The time you spend waiting in a TSA line varies with the airport.
According to a Wall Street Journal survey, here are the longest wait times in 'standard lines' for TSA. These times, in minutes, were recorded for June 2019. Forty airports were surveyed:
Newark: 9:53
Dallas Love: 9:47
Charlotte: 9:27
San Diego: 8:48
Denver: 8:21
Baltimore: 8:13
Fort Lauderdale: 8:11
Las Vegas: 8:00
The shortest wait was in Nashville: 2:31.
Rick Good spent ten years in the newspaper business, including with The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) and The Greenville News (Greenville, SC). He co-wrote, with Melinda Coleman, Rutledge to Riley: Governors of South Carolina, 1776–Present (Published by The Greenville News), and is the author of Mind Games Trivia #1 (Amazon). He has recently spent 15 years creating original trivia content through Sounds Good Mobile Entertainment and continues that with his new company, SGME Software. He edits The Smart Reader’s money, real estate, and business coverage.
