The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) made notable improvements in 2022, setting a new record in firearm interceptions by Transportation Security Officers (TSOs) at checkpoints, making significant strides to improve transportation security, and screening an average of more than two million passengers daily at airports across the country.
TSA provided airport screening at or near pre-pandemic travel volumes despite multiple instances of challenging weather conditions, enhanced cybersecurity resilience of critical transportation infrastructure and continued to test and deploy new technologies that improve security effectiveness, efficiency and the passenger experience throughout the transportation system. Additionally, TSA officers stopped more than 6,500 firearms at airport checkpoints. Agency improvements were made in both security operations and customer services during 2022.