El Paso Ysleta Bridge border wait times
How long the line is to enter the United States at El Paso Ysleta 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 Zaragoza–Ysleta.
- Cars, standard lanes
- Closed
- Cars, SENTRI
- 10 min
- Cars, Ready Lane
- 15 min
- Walking, standard lanes
- 5 min
- Posted by CBP
- Oct 29, 8:00 PM MDT
Copied Oct 29, 2026, 10:07 PM Michigan time. With JavaScript on, the waits above refresh from CBP when the page opens.
Open 24 hours. Up to 13 car lanes. Up to 4 pedestrian lanes. CBP port number 240203.
CBP’s notice: YSL Passenger/Ready Lanes is open west side of port; Passenger Hrs. 24 hours / 7 days, YSL CARGO Mon-FRI 6 am to Midnight. SAT 6 am to 2 pm. Tune into AM 1610 for info.
Best and worst times to cross
By car (SENTRI), usually quickest on Tuesday at 3 AM (no wait); usually slowest on Sunday at 12 AM (35 min on average).
On foot, usually quickest on Monday at 11 PM (no wait); usually slowest on Thursday at 6 AM (22 min).
Every lane Now and usually
| Lane | Now | Open | Usual | Readings, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cars, standard lanes | Closed | — | 39 min CBP | 0 |
| Cars, SENTRI | 10 min | 3 | 3 min | 482 |
| Cars, Ready Lane | 15 min | 3 | 37 min | 482 |
| Walking, standard lanes | 5 min | 2 | 3 min | 481 |
“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 | 2 | 35 |
| 1 AM | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| 2 AM | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 AM | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 AM | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 AM | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 6 AM | 8 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 7 AM | 4 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 2 |
| 8 AM | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 9 AM | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 |
| 10 AM | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| 11 AM | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 12 PM | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 1 PM | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 |
| 2 PM | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 PM | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 PM | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 8 |
| 5 PM | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 |
| 6 PM | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 7 PM | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| 8 PM | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 5 |
| 9 PM | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 10 PM | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 11 PM | 6 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 4 |
- 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: 3 min, from 482 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 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 AM | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 AM | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 AM | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 AM | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 AM | 8 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 AM | 3 | 20 | 15 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 AM | 2 | 15 | 20 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 1 |
| 8 AM | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 9 AM | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| 10 AM | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 11 AM | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 |
| 12 PM | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| 1 PM | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 PM | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 |
| 3 PM | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 |
| 4 PM | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 12 |
| 5 PM | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 |
| 6 PM | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 PM | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 17 |
| 8 PM | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 9 PM | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 10 PM | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 11 PM | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
- 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: 3 min, from 481 readings.
When to cross by car From the last 30 days
Nearby crossings right now If this one is backed up
| Crossing | By car | On foot | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Paso Bridge of the Americas (BOTA) | 55 min | 5 min | Oct 29, 7:00 PM MDT |
| El Paso Paso del Norte Bridge | 3 min | 1 min | Oct 29, 8:00 PM MDT |
| El Paso Stanton Street Bridge | 1 min | — | Oct 29, 8:00 PM MDT |
| Columbus | 5 min | No wait | Oct 29, 7:00 PM MDT |
| Marcelino Serna – Tornillo | 15 min | No wait | Oct 29, 8:00 PM MDT |
| Presidio | 40 min | No wait | Oct 29, 5:00 PM CDT old |
| Santa Teresa | 35 min | 5 min | Oct 29, 8:00 PM MDT |
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 | 5 min | |
| 1 AM | 3 min | |
| 2 AM | 1 min | |
| 3 AM | 1 min | |
| 4 AM | 2 min | |
| 5 AM | 2 min | |
| 6 AM | 6 min | |
| 7 AM | 7 min | |
| 8 AM | 3 min | |
| 9 AM | 3 min | |
| 10 AM | 4 min | |
| 11 AM | 3 min | |
| 12 PM | 3 min | |
| 1 PM | 3 min | |
| 2 PM | 5 min | |
| 3 PM | 3 min | |
| 4 PM | 4 min | |
| 5 PM | 3 min | |
| 6 PM | 2 min | |
| 7 PM | 4 min | |
| 8 PM | 4 min | |
| 9 PM | 3 min | |
| 10 PM | 3 min | |
| 11 PM | 7 min |
The last 7 days Cars, SENTRI · Thu, Oct 22 to Thu, Oct 29
Gaps are hours the lane was closed or posted nothing.
Common questions El Paso Ysleta Bridge
How long is the wait at El Paso Ysleta Bridge right now?
At CBP’s last reading (Oct 29, 8:00 PM MDT), the line by car (SENTRI) was 10 min, and on foot 5 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 Tuesday at 3 AM and longest on Sunday at 12 AM. On foot it’s usually shortest on Monday at 11 PM. The heat map above shows every hour.
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 29, 2026, 10:07 PM 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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