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EES rollout status, documented border queues and traveller reports across 125 Schengen airports. Live wait times appear when travellers in the queue report them. Free for editorial use with attribution.

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Worst peak reported

EES rolled out

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Busiest borders right now

Airport	Arrivals vs normal	Departures vs normal
MXP Ferno (VA), Italy	+115 min	—
OSL Oslo, Norway	+5 min	—
ZRH Zurich, Switzerland	+2 min	—
FRA Frankfurt, Germany	+1 min	—

Live EES border wait ranking

Entering & exiting Schengen, busiest border first.

1
MXP Ferno (VA)
Italy
120 minlive
entering
Exiting: 2 minpredictedActivePeak: 3h · April 2026 (>100 pax missed a flight)
Manual-stamping fallback triggers at 45-min queue through 30 Sep 2026; >100 pax missed a flight at peak; ACI Europe identified as severe EES delay hub; EasyJet UK-Milan passengers worst-affected group (VisaVerge Jun 2026); Italy among 9 signatories requesting EU flex extension July 7; Milan biometrics deactivated at congestion peaks (Biometric Update Aug 2026); EU biometric flex suspension expired Sep 6 2026 — EU declined to extend; Italy's domestic 45-min fallback to manual stamping remains active to 30 Sep 2026 (Wego Sep 2026)
2
FCO Rome
Italy
38 minpredicted
entering
Exiting: 4 minpredictedActivePeak: 3h · April 2026
Manual-stamping fallback triggers at 45-min queue through 30 Sep 2026; ADR CEO warned Jun 25 EES is "incompatible with peak volumes"; Italy among 9 signatories requesting EU flex extension July 7; EU rejected July 8 (Euronews) — suspension risk persists through summer; UK national avg wait tripled from 7→20 min per ADR aviation chief Bassato (The Local Jul 20 2026); EU biometric flex suspension expired Sep 6 2026 — EU declined to extend; Italy's domestic 45-min fallback to manual stamping remains active to 30 Sep 2026 (Wego Sep 2026)
3
BCN Barcelona
Spain
27 minpredicted
entering
Exiting: 5 minpredictedActivePeak: 3h · April 2026
Up to 3-hr queues at peak; peak biometric suspension authorised; operators warn of summer gridlock without more e-gates; Spain's 25-min diversion rule active (families/mobility-impaired to manual); EU rejected suspension extension July 8 — summer gridlock risk remains (The Olive Press)
4
LIS Lisbon
Portugal
17 minpredicted
entering
Exiting: 3 minpredictedActivePeak: 4h · Apr 2026 (4h peak; Portugal Post)
Biometric capture suspended Dec 2025; 4h peak queues Apr 2026 (Portugal Post); Portugal can pause capture up to 6 hrs per peak session; eased to ~60-70 min by Jun 2026 then re-queuing into summer; Portugal launched pre-reg "Travel to Europe" app Mar 27 2026 — second Schengen state with pre-arrival biometric submission (Idealista.pt); inconsistent kiosk availability persists July 2026; EU biometric flex suspension expired Sep 6 2026 — EU declined to extend; EU Commissioner Brunner noted "significant progress" at Lisbon with extra staff (Portugal Resident Sep 2026)
5
ATH Athens
Greece
14 minpredicted
entering
Exiting: 2 minpredictedActivePeak: 2h 30m · June 2026 (~2.5h arrivals)
20+ Ryanair pax missed Jun 18 LTN flight due to departure passport mega-queue (AirHelp / ITIJ Jun 2026); ~2.5h arrival queues persist; Greece flex mode: biometric capture pauseable up to 6 hrs; Ryanair called for EES suspension at ATH; EU ruled suspension "not necessary" July 8 (The Local); EU biometric flex suspension expired Sep 6 2026 — EU declined to extend despite Greece's request (Remote Work Europe Sep 2026)
6
MAD Madrid
Spain
10 minpredicted
entering
Exiting: 6 minpredictedActivePeak: 3h · April 2026 rollout week
Peak biometric suspension authorised; EU activated flex mode May 4; hybrid stamping permitted at peak; Spain's 25-min diversion rule: families/mobility-impaired redirected to manual stamping if queue exceeds 25 min; EU rejected suspension extension July 8 and blamed "local management" (The Olive Press)
7
OSL Oslo
Norway
10 minlive
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
8
CDG Paris
France
5 minlive
entering
Exiting: 7 minpredictedActivePeak: 4h · mid-April 2026 (kiosks ~35% below forecast)
Kiosk throughput ~35% below forecast; ~12 dedicated EES lanes; Parafe e-gates reopened as a workaround; T2E pre-enrolment pods now launched; EU ruled suspension "not needed" July 8 (The Local) — no relief; 2–4h peak waits at T2E continue into summer; Air France confirmed biometric suspension at CDG during congestion (Biometric Update Aug 2026); EU biometric flex suspension expired Sep 6 2026 — EU declined to extend despite France's request (Connexion France Sep 2026)
