Travelers to Face 3-Hour Delays in Airports: TSA

More than 7,200 flights were delayed on March 8 in the United States, with more than 670 flights canceled.

Airline passengers wait in long lines to get through the TSA security screening at William P. Hobby Airport in Houston on March 8, 2026. Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP

Travelers in the United States are facing significant delays at airports because of the ongoing federal government shutdown, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) stated on March 8 in a post on social media.

“Today, travelers are facing TSA lines of up to nearly 3 hours long at some major airports,” Lauren Bis, deputy assistant secretary for public affairs at TSA, wrote on X. This has resulted in “missed flights and massive delays during peak travel.”