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How TSA Wait Times Compare At America’s 10 Busiest Airports
New York airports perform particularly poorly, while San Francisco's, which uses private contractors, perform well.
Travel Bulletin has released data derived from the MyTSA app, focusing on TSA security wait estimates from mid-June through mid-August. The report summarizes wait times across 50 U.S. airports during this peak period.
The compiled average wait across all 50 airports is 9.9 minutes. The data highlight that John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), noted as the United States’ second-busiest airport, had the worst performance among the listed airports in this dataset.
The findings come from the MyTSA app’s wait estimates, which Travel Bulletin aggregated for the mid-June to mid-August window. The report specifically addresses security wait times rather than other airport processes or metrics.
No additional details are provided about specific airports beyond JFK or about the exact numerical values for other individual airports in the list. The material does not include dates beyond the mid-June to mid-August window or other contextual factors.