Expedited screening allows passengers who meet certain qualifications to avoid removing shoes, belts and light outerwear such as jackets. Laptops and quart-sized plastic bags holding gels, liquids and aerosols would not have to be removed from luggage.

Delta Air Lines plans to begin using the system in October and Southwest Airlines will use it starting in November.

“TSA has worked hard to develop an approach that eases the security burden for some of KCI’s outbound travelers,” said Joe McBride, spokesman for the Kansas City Aviation Department. “Unfortunately, KCI’s three terminal configuration and narrow concourses does not allow for TSA PreCheck across all terminals at this time.”

Travelers who want to be part of the program must be U.S. citizens, members of a frequent-flyer program and be invited by a participating airline. Members of a Customs and Border Protection Trusted Traveler program can also join.

Later this year, the TSA will expand the program to travelers willing to fill out an online application, pay an $85 fee for five-year eligibility, and verify identity and provide fingerprints at a TSA PreCheck enrollment center. Those who qualify get a “known traveler number,” which provides an embedded barcode in boarding passes. When the pass is scanned, a passenger is referred to a TSA PreCheck lane.