The TSA says passengers attempted to bring fewer firearms into DTW security checkpoints last year than in 2023.

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is urging travelers to know the law when attempting to fly with their firearms.

Transportation Security Administration officers have stopped a record-high total of 16 firearms at the Des Moines International Airport in 2024.

In 2024, TSA screened more than 904 million people. The agency intercepted 7.4 firearms per million passengers, a drop from the 7.8 per million passengers in 2023. In Columbus, TSA screened nearly five million departing passengers and crew in 2024.

Firearm detection rates by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) were higher per passenger in South Carolina than the national average in 2024.

More than 6,600 firearms were detected at airport security checkpoints by the Transportation Security Administration in 2024, and about 94% were loaded with ammunition.

The TSA wants travelers to know that yes, you can fly with your firearms, but there’s a right way and a wrong way to do it.

Despite the law, travelers continue to bring guns to airports across the country. In 2024, the Transportation Security Administration intercepted 272 firearms at security checkpoint at George Bush Intercontinental Airport,

The Transportation Security Administration announced on Friday that they stopped 78 handguns at security checkpoints within Indianapolis International Airport in 2024. The TSA called this “…a significant decrease from the all-time high of 95 [firearms] detected” in 2023.

TSA intercepted over 6.5K firearms nationwide in 2024, trends down at Wisconsin airports