PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Pittsburgh Worldwide Airport issued a journey alert advising individuals with early morning flights to reach as much as three hours early due to record-breaking crowds and lengthy strains.
In a journey alert posted to social media on Monday afternoon, the airport really useful passengers with flights between 5 a.m. and eight a.m. to reach 2.5 to three hours early to get by way of safety.
“We’re conscious that this busy summer time journey season has resulted in longer TSA safety strains than normal throughout the nation. We’re working with TSA to streamline the safety course of as a lot as attainable at PIT,” a spokesperson for the airport mentioned in a press release.
PLEASE READ‼️ 👀 For passengers with flights between 5 – 8 a.m., we advise arriving 2.5 – 3 hours earlier than your flight to permit time for longer safety strains. We’re experiencing record-breaking crowds, which suggests longer strains. We’re working with TSA to streamline the method. pic.twitter.com/yBpyTJv1ls
— Pittsburgh Worldwide Airport (@PITairport) June 24, 2024
The spokesperson says the airport is seeing record-breaking crowds for journey this summer time and a number of new routes have made the landside terminal “busier than ever.”
The Transportation Safety Administration says it broke a report on Sunday, screening almost 3 million vacationers. Seven of the busiest journey days ever have occurred within the final 30 days, the TSA says, and it expects to see 32 million extra individuals from June 27 by way of July 8 for Independence Day journey.
“We count on this summer time to be our busiest ever and summer time journey often peaks over the Independence Day vacation,” TSA Administrator David Pekoske mentioned in a information launch.
Friday is projected to be the the height journey day, with the TSA anticipating to display screen greater than 3 million individuals. The company says it is staffed to satisfy the usual wait time of half-hour or much less, with even shorter waits in TSA PreCheck lanes.
