El Paso Paso del Norte Bridge border wait times

How long the line is to enter the United States at El Paso Paso del Norte Bridge, from Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua into El Paso, Texas, by car and on foot, as U.S. Customs and Border Protection posts it, and the hours it’s usually shortest. In Mexico it’s called Puente Paso del Norte (Santa Fe).

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Cars, standard lanes: 35 min
Cars, SENTRI: 1 min
Cars, Ready Lane: 30 min
Walking, standard lanes: 15 min
Walking, Ready Lane: 10 min
Posted by CBP: Oct 30, 5:00 AM MDT

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 12 car lanes. Up to 14 pedestrian lanes. CBP port number 240202.

CBP’s notice: Ready Lanes are open at PDN. See www.getyouhome.gov for more information. Tune in to AM 1620 for border crossing information.

Best and worst times to cross

By car (SENTRI), usually quickest on Sunday at 7 AM (no wait); usually slowest on Sunday at 8 PM (10 min on average).

On foot, usually quickest on Sunday at 5 AM (no wait); usually slowest on Monday at 6 AM (25 min).

Every lane Now and usually

Lane	Now	Open	Usual	Readings, 30 days
Cars, standard lanes	35 min	1	45 min	421
Cars, SENTRI	1 min	1	2 min	451
Cars, Ready Lane	30 min	2	42 min	446
Walking, standard lanes	15 min	3	7 min	448
Walking, Ready Lane	10 min	6	6 min	425

“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 14, 2026.

By car: usual wait by day and hour Cars, SENTRI, last 30 days, minutes

Hour	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
12 AM	1	1	·	1	1	1	0
1 AM	·	1	1	1	1	1	0
2 AM	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
3 AM	1	1	·	·	1	1	0
4 AM	·	·	1	1	1	1	0
5 AM	1	1	1	1	2	1	0
6 AM	2	8	1	2	3	1	0
7 AM	3	0	5	4	3	1	0
8 AM	1	6	3	6	4	2	1
9 AM	4	4	1	2	5	3	2
10 AM	3	4	0	2	3	4	2
11 AM	2	5	2	2	3	5	5
12 PM	2	1	0	1	3	·	2
1 PM	2	1	4	3	4	2	2
2 PM	1	2	4	2	3	2	5
3 PM	2	6	2	5	2	5	5
4 PM	2	3	2	3	1	6	7
5 PM	1	3	2	2	2	1	9
6 PM	1	2	2	6	6	1	9
7 PM	2	1	2	4	1	1	4
8 PM	1	1	1	4	3	2	10
9 PM	1	1	1	2	1	1	6
10 PM	1	1	2	1	2	8	5
11 PM	1	1	1	2	1	1	1

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: 2 min, from 451 readings.

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	1	1	·	1	3	4	1
1 AM	·	1	1	1	2	2	1
2 AM	1	1	1	1	2	3	1
3 AM	1	1	·	·	3	3	2
4 AM	·	·	6	1	5	3	0
5 AM	23	21	16	9	12	4	0
6 AM	25	35	25	18	18	4	1
7 AM	16	5	25	3	22	6	2
8 AM	20	18	12	14	15	8	1
9 AM	6	15	4	4	10	20	5
10 AM	8	14	3	6	8	12	5
11 AM	7	5	6	7	9	25	12
12 PM	9	8	5	5	8	·	9
1 PM	6	9	5	3	9	16	10
2 PM	4	9	5	5	8	12	18
3 PM	10	9	5	7	7	14	18
4 PM	8	10	4	6	9	18	21
5 PM	6	6	3	5	12	38	18
6 PM	5	3	4	8	13	20	23
7 PM	1	2	1	5	5	16	25
8 PM	1	1	1	3	3	17	18
9 PM	1	1	1	2	1	10	8
10 PM	1	1	1	2	4	14	4
11 PM	1	1	1	2	1	2	2

Under 10 min
10–29 min
30–59 min
60–89 min
90 min or more

Nearby crossings right now If this one is backed up

Crossing	By car	On foot	Posted
El Paso Bridge of the Americas (BOTA)	45 min	3 min	Oct 30, 6:00 AM MDT
El Paso Stanton Street Bridge	Pending	—	—
El Paso Ysleta Bridge	5 min	5 min	Oct 30, 5:00 AM MDT
Columbus	5 min	No wait	Oct 30, 5:00 AM MDT
Marcelino Serna – Tornillo	Pending	Pending	—
Presidio	10 min	No wait	Oct 30, 7:00 AM CDT
Santa Teresa	Pending	Pending	—

By car and on foot: each crossing’s main lane, nearly always the standard lanes.

By car, by hour of day All days, last 30 days

Hour	Average	Bar
12 AM	1 min
1 AM	1 min
2 AM	1 min
3 AM	1 min
4 AM	1 min
5 AM	1 min
6 AM	2 min
7 AM	2 min
8 AM	3 min
9 AM	3 min
10 AM	3 min
11 AM	3 min
12 PM	2 min
1 PM	3 min
2 PM	3 min
3 PM	4 min
4 PM	4 min
5 PM	3 min
6 PM	4 min
7 PM	2 min
8 PM	3 min
9 PM	2 min
10 PM	2 min
11 PM	1 min

The last 7 days Cars, SENTRI · Fri, Oct 23 to Fri, Oct 30

30 min0

Gaps are hours the lane was closed or posted nothing.

Common questions El Paso Paso del Norte Bridge

How long is the wait at El Paso Paso del Norte Bridge right now?

At CBP’s last reading (Oct 30, 5:00 AM MDT), the line by car (SENTRI) was 1 min, and on foot 15 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 car line has usually been shortest on Sunday at 7 AM and longest on Sunday at 8 PM. On foot it’s usually shortest on Sunday at 5 AM. The heat map above shows every hour.

How much time does SENTRI save?

Over the last 30 days the SENTRI line averaged 2 min, against 45 min in the standard lanes and 42 min in the Ready Lane.

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 time

Officers 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.