Almost $1 Million Left Behind at TSA Airport Checkpoints
Air travelers left nearly $1 million behind at Transportation Security Administration (TSA) airport checkpoints in fiscal year 2018, as reported in the annual “Unclaimed Money at Airports” report submitted to Congress.
TSA plans to use the unclaimed money towards checkpoint training requirements. During FY 2018, TSA collected $960,105.49 in unclaimed money, including $85,930.04 in foreign currency.
The last five fiscal years of loose change at airport checkpoints (October 1 to September 30):
- FY 2013 – $638,142.64
- FY 2014 – $674,841.06
- FY 2015 – $765,759.15
- FY 2016 – $867,812.39
- FY 2017 – $866,839.56
Airports where travelers have left change at checkpoints:
| National Rank | Airport Code | Amount of Money |
| 1 | JFK | $72,392.74 |
| 2 | LAX | $71,748.83 |
| 3 | MIA | $50,504.49 |
| 4 | ORD | $449,597.23 |
| 5 | EWR | $41,026.07 |
| 6 | DFW | $36,707.99 |
| 7 | SFO | $33,264.80 |
| 8 | LAS | $33,038.23 |
| 9 | NCO | $32,687.10 |
| 10 | IAD | $31,090.38 |
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