Passengers without Real IDs can still fly if they pay a $45 fee, which covers the cost of additional identity verification screening.

Travelers without REAL ID have been allowed through airport security with extra screening and a warning. That changes now.

Starting Sunday, Feb. 1, airline passengers 18 and older who don’t have a Real ID or other acceptable from of government-issued identification will need to pay a $45 fee to confirm their identity before being allowed to pass through security checkpoints and board their flights.

A federal law requiring Americans to present a Real ID or another accepted form of identification to fly within the United States will soon take effect following nearly two decades of deadlines and extensions. Under the Real ID Act, beginning May 7 ...

The Real ID Act will go into effect May 7. After that date, American travelers will need an ID that complies with the Real ID requirements in order to pass through U.S. airport security checkpoints — even for domestic flights. This change aims to set ...

We are a day shy of two weeks away before the Transportation Security Administration starts to enforce the REAL ID Act for adult travelers flying within the United States. Two decades after the law was passed to require stricter federal requirements for ...