9
VIE Vienna
Austria
7 minpredicted
entering
Exiting: 3 minpredictedActivePeak: 3h · 13-14 April 2026 (3h, missed flights)
Real enrolment runs >2 min/pax; 3-hr peaks caused missed flights on 13-14 Apr; Austria invoked EU flexibility to skip fingerprints during surges; Austria among 9 signatories requesting EU flex extension July 7; EU rejected July 8 (Euronews); full kiosk capacity rollout targeted mid-July
10
FRA Frankfurt
Germany
7 minlive
entering
Exiting: 6 minpredictedActivePeak: 2h · Apr 2026 morning peak (federal police data)
Germany activated biometric flex mode (suspension up to 6 hrs at peaks); Fraport redeploying staff to immigration during afternoon Asia-arrival waves; Germany among 9 signatories requesting EU flex extension July 7; EU rejected July 8 (iamexpat.de); July avg wait 120 min (doubled from ~60 min same period last year — Euronews Aug 12 2026); biometrics deactivated at congestion peaks (Biometric Update Aug 2026); EU biometric flex suspension expired Sep 6 2026 — EU declined to extend (Biometric Update Sep 2026)
11
MUC Munich
Germany
7 minpredicted
entering
Exiting: 3 minpredictedActivePeak: 2h · April 2026
Germany activated biometric flex mode (suspension up to 6 hrs at peaks); 32,000 EES-wide refusals through May 18 per EU State of Schengen report; Germany among 9 signatories requesting EU flex extension July 7; EU rejected July 8 (iamexpat.de); EU biometric flex suspension expired Sep 6 2026 — EU declined to extend despite Germany's request (Biometric Update Sep 2026)
12
ZRH Zurich
Switzerland
7 minlive
entering
Exiting: 3 minpredictedActivePeak: 2h · May 2026
Biometric flex mode active since May 2; 8 additional self-service booths now installed; Apr 25 all e-gates simultaneously went offline → 2.5h queues (VisaHQ); Switzerland among 9 signatories formally requesting EU relief July 10 (The Local CH); EU has not granted full suspension; EU biometric flex suspension expired Sep 6 2026 — EU declined to extend despite Switzerland's request and Commissioner Tzitzikostas push (Biometric Update Sep 2026)
13
AMS Amsterdam
Netherlands
5 minpredicted
entering
Exiting: 6 minpredictedActivePeak: 2h · July 2026 (Euronews Aug 12 2026)
161 kiosks across arrival filters; extra Marechaussee counters and redesigned waiting areas added; morning wave queues persist; routing restrictions prevent passengers from switching to empty lanes artificially lengthening waits; DutchReview (Jul 6 2026) warns of longer passport queues throughout summer; July max wait hit 120 min (up from 80 min same period prior year — Euronews Aug 12 2026); Air France-KLM confirmed biometric suspension at AMS peaks (Biometric Update Aug 2026); EU biometric flex suspension expired Sep 6 2026 — EU declined to extend despite Netherlands' request (Remote Work Europe Sep 2026)
14
OPO Porto
Portugal
5 minpredicted
entering
Exiting: 2 minpredictedActivePeak: 30 min · June 2026
Portugal can pause biometric capture up to 6 hrs per peak session; queues down to ~30 min by Jun 2026; extra booths planned
15
LPA Gran Canaria Island
Spain
5 minpredicted
entering
Exiting: 1 minpredictedActive
16
ORY Paris (Orly, Val-de-Marne)
France
3 minlive
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
4 dedicated EES lanes
—
AAL Aalborg
Denmark
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
—
ACE San Bartolomé
Spain
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
—
AGP Málaga
Spain
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActivePeak: 2h · May 22-23 2026
2+ hr queues persist into Jun; flagged summer pressure point alongside Palma and Alicante; UK travel industry calls for urgent action
—
ALC Alicante
Spain
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
Flagged summer pressure point Jun 2026; 1-2 hr queues at peak; kiosk malfunctions force manual fallback; added immigration staff
—
ARN Stockholm
Sweden
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActivePeak: 40 min · January 2026 morning
Sweden's pre-reg "Travel to Europe" app operational (one of two Schengen states with pre-arrival biometric submission, alongside Portugal) — reducing first-time registration queues; performing better than Mediterranean peers (Wego Jul 2026)
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BER Berlin
Germany
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
—
BGO Bergen
Norway
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
—
BGY Orio al Serio (BG)
Italy
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
—
BIO Bilbao
Spain
