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WEAPONS FOUND AT AIRPORTS 1991-2000 
The three airports from which the September 11 terrorist hijackers departed -- Logan in Boston, Washington Dulles and Newark International -- had some of the lowest rates for detecting weapons among the 25 U.S. airports with the largest passenger volume. Industry experts believe that rates should not vary greatly airport to airport. The detection rates are the percentage of violations that involve weapons.

The nation's top 25 airports are listed below alphabetically, broken down by the number and type of weapons security screeners detected between 1991-2000.

A - Da | De - L | M - O | P - S | T - Z

MIAMI - MIAMI INTL
Percentage of violations that are weapons
14.1%
Type of Weapons found 1991-2000
No. of weapons
FIREARM
186
FIREARM - HAND GUN
110
FIREARM - LONG GUN
7
OTHER WEAPON
3
EXPLOSIVE
1
INCENDIARY
1
KNIFE
1
TEAR GAS/CHEMICAL DE
1
Total weapons
310
MINNEAPOLIS - MINNEAPOLIS ST PAUL INTL
Percentage of violations that are weapons
9.5%
Type of Weapons found 1991-2000
No. of weapons
FIREARM - HAND GUN
70
FIREARM
53
FIREARM - LONG GUN
19
EXPLOSIVE
1
KNIFE
1
OTHER WEAPON
1
Total weapons
145
 
 
 
 

NEW YORK - JOHN F KENNEDY INTL
Percentage of violations that are weapons
11.5%
Type of Weapons found 1991-2000
No. of weapons
FIREARM
192
FIREARM - HAND GUN
186
OTHER WEAPON
13
KNIFE
10
EXPLOSIVE
6
STUN GUN
6
TEAR GAS/CHEMICAL DE
6
FIREARM - LONG GUN
5
BLUDGEON
4
INCENDIARY
2
Total weapons
430
NEW YORK - LA GUARDIA
Percentage of violations that are weapons
18.2%
Type of Weapons found 1991-2000
No. of weapons
TEAR GAS/CHEMICAL DE
120
FIREARM
37
FIREARM - HAND GUN
24
OTHER WEAPON
16
STUN GUN
6
KNIFE
5
BLUDGEON
1
FIREARM - LONG GUN
1
Total weapons
210
 
 
 
 

NEWARK - NEWARK INTL ARPT
Percentage of violations that are weapons
10.1%
Type of Weapons found 1991-2000
No. of weapons
FIREARM
70
FIREARM - HAND GUN
3
INCENDIARY
1
Total weapons
74
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ORLANDO - ORLANDO INTL ARPT
Percentage of violations that are weapons
18.0%
Type of Weapons found 1991-2000
No. of weapons
FIREARM - HAND GUN
199
FIREARM
70
FIREARM - LONG GUN
4
OTHER WEAPON
3
EXPLOSIVE
2
TEAR GAS/CHEMICAL DE
2
STUN GUN
1
Total weapons
281

Source: Analysis of FAA Enforcement Information System database by Denise Prodigo-Herrmann.
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