Badging Office Information
Badging and Fingerprinting Office Information
Appointments are required at the STL Badging Office for fingerprinting, badge renewals, status changes to badge and any other badging business. Click on QLess to the left to see a tutorial on the program and make your appointment!
Effective January 22, 2024.
The Badging and Fingerprinting Office hours are Monday-Friday from 7:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. and 1:00-4:30 p.m. (accepting applications until 11:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. and the customer line will be cut off earlier, at our staff's discretion, on high customer volume days). There are no badge renewals, new applications & fingerprints, or airline threat assessments on Tuesdays due to SIDA Classes taught by our staff members, but we can replace damaged, lost, or stolen badges and do status changes to existing badges.
Our office is closed on these 2024 government holidays: Jan. 1 New Years holiday, Jan. 15 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Feb. 19 Presidents Day, May 27 Memorial Day, June 19 Juneteenth, July 4 Independence Day, Sept. 2 Labor Day, Nov. 11 Veterans Day, Nov. 28 and 29 Thanksgiving and day after it and Dec. 25 Christmas. The office closes at 2:00 p.m. on the day before the listed holiday if the day before is a Monday-Friday.
Training Computers are available at:
Terminal 1, B Concourse
Terminal 2, Currently Unavailable
The Airport Office Building fourth floor computer training room is not available to the public.
Reminder for Airport Authority employees: Your mandatory training sheet is available on the Training tab of LambertZone under the Operations subsection, you can find it here.
Reminder for all other badge holders who need computer training: Your mandatory training sheet is available at the bottom of the Computer Training tab. Download the one for your color of badge.
Badging, Fingerprinting and Security Operations Unit Office Location
Terminal 1, Yellow Level of parking garage on the baggage carousel level. Our office is next to Exit 18 (Police Department). This is at the far west end of Arriving Flights Drive.
How do I get to the Security Operations Unit, Badging and Fingerprinting Office?
There are many options for coming to our office in Terminal 1 at STL.
You can ride the MetroLink light rail train or MetroBus to Terminal 1 at STL. Here's a link to their information, ticketing information and schedule: https://www.metrostlouis.org/
You can ride your bicycle, scooter, or motorcycle to STL. Bicycle, scooter, and motorcycle parking is available in Lot A next to Terminal 1. Please lock your bicycle, scooter, or motorcycle!
Vehicle parking is not free at STL so please be prepared to pay $5 for 0-2 hours in the Main Terminal Parking Garage operated by Super Park or at one of the off-site lots and take a shuttle to the Main Terminal. Parking facilities only accept cash, credit cards or debit cards for parking payments; no personal or company checks or money orders.
Free transportation alternative: have someone drop you off at Terminal 1, Arriving Flights Drive, Exit 18, then they can drive over to the Cell Phone Lot west of Terminal 1 and wait for you until you call to say you have completed your badging business.
Absolutely no vehicles are permitted to be left unattended on Arriving Flights Drive, Departing Flights Drive or any other roadway at STL! Do not park outside Exit 18 and leave your vehicle or leave someone in your vehicle when you come to the Badging Office. Your vehicle will be towed and impounded!
Questions? Contact Us!
If you have questions please call the Badging and Fingerprinting Office at (314)426-8095 Monday-Friday 7:30 a.m.-noon and 1:00-4:30 p.m. We are happy to assist you!