Flying From Honolulu Just Got A Little Faster

by SharonKurheg

There’s a lot to love about visiting Hawaii. The tropical locale. The beaches. The “no worries,” relaxed way of life that we rarely get to experience here on the mainland. Everything there is a little bit slower, but in a good way.

The one place you don’t want to have that slower, relaxed atmosphere is at the airport. Fortunately, at Honolulu’s Daniel K. Inouye International Airport, they sped up the process a little bit.

Since 2021, the TSA has begun installing Credential Authentication Technology (CAT) at airports. The system is designed to confirm the validity of a traveler’s identification and then confirm their flight information in near real-time, based on the information on their I.D.

“…you hand your I.D. to the travel document checker when you approach the checkpoint and they scan your I.D., and this machine verifies that you are flying out that day,” said Jessica Mayle, TSA regional spokesperson.

This, in turn, means the TSA officer doesn’t have to compare your I.D. with your boarding pass, which saves several seconds per person in line at the TSA security checkpoint.

From a safety point of view, CAT improves the travel document checker’s ability to accurately authenticate passenger identification and pre-screening status, addressing the vulnerabilities associated with ID and boarding pass fraud, according to the TSA.

Anyway, Credential Authentication Technology (CAT) was recently introduced at HNL, which means you can count on shaving a little time off your wait.

For passengers age 18+, any form of valid I.D. that you’d typically use at the TSA checkpoint will work at airports using CAT. They include:

  • U.S. passport
  • U.S. passport card
  • U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) ID. This includes active duty and retired military IDs, their dependents, and DOD civilians. Also, the DOD Common Access Card (CAC).
  • U.S. Merchant Mariner ID
  • Trusted Traveler card:
    • Global Entry
    • Secure Electronic Network for Traveler Rapid Inspection (SENTRI)
    • Free and Secure Trade (FAST) ID
    • NEXUS card
  • Permanent Resident Card/Resident Alien Card (I-551)
  • Border Crossing Card/nonimmigrant visa (DSP-150)
  • DHS refugee travel document (I-571)
  • U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Employment Authorization Document (I-766)
  • Driver’s or enhanced driver’s license
  • Identification card issued by or under authority of a state Department of Motor Vehicles or equivalent state office that is intended or commonly accepted for the purpose of identifying individuals
  • Passports
  • United Nations laissez-passer
  • Canadian driver’s license
  • Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) card

HNL isn’t the only airport that’s using CAT. It’s also in use at:

  • Albuquerque International Sunport (ABQ)
  • Atlantic City International Airport (ACY)
  • Albany International Airport (ALB)
  • Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC)
  • Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)
  • Appleton International Airport (ATW)
  • Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS)
  • Asheville Regional Airport (AVL)
  • Bradley International Airport (BDL)
  • Bangor International Airport (BGR)
  • Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport (BHM)
  • Billings Logan International Airport (BIL)
  • Bismarck Municipal Airport (BIS)
  • Nashville International Airport (BNA)
  • Boise Airport (Boise Air Terminal) (Gowen Field) (BOI)
  • Boston Logan International Airport (BOS)
  • Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport (Ryan Field) (BTR)
  • Burlington International Airport (BTV)
  • Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF)
  • Hollywood Burbank Airport (was Bob Hope Airport) (BUR)
  • Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI)
  • Akron–Canton Airport (CAK)
  • Charleston International Airport / Charleston AFB (CHS)
  • The Eastern Iowa Airport (CID)
  • Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE)
  • Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT)
  • John Glenn Columbus International Airport (CMH)
  • Yeager Airport (CRW)
  • Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG)
  • James M. Cox Dayton International Airport (DAY)
  • Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)
  • Denver International Airport (DEN)
  • Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW)
  • Des Moines International Airport (DSM)
  • Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW)
  • El Paso International Airport (ELP)
  • Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL)
  • Sioux Falls Regional Airport (Joe Foss Field) (FSD)
  • Spokane International Airport (Geiger Field) (GEG)
  • Gulfport–Biloxi International Airport (GPT)
  • Green Bay–Austin Straubel International Airport (GRB)
  • Gerald R. Ford International Airport (GRR)
  • Piedmont Triad International Airport (GSO)
  • Greenville–Spartanburg International Airport (Roger Milliken Field) (GSP)
  • Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL)
  • Houston William P. Hobby International Airport (HOU)
  • Westchester County Airport (HPN)
  • Washington-Dulles International Airport (IAD)
  • Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH)
  • Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport (formerly Wichita Mid-Continent Airport) (ICT)
  • Indianapolis International Airport (IND)
  • Long Island MacArthur Airport (ISP)
  • Jackson Hole Airport (JAC)
  • Jackson–Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport (JAN)
  • Jacksonville International Airport (JAX)
  • John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)
  • Harry Reid International Airport (formerly McCarran International Airport) (LAS)
  • Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)
  • Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport (LBB)
  • LaGuardia Airport (LGA)
  • Clinton National Airport (Adams Field) (was Little Rock National) (LIT)
  • Kansas City International Airport (MCI)
  • Orlando International Airport (MCO)
  • Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW)
  • Manchester–Boston Regional Airport (MHT)
  • Miami International Airport (MIA)
  • Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport (MKE)
  • Minot International Airport (MOT)
  • Dane County Regional Airport (Truax Field) (MSN)
  • Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP)
  • Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY)
  • Myrtle Beach International Airport (MYR)
  • Oakland International Airport (OAK)
  • Eppley Airfield (OMA)
  • Ontario International Airport (ONT)
  • Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD)
  • Norfolk International Airport (ORF)
  • Paine Field Airport (PAE)
  • Palm Beach International Airport (PBI)
  • Portland International Airport (PDX)
  • Punta Gorda Airport (PGD)
  • Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)
  • Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)
  • Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT)
  • Pensacola International Airport (PNS)
  • Tri-Cities Airport (PSC)
  • Palm Springs International Airport (PSP)
  • Theodore Francis Green State Airport (PVD)
  • Portland International Jetport (PWM)
  • Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU)
  • Richmond International Airport (RIC)
  • Reno/Tahoe International Airport (RNO)
  • Roanoke–Blacksburg Regional Airport (Woodrum Field) (ROA)
  • Greater Rochester International Airport (ROC)
  • Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW)
  • San Diego International Airport (SAN)
  • San Antonio International Airport (SAT)
  • Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)
  • South Bend International Airport (was South Bend Regional) (SBN)
  • Louisville International Airport (Standiford Field) (SDF)
  • Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA)
  • San Francisco International Airport (SFO)
  • Springfield–Branson National Airport (SGF)
  • Shreveport Regional Airport (SHV)
  • San Jose International Airport (SJC)
  • Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (San Juan Airport) (SJU)
  • Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC)
  • Sacramento International Airport (SMF)
  • John Wayne Airport (SNA)
  • Sarasota–Bradenton International Airport (SRQ)
  • St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL)
  • Cyril E. King Airport (STT)
  • Syracuse Hancock International Airport (SYR)
  • Tallahassee International Airport (TLH)
  • Tampa International Airport (TPA)
  • Tulsa International Airport (TUL
  • Tucson International Airport (TUS)
  • McGhee Tyson Airport (TYS)
  • Northwest Arkansas National Airport (XNA)

That’s over 100 airports. The TSA’s been busy 😉

Feature Photo: Hawaii.gov

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