El Paso Ysleta border wait time
Mexican border, Texas. 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, Texas · local time zone: Mountain
- CBP reports the standard passenger lanes at El Paso Ysleta as lanes closed as of .
- Passenger vehicles, NEXUS/SENTRI: 5 minutes (4 lanes open).
- Passenger vehicles, Ready Lane: 45 minutes (3 lanes open).
- Pedestrians, standard: 20 minutes (3 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 | Lanes closed | – | – |
| Passenger vehicles, NEXUS/SENTRI | 5 min | 4 of 13 | At 4:00 pm MDT |
| Passenger vehicles, Ready Lane | 45 min | 3 of 13 | At 4:00 pm MDT |
| Commercial vehicles, standard | Lanes closed | – | – |
| Commercial vehicles, FAST | Lanes closed | – | – |
| Pedestrians, standard | 20 min | 3 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, NEXUS/SENTRI
Passenger vehicles, Ready Lane
Commercial vehicles, standard
Commercial vehicles, FAST
Pedestrians, standard
Other El Paso crossings
Standard passenger-vehicle wait at each, live.
- El Paso Bridge of the Americas 80 min
- El Paso Stanton DCL Lanes closed
- Paso Del Norte Bridge 80 min
Other Texas crossings
- Brownsville B&M Bridge 90 min
- Brownsville Gateway 90 min
- Brownsville Los Indios 50 min
- Brownsville Veterans International 120 min
- Del Rio 60 min
- Eagle Pass Bridge I Lanes closed
- Eagle Pass Bridge II 45 min
- Fort Hancock 5 min
- Anzalduas International Bridge 70 min
- Hidalgo 60 min
- Pharr 30 min
- Laredo Bridge I Lanes closed
- Laredo Bridge II 65 min
- Laredo Colombia Solidarity 5 min
- Laredo World Trade Bridge –
- Presidio 5 min
- Donna International Bridge 45 min
- Progreso International Bridge 45 min
- Rio Grande City 20 min
- Roma 6 min
- Marcelino Serna (Tornillo) 30 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.