The US airports with the longest and shortest security wait times — ranked

• Travel Bulletin analyzed average TSA wait times and passenger volumes at the 50 busiest US airports.
• Passengers at New York’s JFK Airport have the longest average security wait times at 23.1 minutes.
• San Antonio International has the shortest average TSA wait time at 3.7 minutes.

Here are the 10 airports with the shortest average TSA wait times, followed by the 10 airports with the longest average waits.

1. San Antonio International Airport — San Antonio, Texas

Average wait time: 3.7 minutes

1. Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport — Kenner, Louisiana (tie)
   

Average wait time: 4.1 minutes

1. William P. Hobby Airport — Houston, Texas (tie)
   

Average wait time: 4.1 minutes

1. Kansas City International Airport — Kansas City, Missouri
   

Average wait time: 4.2 minutes

1. San Francisco International Airport — San Francisco, California
   

Average wait time: 4.5 minutes

1. Pittsburgh International Airport — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
   

Average wait time: 4.6 minutes

1. Southwest Florida International Airport — Fort Myers, Florida (tie)
   

Average wait time: 5.4 minutes

1. Nashville International Airport — Nashville, Tennessee (tie)
   

Average wait time: 5.4 minutes

1. Chicago Midway International Airport — Chicago, Illinois
   

Average wait time: 5.7 minutes

1. Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport — Hebron, Kentucky
   

Average wait time: 5.9 minutes

1. Philadelphia International Airport — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
   

Average wait time: 12.9 minutes

1. Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport — Dallas, Texas
   

Average wait time: 13 minutes

1. San Diego International Airport — San Diego, California
   

Average wait time: 13.2 minutes

1. Portland International Airport — Portland, Oregon
   

Average wait time: 13.4 minutes

1. George Bush Intercontinental Airport — Houston, Texas
   

Average wait time: 13.6 minutes

1. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport — Atlanta, Georgia
   

Average wait time: 14.1 minutes

1. Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport — Anchorage, Alaska
   

Average wait time: 16.3 minutes

1. Newark Liberty International Airport — Newark, New Jersey
   

Average wait time: 17.9 minutes

1. Chicago O’Hare International Airport — Chicago, Illinois
   

Average wait time: 20.2 minutes

1. John F. Kennedy International Airport — New York, New York
   

Average wait time: 23.1 minutes

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