TSA Wait Times Dashboard

At a glance

From The Tray Table’s TSA dashboard gathers checkpoint wait information for a selection of US airports. It is useful for a quick comparison and then a closer look at the lane you can actually use. An airport’s maximum wait is less informative than its individual standard and PreCheck lanes.

Good fit

Travellers who want one overview across covered airports, with checkpoint details and a separate five-day hourly average. The SFO page showed both lane types, and its current wait numbers matched the airport’s own published snapshot in a bounded check. That supports the observed retrieval, not a continuing accuracy guarantee.

Consider something else when

You need a prediction of the queue when you will arrive, complete airport coverage or permission to cut your arrival buffer. Some overview entries showed Unknown. Historical averages describe past observations, while current waits can change before you reach security.

Start here

Dismiss the optional email offer, choose an airport and find your checkpoint and eligible lane. Use the hour selector only to change the five-day comparison. The trial opened SFO, selected 8 AM, restored Now and exercised Refresh Data. The selected-hour averages populated after a brief loading state.

Cost and requirements

The overview and inspected airport detail were accessible without payment, email or an account. The promotional offer also proposes a travel-newsletter subscription; none was submitted. Use View More Data to check the airport’s source and its update timestamp before acting on a wait figure.

Limits to know

Only one airport snapshot was checked against its primary source. Refresh briefly showed Syncing and then became available again; that does not establish continuous collection or future queue duration. The five-day average’s sampling and treatment of missing observations were not explained on the inspected page.

Still unclear

• How are missing observations and uneven collection intervals handled in the five-day hourly averages?