A federal enhanced ID requirement for flyers will go into effect as planned, law enforcement officials in Huntsville said Tuesday, and travelers should prepare for delays on and after May 7.
That’s the day STAR ID will be required for commercial air travel, as well as to access certain federal complexes and nuclear power plants. Although Alabama has offered STAR ID since 2012, about one in five Alabamians has not yet acquired it, according to a senior Transportation Security Administration official.
“Without a REAL ID you will face delays, additional security and possibly a denial of entry into the checkpoint,” said Tara Corse, the TSA’s federal security director for Alabama…