Leave your shoes on and your laptop in your bag.
The Golden Triangle Regional Airport is hosting its sixth TSA PreCheck enrollment event July 15-19. Each day, agents from the Transportation Security Administration will be at the airport’s second floor passenger terminal from 9 a.m. to noon and 1-5 p.m. to help travelers enroll in the program.
“We try to make convenience a big part of the airport and the travel experience for the community that uses Golden Triangle Regional Airport,” GTR Airport Executive Director Matt Dowell told The Dispatch Wednesday. “TSA PreCheck is one of those really nice amenities to have that makes traveling easier.”
The event allows flyers to pay a $78 fee for five years in the TSA PreCheck program. Applicants go through a 10-minute application process where they are fingerprinted and have background checks run by TSA, a press release from the airport said.
Once that background check comes back clear, applicants receive notice within 30 days that they are enrolled in the program and have been assigned a Known Traveler Number.
The KTN is provided to travel companies and airlines that the traveler books with in the future and is embedded in the barcode of boarding passes that are presented at security check-in. A pre-checked traveler may not have to remove shoes, laptops, belts, jackets or a 3-1-1 liquids bag on the way to their flight.
Dowell said the airport is offering this service to travelers in the area, since the nearest enrollment centers are in Birmingham and Jackson.
By hosting the event, travelers in northeast Mississippi and west Alabama can participate in the program more easily.
“We have been very fortunate to have between 200 to 300 people who enroll or renew (at each event), so it’s been a good turnout from the community and the surrounding area,” Dowell said.
Dowell said the event gives passengers the opportunity to either renew their registration or register for the TSA PreCheck program for the first time.
Participants can make an appointment for the TSA PreCheck event online. Appointments have priority over walk-ins, though both are accepted. To pre-enroll and to make an appointment, go to gtra.com and click on TSA PreCheck banner.
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