{"id":210048,"date":"2026-03-28T22:38:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T22:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/210048\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T22:38:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T22:38:08","slug":"smooth-travel-returns-to-fort-lauderdale-airport-as-tsa-lines-ease-after-spring-break-rush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/210048\/","title":{"rendered":"Smooth travel returns to Fort Lauderdale airport as TSA lines ease after spring break rush"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Published:\u00a0March 28, 2026 at 6:22 PM<\/p>\n<p>Smooth travel returns to Fort Lauderdale airport as TSA lines ease after spring break rush <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. \u2014 Travelers at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport were met with short lines and a smooth experience Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cI think now\u2019s a good time, there\u2019s not too many lines,\u201d one traveler said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Others echoed the same, saying security lines were quick and easy to get through.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cPretty good so far,\u201d another traveler said. \u201cShort. Short enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Traffic into the departures area was also light, making for an easy trip to the airport.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The calmer conditions come after long TSA lines were reported during the peak of spring break travel. There\u2019s also some relief ahead for TSA workers, who are expected to start receiving full paychecks again Monday, according to the Department of Homeland Security &#8212; even as a partial government shutdown continues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Some travelers said they were still surprised by how smooth things were.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">It\u2019s a different story at other airports across the country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">At Baltimore\/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, long lines stretched outside the terminal, with wait times lasting hours. Travelers at John F. Kennedy International Airport also faced heavy crowds and delays.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Meanwhile, operations at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport &#8212; one of the busiest airports in the world &#8212; appeared to be moving along at a steady pace.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Byron Tollefson\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/https:\/\/author-service-images-prod-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/b58c08f2-f400-4245-95df-.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Byron Tollefson<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">Byron Tollefson joined Local 10 News as a reporter in July 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published:\u00a0March 28, 2026 at 6:22 PM Smooth travel returns to Fort Lauderdale airport as TSA lines ease after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":210049,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-210048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210048"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210048\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/210049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}