The TSA introduced it is increasing its PreCheck Touchless ID screening option (Image: Getty Images)
The Transportation Security Administration is increasing the use of its PreCheck Touchless ID screening option in the approaching months, affecting dozens of U.S. airports.
Passengers utilizing the touchless ID don’t have to show a bodily ID or boarding cross at security checkpoints, making for a more seamless travel expertise. All you need is your face to get via security, TSA mentioned in a video. because it makes use of facial comparability technology to confirm passengers’ identities.
Coming this spring, the company introduced that Touchless ID will likely be out there at 65 U.S. airports, an increase from 15 U.S. airport hubs initially in this system.
On X, TSA introduced the information, writing, “Don’t have TSA PreCheck yet? Another perk has arrived that helps you travel with ease. TSA PreCheck Touchless ID is already at 15 airports.”
Continuing, the company added, “It’s now expanding to 50 more in 2026! Travelers are already saying it’s a game changer.”
The TSA is increasing its PreCheck Touchless ID to 65 U.S. airports (Image: TSA)
TSA PreCheck Touchless ID is accessible to present TSA PreCheck vacationers with a legitimate passport, and passengers should choose in to this system via collaborating airways, which embody American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, Delta, Southwest, and United.
At collaborating airports, TSA will offer devoted TSA PreCheck Touchless ID security lanes, offering a more environment friendly and handy ID checkpoint expertise.
According to TSA, the pictures collected by the facial comparability technology won’t be used for “law enforcement, surveillance, nor shared with other entities,” and the pictures and personal knowledge will likely be deleted “within 24-hours of your scheduled flight departure.”
What airports take part in the PreCheck Touchless ID?
According to the TSA, the next are the present collaborating airports for every airline:
Alaska: Atlanta, Washington National, Denver, New York-JFK, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Chicago O’Hare, Portland, Oregon, Seattle, San Francisco, and Salt Lake City.
American: Atlanta, Charlotte, North Carolina, Washington National, Denver, Dallas/Fort Worth, Newark, New Jersey, Washington Dulles, Houston, New York-JFK, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New York-LaGuardia, Minneapolis/Saint Paul, Chicago O’Hare, Palm Beach, Florida, Portland, Oregon, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle, and Salt Lake City.
Delta: Atlanta, Washington National, Denver, Detroit, Newark, New Jersey, New York-JFK, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New York-LaGuardia, Chicago O’Hare, Portland, Oregon, Seattle, San Francisco, and Salt Lake City.
Southwest: Atlanta, Denver, Los Angeles, New York-LaGuardia, Chicago O’Hare, Portland, Oregon, Seattle, San Francisco, and Salt Lake City.
United: Atlanta, Washington National, Denver, Newark, New Jersey, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New York-LaGuardia, Chicago O’Hare, Portland, Oregon, Seattle, San Francisco, and Salt Lake City.
How do I enroll in TSA PreCheck Touchless ID?
All you need for the TSA PreCheck Touchless ID is to have an lively airline profile with one of the collaborating airways, be a present TSA PreCheck traveler, and have legitimate passport info uploaded to your airline profile.
You can replace your airline profile by including your Known Traveler Number (KTN), coming into a legitimate passport quantity and nation, and clicking “OPT IN” in your profile.
However, TSA says you have to nonetheless carry a REAL-ID-compliant bodily type of an acceptable ID in case a TSA officer requests it.
