security wait time at Newark is between 0-30 minutes for all gates (Some are 0, some are 30).. Since this is approximately the time and day you'd be flying.. That should be a decent rule of thumb.
But.. Traffic.. Having to be at the gate 30 minutes prior.. Possible delay in the flight arriving at other airport.. Probably not something I'd consider in this day and age, but, barring major issues.. It should work out for you.
I did a trip last week, and another two weeks before. Every time, I got TSA Pre-Check and have never paid for it. It saved me 1.5-2 hours in Seattle, but in smaller airports like McCarran Las Vegas and Long Beach CA there were no long lines to worry about. Choose your flight times and airports carefully and avoid peak times/days.
Small airports usually have very few issues. You get through everything pretty quickly.
I will say I flew out of JFK (international) on a Saturday morning and from walking in the door to getting to my terminal took less than thirty minutes. I didn't have any bags to check but I will say I love when they bring the dog out.
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I think that passengers are at least 50% of the reason there are long lines. Most passengers aren't prepared to efficiently get through security screenings. I see people having to take off belts, earrings and other jewelry. They have to go back to take off a jacket and put it on the belt. They have to untie their shoes, and then dig in their bags to pull out liquids or a laptop. Then they throw something in the bin with their laptop and it has to be taken out and re-screened or something is forgotten in their bag and it has to go back through the machine. Then there are those that are slow in getting their items and then try to repack everything right away when they should be getting out of the way so that the next person can get their items. I think that if more people were better prepared to go through security we would see lines move faster
I don't think people always know what to do because they're always changing things around. For example, my husband and I got on a line to get through security and in the process of waiting, they brought out the dog, so the people before the dog came out still had to take off their stuff and take out their stuff. Meanwhile, anyone who walked by the dog didn't have to do anything but roll their bag up and onto the scanner. But after we walked by the dog, people were like, "Wait, do I still have to take off my shoes? Do I need to take my laptop out?"
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I'll be flying out of Newark on June 21st at 4:00 pm. I have a bus taking me to the airport from another airport that isn't scheduled to arrive at Newark until 2:30 pm. I won't have to check my bags at Newark because they will be checked in at the first airport before I get on the bus, but I'm still worried that that won't be enough time. In the past, 1-1/2 hours was plenty of time to get to the airport, through security and to the gate. Hoping it works out for me. Not much else I can do since I'm at the mercy of the bus.
I'll be flying out of Newark on June 21st at 4:00 pm. I have a bus taking me to the airport from another airport that isn't scheduled to arrive at Newark until 2:30 pm. I won't have to check my bags at Newark because they will be checked in at the first airport before I get on the bus, but I'm still worried that that won't be enough time. In the past, 1-1/2 hours was plenty of time to get to the airport, through security and to the gate. Hoping it works out for me. Not much else I can do since I'm at the mercy of the bus.
Hi again, does anyone have an update on how the TSA lines are moving, particularly at Newark? We'll be flying out on Tuesday at 4:00 pm and we're just wondering if the lines have gotten any better (and hopefully not worse). Also, we'll be flying out of Phoenix on July 5th, so any information on that airport's lines would be appreciated too. Thanks much!
Hi all, I have returned from my trip and it went very well. I went through security checkpoints at four different airports - Newark, San Francisco, Orange County & Phoenix, and I never had to wait for more than 5-10 minutes, and I think that's because we were sent through the TSA Pre-Check lines. For some reason, at all of those airports, my boarding pass said TSA Pre-Check. The same thing happened when we travelled last year, but I'm not sure why. Believe me, I'm not complaining, but can someone tell me how they choose which people to let go through the Pre-Check line?
Anyway, the airport parts of our trip were uneventful, which to me was a great trip.
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Anyone have an update?
