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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

WASHINGTON - WASHINGTON DULLES INTL
Percentage of violations that are weapons
9.7%
Type of Weapons found 1991-2000
No. of weapons
FIREARM - HAND GUN
65
FIREARM
36
FIREARM - LONG GUN
11
OTHER WEAPON
10
EXPLOSIVE
7
KNIFE
5
STUN GUN
2
INCENDIARY
1
Total weapons
137
WASHINGTON - WASHINGTON NATL ARPT
Percentage of violations that are weapons
12.9%
Type of Weapons found 1991-2000
No. of weapons
FIREARM
96
FIREARM - HAND GUN
65
FIREARM - LONG GUN
14
OTHER WEAPON
12
EXPLOSIVE
7
STUN GUN
3
KNIFE
2
Total weapons
199
 
 

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