LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Nearly 120 guns were found at TSA checkpoints inside Kentucky airports in 2023.
All the guns seized — which matched a record high — were found by TSA officers during routine screenings of carry-ons at airport security checkpoints, a regional spokesman for the Transportation Security Administration said in a news release Friday.
Of the 119 found state-wide:
- 54 were found at the Cincinnati-North Kentucky International Airport
- 49 were found at the Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport
- 16 were found at the Blue Grass Airport in Lexington
Statewide in 2023, TSA screened approximately 8.15 million departing travelers at the five commercial Kentucky airports, a 12.7% increase over 2022.
Nationwide, TSA found a firearm in one in 127,447 passengers screened. In Kentucky, that rate was nearly doubled, to one in every 68,627 passengers.
Louisville Airport News:
- Around 100,000 travelers pass through Louisville airport during Thanksgiving week
- Louisville airport upgrades aim to make travel smoother ahead of the holidays
- Louisville's airport meets major growth with rollout of upgrades to baggage claim, infrastructure
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