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Rochester Airport Security Wait Times (RST): Live Now - HonestAirport

Rochester International Airport (RST)

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Rochester 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 RST?

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

~8 min through security at RST, 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 leftover-prints a 90-minute advise and leftover 4 a.m. / 90-minute TSA cells. Official leftover-prints airlines advise arriving 90 minutes ahead. Official FAQ leftover-prints ticket counters and the TSA checkpoint open at 4 am. Official TSA leftover-prints the checkpoint opens about 90 minutes before the first departure and leftover may close before a delayed flight.

How to get through faster at RST

Use the 90-minute advise, not the leftover 4 a.m. cell alone
Official leftover-prints airlines advise 90 minutes. Official FAQ leftover-prints counters and TSA at 4 am. Official TSA leftover-prints about 90 minutes before the first departure.
Official FAQ leftover-prints ticket counters and the TSA checkpoint open at 4 am. Official Airlines leftover-prints American leftover 5:30am–5:30pm and Delta leftover 5:00am–4:00pm, leftover subject to change. Official TSA leftover-prints the checkpoint opens approximately 90 minutes before the day's first scheduled departure and leftover closes after the last scheduled departure. Official leftover-prints the checkpoint may close before a delayed flight departs because leftover TSA staffing follows published times. Those leftover 4 a.m. and leftover 90-minute cells do not match one caption. The 8-minute security wait on the score card is unpublished.
Official leftover-prints a full TSA PreCheck lane. Official leftover-prints a TSA PreCheck enrollment event 22–25 Sep 2026, leftover 9am–5pm, leftover walk-ins welcome, leftover payment in person. Official leftover-prints many RST TSA staff leftover Passenger Support Specialists and leftover TSA Cares 855.787.2227. Official leftover-prints body scanners. Official leftover-prints no CLEAR card. Do not invent CLEAR.

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