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How long is the TSA security line at EWR right now?
At 10:50 am Eastern most EWR checkpoints are under 10 minutes. The longest standard line is Terminal C, 28 min. Terminal B, Gates 40-49 is moving at 4 min.
Wait time by checkpoint
| Checkpoint | Standard | PreCheck |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal A | ||
| Terminal A | 7min | under 1min |
| Terminal B | ||
| Terminal B, Gates 40-49 | 4min | 1min |
| Terminal B, Gates 51-57 | 10min | closed |
| Terminal B, Gates 60-68 | 17min | closed |
| Terminal C | ||
| Terminal C | 28min | 2min |
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How busy EWR security usually is
People screened per hour at each checkpoint, averaged over 175 days of TSA counts, 22 March to 24 October 2026. Green is that checkpoint's quiet hours, red its peak. Find your checkpoint and look along the row for green.
| Checkpoint | 4a | 6a | 8a | 10 am, now | 12p | 2p | 4p | 6p | 8p | 10p | ||||||||||
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| Terminal B, Gates 51-57 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Terminal B, Gates 60-68 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Terminal C |
Tap a cell for its count.
Quiet for this checkpointIts busiest hourclosed or no count
On the counted days EWR screened passengers from 3 am to 11 pm. Across EWR the busiest hour is 3 pm and the counts fall away after 6 pm. Terminal C and Terminal A screen 83 percent of the people TSA counts at EWR, Terminal C alone 46 percent. Most checkpoints peak from noon on; Terminal A runs the other way at 5 am, Terminal C at 6 am. TSA counts people, not minutes, so this shows when a checkpoint is loaded, not how long you will stand in it.
Which day EWR is busiest
Thursday is EWR's busiest day of the week, about 73,000 people screened on an average one, 21 percent more than Tuesday, the quietest.
| Rank | Day | People a day | Days counted |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thursday | 73,021 | 23 |
| 2 | Sunday | 71,388 | 23 |
| 3 | Friday | 71,109 | 23 |
| 4 | Monday | 68,828 | 23 |
| 5 | Wednesday | 65,625 | 25 |
| 6 | Saturday | 60,964 | 23 |
| 7 | Tuesday | 60,336 | 23 |
People screened at EWR on an average day of each kind, from TSA's counts, 22 March to 24 October 2026, with the days around each holiday left out.
Which month EWR is busiest
Every month at EWR came within 14 percent of the busiest, July, at about 73,000 people a day. October, the latest month counted, ran 9 percent below July.
| Rank | Month | People a day | Days counted |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | July | 72,876 | 13 |
| 2 | March | 72,353 | 10 |
| 3 | August | 71,012 | 31 |
| 4 | May | 66,182 | 31 |
| 5 | October | 66,055 | 17 |
| 6 | April | 65,922 | 30 |
| 7 | June | 65,851 | 13 |
| 8 | September | 63,037 | 30 |
People screened at EWR on an average day of each month, holidays included, from TSA's counts, 22 March to 24 October 2026. March, June, July, and October rest on 10, 13, 13, and 17 counted days.
How EWR ran over the holidays
Each day around a holiday against the same day of the week in the three weeks either side, so the season does not read as the holiday. Thanksgiving and Christmas 2026 are not in TSA's counts yet; they run to 24 October 2026.
Memorial Day 2026
Thursday 21 to Tuesday 26 May: the busiest day was Thursday 21 May, 78,441 people, 9 percent above the Thursdays around it. Sunday 24 May was the lightest for its day of the week, 9 percent below the Sundays around it.
Labor Day 2026
Thursday 3 to Tuesday 8 September: the busiest day was Thursday 3 September, 72,151 people, 1 percent above the Thursdays around it. Sunday 6 September was the lightest for its day of the week, 23 percent below the Sundays around it.
Questions people ask
How busy is EWR airport today?
At 10:50 am Eastern most EWR checkpoints are under 10 minutes. The longest standard line is Terminal C, 28 min. By TSA's counts 10 am is usually a middling hour at EWR, about 3,200 people an hour across its checkpoints against 5,000 at the 3 pm peak. On a normal day EWR screens about 67,000 people, 9th of the 432 airports TSA counts; its largest checkpoint is Terminal C, with 46 percent of them.
