Orlando East Checkpoint security wait times: what to expect
From September 14 to October 12 we logged 141,688 security checkpoint readings at Orlando East Checkpoint. The standard lane averaged 6 minutes, and TSA PreCheck averaged 4 minutes. 81% of standard-lane readings were 10 minutes or less, and none were over half an hour.
That is in line with Orlando as a whole.
When the line is longest
The standard line at East Checkpoint is longest around noon, when it has averaged 15 minutes, and shortest around 11 PM, at 1 minute. By day of the week, Sunday has been the heaviest (7 minutes on average) and Tuesday the lightest (5 minutes).
| Time of day | Standard | PreCheck |
|---|
| Early morning (4–8 AM) | 7 min | 5 min |
| Morning (8 AM–noon) | 8 min | 5 min |
| Midday (noon–4 PM) | 11 min | 7 min |
| Evening (4–8 PM) | 8 min | 5 min |
| Night (8 PM–4 AM) | 1 min | 1 min |
Average wait across the last 28 days. A dash means the lane is usually closed then.
PreCheck at East Checkpoint
Over the same period PreCheck saved 3 minutes on average compared with the standard lane, and 7 minutes at the noon peak. Standard-lane waits are usually short here, so the gain is largest at peak times.
How early to arrive
To plan your arrival, use the worst hour rather than the average: at East Checkpoint that is 15 minutes in the standard lane around noon. Allow that on top of your airline's check-in and bag-drop deadlines, and more on Sundays and holiday weekends. The live board above shows what the line is doing right now, and the chart projects the next 12 hours.
Airlines at Orlando East Checkpoint
5 airlines use this checkpoint: American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, JetBlue, Spirit Airlines and United Airlines. Terminal assignments change from time to time, so confirm yours on your boarding pass or the airline's app.
Other terminals at Orlando
Where these numbers come from
Each airport publishes its own checkpoint wait estimates. This site reads them every minute and keeps every reading. Closed lanes are left out of the averages, and times are local to the airport. The averages above cover the last 28 days and are recalculated every hour. The posted wait is the airport's estimate, not a timed measurement, so treat it as a guide.
The full archive is free to download as an open dataset, and the about page explains who runs the site and why.