TSA wait times at Iowa airports

Security queues at the 6 Iowa airports with scheduled airline service, each figure worked out from that airport's own departure schedule.

Median wait, standard lanes

6 min

Half of these airports are quicker than this at the hour they are in now.

Longest now

9 min

Waterloo (ALO)

Shortest now

4 min

Sioux City (SUX)

Over 20 minutes

of 6 airports

Airport, city or code

Order

Every Iowa airportUsual at this hour 6 airports
Waterloo (ALO) Waterloo Regional Airport, IA5 to 15 9 min
Des Moines (DSM) Des Moines International Airport, IA5 to 15 8 min
Cedar Rapids/Iowa City (CID) The Eastern Iowa Airport, IA5 to 10 6 min
Sioux City (SUX) Sioux Gateway Airport / Brigadier General Bud Day Field, IA5 to 10 4 min
Fort Dodge (FOD) Fort Dodge Regional Airport, IA5 to 10 4 min
Mason City (MCW) Mason City Municipal Airport, IA5 to 10 4 min
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Every figure here is modelled from the published departure schedule, not measured: there is no national feed of checkpoint waits. See /method/.