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TSA shift schedule at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
The hours, the tours and how the days off are decided for TSA officers at DCA — taken from the agency’s own airport fact sheet, not from a jobs board.
TSA publishes a fact sheet for every airport it screens, and it sets out the tours worked at that one. Here is what DCA publishes, and what it looks like in the app.
TSA's own airport fact sheet states that "DCA is currently assessing candidates for full-time (40 hours) and part-time (20 hours) positions", with "Full-Time (8 hours/day, 5 days per week) between 3:30 a.m. – 11 p.m." and "Part-Time (4-5 hours/day, 5 days per week) between 3:30 a.m. – 11 p.m."
Sunday to Saturday, twice — the same order the calendar runs in.
Day shiftNight shift24-hour tourDay off
Every month, already filled in — no typing, however far ahead you look.
September 2026
The two days off in the month above are an example, and that is the point. Both tours run inside the same window here, 3:30 a.m. to 11 p.m., so the part-time week is the full-time week with shorter days rather than a different pattern. TSA's sheet gives the location as Arlington, Virginia; the public airport reference files it under the District. You mark your own two days once and the year fills itself in.
TSA airport fact sheet, DCA — https://jobs.tsa.gov/AirportFAQs/dca.pdf. Checked 2026-09-04.
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Your days off at DCA are bid, and they move. Save the pattern once and BlueShifts fills the year — so when a trade comes up you can see, in a second, whether you can take it.
- Full time
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- Part time
- 20 hours a week
Screening rosters are set by the airport, adjusted after they are issued, and the days off are bid. Why that is, in TSA’s own words.
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What does TSA publish about the schedule at DCA?
Both tours run inside the same window here, 3:30 a.m. to 11 p.m., so the part-time week is the full-time week with shorter days rather than a different pattern. TSA's sheet gives the location as Arlington, Virginia; the public airport reference files it under the District.
SourceTSA’s own airport fact sheet for DCA, at https://jobs.tsa.gov/AirportFAQs/dca.pdf. Tours checked 2026-09-04.
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