Overview
- Many airports report near‑normal waits as of Thursday and now urge arriving about two hours before domestic flights and two to three hours for international trips.
- Airports warn that showing up four hours early can create first‑wave lines that slow screening for people with sooner departures.
- Recovery is uneven, with LaGuardia’s Terminal B still seeing longer waits even as other LGA terminals and many major hubs move quickly.
- Travelers can again rely on live wait‑time trackers, which show single‑digit minute waits at LAX, DFW, DEN and O’Hare, and the Port Authority says spikes are still possible.
- The improvement followed President Donald Trump’s March 27 order restarting TSA pay, though unions report partial or inaccurate back pay and long‑term DHS funding is still unresolved.