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El Paso Border Wait Times — Live Cameras at the Ciudad Juárez Crossing
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El Paso border wait times
As reported by CBP · feed read Oct 27, 8:57 AM
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El Paso — Paso Del Norte (PDN)
Port 240202 · Hours: 24 hrs/day · OpenConstruction notice (CBP): Ready Lanes are open at PDN. See www.getyouhome.gov for more information. Tune in to AM 1620 for border crossing information.
| Lane | Wait | Lanes open | CBP update |
|---|---|---|---|
| PASSENGER VEHICLES — UP TO 12 LANES | |||
| Standard lanes | 1 min delay | 1 | At 2:00 am MDT |
| NEXUS / SENTRI lanes | 1 min delay | 1 | At 2:00 am MDT |
| Ready lanes | 1 min delay | 1 | At 2:00 am MDT |
| COMMERCIAL VEHICLES | |||
| Standard lanes | Not reported | — | — |
| FAST lanes | Not reported | — | — |
| PEDESTRIANS — UP TO 14 LANES | |||
| Standard lanes | 1 min delay | 1 | At 2:00 am MDT |
| Ready lanes | 1 min delay | 1 | At 2:00 am MDT |
CBP record stamped 10/27/2026 02:46:04 — the times in the right-hand column are CBP's own update notes for each lane.
El Paso — Bridge of the Americas (BOTA)
Port 240201 · Hours: 24 hrs/day · OpenConstruction notice (CBP): BOTA Passenger/Ready Lanes is open west side of port; Passenger Hrs 24 hours/7days, BOTA CARGO Mon-FRI 6 am to 4 pm. SAT/SUN CLOSED. Tune into AM 1610 for info.
| Lane | Wait | Lanes open | CBP update |
|---|---|---|---|
| PASSENGER VEHICLES — UP TO 14 LANES | |||
| Standard lanes | 4 min delay | 2 | At 3:00 am MDT |
| NEXUS / SENTRI lanes | Not reported | — | — |
| Ready lanes | 3 min delay | 3 | At 3:00 am MDT |
| COMMERCIAL VEHICLES — UP TO 3 LANES | |||
| Standard lanes | Closed | — | — |
| FAST lanes | Closed | — | — |
| PEDESTRIANS — UP TO 4 LANES | |||
| Standard lanes | 1 min delay | 1 | At 3:00 am MDT |
| Ready lanes | Closed | — | — |
CBP record stamped 10/27/2026 02:46:04 — the times in the right-hand column are CBP's own update notes for each lane.
El Paso — Ysleta
Port 240203 · Hours: 24 hrs/day · OpenConstruction notice (CBP): YSL Passenger/Ready Lanes is open west side of port; Passenger Hrs. 24 hours / 7 days, YSL CARGO Mon-FRI 6 am to Midnight. SAT 6 am to 2 pm. Tune into AM 1610 for info.
| Lane | Wait | Lanes open | CBP update |
|---|---|---|---|
| PASSENGER VEHICLES — UP TO 13 LANES | |||
| Standard lanes | Closed | — | — |
| NEXUS / SENTRI lanes | 1 min delay | 1 | At 2:00 am MDT |
| Ready lanes | 5 min delay | 2 | At 2:00 am MDT |
| COMMERCIAL VEHICLES — UP TO 8 LANES | |||
| Standard lanes | Closed | — | — |
| FAST lanes | Closed | — | — |
| PEDESTRIANS — UP TO 4 LANES | |||
| Standard lanes | 1 min delay | 2 | At 2:00 am MDT |
| Ready lanes | Not reported | — | — |
CBP record stamped 10/27/2026 02:46:04 — the times in the right-hand column are CBP's own update notes for each lane.
El Paso — Stanton DCL
Port 240204 · Hours: 6 am-Midnight · ClosedConstruction notice (CBP): Be prepared for construction that may cause some delays in the southbound lanes of the Stanton bridge; early January - February. Tune in to AM 1620 for border crossing information.
| Lane | Wait | Lanes open | CBP update |
|---|---|---|---|
| PASSENGER VEHICLES — UP TO 3 LANES | |||
| Standard lanes | No current reading | — | — |
| NEXUS / SENTRI lanes | No current reading | — | — |
| Ready lanes | No current reading | — | — |
| COMMERCIAL VEHICLES | |||
| Standard lanes | No current reading | — | — |
| FAST lanes | No current reading | — | — |
| PEDESTRIANS | |||
| Standard lanes | No current reading | — | — |
| Ready lanes | No current reading | — | — |
CBP record stamped 10/27/2026 02:46:04 — the times in the right-hand column are CBP's own update notes for each lane.
Wait times are CBP's published estimates for reaching the inspection booth, shown exactly as the feed reports them — including "Update Pending", which means the port has not published a fresh reading for that lane. A lane with no current reading is not an empty lane.
El Paso and Ciudad Juárez are one metro split by the Rio Grande, joined by four crossings in the feed: Paso del Norte downtown (240202), the Bridge of the Americas (240201), Ysleta–Zaragoza in the southeast (240203) and the Stanton Street dedicated commuter lanes (240204).
Paso del Norte lands at El Paso’s Santa Fe Street, a short walk from downtown — its pedestrian lanes are a daily commute for thousands.
CBP’s feed also carries a second Paso del Norte record (202401) and a second Ysleta record ("YSLETA", 240104) — agency duplicates of the ports above, not separate crossings.
The camera wall below is a stated geographic rule, the same discipline as everywhere in this directory: every catalogue camera within 12 km of the crossing point (31.7577, -106.4889), nearest first — the bridge approaches, the port district and the El Paso streets around it. What it cannot show you is the inspection plaza itself: CBP's booth cameras are not public feeds, and no camera here is dressed up as one.
Live cameras near the El Paso crossing
104 catalogue cameras within 12 km of the crossing point, nearest first.
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Every card is the camera's real live feed: snapshot cards refresh about every 15 seconds, stream cards play live in the grid (a few at a time, the same budget the map tiles use) and in full when you open a camera. Feeds are provided by their operators and public sources; a camera whose stream has gone off air shows as unavailable rather than playing a recording.
How to cross with less waiting
- 1Read the table by lane, not by headline: standard, SENTRI/NEXUS and Ready lanes at the same port can differ by an hour.
- 2Check the CBP update note on each row — a lane marked "Update Pending" has no current reading, however empty it looks.
- 3Look at the approach cameras before you leave: the visible queue tail on the US-side highway is the part of the wait no table measures.
- 4If this crossing is stacked and another nearby port is not, the wait table on that crossing's page is one tap back on the hub.
- 5Carry the documents the lane requires — a Ready or SENTRI lane entered without the right card ends at the booth, slowly.
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