Additional security checkpoints at PHL are closed as a partial government shutdown affecting TSA drags on.

Philadelphia International Airport announced Wednesday it was temporarily closing two more Transportation Security Administration checkpoints due to ongoing TSA staffing shortages

The wait times at airport security checkpoints have become a guessing game during the shutdown of a single U.S. government department, with the daily attendance of Transportation Security Administration officers determining whether lines move quickly or stretch far outside terminals.

While frustrated travelers nationwide have been experiencing long wait lines at airport security checkpoints thanks to the partial federal government shutdown, Lehigh Valley International Airport has been operating normally in recent weeks.

Florida airports are seeing varied TSA wait times as a government shutdown and spring break impact travel. See current times.

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The wait times at airport security checkpoints have become a guessing game during the shutdown of a single U.S. government department. Absences among Transportation Security Administration officers are a major factor in determining whether or not lines move quickly.

TSA shutdown chaos is hitting the Philadelphia airport as three security checkpoints close due to staffing shortages, causing long delays and crowded lines.