REAL ID mishaps minimal, airports report; expert warns there’s potential chaos to come

As airports crossed the state are reporting comparatively fewer issues connected the archetypal time of REAL ID enforcement, astatine slightest 1 aviation adept and erstwhile aviator tells Fox News Digital helium doesn’t expect that benignant of bid to last.

"From an airdrome operations perspective, neither [George W. Bush Intercontinental] oregon [Houston-Hobby] person responded to immoderate issues," a typical for Houston’s airports authorization said Wednesday.

The authoritative added that Texas instrumentality enforcement began issuing REAL IDs 9 years agone and that the Lone Star State is good covered with 90% of its colonisation listed arsenic having a REAL ID.

On the different broadside of the country, an authoritative with the Port Authority, which operates JFK, La Guardia and Newark-Liberty successful the New York City area, said determination were "no issues" astatine the latter.

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Passengers enactment up for the information checkpoint astatine Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Airport connected May 7, 2025, the archetypal time erstwhile REAL ID is required for Americans to committee flights. (Robin Rayne for Fox News Digital)

A Fox News shaper reporting from Newark Liberty International Airport successful New Jersey was capable to spell done information with an escort to get luncheon without issue.

Officials astatine Newark Liberty were giving a gaffe of insubstantial to passengers not yet REAL ID compliant arsenic portion of signifier 1 of the rollout.

Moving down the Jersey Turnpike to Philadelphia, an authoritative said they are having a "smooth REAL ID Day."

"Checkpoint lines person been flowing each time and the TSA (Transportation Security Administration) has had unit connected manus to reply questions and process passengers," the authoritative said.

"PHL (Philadelphia International Airport) besides had its lawsuit attraction squad pre-security to greet passengers and reply oregon nonstop questions. We saw astir passengers acceptable with passports oregon the REAL ID state-issued recognition arsenic they approached the checkpoints."

At the different extremity of I-95, Miami International Airport reported mean postulation astatine checkpoints and underlined that implicit the past year, the hub has partnered with the TSA to pass with passengers, including terminal-wide signage, astir the REAL ID deadline and alternate forms of identification.

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TSA agents cheque hose passengers for REAL IDs oregon passports astatine the information checkpoint astatine Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Airport connected May 7, 2025. (Robin Rayne for Fox News Digital)

At Charlotte-Douglas successful North Carolina, hold times averaged 10 minutes passim the day, and an authoritative said its unit had been "well-prepared" for the adjustment.

At the busiest airdrome successful the U.S., an authoritative said everything was moving smoothly.

"I was conscionable downstairs (near the checkpoint). We did not spot immoderate adverse impact," said Herschel Grangent Jr. of Hartsfield-Jackson International successful Atlanta.

Boston-Logan officials echoed that assessment, adding they besides utilized the aforesaid advertizing strategy arsenic Miami for its REAL ID deadline preparation.

"At Logan, our lawsuit work squad volition person other unit connected manus during the rollout to greet passengers and punctual them to person their IDs retired earlier they get into the TSA line," an authoritative said.

However, erstwhile commercialized and backstage aviator Ryan Tseko told Fox News Digital successful a Wednesday interrogation that immoderate lull won’t past for long.

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"The magnitude of delays it's going to enactment connected the strategy is massive," said Tseko, who formerly worked for United Express and is present a vice president astatine Cardone Capital.

"I don’t deliberation the nationalist was aware. I deliberation it wasn’t clear," helium said, adding helium expects a bottleneck astatine airports.

"A batch of these radical are students who present person to thrust up to 12 hours backmost and forth."

He predicted that erstwhile issues statesman appearing, determination volition beryllium calls to hold afloat implementation erstwhile again, arsenic has been the norm since the Bush era.

Fox News' Courtney DeGeorge contributed to this report.