Can I fly to Florida with a regular license?

The new deadline for REAL ID enforcement is now May 7, 2025. The TSA will accept your driver's license as an ID to fly now if it is a non REAL ID until May 5, 2025. After that date, it will need to be a Real ID. A Real ID is a federally approved state driver's license.



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The previous date was May 3, 2023. Beginning May 7, 2025, every air traveler will need to present a REAL ID-compliant driver's license, or other acceptable form of identification, to fly within the United States.

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Bottom line: You can fly to all 50 states and surrounding territories without a passport. Just make sure to carry either your driver's license or a state-issued ID. To avoid frustrations in the future, ensure your driver's license and other ID are REAL-ID compliant before May 2025.

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You can travel without a passport in the following countries: Puerto Rico. US Virgin Islands. Northern Mariana Islands.

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Without a passport, you may fly to any of the 50 states and territories in the United States. If you don't have a passport, different identification options are accepted, including a US passport card, a driver's license, and a DHS trusted traveler card.

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Passport, Travel Visa and National ID Card Proper identification is the foundation of international travel. As a result, you should ensure to always have an official identification document with you.

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If you only have an expired passport, you can still bring it along for domestic travel within the United States, but you must convince TSA officers that you are who you say you are. However, if you're traveling internationally, you must have a valid passport.

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Wear clothing and shoes without metal, and be ready to remove your belt if it has a metal buckle. Tuck large metal jewelry pieces into your carry-on bag before you go through the security checkpoint. Put change and keys into your carry-on or empty your pockets into a plastic bin when you arrive at the checkpoint.

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Separately, starting October 1, 2021, every traveler will need to present a REAL ID-compliant license or another acceptable form of identification for domestic air travel. As of December 12, 2017, more than 84 percent of Florida driver license and ID cards are REAL ID-compliant.

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You will be subject to additional screening, to include a patdown and screening of carry-on property. You will not be allowed to enter the security checkpoint if your identity cannot be confirmed, you choose to not provide proper identification or you decline to cooperate with the identity verification process.

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You do not require a passport to travel within the UK, but you will need to carry one type of photographic ID when travelling with us. Examples include: Valid passport. Valid driving licence, either provisional or full.

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