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BWIBaltimore

How long is the TSA line at BWI right now?

Longest line right now

6 min

at Checkpoint B · about usual for 5 am

At 5:39 am EST, Mon 9 Nov, BWI’s standard lines run 1 to 6 min and PreCheck 1 to 3 min. Checkpoint BC is moving at 1 min.

CheckpointB
6 min standardPreCheck 2 min
Checkpoint BC
1 min standardPreCheck 1 min
Checkpoint DE
2 min standardPreCheck 3 min
CheckpointA
4 min standardPreCheck 2 min

Read from bwiairport.com at 5:39 am EST, Mon 9 Nov

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When each checkpoint is quiet

The usual standard wait each hour, from our readings every 3 minutes over the last four weeks.

Usual standard TSA wait in minutes at each checkpoint, by hour of the day
3 am4 am5 am (now)6 am7 am8 am9 am10 am11 amnoon1 pm2 pm3 pm4 pm5 pm6 pm7 pm8 pm9 pm10 pm11 pm
Checkpoint A
Checkpoint B
Checkpoint BC
Checkpoint DE

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Right now

Questions people ask

Is TSA PreCheck shorter at BWI right now?

PreCheck lanes read 1 to 3 min, standard lanes 1 to 6 min.

Which BWI checkpoint is fastest right now?

Checkpoint BC, 1 min. The longest is Checkpoint B, 6 min.

When is BWI security quietest?

Around midnight, when the longest line usually runs 1 min. It peaks around 6 am at 7 min. At this hour it usually runs 6 min.

How current is this number?

Read at 5:39 am local time from Maryland Aviation Administration. We check every minute, and a reading over 30 minutes old says so.

Sources

Where the numbers come from

Maryland Aviation Administration publishes BWI’s security waits at bwiairport.com. We read them every 3 minutes and show the time of each read. Nothing here is predicted.