Miami International Airport and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport have the two longest wait times for security and passport control among the nation’s largest airports, according to a survey examining Transportation Security Administration and U.S. Customs and Border Protection data over the past year.
At MIA, which ranked No. 1 in longest wait times, passengers had to wait, on average, 46:57 minutes — 24.54 minutes getting through security and another 22:03 minutes for passport control, according to a study done by Bounce, a luggage storage service. The study examined TSA and Customs data from 39 airports between March 8, 2021, and March 7, 2022.
At Fort Lauderdale, which ranked No. 2, passengers had to wait, on average, 46:41 minutes — 18:18 for security and another 28:23 minutes for passport control.
