An airport in Iowa will begin a preflight COVID-19 health screening program for all passengers and staff next week after it got the OK from the Federal Aviation Administration, a unique undertaking among U.S. airports.
The Travel Well program, which will start on Jan. 25 and be run out of The Eastern Iowa Airport (CID) in Cedar Rapids, will require all outbound passengers and employees who work past the security checkpoint to answer a series of health questions and have their temperature taken. The screening is expected to take about 10 seconds per person.
If a passenger has a fever above 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit or a recent exposure to COVID-19, they would be moved to a secondary screening and assessed by health professionals from the state s Mercy Medical Center.