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securityRAPBest Quiet TSA Windows at RAP to Beat the Saturday Crush
RAP hits 57 minutes Saturdays at 11 AM, but FlyIndex counts 34 quiet slots. Fly early evening at 5-6 PM to skip the line and keep your Black Hills trip calm.
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securityITOWhy Hilo's TSA Line Peaks at 8 AM Tuesday: 69 Minutes
Hilo's checkpoint hits 69 minutes at 8 AM on Tuesdays, then hands back 70 quiet hours. The arrival math for an ITO morning departure, and when to skip it.
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securityEGEBeat the 52-Minute Monday Line: When to Arrive at EGE
EGE hits 52 minutes Mondays at 12 PM with zero quiet slots in FlyIndex data. Get there before the midday bank to beat the crush at Eagle County Regional.
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securityJFKJFK Has Zero Quiet Hours. Here's How to Budget Around It
JFK is the rare big airport with no quiet hour in all 168 of them. That changes the arrival math: stop hunting a soft slot and budget for the 33-minute peak.
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securityBNANashville Has One Bad Hour a Week: Friday at 5 AM
BNA's checkpoint hits 33 minutes on Friday at 5 AM and never tops 8 minutes on a Saturday. Here is the only morning at Nashville that needs a real buffer.
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securitySLCSalt Lake City's TSA Line Peaks at 10 AM, Not Dawn
SLC tops out at 31 minutes on Sunday at 10 AM, and six of seven days peak in that same hour. Here is how to time a Salt Lake departure around it.
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securityPHXPhoenix TSA Peaks Before 9 AM, Every Single Day
Sky Harbor's checkpoint tops out at 33 minutes, and all seven daily peaks land between 5 and 8 AM. Here's how to time a PHX departure around the morning bank.
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securityJFKWhen to Arrive at JFK to Dodge the Sunday 4 PM Crush
JFK security peaks at 33 minutes on Sundays at 4 PM, and there's no quiet slot all week. Here's the arrival math that keeps you out of the worst line.
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securitySYRSyracuse TSA Peaks at 29 Minutes and Never Gets Worse
SYR logs 100 quiet hourly slots and tops out at 29 minutes on Friday morning. Here's the weekly pattern and the arrival buffer that actually makes sense.
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securityCVGCincinnati Has 104 Quiet TSA Hours and One Bad Morning
CVG peaks at 33 minutes on Sunday at 6 AM and is nearly empty the rest of the week. Here's the hourly pattern and the buffer that actually makes sense.
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securityDCAIADReagan National Peaks Tuesday Afternoon, Not Monday Morning
DCA tops out at 28 minutes on Tuesday at 2 PM, on a business-travel pattern unlike any other hub. Here's the full week and how to plan an arrival time.
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securityPHLPhiladelphia's TSA Ceiling Is Only 25 Minutes. Here's Why
PHL never exceeds 25 minutes at any hour of the week, a rare flat profile for a hub. Here's the pattern and what that predictability means for your buffer.
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securityLIHLihue's TSA Line Hits 70 Minutes on Thursday at Noon
Kauai's airport peaks at 70 minutes midday Thursday and stays elevated all week. Here's the hourly pattern and why LIH is harder than its size suggests.
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securityBUFBuffalo Has 97 Quiet TSA Hours. That's a Northeast Record
BUF logs 97 hourly slots under five minutes and peaks at just 33. Here's the weekly pattern and why Buffalo is the easiest checkpoint in the Northeast.
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securitySJCSan Jose's TSA Peak Is Saturday Afternoon, Not Morning
SJC hits 38 minutes on Saturday at 4 PM and 36 on Sunday at 4 PM. Here's why this Bay Area airport peaks backwards and how to time your flight around it.
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securityAVLAsheville's TSA Peak Is 58 Minutes on Sunday at 6 AM
AVL is quiet 75 hours a week, and then Sunday at 6 AM hits 58 minutes. Here's the full hourly pattern and how much buffer you actually need on each day.
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securityPNSPensacola's TSA Line Hits 68 Minutes Monday Evening
PNS peaks at 68 minutes on Monday at 6 PM, an unusual evening spike for a Gulf Coast airport. Here's the weekly pattern and how to plan around that hour.
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securityMCIKansas City Has 109 Quiet TSA Hours. Here's the One to Skip
MCI is one of the easiest checkpoints in the country — 109 hours a week under five minutes. Then Monday at 1 PM hits 34 minutes. Here's the full pattern.
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securityONTOntario Airport's Worst TSA Hour Is Saturday at 5 AM
ONT security peaks at 63 minutes on Saturday at 5 AM, the single worst hour of the week. Here's the full hourly pattern and when you should actually arrive.
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securityHNLHonolulu's Worst TSA Hour Is Friday at 10 AM: 46 Minutes
HNL peaks at 46 minutes Friday mid-morning, then again at 44 on Thursday at 5 AM. Two different crowds, two different problems, one very busy checkpoint.
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securitySANSan Diego Has Nine Quiet TSA Hours in the Entire Week
SAN peaks at only 34 minutes but logs just nine hourly slots under five. It's the most consistently busy mid-size checkpoint anywhere in the data set.
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securityINDIndianapolis Friday at 6 AM Is a 63-Minute Problem
IND's checkpoint hits 63 minutes on Friday at 6 AM, nearly triple the airport's midweek ceiling. Here's the hourly pattern and an arrival plan by day.
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securityTLHTallahassee Has the Worst TSA Hour in Our Data: 120 Min
TLH peaks at 120 minutes on Friday at 8 AM while every other day tops out under 25. One hour a week breaks this airport completely. Here's the full shape.
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securityLGALaGuardia's Worst TSA Hour Is Sunday at 2 PM: 49 Min
LGA's checkpoint peaks at 49 minutes on Sunday at 2 PM, nearly double any weekday hour. Here's the arrival math for every single day of the LaGuardia week.
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securityLASLas Vegas Monday Morning: The 40-Minute Line Nobody Expects
LAS's TSA line peaks at 40 minutes on Monday at 6 AM, when the weekend crowd flies home. Here's the pattern at the airport everyone assumes is easy.
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securityDENDenver's 4 AM Saturday Line Is the Weirdest Peak in the Data
DEN's TSA wait peaks at 47 minutes at 4 AM on Saturdays, the strangest checkpoint hour in the dataset. Here's what's driving it, and how to plan.
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securityIAHHouston's Sunday Morning Line: 60 Minutes at 6 AM
IAH's TSA wait peaks at 60 minutes on Sunday at 6 AM, the worst early-morning checkpoint in the data. Here's the pattern and how to dodge it.
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securityATLAtlanta's Monday Morning Checkpoint: 45 Minutes at 9 AM
ATL's TSA line peaks at 45 minutes on Monday at 9 AM, the worst slot at the world's busiest airport. Here's the weekly pattern and the workaround.
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securityFLLMIAFort Lauderdale's Sunday Morning TSA Line Beats Miami's
FLL's TSA waits peak at 69 minutes on Sunday at 11 AM, the longest in Florida and worse than Miami's 46-minute Monday peak. Here's the pattern.
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securityMIAMiami's Worst TSA Hour Is Monday at Noon
MIA's TSA waits peak at 46 minutes on Monday at noon, with Friday and Saturday nights close behind. Here's the day-by-day pattern and when to fly instead.
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securityLAXBest Time to Fly Through LAX Without the Security Crush
LAX TSA waits peak at 25 minutes on Sunday mornings at 9 AM. Here's when to show up instead, based on the hourly wait-time data for all nine terminals.
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