SPOKANE — At ease, summer flyers. There’s a brand new fifth lane for security at the Spokane International Airport.
The new lane, at the A and B concourse security checkpoint, was added to accommodate increased travel through the airport, according to Lorie Dankers, a spokeswoman with the Transportation Security Administration, or TSA.
Since 2015, Dankers said, TSA has seen a 25 percent increase in the number of people screened through the security checkpoint of the airport’s main gates. The summer months are the busiest, with a sustained increase in travelers compared to the fluctuating flying during the surrounding holidays.
On a typical day, about 6,000 people go through security at the airport. During the summer months, that number can increase to about 6,800 a day.
