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 13 de november

Lewiston Bridge
3 min
average wait
Peak
14 min4 pm
Best
0 min2 am
Peace Bridge
6 min
average wait
Peak
18 min12 pm
Best
1 min5 am
Rainbow Bridge
4 min
average wait
Peak
11 min6 pm
Best
0 min2 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 am8 min8 min4 min—
1 am3 min2 min1 min—
2 am0 min3 min0 min—
3 am0 min2 min0 min—
4 am0 min3 min0 min—
5 am0 min1 min0 min—
6 am1 min5 min2 min—
7 am0 min3 min4 min—
8 am1 min8 min9 min—
9 am0 min8 min2 min—
10 am5 min5 min2 min—
11 am6 min13 min2 min—
12 pm0 min18 min3 min—
1 pm1 min5 min4 min—
2 pm0 min4 min2 min—
3 pm0 min5 min7 min—
4 pm14 min9 min7 min—
5 pm13 min7 min10 min—
6 pm3 min8 min11 min—
7 pm————
8 pm————
9 pm————
10 pm————
11 pm————

When is the line shortest?

Typical (median) car wait by day and hour over the 4 weeks up to 13 de november.

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