Columbia Metropolitan Airport security wait times

~15 min through security at CAE, 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.

Arrive 2 hours — TSA 3:45 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.. Official TSA page: checkpoint 3:45 a.m.–8:00 p.m. daily. Official clock is 2 hours domestic / 3 hours international leftover; the same page also prints 90 minutes to two hours.