How long is the wait at Fort Hancock right now?

As of 23:00 UTC, October 17, 2026, CBP posts a 5-minute wait for standard passenger vehicles at Fort Hancock, with 1 of 2 lanes open. This page refreshes every two minutes.

What are the hours at the Fort Hancock border crossing?

CBP lists Fort Hancock as open 6 am-6 pm (Mountain time).

Does Fort Hancock have a NEXUS or SENTRI lane?

Yes. CBP's feed lists a NEXUS/SENTRI lane at Fort Hancock; as of 23:00 UTC, October 17, 2026 its status is lanes closed.

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Fort Hancock border wait time

Mexican border, Texas. Live CBP-posted waits by lane, refreshed every 10 minutes.

Passenger vehicles, standard

5 min

lanes open: 1 of 2

Passenger vehicles, NEXUS/SENTRI

Lanes closed

lanes open: –

Passenger vehicles, Ready Lane

Lanes closed

lanes open: –

Pedestrians, standard

0 min

lanes open: 1 of 4

Pedestrians, Ready Lane

Lanes closed

lanes open: –

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: 6 am-6 pm · port status: Open · Mexican border, Texas · local time zone: Mountain

Fort Hancock (Texas) has a CBP-posted wait of 5 minutes for standard passenger vehicles as of 23:00 UTC, October 17, 2026, with 1 of 2 lanes open.
Pedestrians, standard: 0 minutes (1 lanes open).
Hours of operation: 6 am-6 pm (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	5 min	1 of 2	At 4:00 pm MDT
Passenger vehicles, NEXUS/SENTRI	Lanes closed	–	–
Passenger vehicles, Ready Lane	Lanes closed	–	–
Pedestrians, standard	0 min	1 of 4	At 4:00 pm MDT
Pedestrians, Ready Lane	Lanes closed	–	–

"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

Average posted wait by hour (Mountain local time), from 45 days of our tracking.

Pedestrians, standard

Average posted wait by hour (Mountain local time), from 45 days of our tracking.

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 8 a.m. (5 minutes) and highest around 8 p.m. (6 minutes).

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
El Paso Bridge of the Americas 80 min
El Paso Stanton DCL Lanes closed
El Paso Ysleta Lanes closed
Paso Del Norte Bridge 80 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.