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 6 de november

Lewiston Bridge
4 min
average wait
Peak
13 min8 am
Best
0 min1 am
Peace Bridge
8 min
average wait
Peak
28 min8 pm
Best
1 min11 pm
Rainbow Bridge
10 min
average wait
Peak
26 min6 pm
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 am1 min8 min3 min—
1 am0 min11 min3 min—
2 am0 min6 min1 min—
3 am0 min5 min0 min—
4 am0 min2 min1 min—
5 am1 min7 min0 min—
6 am1 min14 min4 min—
7 am8 min3 min3 min—
8 am13 min9 min12 min—
9 am6 min21 min12 min—
10 am4 min14 min7 min—
11 am13 min2 min22 min—
12 pm11 min5 min22 min—
1 pm4 min5 min17 min—
2 pm3 min2 min15 min—
3 pm6 min2 min16 min—
4 pm7 min2 min9 min—
5 pm5 min3 min13 min—
6 pm4 min2 min26 min—
7 pm3 min13 min11 min—
8 pm0 min28 min10 min—
9 pm0 min7 min12 min—
10 pm0 min11 min7 min—
11 pm2 min1 min4 min—

When is the line shortest?

Typical (median) car wait by day and hour over the 4 weeks up to 6 de november.

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