Press Releases

INDIANAPOLIS – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stopped 78 handguns at Indianapolis International Airport (IND) security checkpoints in 2024, a significant decrease from the all-time high of 95 detected last year.Nationwide, TSA…

CHICAGO – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers detected 78 handguns at Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD) security checkpoints in 2024, an increase from the year prior. However, officers intercepted 41 firearms at Chicago…

DETROIT – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stopped 60 firearms at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW) security checkpoints in 2024, a significant decrease from the 96 detected in 2023.…

DES MOINES – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stopped 16 firearms at Des Moines International Airport (DSM) security checkpoints in 2024, an all-time high for the airport and a sharp increase over the year prior.…

CLEVELAND – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stopped 31 handguns at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE) security checkpoints in 2024, a decrease from the 38 detected in 2023. At John Glenn Columbus International…

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers across the state of Mississippi intercepted 49 firearms at airport security checkpoints in 2024.  The largest number in Mississippi was at Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport (…

NEW YORK -- Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stopped 42 handguns at New York City area airport checkpoints in 2024, a notable decrease from the 51 guns caught in 2023, although a record number of guns were intercepted at Newark…

WASHINGTON — During 2024, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) intercepted a total of 6,678 firearms at airport security checkpoints, preventing them from getting into the secure areas of the airport and onboard aircraft. Approximately…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers intercepted 10 handguns at West Virginia airport security checkpoints in 2024, five fewer than the 15 guns that were caught in 2023. Nationwide, TSA officers…

WASHINGTON -- Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers intercepted 117 handguns at airport security checkpoints in the Baltimore/Washington region in 2024, a notable increase of 12 more guns than the 105 that were detected in 2023. Each…

WASHINGTON, DC -- Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers intercepted 145 handguns at Virginia airport security checkpoints in 2024, the most guns ever detected in a single year. All the firearms were discovered by TSA officers during…

PHILADELPHIA - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers continued to intercept firearms at Pennsylvania airport security checkpoints last year. TSA officers stopped 97 handguns at Pennsylvania airport security checkpoints in 2024, a…

ALBANY, N.Y. - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers intercepted 23 handguns at Upstate New York airport security checkpoints in 2024, an increase from the 20 caught in 2023. All the firearms were discovered by TSA officers during…

BOSTON – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at eight New England airports detected 48 firearms in 2024.In 2024, TSA New England screened more than 33.4 million individuals, which indicates the agency intercepted 1.44 firearms per…

CHARLOTTE – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) saw a rise in the number of firearms detected at airport security checkpoints across North Carolina in 2024. TSA officers detected 250 firearms at airports statewide, an increase of…

MILWAUKEE – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stopped 16 firearms at Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport (MKE) security checkpoints in 2024, a decrease from the 19 guns caught in 2023.Nationwide, TSA officers stopped a total…

MINNEAPOLIS – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stopped 52 firearms at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP) security checkpoints in 2024, a decrease from the 53 detected in 2023.Nationwide, TSA officers stopped a…

WASHINGTON – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) today published a …

BOISE, Idaho – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) today displayed a collection of the Top 10 prohibited items found by security screening officers in carry-on luggage at five different Idaho airports in 2024. All of the items were…

NEWARK, N.J. —  Newark Liberty International Airport made it into the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) Top 10 List of most unusual items detected at airport security checkpoints in 2024. TSA…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. –The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is now accepting West Virginia-issued mobile driver licenses (mDLs) at checkpoints with digital ID readers nationwide.Travelers who have downloaded the West Virginia Mobile ID app…

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. —  Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport made it into the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) Top 10 List of most unusual items detected at airport security checkpoints in 2024. TSA released the list in a…

LINTHICUM, Md.-- The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is prepared for holiday travelers who are planning to fly out of Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport during the Christmas, Hanukkah and new year holidays as…

LOS ANGELES - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers are used to seeing a variety of usual and unusual items brought by travelers in carry-on luggage during routine X-ray screening in the security checkpoint. What happened Sunday,…

NEWARK, N.J. –  Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Newark Liberty International Airport intercepted a handgun at one of the security checkpoints on Wednesday, December 18, which tied the record at 20 guns caught in a…