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The TSA Shutdown Tracker

Watch the March 2026 DHS shutdown ripple across the US, one checkpoint at a time. Each particle is roughly 25 TSA officers absent that day. Drag the timeline to scrub through the month.

March 1, 2026

6.8%

national TSA callouts

Today

28m

avg wait

110

missed flights

closed

Worst today

JFK2.6%

LGA2.5%

MSY2.5%

ORD2.4%

EWR2.4%

Callout severity

<8% baseline

8–15% elevated

15–25% disruption

25–40% severe

40%+ critical

≈433 cumulative absences

MAR 1MAR 14MAR 31

Day 1

of 31

28m

avg wait

110

missed flights

closed

Worst today

JFK

LGA

MSY

ORD

EWR

Callout severity

<8% baseline

8–15% elevated

15–25% disruption

25–40% severe

40%+ critical

≈433 cumulative absences through Mar 1

What you're seeing

Each colored dot is a major US airport. Dot size and color scale with that airport's TSA officer callout rate on the selected day. Particles emanate proportional to absentee headcount.

Why it matters

When TSA officers stop coming to work, lanes close. Lines back up. Flights get missed. The 21.4% peak on March 8 alone delayed an estimated 612 flights nationwide.

Where the data comes from

Throughput data from FlightQueue's checkpoint monitoring, blended with public reporting on per-airport callout rates during the shutdown. See the full report for methodology.