Security lines at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport stretched all the way back into the parking garage over the weekend, with some travelers reporting hours-long waits that caused them to miss flights.
"We apologize and are listening," the airport said Saturday in a travel alert posted to Twitter. "Please give yourself plenty of time to get through security to reach your gate."
It was 12:35 p.m. by the time they made it through security. They spent 45 minutes in line in the parking lot, then were separated when staff split up the lines inside the terminal. Airport spokesman Perry Cooper said in an email that the queues for security between 8:15 a.m. and noon Sunday were "very unusual." He said it was one of the airport's busiest days since the beginning of the pandemic, partially because an influx of cruise passengers at the airport in the morning.According to the Port of Seattle's cruise schedule, six ships docked in Seattle over the weekend. Similar numbers of ships are expected on some weekends through early October.
Port of Seattle staff, who manage the security lines, directed all departing passengers into a single line and then directed them to one of the airport's five checkpoints once they entered the terminal, according to Dankers.
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