X-ray backscatter security scanners

[pumpkinpony]

It lists Jacksonville International which has to be Jacksonville, Florida. I'm pretty sure the local one here is not an international airport.

Jacksonville is indeed named an 'international' airport...
http://www.airnav.com/airport/jax

Airport authorities frequently like to add 'international' or 'regional' to their names for better publicity. I've seen many name changes to add such wording. They seem to think it draws people in better...

Most of the smaller airports don't have the backscatter machines. I'm willing to pay a bit more and drive a bit more to fly out of a smaller airport at this point.

Edit to add, here's another list with more info. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/14968662-post1.html. While screening through these is 'random', it's fairly easy to pick the lane without the machine at some airports. NoS, in case you don't know, is Nude-o-Scope.

[Koronin]

In my case the smaller airports are actually the closer airports, just more expensive. I'm thinking the cost might just be worth it. Our little airport is probably a 15 minute drive vs 2 hours to Raleigh and Akron/Canton is around 45 minutes for my parents vs 1 and a half hours to either Cleveland or Pittsburgh.

[moonfroggy]

i'm glad i don't need to travel. think when i do travel i will just have to get into long distance bike touring avoid planes, cars, trains, buses will limit me to north and south America though i guess.

[OakLeaf]

We last flew in October - Columbus, OH has the machines but hadn't started using them (at least, I didn't see anyone going through them) - Newark, NJ didn't have them yet. So it's not entirely the size of the airport.

[Catrin]

I am just not going to do it. I am not going through those machines and I am NOT going to go through all of that with TSA staff. Therefore I won't be flying. If'en I can't get there by bike, car, or train then I won't be going

Thankfully all of my family are within a 12 hour drive outside of my sister in San Diego. I further reserve the right to change my mind for special circumstances, but they would have to be da*n special circumstances indeed.

[badgercat]

I just flew from Phoenix to Philadelphia and back. Those are both pretty large airports, but I didn't encounter any of this business on either end. So... who knows how/when this is all actually rolling out.

[OakLeaf]

EPIC has a list, but it doesn't look like it's been updated since September, and obviously a lot of it has been rolled out since then. Columbus isn't on their list.