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Yahoo
07-05-2025
- Yahoo
Real ID enforcement takes off Wednesday at Charlotte airport and across Carolinas
CHARLOTTE (QUEEN CITY NEWS) – Starting on Wednesday, May 7, if you're headed to the airport for domestic travel, you need a Real ID or TSA acceptable identification to expedite the security process. At Charlotte Douglas International Airport Security Checkpoint 1, agents now ask you if you have a Real ID driver's license, passport, or any of these approved identification cards. North Carolina TSA spokesperson Dan Velez said if you don't have any of these, you can still get through security, but you have to go through an additional screening where agents will ask you additional questions to verify your identity. 'Wings For All' takes children with intellectual disabilities through Charlotte Airport 'Our federal security directors are ready to go for their specific airports,' Velez said. 'It'll vary from airport to airport, but for the most part, you'll be pulled aside, and you'll have to go through an additional verification process to make sure that you are who you say you are.' An agent at Checkpoint 1 told Queen City News that anyone without these IDs would go through the line, then visit agents at lines 11-13 to go through the additional screening. TSA asks that you arrive three hours before your flight to allow time for this process. Security lines averaged 10 minutes Wednesday morning on the first day of the new enforcement. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to Queen City News.
Yahoo
05-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
‘Unacceptable': Two commercial landings aborted at Reagan Airport due to military helicopters
CHARLOTTE () — U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says it is 'unacceptable' that two commercial aircraft had to abort landings at a Washington airport this week because of an Army Black Hawk helicopter that was flying to the Pentagon. Chief Transportation Correspondent and Pilot MayCay Beeler explains how a 'scenic loop' could be to blame. READ NEXT | 'Wings For All' takes children with intellectual disabilities through Charlotte Airport Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
