Airline passengers attempted to bring significantly fewer firearms into security checkpoints at Detroit Metropolitan Airport during 2024 as compared to recent years, the Transportation Security Administration reported.

Transportation Security Administration officers have stopped a record-high total of 16 firearms at the International Airport in 2024.

Despite the overall decrease, TSA officers intercepted a record-high number of guns at Newark Airport last year.

Transportation Security Administration officers stopped 31 handguns at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport security checkpoints in 2024

TSA Administrator David Pekoske emphasized the severity of the issue. "One firearm at a checkpoint is too many," he said. "Firearms present a safety risk for our employees and eve

Let’s fly the gun-free skies. Travelers tried slipping more than 6,600 guns past Transportation Security Administration agents last year — with 41 of those firearms found in carry-ons of those passing through LaGuardia,

More than 6,600 firearms were detected at airport security checkpoints by the Transportation Security Administration in 2024, and about 94% were loaded with ammunition.

Security agents stopped 78 firearms at Indianapolis International Airport checkpoints last year, down from a record high the previous year. The Transportation Security Administration released the numbers Friday.