PIT airport questions

[lanicastro]

We are flying out of PIT on Tuesday morning (8:10 am) to MCO. I thought that I had read somewhere that the security lines are long- any ideas of wait time? Also, where do hotel shuttles drop you off? We are flying Airtran and really don't want to haul our luggage all over the place with two small kids. Thanks for the help!

Lynn

 

[CaliforniaDreaming]

We haven't ever had to wait longer than 10-15 minutes in line for security. We have waited 45 minutes in line at the AirTran ticket counter, though.

As far as the hotel shuttles, they drop you off at curbside check-in for the airlines (which is right outside their ticket counters). I'm not sure if AirTran has curbside check-in, but they may.

Have a great trip!

 

[iluvflorida8]

As long as you are dropped off by your shuttle by 7:00 am you won't have any problem at all.

 

[lanicastro]

Thanks for the help. I found something helpful on the TSA website. You can tell them the time of your flight, and airport, and they give you the min and max wait times for security for the past month for your day of the week and time. I thought that this might be helpful to someone with questions like mine. Of course, I didn't save the link, but I am pretty sure that it came from the TSA website.

Lynn

 

[DebbieB]

Air Tran does not have curbside check at PIT (at least not last May). Also, lately the shuttles have been dropping off on the baggage claim level, which means you have to take an elevator or escalator from level one to level three. You may want to rent a baggage cart ($3) or find a skycap.

I haven't found security to be a problem recently at PIT. You shouldn't have more than a 10 or 15 minute wait at most. I would try to get there by 6:30 just in case.

http://www.flypittsburgh.com/

 

[roliepolieoliefan]

Airtran does not have curbside checkin. We just returned Saturday from WDW. Our wait time through security and Airtran checkin was not long, but it can vary so get there early. Make sure your bags are under 50 pounds. They now weigh every bag and will make you pay $25.00 if its over the limit.