Posted: July 10, 2025 | Last updated: July 10, 2025 A passenger removes his shoes at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, 15 Jan. 2014.

Travelers racing to catch a flight at U.S. airports no longer are required to remove their shoes during security screenings, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Tuesday. Noem said the end ...

The practice of having travelers toss their shoes in a bin to be screened was established in 2006 after an incident in December 2001 when, months after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, a British man ...

For the first time in almost 20 years, travelers may no longer be required to take off their shoes during security screenings at certain U.S. airports.

For the first time in almost 20 years, travelers will no longer be required to take off their shoes during security screenings at U.S. airports. Watch in our video player above.

For instance, passengers that do not have a government-required REAL ID to fly will not explicitly be excluded from the no-shoes-off policy but they will undergo additional screening.