Which Airports Have Full Body Scanners?

Which airports have full body scanners? Across the US, 172 airports now have full-body x-ray scanners, at airports security.

The millimeter wave machines were tested at Phoenix's Sky Harbor and LA's LAX airports back in 2006/7. Americans didn't complain, so we now have there are 172 airports where we can either pass through the machines or receive a body search/patdown from a TSA employee. The body imaging, or millimeter wave imaging machines, or TSA full-body scanners, scan a passenger on all sides and transmit the image of the passenger's body, without clothing, to a TSA agent seated 50-100 feet away from the TSA scanner. The object is to identify concealed (purposely or not) metal, plastics, ceramics, chemical materials, and explosives via millimeter wave technology.

Here's a full list of the US airports that have full body scanners so you can know before you go whether you'll be facing one of these machines at security:

• A.B. Won Pat International Airport
• Akron–Canton Airport
• Albany International Airport
• Albuquerque International Sunport Airport
• Appleton International Airport
• Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport
• Austin-Bergstrom International Airport
• Austin Straubel International Airport
• Augusta Regional Airport
• Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport
• Bangor International Airport
• Baton Rouge Ryan Airport
• Billings Logan International Airport
• Bishop International Airport (Flint, MI)
• Bismarck Municipal Airport
• Blue Grass Airport (Lexington, KY)
• Boise Airport 
• Boston Logan International Airport
• Bradley International Airport (Windsor Locks, CT)
• Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport
• Buffalo Niagara International Airport
• Capital Region International Airport
• Casper/Natrona County International Airport
• Central Illinois Regional Airport
• Central Wisconsin Regional Airport
• Charlotte-Douglas Airport
• Charleston International Airport
• Charlotte Douglas International Airport
• Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport
• Chicago Midway International Airport
• Chicago O'Hare International Airport
• Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport
• Cleveland Hopkins International Airport
• Clinton National Airport
• Colorado Springs Airport
• Columbus Metropolitan Airport
• Corpus Christi International Airport
• Cyril E. King International Airport (Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands)
• Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
• Dallas Love Field Airport
• Dane County Regional Airport
• Dayton International Airport
• Daytona Beach International Airport
• Des Moines International Airport
• Denver International Airport
• Detroit Metropolitan Airport
• Eastern Iowa Airport (Cedar Rapids, IA)
• El Paso International Airport
• Elmira/Corning Regional Airport
• Fairbanks International Airport
• Fargo/Hector International Airport
• Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport
• Fort Wayne International Airport
• Fresno Yosemite International Airport
• Gainesville Regional Airport
• Gary / Chicago International Airport
• Gerald R. Ford Grand Rapids International Airport
• General Mitchell Milwaukee International Airport
• General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport
• Grand Junction Regional Airport
• Grand Forks Airport
• Grand Rapids Airport
• Greater Rochester International Airport
• Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport
• Harlingen/Valley International Airport
• Harrisburg International Airport
• Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
• Hayden/Yampa Valley Airport (Steamboat Springs, CO)
• Henry E. Rohlsen Airport (Christiansted, St. Croix, US Virgin Islands)
• Hilo International Airport
• Honolulu International Airport
• Houston William P. Hobby Airport
• Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport
• Huntsville International Airport
• Indianapolis International Airport
• Jacksonville International Airport
• John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK, New York)
• John Glenn Columbus International Airport
• John Wayne Airport (Santa Ana, Orange County, CA)
• Juneau International Airport
• Kansas City International Airport
• Ketchikan International Airport
• Key West International Airport
• LaGuardia International Airport (New York)
• Lambert/St. Louis International Airport
• LA/Ontario International
• Laredo International Airport
• Las Vegas International Airport (McCarran)
• Lehigh Valley International Airport
• Lihue Airport
• Little Rock National Airport
• Long Beach Airport
• Los Angeles International Airport
• Louis Armstrong New Orleans International
• Louisville International Airport
• Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport
• Manchester–Boston Regional Airport 
• McAllen Miller Airport
• McCarran International Airport (Las Vegas)
• McGhee Tyson Airport (Knoxville, TN)
• Meadows Field Airport (Bakersfield, CA)
• Memphis International Airport
• Miami International Airport
• Midland International Air and Space Port
• Milwaukee General Mitchell International Airport
• Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport
• General Mitchell Milwaukee International Airport
• Mobile Regional Airport
• Montgomery Regional Airport
• Myrtle Beach International Airport
• Nashville International Airport
• New Orleans Louis Armstrong International Airport
• Newark Liberty International Airport
• Newport News Williamsburg International Airport
• Norfolk International Airport
• Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport (Panama City, FL)
• Oakland International Airport
• Omaha Eppley Airfield Airport
• Orlando International Airport
• Orlando Melbourne International Airport
• Outagamie Country Regional Airport (Appleton, WI)
• Palm Beach International Airport
• Palm Springs International
• Pensacola Gulf Coast Regional Airport
• Peoria International Airport
• Philadelphia International Airport
• Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport
• Piedmont Triad International Airport
• Pittsburgh International Airport
• Portland International Airport
• Portland International Jetport
• Port Columbus International Airport
• Punta Gorda Airport
• Quad City International Airport (Moline, IL)
• Raleigh-Durham International Airport
• Rapid City Regional Airport
• Richmond International Airport
• Rochester International Airport
• Rogue Valley International–Medford Airport
• Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
• Sacramento International Airport
• Saipan International Airport
• Salt Lake City International Airport
• San Antonio International Airport
• San Diego International Airport
• San Francisco International Airport
• San Jose International Airport
• San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport
• Santa Barbara Municipal Airport
• Santa Maria Public Airport
• Sarasota Bradenton International
• Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport
• Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
• Sioux Falls Regional Airport
• South Bend Airport
• Southwest Florida International Airport
• Spokane International Airport
• St. Petersburg-Clearwater International
• Stewart International Airport
• T. F. Green International Airport - Warwick, RI (Serves Providence)
• Tallahassee Regional Airport
• Tampa International Airport
• Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport
• Toledo Express
• Tri-Cities Regional Airport
• Tulsa International Airport
• Washington DC Ronald Reagan International Airport
• Washington Dulles International Airport
• Wendover Airport
• Westchester County Airport
• Will Rogers World Airport (Oklahoma City, OK)
• Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport

You can also find a constantly updated list at the FlyersTalk Forum.

Should You Avoid an Airport With a Full-Body Scanner?

Whether or not you want to pass through these machines is a personal decision, and if you're big on privacy, it's understandable that you don't want airport staff to see your body without clothes on. If you do feel uncomfortable with the prospect, you can ask for a full-body pat down as an alternative, but keep in mind that it's likely to feel fairly invasive as well. It isn't advised to avoid an airport just because they have the scanners, because there are other options available to you. 

Avoiding airports with the full-body scanners may only make your travel more frustrating and expensive. You'll seriously limit your options when it comes to where you can fly out of, as most airports do utilize these types of scanners. It keeps us all safer as we fly, and it only takes a few quick seconds of discomfort to gain that.

This article has been edited by Lauren Juliff.