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

Sunday 8 de november

Lewiston Bridge
4 min
average wait
Peak
13 min1 pm
Best
0 min3 am
Peace Bridge
5 min
average wait
Peak
14 min12 pm
Best
2 min2 am
Rainbow Bridge
6 min
average wait
Peak
13 min12 am
Best
1 min9 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 am3 min8 min13 min—
1 am3 min5 min8 min—
2 am1 min2 min4 min—
3 am0 min2 min3 min—
4 am0 min2 min7 min—
5 am0 min3 min4 min—
6 am0 min3 min2 min—
7 am0 min3 min12 min—
8 am1 min10 min11 min—
9 am0 min2 min1 min—
10 am8 min4 min3 min—
11 am4 min3 min4 min—
12 pm4 min14 min9 min—
1 pm13 min10 min9 min—
2 pm9 min7 min4 min—
3 pm10 min3 min4 min—
4 pm11 min8 min8 min—
5 pm8 min5 min8 min—
6 pm8 min5 min10 min—
7 pm0 min9 min2 min—
8 pm0 min10 min3 min—
9 pm0 min3 min2 min—
10 pm0 min4 min2 min—
11 pm1 min2 min2 min—

When is the line shortest?

Typical (median) car wait by day and hour over the 4 weeks up to 8 de november.

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