Airport Screening
You will be subject to security screening if you are travelling domestically, internationally or if you are entering the departure lounge to see off or welcome a domestic passenger.
Security screening involves passing through a metal detector or body scanner and your personal belongings being screened by an x-ray machine.
Signage will detail security requirements prior to progressing into the screening area and security screening officers will provide direction.
You may be required to undertake a secondary, pat-down search following screening. If you were screened by a body scanner, pat down searches will be localised to the area on the body that has been identified.
If you are screened by a metal detector and require a secondary pat-down, this will be a full body pat-down. If you are required to do a secondary pat-down search, this can be conducted in a private room, at your request.
Security screening officers may test you and your baggage for traces of explosives, using Explosive Trace Detection (ETD) equipment.
Body scanners are a whole-body imaging device that use millimeter wave to identify items worn or carried on the body – it is not a metal detector. If you are concerned about any aspect of the screening process, please speak to a security screening officer at the screening point.
