Denver International is joining a growing
trend among airports.
That is, when
the last flight leaves for the day, so does security at one of its
checkpoints.
Beginning on May 5, Denver International
Airport (DIA) will no longer have a Transportation Security Administration
checkpoint. The South Security checkpoint will
not be staffed between 1 and 3 a.m. That roughly coincides with the overall
flight schedule at the airport.
The last flight at Denver International is
scheduled to leave each day at 12:59 a.m., and flights resume at 5 a.m. Passengers will not be
screened at that checkpoint for the two hours in which it is closed.
TSA spokesperson Lorie
Dankers said that even though the TSA checkpoint is closed for two hours, it
will reopen two hours before the next flight is scheduled to depart, leaving
people with plenty of time to be screened. And the change will help the TSA
manage its workload.
"We want to keep the
maximum number of lanes open during our busiest hours," Dankers said. "We're always looking at ways to make
things more efficient."
It is not uncommon for a
major airport to shut down one of its security checkpoints when it is rarely in
use.
DIA officials said in a
statement: “TSA informed us that they would
be making this decision as part of a staffing reallocation effort and to make
their operations more efficient. Based on the TSA data that informed this
decision, significant passenger impacts are not expected as there are currently
no scheduled flight departures after 1 a.m.”
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