Why is the security screening checkpoint located in the airside concourse rather than the landside terminal complex?
After conducting numerous studies on the placement of the security checkpoint, it was determined that the airside could best accommodate this function largely in part due to the physical size required to accommodate it. If the checkpoint were located at the terminal, it would have required a full floor in the terminal, which would have altered the design of the terminal. Additionally, housing the checkpoint at the airside allows for ease of future expansion of additional airside concourses as well as continued use of the existing infrastructure supporting Terminal A.
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