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
—
BIQ Biarritz/Anglet/Bayonne
France
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
—
BLL Billund
Denmark
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
—
BLQ Bologna
Italy
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
—
BMA Stockholm
Sweden
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
—
BOD Bordeaux/Mérignac
France
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
—
BOJ Burgas
Bulgaria
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
—
BRE Bremen
Germany
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
—
BRI Bari
Italy
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
—
BRQ Brno
Czechia
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
—
BRU Brussels
Belgium
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActivePeak: 5h · July 2026 (up to 5h peak — TravelTourister)
Loss of e-gate access overloaded manual booths; ~600 missed flights Apr 2026; govt called delays "unacceptable" May 10; airport CEO warned of "absolute chaos" for summer; Jun 9 arrivals hit 4h (BrusselsTimes); 36 new e-gates on order (Brussels Airport press room); EU ruled suspension "impossible" July 7 — no system-wide relief for summer (iamexpat.nl); biometrics deactivated at congestion peaks (Biometric Update Aug 2026); EU biometric flex suspension expired Sep 6 2026 — EU declined to extend despite Belgium's request (Biometric Update Sep 2026)
—
BSL Saint-Louis
France
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
—
BTS Bratislava
Slovakia
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
—
BUD Budapest
Hungary
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
Airport advises extra time critical for EES; identified as particularly vulnerable due to steady non-Schengen arrival flow and limited backlog-recovery time between waves; Forbes (Jun 2026) noted 30–50% longer waits expected in summer; rover pre-scanners in use to manage queue
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CAG Cagliari
Italy
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
—
CFU Kerkyra (Corfu)
Greece
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
—
CGN Köln (Cologne)
Germany
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
—
CHQ Souda
Greece
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
—
CLJ Cluj-Napoca
Romania
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
—
CPH Copenhagen
Denmark
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActivePeak: 3h · July 2026 (3h when kiosks fully offline — NPR Jul 11)
Still 1h+ queues; travellers "resigned to it"; 3h queue when all kiosks failed entirely (NPR, Jul 11 2026); Danish police understaffing lane allocation; facial recognition scanners slower than peer airports; summer volumes worsening
—
CRL Charleroi
Belgium
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
—
CTA Catania
Italy
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
—
DBV Čilipi
Croatia
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
—
DEB Debrecen
Hungary
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
—
DUS Düsseldorf
Germany
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
—
EIN Eindhoven
Netherlands
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
—
FAO Faro
Portugal
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
90-min queues persist; Portugal notified EU May 29 of biometric suspension right; up to 6-hr suspensions at peak now authorized for summer
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FLR Firenze (FI)
Italy
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
—
FNC Funchal
Portugal
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
—
GDN Gdańsk
Poland
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
—
GOT Göteborg
Sweden
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
—
GVA Geneva
Switzerland
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActivePeak: 4h · Dec 2025-Feb 2026 (kiosk freezes, worst-hit)
Repeated kiosk/system freezes; worst-hit airport, advises arriving 4 hrs early; biometric flex mode active since May 2; EU biometric flex suspension expired Sep 6 2026 — EU declined to extend despite Switzerland's request (Biometric Update Sep 2026)
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HAJ Hannover
Germany
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
—
HAM Hamburg
Germany
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
—
HEL Helsinki
Finland
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActivePeak: 3h · Dec 2025 holiday + Apr 2026 (~1/3 kiosks offline)
