If you’re flying out of Miami International Airport, you better leave yourself plenty of extra time to get through security and passport control. Luggage storage company Bounce analyzed data from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP) to determine the airports with the longest wait times for both security and passport control.
Miami International Airport was the worst for combined wait times, with passengers waiting an average of 46 minutes to get through both TSA and border security.
If you’re flying domestically, Palm Beach International was surprisingly the worst airport in America for TSA lines, with an average of 36 minutes of wait time.
The Airports With the Longest Wait Times
| Rank | Airport Name | Security Wait Time | Passport Control Wait Time | Combined Wait Time |
| 1 | Miami International | 24:54 | 22:03 | 46:57 |
| 2 | Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International | 18:18 | 28:23 | 46:41 |
| 3 | San Francisco International | 27:48 | 18:08 | 45:56 |
| 4 | John F. Kennedy International | 25:00 | 19:54 | 44:54 |
| 5 | O’Hare International | 19:18 | 20:08 | 39:26 |
| 6 | St. Louis Lambert International | 28:48 | 10:29 | 39:17 |
| 7 | Palm Beach International | 36:18 | 02:24 | 38:42 |
| 8 | Oakland International | 18:36 | 18:46 | 37:22 |
| 9 | Fresno Yosemite International | 19:18 | 17:57 | 37:15 |
| 10 | San Diego International | 19:18 | 16:04 | 35:22 |
If you’re looking to speed through both security and passport control, Raleigh-Durham International Airport will be your best bet. This airport only had an average combined wait time of 16 minutes.
Shockingly, busy Newark Liberty International Airport only reported an average wait of five minutes to get through the TSA line.
The Airports With the Best Wait Times
| Rank | Airport Name | Security Wait Time | Passport Control Wait Time | Combined Wait Time |
| 1 | Raleigh–Durham International | 10:06 | 06:03 | 16:09 |
| 2 | Baltimore/Washington International | 10:12 | 09:02 | 19:14 |
| 3 | Charlotte Douglas International | 09:54 | 09:21 | 19:15 |
| 4 | Newark Liberty International | 05:18 | 14:28 | 19:46 |
| 5 | Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International | 08:18 | 11:32 | 19:50 |
| 6 | Detroit Metropolitan | 09:00 | 11:24 | 20:24 |
| 7 | Phoenix Sky Harbor International | 16:48 | 05:46 | 22:34 |
| 8 | San Antonio International | 08:18 | 14:18 | 22:36 |
| 9 | Austin–Bergstrom International | 08:18 | 14:48 | 23:06 |
| 10 | Sacramento International Airport | 08:18 | 15:51 | 24:09 |
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