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What Kind of Body Scanner Does Your Airport Have?

by Al Shaw and Michael Grabell
ProPublica

Los Angeles International Airport
uses millimeter wave scanners
Oakland International Airport
uses X-ray (backscatter) scanners
John F. Kennedy Int'l Airport
uses both X-ray (backscatter) and millimeter wave scanners*

Here’s a searchable guide to body scanners in U.S. airports. X-ray "backscatter" machines have faced concerns about the potential health risks associated with them. Nearly 100 backscatters were removed from major airports recently to speed up lines. But many airports still have them. Find out whether you may encounter an X-ray scanner this holiday season. If your airport isn't listed, it doesn't use either type of body scanner.

Airport Name
Airport Code
Kind
Abilene Regional Airport ABI millimeter wave
Akron-Canton Airport CAK millimeter wave
Albany International Airport ALB millimeter wave
Albuquerque International Sunport ABQ millimeter wave
Amarillo International Airport AMA millimeter wave
Aspen-Pitkin County Airport ASE millimeter wave
Atlantic City International Airport ACY millimeter wave
Augusta Regional Airport AGS millimeter wave
Austin Straubel International Airport GRB millimeter wave
Austin-Bergstrom Airport AUS millimeter wave
Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport BWI millimeter wave
Bangor International Airport BGR millimeter wave
Baton Rouge Airport BTR millimeter wave
Billings Logan International Airport BIL millimeter wave
Bishop International Airport FNT millimeter wave
Bismark Municipal Airport BIS millimeter wave
Blue Grass Airport LEX millimeter wave
Boise Airport BOI X-ray (backscatter)
Boston Logan International Airport BOS both X-ray (backscatter) and millimeter wave*
Bozeman Gallatin Field Airport BZN millimeter wave
Bradley International Airport BDL X-ray (backscatter)
Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport BRO X-ray (backscatter)
Buffalo Niagara International Airport BUF X-ray (backscatter)
Burbank Bob Hope Airport BUR millimeter wave
Burlington International Airport BTV millimeter wave
Bush Houston Intercontinental Airport IAH millimeter wave
Casper Natrona County Airport CPR millimeter wave
Cedar Rapids Eastern Iowa Airport CID millimeter wave
Central Illinois Regional Airport BMI millimeter wave
Central Wisconsin Airport CWA millimeter wave
Champaign Willard Airport CMI millimeter wave
Charleston International Airport CHS millimeter wave
Charleston Yeager Airport CRW millimeter wave
Charlotte County Airport PGD millimeter wave
Charlotte Douglas International Airport CLT millimeter wave
Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport CHA millimeter wave
Cherry Capital Airport TVC millimeter wave
Chicago Midway Airport MDW millimeter wave
Chicago O’Hare International Airport ORD both X-ray (backscatter) and millimeter wave*
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport CVG X-ray (backscatter)
Cleveland International Airport CLE millimeter wave
Columbia Metropolitan Airport CAE millimeter wave
Columbus Metropolitan Airport CSG millimeter wave
Cordova Municipal Airport CDV millimeter wave
Corpus Christi International Airport CRP X-ray (backscatter)
Cyril E King Airport STT millimeter wave
Dallas Love Field Airport DAL millimeter wave
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport DFW millimeter wave
Dane County Regional Airport MSN millimeter wave
Dayton International Airport DAY millimeter wave
Daytona Beach Airport DAB millimeter wave
Denver International Airport DEN millimeter wave
Des Moines International Airport DSM millimeter wave
Detroit Metropolitan Airport DTW millimeter wave
Durango-La Plata County Airport DRO millimeter wave
Eagle County Regional Airport EGE millimeter wave
El Paso International Airport ELP X-ray (backscatter)
Elmira/Corning Regional Airport ELM millimeter wave
Eugene Airport EUG millimeter wave
Fairbanks International Airport FAI millimeter wave
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport FLL X-ray (backscatter)
Fort Walton Beach Airport VPS millimeter wave
Fort Wayne International Airport FWA millimeter wave
Fresno Air Terminal Airport FAT millimeter wave
Gainesville Regional Airport GNV millimeter wave
Gary Regional Airport GYY millimeter wave
General Mitchell Milwaukee International Airport MKE millimeter wave
Gerald R. Ford International Airport GRR X-ray (backscatter)
Glacier Park International Airport GPI millimeter wave
Grand Forks International Airport GFK millimeter wave
Greenbrier Valley Airport LWB millimeter wave
Greenville/Spartanburg Airport GSP millimeter wave
Guam Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport GUM X-ray (backscatter)
Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport GPT X-ray (backscatter)
Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional Airport GUC millimeter wave
Harlingen/Valley International Airport HRL X-ray (backscatter)
Harrisburg International Airport MDT millimeter wave
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport ATL millimeter wave
Hector International Airport FAR millimeter wave
Helena Regional Airport HLN millimeter wave
Henry E. Rohlsen Airport STX millimeter wave
Hilo International Airport ITO millimeter wave
Honolulu International Airport HNL millimeter wave
Houston William Hobby Airport HOU millimeter wave
Huntington Tri-State Airport HTS millimeter wave
Huntsville International Airport HSV millimeter wave
Indianapolis International Airport IND millimeter wave
Jackson Hole Airport JAC millimeter wave
Jacksonville International Airport JAX millimeter wave
John F. Kennedy International Airport JFK both X-ray (backscatter) and millimeter wave*
John Wayne International Airport SNA millimeter wave
Juneau International Airport JNU millimeter wave
Kahului Airport OGG millimeter wave
Kansas City International Airport MCI X-ray (backscatter)
Ketchikan International Airport KTN millimeter wave
Key West International Airport EYW X-ray (backscatter)
