Austin airport shares travel tips for spring, summer 2022

AUSTIN, Texas — Austin-Bergstrom Global Airport (AUS) shared travel ideas to assistance travellers avoid prolonged wait around situations pursuing lengthy TSA traces and rental auto traffic before this week.

Twitter lit up with vacationers traveling out of the Austin airport reporting TSA traces that stretched outside and rental cars and trucks abandoned far from the drop-off space on Monday. 

The airport told KVUE in a statement Wednesday that the airport proceeds to see higher volumes of passengers, specially immediately after events like Texas Relays, Dell Match Perform, NASCAR and additional. 

In an attempt to superior regulate the hectic travel period, AUS also shared tips for travellers.

The airport advised that tourists only bringing carry-on luggage arrive at least two hours right before their boarding time for domestic flights and 3 hours just before their boarding time for international flights. 

Tourists examining baggage, traveling with tiny children or in a significant group, and all those flying out of the airport for the initially time in a though really should give by themselves additional time in addition to the 2- and 3-hour suggestion to make it to their gate on time.

Travelers devoid of checked luggage can skip the airline ticket counters and head to protection screening checkpoints applying these possibilities: 

• Working with the lower curbside and upper curbside for drop-off. From the lessen degree, passengers can rapidly get upstairs to ticketing and protection by way of escalators and elevators.
• Self-company flight verify-in kiosks that permit travelers to print their boarding passes and bag tags are obtainable within the terminal, throughout from the airline ticket counters.
• In addition to regular test-in procedures, choose airways offer you outside the house curbside look at-in
• Checking in for flights applying airlines’ cell app and a mobile boarding go

Staffing at stability screening checkpoints is the accountability of the TSA, the airport reported. Checkpoints open up at 3:30 a.m. with TSA PreCheck and Distinct screening obtainable at Checkpoints 1 and 2 West. 

A new stability checkpoint near Southwest ticketing, Checkpoint 2 East, will be open for the duration of peak vacation intervals for all travellers heading through normal screening. All checkpoints lead to all gates and airways in the Barbara Jordan Terminal.

See what can and are not able to be brought by TSA security here.

The airport encourages motorists and travellers to “switch,” using whichever degree has the the very least congestion for drop-off for departures. The airport said passengers can promptly get upstairs to ticketing and security applying escalators and elevators from the reduce arrivals degree. If the lower amount is congested, arriving travellers can use escalators and elevators to be picked up on the higher level.

Vacationers on the lookout to park onsite can visit the airport parking web site to reserve a parking house and examine for true-time parking availability before arriving at the airport.

For arriving passengers obtaining picked up by rideshares, a tram company is obtainable on the first flooring of the Pink garage to choose passengers from the terminal to the rideshare decide on-up region on the floor ground beneath the rental car facility.

The TSA mask requirement for persons throughout all transportation networks all over the U.S., including airports, has been prolonged by way of April 18, 2022. Travellers who do not comply with this mask requirement may possibly be denied entry or boarding and could confront civil penalties.

Vacationers flying with Allegiant and Frontier will depart from the South Terminal. All other airways work out of the major Barbara Jordan Terminal. 

The two terminals are not related and will have to be accessed individually. The South Terminal is found at 10000 Logistics Lane, near US 183 and Burleson Highway. If dropped off at the Barbara Jordan Terminal, passengers can use a shuttle bus, which picks up from the curb-side departure stage, to get to the South Terminal.

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