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

Friday 23 de october

Lewiston Bridge
4 min
average wait
Peak
15 min8 am
Best
0 min2 am
Peace Bridge
9 min
average wait
Peak
29 min8 am
Best
2 min2 am
Rainbow Bridge
7 min
average wait
Peak
25 min8 am
Best
2 min1 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 am1 min5 min5 min—
1 am1 min10 min2 min—
2 am0 min2 min7 min—
3 am0 min5 min6 min—
4 am0 min3 min2 min—
5 am0 min7 min3 min—
6 am3 min8 min5 min—
7 am3 min15 min16 min—
8 am15 min29 min25 min—
9 am7 min8 min5 min—
10 am2 min4 min6 min—
11 am0 min6 min5 min—
12 pm2 min10 min16 min—
1 pm10 min27 min18 min—
2 pm5 min10 min10 min—
3 pm0 min11 min4 min—
4 pm0 min2 min3 min—
5 pm4 min3 min2 min—
6 pm4 min8 min3 min—
7 pm3 min14 min3 min—
8 pm6 min6 min7 min—
9 pm7 min11 min8 min—
10 pm10 min11 min6 min—
11 pm2 min5 min8 min—

When is the line shortest?

Typical (median) car wait by day and hour over the 4 weeks up to 23 de october.

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
12 am 2 0 0 0 0 3 8
1 am 2 0 0 0 0 6 17
2 am 0 0 0 0 0 4 4
3 am 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
4 am 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 am 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 am 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
7 am 0 1 1 0 1 6 0
8 am 0 0 0 1 8 12 3
9 am 0 0 0 0 4 14 8
10 am 2 0 0 0 1 14 11
11 am 8 0 2 2 1 20 10
12 pm 6 0 4 0 3 19 13
1 pm 4 0 5 0 3 14 14
2 pm 2 0 0 0 2 16 5
3 pm 0 0 0 1 4 4 2
4 pm 0 0 0 2 6 10 10
5 pm 0 0 0 12 12 14 8
6 pm 2 0 0 14 12 8 3
7 pm 0 0 0 2 4 3 0
8 pm 0 0 0 3 2 4 1
9 pm 0 0 0 2 1 3 0
10 pm 0 0 0 2 2 4 0
11 pm 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Minutes <10 <20 <30 <45 <60 <90 90+
On friday, Peace Bridge is usually quickest from 10 am for about two hours (~6 min).
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
12 am 8 2 2 4 4 6 11
1 am 6 4 3 5 6 2 12
2 am 4 1 2 4 2 3 8
3 am 2 1 1 2 3 2 2
4 am 3 1 1 2 4 2 1
5 am 4 2 2 2 8 4 4
6 am 3 2 2 2 7 4 2
7 am 3 1 1 2 6 4 2
8 am 12 2 4 6 12 14 7
9 am 7 2 7 6 8 26 14
10 am 3 3 2 3 5 22 15
11 am 4 4 6 5 6 24 10
12 pm 8 6 6 6 14 32 10
1 pm 10 6 10 4 8 28 6
2 pm 5 3 4 4 5 8 3
3 pm 4 3 4 3 12 8 3
4 pm 6 2 4 10 7 11 9
5 pm 12 2 4 14 10 7 16
6 pm 6 2 9 12 9 13 10
7 pm 2 3 7 8 10 11 4
8 pm 3 5 2 10 6 10 3
9 pm 2 5 2 4 8 26 10
10 pm 3 2 4 4 4 26 10
11 pm 2 2 2 4 4 3 2
Minutes <10 <20 <30 <45 <60 <90 90+
On friday, Rainbow Bridge is usually quickest from 5 am for about two hours (~2 min).
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
12 am 5 1 6 5 4 8 12
1 am 7 6 0 10 6 13 14
2 am 2 2 0 0 5 10 6
3 am 0 0 0 0 2 6 6
4 am 0 0 0 0 1 2 3
5 am 2 0 1 1 1 8 1
6 am 4 1 1 3 2 4 5
7 am 8 2 6 2 9 11 6
8 am 7 6 3 12 14 23 10
9 am 4 2 2 2 4 16 8
10 am 10 3 4 4 3 21 16
11 am 15 4 15 12 6 29 16
12 pm 18 6 14 13 12 24 17
1 pm 16 4 8 8 13 22 14
2 pm 6 4 11 8 5 23 11
3 pm 4 2 10 4 6 10 11
4 pm 8 6 11 4 6 10 4
5 pm 4 2 3 6 4 14 8
6 pm 2 4 4 2 9 16 4
7 pm 2 2 2 4 4 4 3
8 pm 4 4 4 5 10 10 5
9 pm 5 7 3 6 6 11 5
10 pm 2 3 10 2 4 6 4
11 pm 2 4 4 3 8 4 3
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.