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Wait time history
CVG · Main Checkpoint · Standard + PreCheck · last 12 hours · times in ET
When is it busiest?
Typical waits by day and hour, last 28 days · CVG Main Checkpoint — Standard lane · times in ET
Lined up with the chart above — the last 12 hours, then the next 12. The marked line marks now.
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CVG Main Checkpoint security wait times: what to expect
From October 13 to November 9 we logged 109,413 security checkpoint readings at CVG Main Checkpoint. The standard lane averaged 7 minutes, and TSA PreCheck averaged 5 minutes. 85% of standard-lane readings were 10 minutes or less, and none were over half an hour.
That is in line with CVG as a whole.
When the line is longest
The standard line at Main Checkpoint is longest around 6 AM, when it has averaged 11 minutes, and shortest around 9 PM, at 2 minutes. By day of the week, Sunday has been the heaviest (8 minutes on average) and Tuesday the lightest (6 minutes).
| Time of day | Standard | PreCheck |
|---|---|---|
| Early morning (4–8 AM) | 8 min | 7 min |
| Morning (8 AM–noon) | 8 min | 6 min |
| Midday (noon–4 PM) | 7 min | 6 min |
| Evening (4–8 PM) |