If you want to fly anywhere in the United States you need to have a Real ID, an Enhanced Driver's License, or a U.S. Passport by May 3, 2023. This is a federal requirement. So as my first-grade teacher told me, "No ifs, ands or buts about it! New York State DMV Commissioner Mark Schroeder was at the Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport today to talk about the upcoming deadline. He was joined by Monroe County Clerk Jamie Romeo.