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What's the status of the TSA's scanners? They're not at every airport and they're not always in use. We're providing this information to help you avoid the machines if you have concerns about privacy, radiation, security theater or simply don't want your junk touched. Use this list, and if you are flying, note the security status and submit the latest information. See the about page for more information about this site.
While Homeland Securty's inane color code system may be a thing of the past, it lives on here:
| GREEN (Low) | indicates that there is no backscatter/radiation machine visible at this checkpoint. |
| BLUE (Guarded) | indicates that there is a backscatter/radiation machine visible at this checkpoint, but it was not in use for any passengers. |
| YELLOW (Elevated) | indicates that there is a backscatter/radiation machine in use in some lanes, but that you can "choose your own adventure" and avoid that lane |
| ORANGE (High) | indicates that there is a backscatter/radiation machine in use for some passengers |
| RED (Extreme) | indicates that there is a backscatter/radiation machine in use for all or nearly all passengers. |
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| Airport | Airline | Checkpoint | Date | Notes |
| OAK | WN | T2 | 2013-05-21 | There is still one WTMD only line in the center toward the left. Both terminals are connected after security. |
| LGA | AA | CTB-D | 2013-05-21 | Easy SDOO here. Left lane is WTMD only, right lane goes to MMW. |
| LGA | DL | Terminal D | 2013-05-20 | MMW in use on the left, WTMD-only lane to the right. |
| BOS | DL | Terminal A | 2013-05-20 | |
| BOS | DL | Terminal A | 2013-05-20 | Long lines for bag x-rays, but there was a lane with a MMW roped off on the far right. Lanes with MMW in use send 100 percent of pax through them. |
| OKC | AA | West | 2013-05-16 | During busy times, there is a WTMD only checkpoint down the hall from the west checkpoint. To get there you have to wait in the line for the west checkpoint and the far right ID checker is the only person who will allow access down this hall. It was just luck to be sent to this ID checker and then down the hall. People who were sent to the other 2 ID checkers were being sent to the MMW in the west checkpoint as usual. |
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