Cross Border Express (CBX) border wait times
How long the line is to enter the United States at Cross Border Express (CBX), from the Tijuana airport, Baja California into San Diego, California, on foot, as U.S. Customs and Border Protection posts it, and the hours it’s usually shortest. In Mexico it’s called Cross Border Express (CBX).
- Walking, standard lanes
- No wait
- Walking, Ready Lane
- No wait
- Posted by CBP
- Oct 30, 5:00 AM PDT
Copied Oct 30, 2026, 7:48 AM Michigan time. With JavaScript on, the waits above refresh from CBP when the page opens.
Open 24 hours. Up to 8 pedestrian lanes. CBP port number 250409.
Best and worst times to cross
On foot, usually quickest on Monday at 5 AM (no wait); usually slowest on Thursday at 12 PM (3 min).
Every lane Now and usually
| Lane | Now | Open | Usual | Readings, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walking, standard lanes | No wait | 3 | 1 min | 165 |
| Walking, Ready Lane | No wait | 1 | 1 min | 165 |
“Usual” is the average over the last 30 days; where it says CBP, it’s CBP’s own published average for October, from the year before, because there aren’t enough readings here yet. SENTRI is CBP’s trusted-traveler lane; the Ready Lane is for travelers carrying an RFID-enabled document (a passport card, a border crossing card, an enhanced driver’s license). First reading on record: Sep 13, 2026.
On foot: usual wait by day and hour Walking, standard lanes, last 30 days, minutes
| Hour | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 AM | 0 | · | · | · | · | 0 | · |
| 1 AM | 0 | 0 | · | · | · | 0 | · |
| 3 AM | · | · | · | · | · | 0 | 0 |
| 4 AM | · | · | · | · | · | · | 0 |
| 5 AM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 AM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | 0 | 0 |
| 7 AM | 5 | · | · | · | 5 | 1 | · |
| 8 AM | · | · | · | 1 | 2 | 1 | · |
| 9 AM | 5 | 1 | · | · | 0 | 1 | · |
| 10 AM | 5 | · | · | 1 | 2 | 1 | · |
| 11 AM | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | · | · | · |
| 12 PM | 5 | · | · | 3 | 5 | · | · |
| 1 PM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 PM | · | · | · | · | 0 | · | · |
| 3 PM | · | 0 | · | · | 0 | · | 0 |
| 4 PM | · | · | · | 0 | 0 | · | · |
| 5 PM | · | · | · | 0 | 0 | · | · |
| 6 PM | · | · | · | 0 | 0 | · | 5 |
| 7 PM | · | · | · | 0 | 0 | 0 | · |
| 8 PM | · | · | · | 0 | 0 | · | · |
| 9 PM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 PM | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| 11 PM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Under 10 min
- 10–29 min
- 30–59 min
- 60–89 min
- 90 min or more
A dot is an hour with no readings: the lane 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. Average over the last 30 days: 1 min, from 165 readings.
Nearby crossings right now If this one is backed up
| Crossing | By car | On foot | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Ysidro | 30 min | 5 min | Oct 30, 4:00 AM PDT |
| San Ysidro PedWest | — | Pending | — |
| Calexico East | Closed | Closed | — |
| Calexico West | 30 min | 5 min | Oct 30, 4:00 AM PDT |
| Otay Mesa | 60 min | No wait | Oct 30, 3:00 AM PDT |
| Tecate | Pending | Pending | — |
| Andrade | Pending | Pending | — |
By car and on foot: each crossing’s main lane, nearly always the standard lanes.
The last 7 days Walking, standard lanes · Fri, Oct 23 to Fri, Oct 30
Gaps are hours the lane was closed or posted nothing.
Common questions Cross Border Express (CBX)
How long is the wait at Cross Border Express (CBX) right now?
At CBP’s last reading (Oct 30, 5:00 AM PDT), the line on foot had no wait. The box at the top refreshes from CBP when you open this page.
What’s the best time to cross?
On foot, the line has usually been shortest on Monday at 5 AM and longest on Thursday at 12 PM.
When is it open?
24 hours a day.
For trucks, the commercial lane waits have a board of their own.
About these numbers
Copied Oct 30, 2026, 7:48 AM Michigan timeOfficers at each port of entry post every lane’s 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.
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 data is a CSV download. Esta página en español.
Source: U.S. Customs and Border Protection; readings from September 13 to October 20, 2026 as saved by gptcbp/border-crossing-data. The numbers are public; any mistakes in presenting them are mine.
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