We built this because we've missed flights to security lines too.

You already know the feeling: you left “in plenty of time,” then security was a wall of people and your gate was closing. We wanted one screen that just tells you the truth — how long the wait really is right now, and the exact moment to walk out your door.

One clear answer

Your Leave-By Timecounts backward from your flight — the drive with live traffic, today's security wait, and the walk to your gate — so you leave with room to breathe instead of a guess. Waits, parking, and terminals all live in the same place, because they're really one decision.

Honest about the numbers

When a number comes straight from an airport's checkpoint feed, we label it liveand stamp the minute it updated. When we don't have a live feed, we say so and show a predictedwait built from typical patterns and the day's scheduled flights. We'll never dress up a guess as a live number. Read exactly how the numbers are computed, or see our full editorial standards.

Who runs this

TSA Wait Times is run by a small independent publisher operating tsawaittimes.app. Content is produced and reviewed at the organization level by the TSA Wait Times team — no ghost bylines, no borrowed credentials. We're not owned by, funded by, or connected to any airline, airport, or government agency.

Independent

We're a small, independent travel tool. We are not affiliated with the TSA, any airport authority, or any airline — we just read the same public information you can, and turn it into one fast answer.

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