IAHGeorge Bush Intercontinental
Longest standard wait 5 minutes
Live, updated 10:12 PM CT
Wait time history
HOU · Main · Standard + PreCheck · last 12 hours · times in ET
When is it busiest?
Typical waits by day and hour, last 28 days · HOU Main — 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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HOUWilliam P. Hobby
Longest standard wait 5 minutes
HOU Main Checkpoint security wait times: what to expect
From October 12 to November 9 we logged 143,094 security checkpoint readings at HOU Main Checkpoint. The standard lane averaged 7 minutes, and TSA PreCheck averaged 5 minutes. 95% of standard-lane readings were 10 minutes or less, and none were over half an hour.
That is in line with HOU as a whole.
When the line is longest
The standard line at Main Checkpoint is longest around 1 PM, when it has averaged 9 minutes, and shortest around midnight, at 5 minutes. By day of the week, Monday has been the heaviest (8 minutes on average) and Wednesday the lightest (7 minutes).
| Time of day | Standard | PreCheck |
|---|---|---|
| Early morning (4–8 AM) | 9 min | 6 min |
| Morning (8 AM–noon) | 8 min | 6 min |
| Midday (noon–4 PM) | 8 min | 6 min |
| Evening (4–8 PM) |