Up to 1/3 of 36 kiosks offline at peak plus border-guard shortage; 3-hr queues at Dec 2025 holiday and Apr 2026 launch; Apr 14 stress test: 3 flights departed with 40%+ pax still queuing (VisaHQ); flex mode authorized to pause checks during surges; Finland planning 70 additional kiosks and multilingual pre-enrolment app
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HER Heraklion
Greece
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
—
IAS Iaşi
Romania
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
—
IBZ Ibiza (Eivissa)
Spain
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
—
INN Innsbruck
Austria
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
—
JMK Mykonos
Greece
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
—
JTR Santorini Island
Greece
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
—
KEF Reykjavík
Iceland
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
—
KGS Kos Island
Greece
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
—
KRK Balice
Poland
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActivePeak: 3h · late April 2026 (kiosk malfunctions)
Kiosk malfunctions forced border guards into a phone-photo workaround
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KSC Košice
Slovakia
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
—
KTW Katowice
Poland
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
—
KUN Kaunas
Lithuania
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
—
LEJ Schkeuditz
Germany
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
—
LIN Segrate (MI)
Italy
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
—
LJU Zgornji Brnik
Slovenia
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
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LLA Luleå
Sweden
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
—
LUX Luxembourg
Luxembourg
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
—
LYS Colombier-Saugnieu, Rhône
France
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
—
MLA Valletta
Malta
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
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MMX Malmö
Sweden
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
—
MPL Montpellier/Méditerranée
France
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
—
MRS Marignane, Bouches-du-Rhône
France
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
1-2 hr queues at peak; staff shortages and system outages; Ryanair named MRS in France EES suspension request
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NAP Napoli
Italy
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActivePeak: 2h · April 2026
Manual-stamping fallback triggers at 45-min queue through 30 Sep 2026
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NCE Nice, Alpes-Maritimes
France
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
—
NTE Nantes
France
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
1-2 hr queues persist; staff shortages and system outages; named by Ryanair in France EES suspension request
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NUE Nuremberg
Germany
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
—
OLB Olbia (SS)
Italy
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
—
OSR Mošnov
Czechia
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
—
OTP Otopeni
Romania
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
14 officer-staffed EES control stations
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OUL Oulu / Oulunsalo
Finland
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataPartial
No kiosks or e-gates; manual enrolment only, phased flight-by-flight from Jan 2026
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PMI Palma de Mallorca
Spain
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActivePeak: 3h · April 2026 (UK-only lanes added)
Up to 3-hr queues; AENA added 10 temporary kiosks + UK-only lanes; peak biometric suspension authorised; flagged summer pressure point
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PMO Palermo
Italy
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
—
POZ Poznań
Poland
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
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PRG Prague
Czechia
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActivePeak: 3h · Dec 2025 crash + Apr 2026 offline kiosks
System crash during Dec 2025 pilot; offline kiosks at April 10 launch; kiosks failed to sync with EU databases at launch — forced manual collection (VisaHQ Dec 2025); 60 temp border assistants hired and 20 additional kiosks installed; throughput improving — typical current waits 60–90 min (prg.aero)
