Starting February 1, Travelers Without Acceptable Forms of ID Will Be Required to Pay $45 Fee
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 30, 2026
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Duluth Airport Authority
Natalie Baker, Director of Communications and Marketing
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Starting February 1, Travelers Without Acceptable Forms of ID Will be Required to Pay a $45 Fee
Duluth, MN – January 30, 2026 – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has announced that airline passengers who do not have REAL ID compliant identification on Sunday, Feb. 1 will be required by the TSA to pay a $45 fee for identity verification before they get to the TSA checkpoint.
The fee covers the cost of a modernized alternative identity verification system, called TSA ConfirmID. The verification will cover a 10-day travel period, so travelers who plan their return flight within that 10-day period will pay once for both flights.
Acceptable forms of ID include:
- REAL ID-compliant driver's licenses or other state photo identity cards issued by Department of Motor Vehicles (or equivalent)
- If you are not sure if your ID complies with REAL ID, check with your state Department of Motor Vehicles.
- A temporary driver’s license is not an acceptable form of identification.
- State-issued Enhanced Driver's License (EDL) or Enhanced ID (EID)
- U.S. passport
- U.S. passport card
- DHS trusted traveler cards (Global Entry, NEXUS, SENTRI, FAST)
- U.S. Department of Defense ID, including IDs issued to dependents
- Permanent resident card
- Border crossing card
- An acceptable photo ID issued by a federally recognized Tribal Nation/Indian Tribe, including Enhanced Tribal Cards (ETCs)
- HSPD-12 PIV card
- Foreign government-issued passport
- Canadian provincial driver's license or Indian and Northern Affairs Canada card
- Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC)
- U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Employment Authorization Card (I-766)
- U.S. Merchant Mariner Credential
- Veteran Health Identification Card (VHIC)
Travelers without an acceptable ID are encouraged to visit the TSA ConfirmID program fee site to complete the form, and pay the $45 fee prior to travel on or after Sunday, Feb. 1. Travelers should take a printed or electronic copy of the receipt and show it to the Transportation Security Officer verifying identification at the airport checkpoint. If travelers arrive to the checkpoint without having paid in advance, they will be directed to do so via the TSA ConfirmID program website. There will be no payment infrastructure at the airport to do so.
Nationally, about 94% of passengers already use their REAL ID or another acceptable forms of identification. TSA expects that wait times will increase for passengers without a REAL ID Act compliant ID when ConfirmID goes into effect.
TSA’s list of acceptable forms of ID can be found at TSA.gov/travel/security-screening/identification.
For more information on REAL ID, please visit TSA.gov/real-id
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