Will you really need to get to the airport three hours ahead of your flight? Will airport security be open in the terminal you're flying from? Will your airport even be open?
Those are questions that few air travelers expected to be asking this year, but answering them has become an unfortunate reality this spring thanks to the partial government shutdown that's now nearing the end of its seventh week.
And, increasingly, the effects of the shutdown are being felt by air travelers — specifically in ballooning security checkpoint wait times that are popping up around the country like a game of whack-a-mole.
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