As a regional airport with a less intense schedule of arrivals and departures, we tend to be faster in terms of service and turnaround time.
Passengers can often move through a bit faster than average. If the general guidance is 60 minutes with no luggage, 90 minutes with luggage and 2 hours for international, many travelers are wondering when to arrive during COVID Does traveling during COVID take longer because of added cleaning protocols, or does it take less time because fewer people are flying?
Social distancing measures are in place, and agents have reduced physical contact where possible. There may be increased wait times during busy times due to increased cleaning protocols. At the same time, overall passenger volumes remain very low compared to a year ago. Daily passenger counts rarely exceed 1 million, where last year they sat between 2 and 2. With fewer passengers to screen, the TSA tends to move passengers through pretty quickly.
When flying domestic, you're more likely to depart from a small airport. As such, they aren't as busy. But because of that, the amount of staff there is often limited, so in the end, checking in and going through security check could take you just as long as if you were flying from an international airport.
I can't recommend enough checking in online rather than at the airport. Mainly because it saves an awful lot of time to do so, but also because some mainly low-cost airlines will make you pay an additional fee for checking in at the airport. Several airlines, on the contrary, make it mandatory for passengers to do so. If that's the case or you forgot to check in online and are left with no other alternative, here's what I recommend.
Get to the airport an extra 15 to 30 minutes earlier if you have to check in there, depending on when you're flying, whether you're headed abroad or not, and how big the airport is. Obviously, if it's an international departure during a busy time of year such as holidays, and from one of the busiest airports, you want to leave enough time for checking in. As a general rule, you need to plan some extra time when flying internationally.
Security checkpoints for this type of flight sometimes require plenty of time. First, because you need to go through passport control.
Then, because the airport security staff might take a closer look at your luggage, since some countries have more restrictive lists of what you can bring on a plane. Flying during peak time can easily add an extra hour or more to how early you should be at the airport.
Some peak times are obvious: airports are generally busier during the summer holidays for example. But not all airports experience the same peak type. For some, mornings are the time of day when most travelers are taking the plane, while for others, it's in the evening.
Peak days vary the same way: early in the week for some, later for others. Or just google "peak times [airport name]". Travelling with a checked bag will require you to show up earlier at the airport.
Most airlines have strict baggage check-in requirements and won't accept luggage being dropped off past a certain time limit.
The latter will be indicated on your ticket. If not, check the airline's website to know until how long before the flight you can check your bags. Most airlines let you check-in at least 24 hours before your flight's departure. This will save you a lot of time, so do it. But these guidelines don't take into account the fact that you're dealing with people — some with mobility problems, others who are nervous and would arrive a day before their flight if they could.
That's where things get interesting, and that's where the "depends" really becomes apparent. Joe Reimers, a sales engineer from South Bend, Ind. But if he flies out of his home airport, which he knows well, he sometimes arrives just 45 minutes before his departure. He sticks to the airline advice of two hours for international flights and 90 minutes for domestic flights. Yet other experienced travelers say their lead time is always the same.
That means leaving his home at 1 a. And that really is the object of this whole exercise: to not miss the flight. So the real question is whether to go with the airport and TSA recommended arrival times which are more generous, or the airline times, which cut it a little closer.
In this case, the airports and the TSA are absolutely correct. Never mind the overpriced airport food and the tacky duty-free shops your local airport want you to frequent, or the pat-down the TSA agents hope you'll endure.
And forget the seasonal lull, which will probably be over by the time you're finished with this article. Phoenix Sky Harbor, for example, has an impressive collection of art more information can be found at skyharbor. Terminal 4 has art dedicated to Arizona's weather on exhibit through March 19, for example. Don't forget to check out the car rental terminal artwork displays. Terminals there are connected by long, open-air walkways, where you can see the aircraft up close, smell the aircraft fuel and hear the deafening roar of aircraft engines revving up.
Other observation opportunities can be found on the Spotters Wiki: spotterswiki. Sitting in a pressurized aluminum tube for hours at a time is no one's idea of fun.
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