Calexico East truck wait times

The wait for commercial trucks entering the United States from Mexicali, Baja California, into Calexico, California, as U.S. Customs and Border Protection posts it, and the hours it’s usually shortest. In Mexico it’s called Garita Mexicali II.

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Standard lanes: 20 min
FAST lanes: 10 min
Lanes open (of 3): 2 + 1 FAST
Posted by CBP: Oct 29, 6:00 PM PDT

Copied Oct 29, 2026, 9:47 PM Michigan time. With JavaScript on, the wait above refreshes from CBP when the page opens.

Commercial lanes are open 6 am to 10 pm, local time. Up to 3 commercial lanes, including FAST. CBP port number 250301.

Best and worst times to cross

Usually quickest on Monday at 7 AM (5 min on average); usually slowest on Monday at 7 PM (82 min on average).

From 271 readings of the commercial lanes in the last 30 days (the record here started Sep 14, 2026), in the crossing’s local time. Over the last 30 days the average wait was 17 min in the standard lanes and 12 min in FAST. The averages firm up as more weeks are collected.

Nearby crossings right now If this one is backed up

Crossing	Standard	FAST	Posted
Andrade	Closed	—	—
Otay Mesa Commercial Crossing	10 min	Closed	Oct 29, 4:00 PM PDT
Tecate	Closed	—	—

Usual wait by day and hour Standard lanes, last 30 days, minutes

Hour	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
6 AM	9	5	6	5	5	5	·
7 AM	5	13	15	10	5	5	·
8 AM	5	23	20	6	6	5	5
9 AM	11	13	10	8	5	5	·
10 AM	12	10	27	10	5	5	5
11 AM	11	12	22	12	12	8	·
12 PM	32	9	20	6	12	8	·
1 PM	35	25	28	11	10	5	·
2 PM	42	35	18	12	5	·	40
3 PM	67	35	16	21	10	·	·
4 PM	65	30	16	19	7	·	·
5 PM	63	42	22	18	10	·	·
6 PM	78	65	13	12	7	·	·
7 PM	82	25	11	5	7	·	·

Under 10 min
10–19 min
20–39 min
40–59 min
60 min or more

A dot is an hour with no readings: the crossing was closed or CBP posted no wait. A closed lane counts as unknown, not as zero, so it never makes a crossing look faster than it is.

October last year, by day and hour CBP’s averages, standard lanes, minutes

Hour	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
6 AM	5	5	7	5	5	·	·
7 AM	9	16	15	16	8	·	·
8 AM	11	14	21	13	6	·	·
9 AM	11	25	18	8	8	·	·
10 AM	10	23	17	14	11	5	·
11 AM	9	25	21	18	13	20	·
12 PM	15	24	17	20	13	19	·
1 PM	23	23	14	17	15	13	·
2 PM	29	46	24	9	17	10	·
3 PM	25	36	33	17	14	14	·
4 PM	28	31	33	20	16	24	·
5 PM	33	31	37	22	14	10	·
6 PM	28	33	34	19	12	·	·
7 PM	40	31	27	26	12	·	·

Under 10 min
10–19 min
20–39 min
40–59 min
60 min or more

These are CBP’s own averages for October, based on the year before. That month the average wait was 19 min in the standard lanes and 13 min in FAST. A dot is an hour the crossing was closed.

By hour of day All days, last 30 days

Hour	Average	Bar
6 AM	6 min
7 AM	9 min
8 AM	10 min
9 AM	9 min
10 AM	11 min
11 AM	13 min
12 PM	13 min
1 PM	16 min
2 PM	22 min
3 PM	29 min
4 PM	23 min
5 PM	32 min
6 PM	30 min
7 PM	25 min

The last 7 days Fri, Oct 23 to Thu, Oct 29

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Gaps are hours the crossing was closed or posted nothing.

Produce loads that cross here Reefer truck rates, USDA

USDA reports what a refrigerated truckload costs each week from “Imperial Valley & Yuma”, the Mexico crossings through this area, to ten U.S. cities:

Common questions Calexico East

How long is the truck wait at the Calexico East right now?

At CBP’s last reading (Oct 29, 6:00 PM PDT), the standard commercial lanes were at 20 min and FAST was at 10 min. The box at the top refreshes from CBP when you open this page.

What’s the best time to cross?

Over the last 30 days, the wait has usually been shortest on Monday at 7 AM and longest on Monday at 7 PM. The heat map above shows every hour.

When are the commercial lanes open?

6 am to 10 pm, local time. Up to 3 commercial lanes.

What is the FAST lane?

FAST (Free and Secure Trade) is CBP’s program for pre-approved carriers, drivers and importers, with lanes of its own. Here, over the last 30 days, FAST averaged 12 min against 17 min in the standard lanes.

About these numbers

Copied Oct 29, 2026, 9:47 PM Michigan time

Officers at each port of entry post the commercial lanes’ wait about once an hour to CBP’s Border Wait Times system. A small Cloudflare Worker reads it every half hour and keeps each reading once; the last-30-days averages come from that record. The averages from the year before are CBP’s own. FAST lanes are for carriers enrolled in CBP’s FAST program.

Times are the crossing’s local time. A closed lane or a pending reading counts as unknown, never as zero. The board has every crossing right now and how it all works, and the averages are a CSV download. Esta página en español.

Source: U.S. Customs and Border Protection; readings from September 13 to October 14, 2026 as saved by gptcbp/border-crossing-data. The numbers are public; any mistakes in presenting them are mine.