Atlanta Hartsfield: Entering the SIXTH hour in the TSA line

[mahatmakanejeeves]

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Paul J. Dauenhauer
‪@pauldauenhauer.bsky.social‬

Entering the SIXTH hour in the TSA line

‪Paul J. Dauenhauer‬
‪@pauldauenhauer.bsky.social‬
· 6h
Atlanta airport

Atlanta airport
ALT
5:57 PM · Mar 22, 2026

Entering the SIXTH hour in the TSA line

— Paul J. Dauenhauer (@pauldauenhauer.bsky.social) 2026-03-22T21:57:21.471Z

Paul J. Dauenhauer
‪@pauldauenhauer.bsky.social‬

Atlanta airport

Atlanta airport
ALT
1:21 PM · Mar 22, 2026

Atlanta airport

— Paul J. Dauenhauer (@pauldauenhauer.bsky.social) 2026-03-22T17:20:53.864Z

[Deuxcents]

1. Insanity on display but no worries..ICE to the rescue since the republicans can't fund the TSA

[newdeal2]

2. Don't understand how ICE will help the situation

Guess we'll be finding out soon.

[Iggo]

7. Warm bodies.

And just as they don’t need training to be murderers…sorry law enforcement officers…they won’t need any training to molest…I mean frisk…innocent travelers.

[Scrivener7]

3. EDIT: Right now it's 31 minutes.

https://www.tsawaittimes.com/security-wait-times/ATL/Hartsfield-Jackson-Atlanta-International

Newark: 27 minutes

Ohare: 15 minutes

LAX 25 minutes.

I am wondering when the 6 hour wait time was.

[Deuxcents]

4. And their connecting flights? Will they be on time or will they be in lines again? It's gotta be a domino effect

[Scrivener7]

5. But what does? Is this happening? I traveled out of the country earlier this month. No wait times

whatsoever in either direction, though the news was full of horror stories.

The Atlanta hub is often a problem, but I do wonder whether it ever really was 6 hours.

I know Denver airport had a blackout a couple of days ago and there were bad storms earlier this week. Both of those caused delays, but neither had anything to do with TSA.

I think this is a story that is being puffed up and blamed on the partial shutdown when the partial shutdown is having little actual effect.

As far as connecting flights, it only affects the time you get on your first flight, and you're supposed to be at the airport hours before your flight time in case of such waits. Luckily there are sites where we can see if our particular airport is a disaster spot.

[ms liberty]

12. Atlanta is a primarily Democratic, chocolate city in a state that's gotten awfully pink

And a bunch of old Confederates that can't handle it that have a federal government on their side.


My dad's family is from Georgia. I have no illusions about how some Georgians believe and vote; one of my dad's aunt's husband was one of the 'wizards who are not grand' back in the day. I met him once or twice as a child, and he was kind, teasing me as adults sometimes do. The only reason I know is because a family member had a picture of them with him in his white silk outfit and insignia. It was just as weird and creepy as you could imagine.

[DFW]

18. We all know how Georgians vote, but still--a friend of mine is a Senator from Georgia, and the other is a Democrat, too

So don't despair completely. Not yet, anyway. Georgia--for now--has two really great Senators.

[hatrack]

14. The timestamp on the post is 5:32 PM today (downthread)

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[Prairie Gates]

16. 6 hours seems unlikely - nobody is 6 hours early to the airport so nobody is standing in line that long

You've missed the flight three hours already. You can rebook outside the security area.

[Melon]

6. Crazy. I'm not reading a lot about the shutdown.

It’s become a weird regular part of life it’s so frequent.

[hauckeye]

8. I was nervous about flying this week,

but I breezed through security at Milwaukee and Omaha. I guess the bigger, busier airports have the most problems.

[Scrivener7]

9. But they aren't. See above post 3 for the current wait times at some major hubs.

https://www.tsawaittimes.com/security-wait-times/ATL/Hartsfield-Jackson-Atlanta-International

My experience traveling to and from Europe earlier this month was the same as yours, despite the dire stories in the news.

I am wondering why we keep hearing horror stories, when the partial shutdown has actually had little effect.

Is this the media trying to make the Democrats look bad?

[dickthegrouch]

13. You don't seriously expect the .gov to be telling the truth, do you? /nt

[Scrivener7]

17. The government's site for it is https://www.dhs.gov check-wait-times. The one I linked is, I think, one of

many independent ones. And if you go to them, most of them agree. And, anecdotally, during my four air trips since the partial shutdown began, all from major hubs and while horror stories were rife in the news, I've experienced no delays other than a half hour when one of the luggage belts broke.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

10. This is bad: Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, world's busiest, has *turned off* its wait time tracker.

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Alex Ip 葉清霖
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This is bad: Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, the busiest airport in the world, has *turned off* its official wait time tracker

www.atl.com/times/

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport

Passenger Security

Due to current federal conditions, passengers are advised to allow at least 3 hours or more for domestic and 4 or hours or more for international screenings.

Allow additional time for checked baggage.
ALT

‪Paul J. Dauenhauer‬
‪@pauldauenhauer.bsky.social‬
· 2h

Entering the SIXTH hour in the TSA line
6:32 PM · Mar 22, 2026

This is bad: Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, the busiest airport in the world, has *turned off* its official wait time tracker

www.atl.com/times/

— Alex Ip 葉清霖 (@alexip718.com) 2026-03-22T22:32:16.350Z

Paul J. Dauenhauer
‪@pauldauenhauer.bsky.social‬

Entering the SIXTH hour in the TSA line

‪Paul J. Dauenhauer‬
‪@pauldauenhauer.bsky.social‬
· 7h
Atlanta airport

Atlanta airport
ALT
5:57 PM · Mar 22, 2026

Entering the SIXTH hour in the TSA line

— Paul J. Dauenhauer (@pauldauenhauer.bsky.social) 2026-03-22T21:57:21.471Z

[spinbaby]

11. My granddaughter is stuck there

She and her friends arrived at 9:30 for a 2:30 flight. After hours of spelling each other for drinks and bathroom breaks, they finally made it through security at 4:15. They’re now booked on an 11:30 flight and hopefully will make it home tonight.

[FakeNoose]

15. If they are waiting 6+ hours, haven't they all missed their original flights?

Does being 6 hours delayed mean the planes took off without their ticketed passengers? Or does it mean the flights are all delayed because the passengers haven't boarded yet?

[DFW]

19. Brings back memories of the Talking TSA Blues (Atlanta, 2010)