{"id":30546,"date":"2025-11-01T05:36:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T05:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/30546\/"},"modified":"2025-11-01T05:36:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T05:36:14","slug":"houston-airports-warns-travelers-to-expect-longer-lines-through-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/30546\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston Airports warns travelers to expect longer lines through security"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Travelers are urged to arrive early at Houston Airports beginning Saturday due to expected security screening delays,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fly2houston.com\/airport-business\/newsroom\/press-releases\/item\/advisory-arrive-early-expect-extended-security-wait-times\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:according to the Houston Airport System;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> according to the Houston Airport System<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Passengers should expect potential delays with TSA at both William P. Hobby and George Bush Intercontinental airports beginning at 4 a.m. Transportation Security Administration\u00a0checkpoints will only be open in Terminals A and E at Bush Airport, while Hobby Airport will see reduced screening lanes, according to a news release from the Houston Airport System.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">United Airlines travelers are encouraged to check their luggage at Terminal C and then go to Terminal E for security screening by walking or taking the IAH subway, according to the news release.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The time to get through security could last more than 30 minutes, the airport system said. That&#8217;s three times as long as some waits during a weekday in early October, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/news\/houston-texas\/trending\/article\/airports-ground-stops-government-shutdown-21089317.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:when the TSA warned of lengthening delays;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">when the TSA warned of lengthening delays<\/a> during the government\u00a0shutdown.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;While TSA is prepared to continue screening about 2.5 (million) passengers a day, an extended shutdown could mean longer wait times at airports,&#8221; the agency said in an early-October statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Friday&#8217;s statement from the Houston Airport System did not provide a reason for the longer delays.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">MORE TSA: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/news\/houston-texas\/trending\/article\/tsa-curling-irons-cordless-ban-20994294.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:TSA has added new items to its list of things you can&#039;t pack in your checked bags;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">TSA has added new items to its list of things you can&#8217;t pack in your checked bags<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This article originally published at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/news\/houston-texas\/trending\/article\/hobby-iah-tsa-delays-21131933.php?utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=yahoo_syndication\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Houston Airports warns travelers to expect longer lines through security;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Houston Airports warns travelers to expect longer lines through security<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Travelers are urged to arrive early at Houston Airports beginning Saturday due to expected security screening delays, according&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30547,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[20418,5416,56,5417,58,57,20419,4024,20420],"class_list":["post-30546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-george-bush-intercontinental","tag-hobby-airport","tag-houston","tag-houston-airport-system","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-security-screening","tag-tsa","tag-william-p-hobby"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30546\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}