Wait time history
SLC · All Checkpoints · Standard + PreCheck · last 12 hours · times in ET
When is it busiest?
Typical waits by day and hour, last 28 days · SLC All Checkpoints — 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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SLC All Checkpoints security wait times: what to expect
From October 12 to November 9 we logged 72,442 security checkpoint readings at SLC All Checkpoints. The standard lane averaged 10 minutes. 52% of standard-lane readings were 10 minutes or less, and none were over half an hour.
That is in line with SLC as a whole.
When the line is longest
The standard line at All Checkpoints is longest around 7 AM, when it has averaged 17 minutes, and shortest around midnight, at 1 minute. By day of the week, Friday has been the heaviest (13 minutes on average) and Saturday the lightest (9 minutes).
| Time of day | Standard |
|---|---|
| Early morning (4–8 AM) | 13 min |
| Morning (8 AM–noon) | 13 min |
| Midday (noon–4 PM) | 13 min |
| Evening (4–8 PM) | 13 min |
| Night (8 PM–4 AM) | 5 min |
Average wait across the last 28 days. A dash means the lane is usually closed then.