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

Wednesday 4 de november

Lewiston Bridge
1 min
average wait
Peak
8 min4 pm
Best
0 min1 am
Peace Bridge
3 min
average wait
Peak
6 min12 am
Best
1 min2 am
Rainbow Bridge
2 min
average wait
Peak
4 min6 pm
Best
0 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 am2 min6 min3 min—
1 am0 min2 min0 min—
2 am0 min1 min0 min—
3 am0 min1 min0 min—
4 am0 min2 min0 min—
5 am0 min4 min0 min—
6 am0 min5 min2 min—
7 am0 min4 min1 min—
8 am1 min4 min2 min—
9 am0 min2 min2 min—
10 am0 min3 min3 min—
11 am0 min3 min2 min—
12 pm0 min2 min3 min—
1 pm0 min3 min2 min—
2 pm0 min1 min1 min—
3 pm0 min1 min2 min—
4 pm8 min1 min3 min—
5 pm8 min1 min2 min—
6 pm4 min1 min4 min—
7 pm1 min2 min3 min—
8 pm0 min1 min3 min—
9 pm0 min5 min1 min—
10 pm————
11 pm1 min4 min3 min—

When is the line shortest?

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

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
12 am 0 1 0 0 1 1 8
1 am 3 0 0 0 0 2 4
2 am 2 0 0 0 0 1 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 0 0 0 1 0 0
7 am 0 1 0 0 2 2 0
8 am 0 0 0 1 4 5 2
9 am 0 0 0 0 2 6 2
10 am 4 0 0 0 1 16 4
11 am 4 0 0 0 1 16 8
12 pm 5 0 2 0 4 19 16
1 pm 9 0 0 0 3 14 10
2 pm 2 0 0 0 2 16 8
3 pm 0 0 0 0 2 4 4
4 pm 0 0 0 2 0 6 20
5 pm 0 0 0 2 6 7 26
6 pm 0 0 0 8 6 2 15
7 pm 0 0 0 2 3 0 5
8 pm 0 0 0 7 2 2 0
9 pm 0 0 0 4 1 5 0
10 pm 0 0 0 2 2 1 0
11 pm 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Minutes <10 <20 <30 <45 <60 <90 90+
On wednesday, Peace Bridge is usually quickest from 5 am for about two hours (~2 min).
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
12 am 9 2 1 2 6 6 30
1 am 5 4 1 5 6 4 10
2 am 2 3 2 4 2 3 12
3 am 1 1 1 2 3 2 4
4 am 3 2 1 2 3 2 2
5 am 6 2 2 3 6 4 5
6 am 4 2 2 2 8 3 8
7 am 4 4 2 2 9 8 2
8 am 16 5 8 6 12 18 10
9 am 24 2 10 6 8 24 10
10 am 3 4 3 3 5 20 13
11 am 4 4 6 5 6 25 16
12 pm 8 7 5 5 14 32 18
1 pm 18 5 4 4 6 26 16
2 pm 10 3 2 2 6 11 4
3 pm 4 3 3 3 6 10 6
4 pm 5 3 2 10 3 12 18
5 pm 4 2 2 18 4 6 22
6 pm 2 3 3 10 9 6 16
7 pm 2 3 4 7 8 4 6
8 pm 3 2 2 12 6 10 5
9 pm 2 1 2 10 8 20 5
10 pm 3 1 1 5 5 8 3
11 pm 2 1 2 3 3 4 2
Minutes <10 <20 <30 <45 <60 <90 90+
On wednesday, Rainbow Bridge is usually quickest from 5 am for about two hours (~1 min).
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
12 am 5 3 3 4 2 10 10
1 am 8 5 0 4 8 7 4
2 am 2 0 0 0 5 10 4
3 am 0 0 0 0 1 5 4
4 am 1 0 0 0 0 1 4
5 am 2 0 0 0 0 9 1
6 am 4 1 2 3 5 2 3
7 am 9 6 3 2 10 10 6
8 am 4 2 2 8 17 20 14
9 am 4 2 2 3 8 18 6
10 am 12 4 3 4 6 20 14
11 am 12 6 8 4 6 29 20
12 pm 16 6 4 10 12 20 22
1 pm 16 6 2 3 13 32 15
2 pm 6 2 4 4 4 27 12
3 pm 4 2 3 2 2 12 18
4 pm 4 4 4 2 5 6 8
5 pm 2 2 3 6 4 4 18
6 pm 2 2 2 2 2 7 12
7 pm 2 2 2 4 6 2 4
8 pm 2 4 4 6 11 4 6
9 pm 2 5 6 7 8 3 4
10 pm 2 2 10 2 4 4 4
11 pm 2 1 4 2 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.