HONOLULU — The City and County of Honolulu encourages residents to get a Real ID ready sooner rather than later.

A news release from the mayor’s office indicated that though the majority of Oahu’s motorists have a travel-compliant Real ID driver’s license required to board a domestic flight, there are residents who still do not.

Of the 638,026 state-issued driver’s licenses registered within the City and County of Honolulu, 533,287 of them have the Real ID status indicated by a small star in a gold circle located at the top right-hand corner.

That means 104,739 motorists still need to take steps in order to be ready when the Real ID Act takes effect at U.S. airports on May 3, 2023. This is when every U.S. citizen 18 years of age and older traveling by air will need to have a Real ID-compliant driver’s license or another TSA-acceptable form of identification at airport security checkpoints.

The original deadline was Oct. 1, 2020, but it was pushed back to May 3, 2023, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The process to acquire a Real ID driver’s license begins by making an appointment online at www.AlohaQ.org.

Customers with appointments or on standby for all services except a road test can go to the Kapalama Driver Licensing Center or Kapolei Driver Licensing Center, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. on Saturdays.

Windward City, Pearlridge and Downtown satellite city halls are open on Saturdays for customers who need to renew driver’s licenses, learner’s permits or state identification cards. Standby service is available to customers who cannot get an appointment at a driver licensing center or satellite city hall. However, same-day service is not guaranteed. Standby service is offered to offset customer cancellations and an estimated 30% no-show rate.

For more information on office locations and hours, visit www.honolulu.gov/csd.