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PSA: Your Plain Old Driver's License Won't Be Good Enough to Fly in 6 Months
For a decade, American travelers have had the luxury of being repeatedly warned about Real ID checks at our nation’s airports and not having to pay any attention to them. But those years of countless delays seem to be coming an end for real this time. Starting on May 3, 2023 — that’s six months away — you’ll need either a Real ID-compliant driver’s license or a passport to fly domestically.
We’ve known this was coming for a while. But much like the Cybertruck, the Real ID reckoning has had a habit of missing launch dates, so it sort of slipped the collective consciousness for a minute. This was all supposed to go down on October 1, 2020, until the pandemic happened and the Transportation Security Administration decided to tack on one more year to the ultimatum. Halfway through 2021, the government settled on a final, final deadline of May 3, 2023. Since we officially crossed the half-year-out mark yesterday, now seems like a good time for a refresher.