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Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Airport Security Wait Times (AVP): Live Now - HonestAirport

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport (AVP)

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Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport security wait times

How long the lines are right now, what a normal day looks like, and how to get through faster.

Flying from AVP?

Enter your flight for a door-to-door plan: when to leave, security, the lounge you can use and your gate. No account needed.

Right now

On a typical day

~10 min through security at AVP, from our airport directory. Early mornings and holiday weekends run longer.

Budget that on top of check-in or bag drop and the walk to your gate. For your exact leave-home time, enter your flight above: the plan uses the live wait when there is one.

Official FAQ wants 90 minutes; TSA opens about 4:00 a.m.. Official FAQ prints a 90-minute arrival, a 24/7 Joseph M. McDade Terminal, and a TSA checkpoint that opens daily at approximately 4:00 a.m. Airline contracts of carriage on that page still close check-in 30 minutes and the gate 15 minutes before departure.

How to get through faster at AVP

Use the official 90 minutes; pages print no PreCheck cell
Official FAQ prints a 90-minute arrival and a TSA checkpoint that opens about 4:00 a.m. in a 24/7 hall.
There is no ticketed lounge and no printed PreCheck cell. Lucky’s is a restaurant, not a club.
One TSA checkpoint, official open about 4:00 a.m. Features reprints a $45 identity-verification fee from 1 Feb 2026 if you lack acceptable ID.
Military Appreciation Room: main level behind the escalators, 4:00 a.m.–9:00 p.m., military ID, ask an Ambassador or Security.
ATMs: landside first-level center; airside near the Gates 1–2 escalator. USPS near baggage claim, pickup 9:30 a.m. Monday–Saturday. Lost and found: Security Office 570.602.2023. Information recording: 570.602.2020.

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