TSA PreCheck Touchless ID is now available at more than 60 U.S. airports, letting eligible flyers pass checkpoints using facial comparison instead of pulling out boarding passes or IDs. But access depends on both your airline partner and the specific terminal
By the time you reach the TSA checkpoint this summer, the goal is simple: glide through without having to pull out your boarding pass or ID. The TSA has been pushing that faster path with its TSA PreCheck Touchless ID program, and it has now spread to dozens of the country’s busiest airports.
Over the last few months. the Transportation Security Administration rapidly expanded TSA PreCheck Touchless ID to dozens of the nation’s largest airports.. The program uses facial comparison technology to help travelers move through the first stage of the TSA checkpoint in a matter of seconds.. Travelers using the lanes get their picture taken as they approach the TSA officer. and TSA computers compare that image to a passport photo on file.
TSA PreCheck Touchless ID typically allows travelers to then speed through without having to pull out their wallet or boarding pass. The experience is often faster than using any other security lane, even Clear, and the lanes are typically marked by blue-and-green signage at checkpoints.
To use TSA PreCheck Touchless ID. you have to be eligible—either as a TSA PreCheck member or through TSA PreCheck access granted via Global Entry—and you still need to opt in.. Opting in starts in your airline frequent flyer profile. where you upload an image of your passport and consent to facial identification through the program.
A recent example came ahead of a United Airlines flight out of Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR): the process began in the United app by selecting “TSA PreCheck and travel documents. ” then choosing “TSA PreCheck Touchless ID.” The app prompted the traveler to add a photo of a passport and then required a couple of pages of opt-in and consent before the Touchless ID lanes could be used.
The rollout is broad.. This spring. the TSA completed an aggressive rollout of the new technology to more than 60 airports nationwide. partnering with each of the five largest U.S.. carriers to allow passengers access to TSA PreCheck Touchless ID lanes at many major hubs—and also at a number of medium and smaller airports.
Here’s the full rundown of airlines and airports where it’s available as of May 2026:
AirportAmerican AirlinesDelta Air LinesUnited AirlinesSouthwest AirlinesAlaska Airlines Albuquerque International Sunport (ABQ)√√√√√ Austin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS)√√√√√ Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood √√√√√ Birmingham-Shuttesworth International Airport (BHM)√√√√√ Boston Logan International Airport (BOS)√√√√√ Bradley International Airport (BDL) in Hartford√√√√√ Buffalo Niagra International Airport (BUF)√√√√√ Charleston International Airport (CHS) in South Carolina√√√√√ Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT)√√√√√ Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG)√√√√√ Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport (CLE)√√√√√ Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW)√√√√√ Daniel K.. Inouye International Airport (HNL) in Honolulu√√√√√
Denver International Airport (DEN)√√√√√ Detroit Wayne County Metropolitan Airport (DTW)√√√√√ Dulles International Airport (IAD) near Washington√√√√√ Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL)√√√√√ George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) in Houston√√√√√ Harry Reid International Airport (LAS) in Las Vegas√√√√√ Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)√√√√√ Jacksonville International Airport (JAX)√√√√√ John F.. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in New York√√√√√ John Glenn Columbus International Airport (CMH)√√√√√ John Wayne Airport (SNA) in Orange County. California√√√√√ Kansas City International Airport (MCI)√√√√√ LaGuardia Airport
(LGA) in New York√√√√√ Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)√√√√√ Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY)√√√√√ Luis Munoz Marin International Airport (SJU) in San Juan. Puerto Rico√√√√√ Miami International Airport (MIA)√√√√√ Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport (MKE)√√√√√ Minneapolis-St.. Paul International Airport (MSP)√√√√√ Nashville International Airport (BNA)√√√√√ Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)√√√√√ Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport (OAK)√√√√√ O’Hare International Airport (ORD) in Chicago√√√√√ Palm Beach International Airport (PBI) in West Palm Beach. Florida√√√√√ Palm Springs International
Airport (PSP)√√√√√ Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)√√√√√ Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)√√√√√ Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT)√√√√√ Portland International Airport (PDX) in Oregon√√√√√ Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU)√√√√√ Rhode Island T.F.. Green International Airport (PVD) near Providence √√√√√ Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)√√√√√ Sacramento International Airport (SMF)√√√√√ Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC)√√√√√ San Antonio International Airport (SAT)√√√√√ San Diego International Airport (SAN)√√√√√ San Francisco International Airport (SFO)√√√√√ San Jose Mineta International Airport (SJC)√√√√√ Seattle-Tacoma International
Airport (SEA)√√√√√ St.. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL)√√√√√ Tampa International Airport (TPA)√√√√√ Tulsa International Airport (TUL)√√√√√ Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC)√√√√√ William P.. Hobby Airport (HOU) in Houston√√√√√ Westchester County Airport (HPN)√√√√√ Will Rogers International Airport (OKC) in Oklahoma City√√√√√
Still, access isn’t automatic—and the “touchless” promise can stop at the wrong gate. You’ll only be able to use the TSA PreCheck Touchless ID lanes if your airline partners with the service at that specific airport and if you opt into the service with that specific carrier.
There are also cases where one airline offers Touchless ID access while another at the same airport doesn’t. When that discrepancy happens, it’s typically because the new TSA technology is only available in certain terminals.
Take the traveler’s home airport. Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU). as an illustration: Alaska Airlines and Southwest don’t offer the service there because the TSA’s Touchless technology isn’t available at the smaller terminal where those carriers operate.. At RDU, the fast lanes are open in Terminal 2 for passengers flying with American, Delta and United.
The through-line across airports is that Touchless ID speed depends on whether the right technology is installed where your airline operates and whether you’ve opted in with that carrier.. The program uses facial comparison with a passport photo on file. but the lanes you reach at the checkpoint still hinge on airline partnerships and terminal coverage—so the same airport can behave differently depending on which carrier you’re flying.
Even if you’ve opted into TSA PreCheck Touchless ID. the guidance remains straightforward: bring your Real ID or an acceptable alternative. like a passport. to the airport.. As the piece notes from past airport experiences. technology can malfunction. or another snafu can arise that prompts officers to ask you to present a valid ID.
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