MacArthur Airport CAT screening
Confirms traveler identity
before flight
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Hanukkah, and Healthy New Year"
AIRPORT V 38 OICE, DECEMBER 2020
"After 58 Years
of Serving the
The TSA checkpoint at
Long Island MacArthur Airport
is now using new technology
that confirms the validity
of a traveler’s identification
(ID) and confirms their flight
information in near real time
by scanning a passenger’s
photo identification to verify
the authenticity of the document.
“The technology we’ve now
installed at the Long Island
Airport checkpoint enhances
detection capabilities for identifying
fraudulent ID such as
driver’s licenses and passports
at checkpoints and increases
security efficiency by automatically
verifying passenger
identification,” said Robert
Duffy, TSA’s Federal Security
Director for the airport. “The
system also has the added capability
of confirming the passenger’s
flight status in near
real time.” The CAT unit consists
of the passport reader, an
ID card reader, a federal personal
identity verification ID
card reader, a monitor, a stand
and a UV light.
Passengers should approach
the travel document
checking station at the checkpoint
and hand their ID to
the TSA officer for authentication.
Passengers will not
have to hand over their boarding
pass (electronic or paper),
thus reducing a touchpoint.
The credential authentication
technology (CAT) unit will
verify that the traveler is prescreened
to travel out of the
airport for a flight that day;
however, a boarding pass may
be requested for travelers under
the age of 18 and/or those
with ID issues.
Even with TSA’s use of
CAT, travelers still need to
check-in with their airline
in advance and bring their
boarding pass to their gate
agent to show the airline representative
before boarding
their flight.