About TravelTSA
An independent tool for the last hour before a flight.
TravelTSA was built because the information travelers actually need before heading to the airport — live security waits, realistic leave-times, checkpoint hours, and route-aware flight context — is scattered across airport websites, carrier apps, and social posts. This site pulls those signals into one place, respects the source, and refuses to make up numbers when there is nothing to report.
What the product stands for
Four non-negotiables
Live signal
Real source, not estimates
Every checkpoint wait on TravelTSA comes from the airport's own published page. We do not invent numbers when a source is silent.
Refresh cadence
Checks every 3 minutes
The scraper checks on the published cadence and surfaces a per-airport freshness timestamp, so delayed or stale readings are visible instead of implied fresh.
Decision-first
Built for 'when should I leave?'
The product is organized around the last high-stress hour before departure — live waits, airport access friction, and route-aware flight context — not around generic travel content.
Independent
Not affiliated with TSA
TravelTSA is an independent traveler tool. We are not the Transportation Security Administration. We do not sell or store personal trip data.
Trust boundary
Helpful context, clearly labeled limits
The product is most useful when it is explicit about what is known, what is inferred, and what still needs to be confirmed with the official source before travel.
Independent status
TravelTSA is not TSA.gov and is not operated by the Transportation Security Administration, DHS, any airport, or any airline.
Airport-source waits
Numeric checkpoint waits are copied from official airport sources when those sources publish them. If the source is stale, silent, or hours-only, the UI says that instead.
Route-level fares
Fare context is a comparable route snapshot for planning tradeoffs, not a promise of current price, fare class, inventory, baggage terms, or a bookable seat.
Planning aid
Leave-time guidance combines known signals with conservative buffers. It should support, not replace, the airport and airline guidance for your trip.
Coverage
27 U.S. airports tracked today
Coverage expands only when the airport publishes a source we can read reliably. Each guide page links back to the exact airport page we monitor so you can audit the signal yourself.
Read more
Where the numbers come from, and the rules we follow
Methodology
How TravelTSA collects data
Sources, refresh cadence, how we handle outages, and what we refuse to guess at.
Status
Live scraper health
Per-airport freshness chips and the service-level signals behind the live board.
Privacy
What we do and don't collect
Anonymous usage signals, no accounts, no selling of your data. Full details inside.