Columbus border wait time
Mexican border, New Mexico. Live CBP-posted waits by lane, refreshed every 10 minutes.
as of 23:00 UTC, October 17, 2026 · CBP feed stamp 2026-10-17 18:55:55 · auto-refreshes every two minutes with JavaScript on
Hours: 24 hrs/day · port status: Open · Mexican border, New Mexico · local time zone: Mountain
- Columbus (New Mexico) has a CBP-posted wait of 10 minutes for standard passenger vehicles as of , with 1 of 3 lanes open.
- Pedestrians, standard: 0 minutes (1 lanes open).
- Hours of operation: 24 hrs/day (Mountain time); port status Open.
- Wait Time Report has tracked this crossing for 45 days, sampling CBP every 10 minutes.
Lanes right now
| Lane | Posted wait | Lanes open | CBP posted at |
|---|---|---|---|
| Passenger vehicles, standard | 10 min | 1 of 3 | At 4:00 pm MDT |
| Passenger vehicles, Ready Lane | Lanes closed | – | – |
| Commercial vehicles, standard | Lanes closed | – | – |
| Pedestrians, standard | 0 min | 1 of 4 | At 4:00 pm MDT |
"CBP posted at" is CBP's own stamp, shown as published; its time-zone label is not reliable for every port. This crossing keeps Mountain time (America/Denver).
Source: U.S. Customs and Border Protection Border Wait Times, bwt.cbp.gov (public domain).
A typical day at this crossing
Passenger vehicles, standard
Passenger vehicles, Ready Lane
Commercial vehicles, standard
Pedestrians, standard
Between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. local time, across the 45 days we have tracked, CBP's posted standard passenger-vehicle wait here has averaged lowest around 6 a.m. (4 minutes) and highest around 5 p.m. (10 minutes).
Other New Mexico crossings
- Santa Teresa 55 min
About these numbers
CBP officers at the port estimate the wait from the end of the line to primary inspection and post it, usually hourly; the figure is for travelers entering the United States. See all border crossings for how to read each status, and CBP's own bwt.cbp.gov for alerts. Numbers baked into this page are from 23:00 UTC, October 17, 2026.