AUSTIN, Texas — The airport is expecting over 22,000 travelers to depart from Austin on Wednesday, this as TSA employees continue to go unpaid due to the ongoing shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security.
Austin-Bergstrom International Airport calls the projected departure numbers “within a typical Wednesday,” though officials still ask flyers to arrive early to complete any pre-security screening activities.
AUS asks travelers to arrive 2.5 hours early for domestic flights, and three hours early for international departures.
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The airport also says that 6 a.m. to 7 a.m. will be the busiest time for departures at the airport, with TSA checkpoints expected to be busiest between 3 a.m. and 7 a.m.
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TSA lines have stretched for hours at airports around the country over the past several weeks since the shutdown began.