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

Saturday 7 de november

Lewiston Bridge
3 min
average wait
Peak
19 min6 pm
Best
0 min12 am
Peace Bridge
6 min
average wait
Peak
23 min8 am
Best
1 min8 pm
Rainbow Bridge
6 min
average wait
Peak
12 min12 am
Best
1 min5 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 min7 min12 min—
1 am1 min2 min7 min—
2 am1 min2 min9 min—
3 am0 min6 min5 min—
4 am0 min3 min5 min—
5 am0 min8 min1 min—
6 am2 min2 min7 min—
7 am1 min5 min9 min—
8 am4 min23 min7 min—
9 am1 min9 min2 min—
10 am4 min5 min3 min—
11 am2 min9 min4 min—
12 pm0 min3 min5 min—
1 pm0 min7 min3 min—
2 pm0 min2 min7 min—
3 pm0 min4 min3 min—
4 pm7 min6 min11 min—
5 pm15 min18 min5 min—
6 pm19 min5 min10 min—
7 pm8 min2 min5 min—
8 pm1 min1 min3 min—
9 pm0 min1 min5 min—
10 pm0 min1 min6 min—
11 pm1 min1 min2 min—

When is the line shortest?

Typical (median) car wait by day and hour over the 4 weeks up to 7 de november.

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