Killeen-Fort Hood Regional Airport GRK millimeter wave
Knoxville McGee Tyson Airport TYS millimeter wave
Kona International Airport KOA millimeter wave
La Crosse Municipal Airport LSE millimeter wave
La Guardia International Airport LGA millimeter wave
LA/Ontario International Airport ONT millimeter wave
Lambert-St. Louis International Airport STL X-ray (backscatter)
Lansing Capital City Airport LAN millimeter wave
Laredo International Airport LRD X-ray (backscatter)
Lihue Airport LIH millimeter wave
Little Rock National Airport LIT millimeter wave
Long Island MacArthur Airport ISP millimeter wave
Los Angeles International Airport LAX millimeter wave
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport MSY millimeter wave
Louisville International Airport SDF millimeter wave
Lubbock International Airport LBB millimeter wave
Luiz Muñoz Marin International Airport SJU X-ray (backscatter)
Mammoth Yosemite Airport MMH millimeter wave
Manchester Airport MHT millimeter wave
McAllen Miller International Airport MFE X-ray (backscatter)
McCarran International Airport LAS millimeter wave
Meadows Field Airport BFL millimeter wave
Medford Rogue Valley International Airport MFR millimeter wave
Melbourne International Airport MLB millimeter wave
Memphis International Airport MEM X-ray (backscatter)
Miami International Airport MIA millimeter wave
Midland International Airport MAF millimeter wave
Mineta San José International Airport SJC X-ray (backscatter)
Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport MSP millimeter wave
Minot International Airport MOT millimeter wave
Missoula International Airport MSO millimeter wave
Mobile Regional Airport MOB millimeter wave
Montgomery Regional Airport MGM millimeter wave
Montrose Regional Airport MTJ millimeter wave
Myrtle Beach International Airport MYR millimeter wave
Nashville International Airport BNA millimeter wave
Newark Liberty International Airport EWR millimeter wave
Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport PHF millimeter wave
Norfolk International Airport ORF millimeter wave
Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport XNA millimeter wave
Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport ECP millimeter wave
Oakland International Airport OAK X-ray (backscatter)
Omaha Eppley Field Airport OMA X-ray (backscatter)
Orlando International Airport MCO millimeter wave
Outagamie County Regional Airport ATW millimeter wave
Pago Pago International Airport PPG millimeter wave
Palm Beach International Airport PBI millimeter wave
Palm Springs International Airport PSP millimeter wave
Pensacola Gulf Coast Regional Airport PNS millimeter wave
Peoria Airport PIA millimeter wave
Philadelphia International Airport PHL millimeter wave
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport PHX X-ray (backscatter)
Phoenix Williams Gateway Airport IWA X-ray (backscatter)
Piedmont Triad International Airport GSO millimeter wave
Pittsburgh International Airport PIT X-ray (backscatter)
Plattsburgh International Airport PBG millimeter wave
Port Columbus International Airport CMH X-ray (backscatter)
Portland International Airport PDX millimeter wave
Portland International Jetport PWM millimeter wave
Provo Municipal Airport PVU millimeter wave
Pueblo Memorial Airport PUB millimeter wave
Quad City International Airport MLI millimeter wave
Raleigh-Durham International Airport RDU millimeter wave
Rapid City Regional Airport RAP millimeter wave
Redding Municipal Airport RDD millimeter wave
Reno-Tahoe International Airport RNO millimeter wave
Richmond International Airport RIC millimeter wave
Roanoke Regional Airport ROA millimeter wave
Roberts Field -Redmond Municipal Airport RDM millimeter wave
Rochester International Airport (MN) RST millimeter wave
Rochester International Airport (NY) ROC millimeter wave
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport DCA millimeter wave
Sacramento International Airport SMF millimeter wave
Saipan International Airport GSN X-ray (backscatter)
Salt Lake City International Airport SLC millimeter wave
San Antonio International Airport SAT X-ray (backscatter)
San Diego International Airport SAN X-ray (backscatter)
San Francisco International Airport SFO millimeter wave
San Luis County Regional Airport SBP millimeter wave
Santa Barbara Airport SBA millimeter wave
Santa Maria Public Airport SMX millimeter wave
Sarasota Bradenton International Airport SRQ millimeter wave
Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport SAV millimeter wave
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport SEA X-ray (backscatter)
Sioux Falls Airport FSD millimeter wave
Southbend Regional Airport SBN millimeter wave
Southwest Florida International Airport RSW millimeter wave
Spokane International Airport GEG X-ray (backscatter)
St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport PIE millimeter wave
Stewart International Airport SWF millimeter wave
T.F. Green Airport PVD X-ray (backscatter)
Tallahassee Regional Airport TLH millimeter wave
Tampa International Airport TPA millimeter wave
Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport ANC millimeter wave
Toledo Express Airport TOL millimeter wave
Tulsa International Airport TUL millimeter wave
Walker Field Airport GJT millimeter wave
Washington Dulles International Airport IAD X-ray (backscatter)
Wendover Airport ENV millimeter wave
Westchester County Airport HPN millimeter wave
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport AVP millimeter wave
Will Rogers World Airport OKC millimeter wave
Wilmington International Airport ILM millimeter wave
Yampa Valley Regional Airport HDN millimeter wave
Youngstown-Warren Regional YNG millimeter wave

*Backscatter scanners are being replaced with millimeter wave scanners at this airport.

For the difference between backscatter and millimeter wave scanners, see Pro Publica here.

Source: Transportation Security Administration

Reprinted with permission from ProPublica.

December 28, 2012

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