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PSA Pisa (PI)
Italy
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
—
PUY Pula
Croatia
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
—
RHO Rhodes
Greece
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
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RIX Riga
Latvia
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
—
RJK Omišalj
Croatia
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
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RTM Rotterdam
Netherlands
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
—
RVN Rovaniemi
Finland
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataPartial
No kiosks or e-gates; manual enrolment only, phased flight-by-flight from Jan 2026
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SKG Thessaloniki
Greece
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
—
SOF Sofia
Bulgaria
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
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SPU Kaštel Štafilić
Croatia
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
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STR Stuttgart
Germany
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
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SVG Stavanger
Norway
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
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SVQ Sevilla
Spain
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
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SXB Strasbourg
France
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
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SZG Salzburg
Austria
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
—
TFS Tenerife
Spain
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActivePeak: 2h · April 2026
Hours-long queues during peak flights
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TLL Tallinn
Estonia
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
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TLS Toulouse/Blagnac
France
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
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TMP Tampere / Pirkkala
Finland
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
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TOS Tromsø
Norway
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
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TRD Trondheim
Norway
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
—
TRN Caselle Torinese (TO)
Italy
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
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TSR Timişoara
Romania
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
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UME Umeå
Sweden
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
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VAR Varna
Bulgaria
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
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VCE Venezia (VE)
Italy
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActivePeak: 3h · April 2026
Manual-stamping fallback triggers at 45-min queue through 30 Sep 2026
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VLC Valencia
Spain
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
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VNO Vilnius
Lithuania
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
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WAW Warsaw
Poland
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActivePeak: 3h · late April 2026 (3h)
3-hr peak queues at 1 May 2026 holiday (VisaHQ Apr 30 / iVisa May 1); hardware reliability patchy; queue marshals deployed; automated gates reducing avg processing times ~30% for repeat travelers by May 2026
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WRO Wrocław
Poland
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
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ZAD Zemunik Donji (Zadar)
Croatia
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive
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ZAG Velika Gorica
Croatia
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataActive

