Passengers Will Soon Need Real ID to Board Domestic Flights, TSA Warns

The agency will begin enforcing the long-delayed REAL ID rules at airports nationwide on May 7.

Passengers at O'Hare International Airport wait in line to be screened at a Transportation Security Administration checkpoint in Chicago on May 16, 2016. Scott Olson/Getty Images

In less than a month, Americans without a star on their driver’s license may face potential delays or even be turned away when trying to board domestic flights, federal officials said.

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) on April 11 said it will begin enforcing the long-delayed REAL ID rules at airports nationwide on May 7. Once the rules are fully enforced, state-issued driver’s licenses and ID cards that do not meet the new standards will no longer get through the security checkpoints.