security line
Pre-flight checkpoint wait
A security line is the queue at an airport checkpoint where passengers and their belongings are screened before proceeding to departure gates.
The term combines the screening process (security) with the wait to reach it (line): The security line took forty minutes.
Also called security checkpoint line or TSA line in the United States.
- checkpointInspection station on route
- TSAAirport screening agency
- airportAviation passenger facility
- queueOrdered waiting line
- long waitProlonged period before something
waiting · screening · metal detector · boarding pass · shoes · belt · bins · X-ray · pat-down · liquids · carry-on · ID · scan · photo ID · barrier · agents · shuffle · conveyor
- airport securityTSA, TSA agent, screening, metal detector, checkpoint
- travel securitypassport control, baggage screening, TSA, metal detectors, body scanners
- queuesqueue, lineup, waiting list, wait list, enqueue
- security barriersbarrier, barricade, border wall, border fence, perimeter fence
airport journey stage
security linearrival hall
Airport greeting zone
baggage claim · arrivals hall · boarding gate · departure gate · landside
security, line, secure, securely, insecure, insecurity, securities, lines, lined