Does PreCheck have a shorter line at EWR?
Right now PreCheck lanes at EWR read 0 to 2 min. Standard lanes read 4 to 28 min. PreCheck is open at Terminal A, Terminal B, Gates 40-49 and Terminal C; check the sign above before walking to one.
Which EWR checkpoint is fastest right now?
At 10:50 am Eastern the shortest standard line is at Terminal B, Gates 40-49, 4 min. The sign above lists every checkpoint and lane the airport publishes, longest and shortest alike.
How long is the TSA line at each EWR terminal?
At 10:50 am Eastern the standard wait is 7 min at Terminal A, 4 to 17 min at Terminal B and 28 min at Terminal C. The sign above lists each terminal on its own, with every checkpoint it has and its PreCheck lane.
How current is this number?
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey publishes the EWR wait times at newarkairport.com and waittimes.io reads them every 10 minutes. The time on the sign is the last read, in Eastern time. A number older than 30 minutes says so, and a feed silent for 2 hours shows when it last published instead of a number. Nothing here is predicted.
When is TSA security at EWR quietest?
Over the 175 counted days, 22 March to 24 October 2026, EWR checkpoints screened the most people at 3 pm. Between the rushes the counts are lowest at 10 am, and they fall away after 6 pm. Each row of the map above is one checkpoint scaled to its own peak, so its green hours are the ones to aim for. Counts say when a checkpoint is loaded, not how long the line is.
What time does TSA open at EWR?
Over the 175 counted days, 22 March to 24 October 2026, EWR screened passengers from 3 am to 11 pm. Terminal A and Terminal B, Gates 40-49 open first and Terminal B, Gates 60-68 runs latest. These are the hours TSA counted people, not EWR's published checkpoint hours. Check the airport's own page before an early flight.
What is the busiest day of the week at EWR?
Thursday is EWR's busiest day of the week, about 73,000 people screened on an average one, 21 percent more than Tuesday, the quietest. Averaged over 163 days of TSA counts, 22 March to 24 October 2026, with the days around each holiday left out.
Which month is busiest at EWR?
Every month at EWR came within 14 percent of the busiest, July, at about 73,000 people a day. October, the latest month counted, ran 9 percent below July. Averaged over 175 days of TSA counts, 22 March to 24 October 2026. March, June, July, and October rest on 10, 13, 13, and 17 counted days.
How busy does EWR get on a holiday weekend?
Memorial Day 2026, Thursday 21 to Tuesday 26 May: the busiest day was Thursday 21 May, 78,441 people, 9 percent above the Thursdays around it. Sunday 24 May was the lightest for its day of the week, 9 percent below the Sundays around it. Labor Day 2026, Thursday 3 to Tuesday 8 September: the busiest day was Thursday 3 September, 72,151 people, 1 percent above the Thursdays around it. Sunday 6 September was the lightest for its day of the week, 23 percent below the Sundays around it. Each day is set against the same day of the week in the three weeks either side. Thanksgiving and Christmas 2026 are not in TSA's counts yet; they run to 24 October 2026.
Other airports
Every covered airport, ranked by its line right now, is on the national page, with the airports that have no live number here under it. The busiest airports by people screened lists every code TSA counts.
ATL, BOS, BWI, CLE, CLT, DAL, DCA, DFW, DTW, IAH, JAX, JFK, LGA, MCO, MIA, MSP, PHL, PHX, PIT, SEA, SFO, SLC
Where the numbers come from
- Wait times
- Published by The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey at newarkairport.com. We read the page every 10 minutes and show the time of the last read. A reading older than 30 minutes is marked as such.
- Usual busyness
- TSA's own hourly passenger counts per checkpoint, published weekly in its FOIA reading room. This page uses 175 days of counts, 22 March to 24 October 2026. Public domain.
- Who reads them
- Arcane Digital, which runs waittimes.io, reads every feed every 10 minutes with its own collector and stores the time of each read. The day's reads are checked every night for a feed that has stopped or thinned, and one person reads that report the next morning. Nobody types a number in.
- What we never do
- Predict a wait in minutes, or show an old number as if it were current.
- Every feed
- How each one is read, the TSA counts and who to write to: the sources page.