Best time to cross at Buffalo - Fort Erie

Car wait times reported by CBP, hour by hour, in local time.

Live wait times at Buffalo - Fort Erie →

On thursday, Lewiston Bridge is usually quickest from 5 am for about two hours (~0 min). See by hour

Thursday 12 de november

Lewiston Bridge
2 min
average wait
Peak
10 min10 am
Best
0 min12 am
Peace Bridge
4 min
average wait
Peak
17 min9 am
Best
1 min8 pm
Rainbow Bridge
4 min
average wait
Peak
9 min12 am
Best
0 min3 am
Whirlpool Bridge
No car lanes open that day.

Wait time by hour

  • Lewiston Bridge
  • Peace Bridge
  • Rainbow Bridge
  • Whirlpool Bridge

Gaps mean the crossing had no car lanes open.

Show as a table
HourLewiston BridgePeace BridgeRainbow BridgeWhirlpool Bridge
12 am0 min4 min9 min—
1 am0 min6 min4 min—
2 am2 min3 min2 min—
3 am1 min4 min0 min—
4 am1 min4 min0 min—
5 am0 min4 min0 min—
6 am0 min7 min0 min—
7 am1 min2 min2 min—
8 am7 min4 min2 min—
9 am6 min17 min4 min—
10 am10 min6 min2 min—
11 am0 min3 min3 min—
12 pm0 min4 min4 min—
1 pm0 min4 min6 min—
2 pm0 min3 min4 min—
3 pm0 min3 min3 min—
4 pm0 min5 min5 min—
5 pm0 min2 min5 min—
6 pm1 min3 min6 min—
7 pm1 min2 min3 min—
8 pm0 min1 min6 min—
9 pm0 min2 min9 min—
10 pm5 min2 min8 min—
11 pm3 min1 min4 min—

When is the line shortest?

Typical (median) car wait by day and hour over the 4 weeks up to 12 de november.

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
12 am 2 1 0 0 1 0 5
1 am 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
2 am 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
3 am 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 am 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 am 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 am 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
7 am 1 0 0 1 6 1 0
8 am 0 0 0 2 7 2 0
9 am 0 0 0 0 3 4 0
10 am 2 0 0 0 1 11 4
11 am 0 0 0 0 2 8 8
12 pm 2 0 2 0 5 9 13
1 pm 6 0 0 0 4 5 11
2 pm 0 0 0 0 2 2 12
3 pm 0 0 0 0 2 0 8
4 pm 0 0 0 0 0 6 17
5 pm 0 0 0 0 4 12 23
6 pm 0 0 0 4 4 10 10
7 pm 0 0 0 0 2 2 3
8 pm 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
9 pm 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 pm 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 pm 0 0 0 1 2 0 0
Minutes <10 <20 <30 <45 <60 <90 90+
On thursday, Peace Bridge is usually quickest from 6 am for about two hours (~2 min).
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
12 am 7 2 2 4 8 7 10
1 am 5 2 2 4 6 3 7
2 am 2 3 1 2 2 2 12
3 am 1 1 2 1 3 2 3
4 am 2 1 2 2 2 2 2
5 am 2 3 2 4 5 4 4
6 am 7 2 4 2 10 3 8
7 am 4 2 2 2 6 7 2
8 am 14 3 6 2 10 18 10
9 am 8 2 4 8 10 14 6
10 am 3 3 3 6 6 12 13
11 am 4 3 6 3 3 14 16
12 pm 6 4 3 4 6 17 16
1 pm 8 2 3 2 6 18 12
2 pm 6 2 2 2 2 8 8
3 pm 3 2 3 3 3 5 6
4 pm 4 3 1 5 2 11 16
5 pm 2 2 2 10 4 14 22
6 pm 2 2 2 4 6 6 16
7 pm 2 2 3 4 7 3 6
8 pm 2 2 2 5 6 5 7
9 pm 2 2 2 2 4 5 4
10 pm 2 1 1 2 5 4 2
11 pm 1 1 2 2 1 2 2
Minutes <10 <20 <30 <45 <60 <90 90+
On thursday, Rainbow Bridge is usually quickest from 5 am for about two hours (~1 min).
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
12 am 2 0 2 4 3 12 10
1 am 5 4 0 2 4 5 4
2 am 2 0 0 1 2 10 4
3 am 0 0 0 0 1 4 2
4 am 1 0 0 0 0 1 4
5 am 1 0 0 0 0 2 1
6 am 4 1 1 2 2 2 2
7 am 5 3 2 2 6 6 6
8 am 2 2 2 4 14 14 14
9 am 4 2 2 2 8 14 4
10 am 10 4 3 3 6 13 12
11 am 12 5 6 3 6 18 13
12 pm 13 6 4 7 12 14 19
1 pm 12 6 2 3 14 15 15
2 pm 6 3 2 4 6 12 8
3 pm 6 3 2 2 2 8 12
4 pm 4 4 2 3 5 6 9
5 pm 2 3 6 4 4 5 18
6 pm 4 2 4 3 2 8 16
7 pm 2 2 3 3 6 3 4
8 pm 2 6 4 2 8 4 6
9 pm 2 4 6 6 8 4 4
10 pm 2 3 10 2 6 4 3
11 pm 3 1 4 2 4 2 2
Minutes <10 <20 <30 <45 <60 <90 90+

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Border wait times statistics as a service

Wait times in this graph are the car wait times reported by U.S. Customs and Border Protection for the standard lane (or Ready Lane, when the standard lane is closed). You are free to use this graph as reference as long as you provide a link to our site or mention us as a source.