#	Airport	Entering²	Exiting²	Peak¹	Status	Notes
17	MXPFerno (VA), Italy	120 minlive1 report	2 minpredictedmodeled from flight schedule	3hApril 2026 (>100 pax missed a flight)	Active	Manual-stamping fallback triggers at 45-min queue through 30 Sep 2026; >100 pax missed a flight at peak; ACI Europe identified as severe EES delay hub; EasyJet UK-Milan passengers worst-affected group (VisaVerge Jun 2026); Italy among 9 signatories requesting EU flex extension July 7; Milan biometrics deactivated at congestion peaks (Biometric Update Aug 2026); EU biometric flex suspension expired Sep 6 2026 — EU declined to extend; Italy's domestic 45-min fallback to manual stamping remains active to 30 Sep 2026 (Wego Sep 2026)
18	FCORome, Italy	38 minpredictedmodeled from flight schedule	4 minpredictedmodeled from flight schedule	3hApril 2026	Active	Manual-stamping fallback triggers at 45-min queue through 30 Sep 2026; ADR CEO warned Jun 25 EES is "incompatible with peak volumes"; Italy among 9 signatories requesting EU flex extension July 7; EU rejected July 8 (Euronews) — suspension risk persists through summer; UK national avg wait tripled from 7→20 min per ADR aviation chief Bassato (The Local Jul 20 2026); EU biometric flex suspension expired Sep 6 2026 — EU declined to extend; Italy's domestic 45-min fallback to manual stamping remains active to 30 Sep 2026 (Wego Sep 2026)
19	BCNBarcelona, Spain	27 minpredictedmodeled from flight schedule	5 minpredictedmodeled from flight schedule	3hApril 2026	Active	Up to 3-hr queues at peak; peak biometric suspension authorised; operators warn of summer gridlock without more e-gates; Spain's 25-min diversion rule active (families/mobility-impaired to manual); EU rejected suspension extension July 8 — summer gridlock risk remains (The Olive Press)
20	LISLisbon, Portugal	17 minpredictedmodeled from flight schedule	3 minpredictedmodeled from flight schedule	4hApr 2026 (4h peak; Portugal Post)	Active	Biometric capture suspended Dec 2025; 4h peak queues Apr 2026 (Portugal Post); Portugal can pause capture up to 6 hrs per peak session; eased to ~60-70 min by Jun 2026 then re-queuing into summer; Portugal launched pre-reg "Travel to Europe" app Mar 27 2026 — second Schengen state with pre-arrival biometric submission (Idealista.pt); inconsistent kiosk availability persists July 2026; EU biometric flex suspension expired Sep 6 2026 — EU declined to extend; EU Commissioner Brunner noted "significant progress" at Lisbon with extra staff (Portugal Resident Sep 2026)
21	ATHAthens, Greece	14 minpredictedmodeled from flight schedule	2 minpredictedmodeled from flight schedule	2h 30mJune 2026 (~2.5h arrivals)	Active	20+ Ryanair pax missed Jun 18 LTN flight due to departure passport mega-queue (AirHelp / ITIJ Jun 2026); ~2.5h arrival queues persist; Greece flex mode: biometric capture pauseable up to 6 hrs; Ryanair called for EES suspension at ATH; EU ruled suspension "not necessary" July 8 (The Local); EU biometric flex suspension expired Sep 6 2026 — EU declined to extend despite Greece's request (Remote Work Europe Sep 2026)
22	MADMadrid, Spain	10 minpredictedmodeled from flight schedule	6 minpredictedmodeled from flight schedule	3hApril 2026 rollout week	Active	Peak biometric suspension authorised; EU activated flex mode May 4; hybrid stamping permitted at peak; Spain's 25-min diversion rule: families/mobility-impaired redirected to manual stamping if queue exceeds 25 min; EU rejected suspension extension July 8 and blamed "local management" (The Olive Press)
23	OSLOslo, Norway	10 minlive1 report	—	—	Active
24	CDGParis, France	5 minlive1 report	7 minpredictedmodeled from flight schedule	4hmid-April 2026 (kiosks ~35% below forecast)	Active	Kiosk throughput ~35% below forecast; ~12 dedicated EES lanes; Parafe e-gates reopened as a workaround; T2E pre-enrolment pods now launched; EU ruled suspension "not needed" July 8 (The Local) — no relief; 2–4h peak waits at T2E continue into summer; Air France confirmed biometric suspension at CDG during congestion (Biometric Update Aug 2026); EU biometric flex suspension expired Sep 6 2026 — EU declined to extend despite France's request (Connexion France Sep 2026)
25	VIEVienna, Austria	7 minpredictedmodeled from flight schedule	3 minpredictedmodeled from flight schedule	3h13-14 April 2026 (3h, missed flights)	Active	Real enrolment runs >2 min/pax; 3-hr peaks caused missed flights on 13-14 Apr; Austria invoked EU flexibility to skip fingerprints during surges; Austria among 9 signatories requesting EU flex extension July 7; EU rejected July 8 (Euronews); full kiosk capacity rollout targeted mid-July
