US EditionTSA Dropped the Shoes-Off Rule. Here's Why It's Keeping the 3.4-Ounce Liquids Rule
UNITED STATES, JUL 13 – The TSA ended mandatory shoe removal after 19 years due to improved scanners and low shoe-based threat risk, aiming to reduce wait times by up to 50%, officials said.
- On July 7, 2025, the Transportation Security Administration ended the mandatory shoe removal rule at U.S. airport checkpoints, applying the new policy nationwide immediately.
- Following the 2001 incident, TSA imposed stricter screening, leading to the mandatory shoe removal rule during X-ray inspection by August 2006.
- According to TSA, modern X-ray and millimeter-wave scanners can detect hidden threats in footwear, while intelligence and risk assessments indicate no current credible shoe-based threats, allowing travelers to walk through the new scanners like PreCheck lanes.
- TSA officials expect faster checkpoint flow, and airline and traveler groups have largely praised the move.
- DHS says the shoe-scanner prototype may be deployed in coming years, and Kristi Noem said TSA is reviewing other long-standing requirements like removing laptops or belts.
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TSA program faces uncertain future after shoes off rule scrapped
QUESTIONS are now starting to swirl around the future of an airport security program after federal officials axed the long-standing rule over whether travelers should take their shoes off. Most travelers had been forced to remove their footwear ever since the rule came into force in 2006. GettyA long-standing airport security rule has been axed[/caption] Transportation Security Administration officials had brought in the rule in response to the …
Editorial: Glad to see TSA give ‘shoes off’ policy the boot
Walking in stocking feet across a grimy airport as you make your way through security was the reality for many travelers for years. And if you happened to show up to security in sandals … well, we shudder to think. But last week, the Transportation Security Administration ditched its “shoes off” rule. Good riddance. An irritant of modern life has been lifted. That doesn’t happen very often. Reducing security wait times — and, frankly, improving …
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Aspen/Pitkin County Airport sees end to TSA shoe removal
TSA will no longer be waiting for the other shoe to drop as they end almost 20 years of shoe-removal protocols at airport security nationwide, including Aspen/Pitkin County Airport. Shoe removal was originally enforced nationwide in 2006 following a failed shoe bombing attempt on a flight from Paris to Miami. “Since 2006 when the Shoes Off policy was established, the threat landscape has changed, and TSA security screening has evolved,” a TSA sp…
Travel experts indicated recommendations on the clothes to be worn when flying with US airlines and warned that certain items could generate additional controls at airports.In addition, they pointed out what is the right clothing to travel, which favors circulation and comfort.What items should not be carried when travelingAccording to Anton Radchenko, an international aviation lawyer and CEO of AirAdvisor, AirAdvisor, told The Sun that clothing…
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