"Betty Mitchell arrived at Philadelphia International Airport at 12:30 a.m. Saturday for a 5 a.m. flight to visit family, but she said the airline desk did not open until 3 a.m. Once it did, there was a sudden influx of passengers to squeeze into the TSA screening lines. 'All at once it became a madhouse,' Mitchell said."
"'We have not previously experienced checkpoint wait times similar to what we are seeing this morning,' Baltimore-Washington International Airport said in a post Saturday on the social platform X. BWI officials recommended travelers arrive four hours before their scheduled departure time."
Airline passengers faced long security lines at major U.S. airports during spring break, despite President Trump's executive order to pay TSA officers. The order aimed to alleviate delays, but its effects were unclear. Many travelers reported extensive wait times, with some missing flights. Baltimore-Washington International Airport noted unprecedented checkpoint wait times, advising travelers to arrive four hours early. Additional Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were deployed to assist at BWI, reflecting the ongoing challenges faced by passengers during peak travel periods.
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