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TSA Security Checkpoint
Airport Service
Midway Airport, Chicago
"massive security line by using the priority lane on the right."(2 Tips)
"FYI, you don't have to remove your shoes anymore."(2 Tips)
"arrive early and be ready for loooong lines"(12 Tips)
"... because lane 1 is reserved for special needs but agents will let part..."(2 Tips)
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Janine SouthardJuly 30, 2013Use the middle lanes. They sometimes get TWO reps. Whereas the outer lanes always haves share a single person.- JasonApril 4, 2014FYI, you don't have to remove your shoes anymore. Take a few minutes before you approach the checkpoint to make sure you have your stuff together to speed the process along.
- Lane WAugust 21, 2013Stay to the left in lane 2, line moves faster because lane 1 is reserved for special needs but agents will let part of lane 2 use the line.
Ali SanatiDecember 19, 2012Don't be fooled by the metal detectors and think this is an easy Tsa checkpoint. These guys have no idea what they are looking for. They will also always bag check you.
Get on the A-List and zip through security. Also remember 3-3-1. Remove your shoes and all metal objects.
Give pilots and support staff their own line instead of having them cut through the business select line
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🔊Eddie Getdown Ortiz🔊January 1, 2013It's a long line make sure you eat & use the bathroom before you get to this point!
In the morning, arriving before 430am means no lines. For the early birds, getting in that little bit early means a big difference.
Helen BoscoSeptember 26, 2016One of these days getting through the security checkpoint will be a simple, smooth process again :/
Mike BlackNovember 26, 2011The far right line takes you through the rights-violating strip search machine. Stay left to avoid getting strip searched & irradiated.
You're corralled passed the ID check now and directed to a checkpoint. Hope you don't get the body scan!
jonasSeptember 20, 2013Be nice to the TSA Employees. .it's not their fault. There's nothing you can do about it here at the checkpoint. Vote and write your Congressmen.
Mana IonescuOctober 19, 2011Stay away from the lanes on the right. Family lanes actually move faster.
Ron KennedyNovember 19, 2011Preferred boarding security lanes are hard to see when It's packed but just look a little harder. The land will be on either wall
scott chapmanMay 8, 2012Biggest cluster.....of of airport security I have ever seen. Get with it Chicago. Hope I don't go on a watch list......- Give yourself a ton of time. I think this may be the worst in USA.
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TSA Security Checkpoint
Main Terminal (MDW Airport)
Chicago, IL 60638
United States
Chicago, IL 60638
United States
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- Today
- 7:00 AM–8:00 PM
- Mon
- 4:00 AM–7:00 PM
- Tue
- 4:00 AM–8:00 AM
- Noon–1:00 PM
- 3:00 PM–6:00 PM
- Wed
- 5:00 AM–6:00 AM
- 8:00 AM–1:00 PM
- 3:00 PM–6:00 PM
- Thu
- 5:00 AM–8:00 AM
- 10:00 AM–7:00 PM
- Fri
- 4:00 AM–7:00 PM
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- 6:00 AM–2:00 PM
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