(KTLA) – Choose airports throughout the nation are including special security lanes to assist make journey simpler for households.
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) introduced in July its new “Families on the Fly” program, which goals to “put households first and improve their airport safety screening expertise in the course of the busy summer season journey season and past,” in accordance with the company.
When requested, a consultant for the TSA instructed Nexstar that the family-friendly safety lanes work principally the identical because the common lanes, whereas offering households “with their very own area the place they will transfer by means of safety at their very own tempo, with out feeling rushed or as if they’re inconveniencing different vacationers.”
The “Households on the Fly” line is seen at John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana on Aug. 5, 2025. (KTLA)
As a part of this system, the TSA can also be providing a $15 discount on PreCheck enrollment when two adults join collectively. Youngsters underneath 12 are usually allowed the identical advantages when touring with an enrolled grownup; children underneath 17 might also be eligible in the event that they meet sure situations.
There are additionally plans to implement dedicated TSA PreCheck lanes for service members and their households, per TSA and the Division of Homeland Safety (DHS).
Devoted household lanes are already operational at Orlando Worldwide Airport (MCO) in Florida and Charlotte-Douglas Worldwide Airport (CLT) in North Carolina, the TSA says. However Nexstar’s KTLA reported that John Wayne Airport, in Orange County, Calif., debuted its lane in July.
KTLA’s Carlos Herrera visited John Wayne Airport on Tuesday to talk with households testing out the brand new lane.
“It has been very good. Very brief line,” one father or mother on the Southern California airport, simply moments earlier than she reached the entrance of the queue.
Along with the Orlando, Charlotte-Douglas and John Wayne services, devoted household lanes are deliberate for the next airports, in accordance with the TSA:
- Daniel Okay. Inouye Worldwide Airport in Honolulu (HNL)
- Charleston Worldwide Airport (CHS)
- Jacksonville Worldwide Airport (JAX)
- Rhode Island T. F. Inexperienced Worldwide Airport (PVD)
- Luis Muñoz Marín Worldwide Airport in Puerto Rico (SJU)
- Tampa Worldwide Airport (TPA)
“This program goes past comfort; it’s about addressing the distinctive wants of touring households to supply a smoother, extra supportive expertise at our safety checkpoints,” Pete Garcia, the TSA federal safety director for Orlando, was quoted as saying in a press launch. “We’re devoted to creating journey sensible, safe, and household pleasant.”
Extra data on the TSA’s “Households on the Fly” program may be discovered on the company’s official web site.