26	FRAFrankfurt, Germany	7 minlive1 report	6 minpredictedmodeled from flight schedule	2hApr 2026 morning peak (federal police data)	Active	Germany activated biometric flex mode (suspension up to 6 hrs at peaks); Fraport redeploying staff to immigration during afternoon Asia-arrival waves; Germany among 9 signatories requesting EU flex extension July 7; EU rejected July 8 (iamexpat.de); July avg wait 120 min (doubled from ~60 min same period last year — Euronews Aug 12 2026); biometrics deactivated at congestion peaks (Biometric Update Aug 2026); EU biometric flex suspension expired Sep 6 2026 — EU declined to extend (Biometric Update Sep 2026)
27	MUCMunich, Germany	7 minpredictedmodeled from flight schedule	3 minpredictedmodeled from flight schedule	2hApril 2026	Active	Germany activated biometric flex mode (suspension up to 6 hrs at peaks); 32,000 EES-wide refusals through May 18 per EU State of Schengen report; Germany among 9 signatories requesting EU flex extension July 7; EU rejected July 8 (iamexpat.de); EU biometric flex suspension expired Sep 6 2026 — EU declined to extend despite Germany's request (Biometric Update Sep 2026)
28	ZRHZurich, Switzerland	7 minlive1 report	3 minpredictedmodeled from flight schedule	2hMay 2026	Active	Biometric flex mode active since May 2; 8 additional self-service booths now installed; Apr 25 all e-gates simultaneously went offline → 2.5h queues (VisaHQ); Switzerland among 9 signatories formally requesting EU relief July 10 (The Local CH); EU has not granted full suspension; EU biometric flex suspension expired Sep 6 2026 — EU declined to extend despite Switzerland's request and Commissioner Tzitzikostas push (Biometric Update Sep 2026)
29	AMSAmsterdam, Netherlands	5 minpredictedmodeled from flight schedule	6 minpredictedmodeled from flight schedule	2hJuly 2026 (Euronews Aug 12 2026)	Active	161 kiosks across arrival filters; extra Marechaussee counters and redesigned waiting areas added; morning wave queues persist; routing restrictions prevent passengers from switching to empty lanes artificially lengthening waits; DutchReview (Jul 6 2026) warns of longer passport queues throughout summer; July max wait hit 120 min (up from 80 min same period prior year — Euronews Aug 12 2026); Air France-KLM confirmed biometric suspension at AMS peaks (Biometric Update Aug 2026); EU biometric flex suspension expired Sep 6 2026 — EU declined to extend despite Netherlands' request (Remote Work Europe Sep 2026)
30	OPOPorto, Portugal	5 minpredictedmodeled from flight schedule	2 minpredictedmodeled from flight schedule	30 minJune 2026	Active	Portugal can pause biometric capture up to 6 hrs per peak session; queues down to ~30 min by Jun 2026; extra booths planned
31	LPAGran Canaria Island, Spain	5 minpredictedmodeled from flight schedule	1 minpredictedmodeled from flight schedule	—	Active
32	ORYParis (Orly, Val-de-Marne), France	3 minlive1 report	—	—	Active	4 dedicated EES lanes
—	AALAalborg, Denmark	—	—	—	Active
—	ACESan Bartolomé, Spain	—	—	—	Active
—	AGPMálaga, Spain	—	—	2hMay 22-23 2026	Active	2+ hr queues persist into Jun; flagged summer pressure point alongside Palma and Alicante; UK travel industry calls for urgent action
—	ALCAlicante, Spain	—	—	—	Active	Flagged summer pressure point Jun 2026; 1-2 hr queues at peak; kiosk malfunctions force manual fallback; added immigration staff
—	ARNStockholm, Sweden	—	—	40 minJanuary 2026 morning	Active	Sweden's pre-reg "Travel to Europe" app operational (one of two Schengen states with pre-arrival biometric submission, alongside Portugal) — reducing first-time registration queues; performing better than Mediterranean peers (Wego Jul 2026)
—	BERBerlin, Germany	—	—	—	Active
—	BGOBergen, Norway	—	—	—	Active
—	BGYOrio al Serio (BG), Italy	—	—	—	Active
—	BIOBilbao, Spain	—	—	—	Active
—	BIQBiarritz/Anglet/Bayonne, France	—	—	—	Active
—	BLLBillund, Denmark	—	—	—	Active
—	BLQBologna, Italy	—	—	—	Active
—	BMAStockholm, Sweden	—	—	—	Active
—	BODBordeaux/Mérignac, France	—	—	—	Active
—	BOJBurgas, Bulgaria	—	—	—	Active
—	BREBremen, Germany	—	—	—	Active
—	BRIBari, Italy	—	—	—	Active
—	BRQBrno, Czechia	—	—	—	Active
—	BRUBrussels, Belgium	—	—	5hJuly 2026 (up to 5h peak — TravelTourister)	Active	Loss of e-gate access overloaded manual booths; ~600 missed flights Apr 2026; govt called delays "unacceptable" May 10; airport CEO warned of "absolute chaos" for summer; Jun 9 arrivals hit 4h (BrusselsTimes); 36 new e-gates on order (Brussels Airport press room); EU ruled suspension "impossible" July 7 — no system-wide relief for summer (iamexpat.nl); biometrics deactivated at congestion peaks (Biometric Update Aug 2026); EU biometric flex suspension expired Sep 6 2026 — EU declined to extend despite Belgium's request (Biometric Update Sep 2026)
—	BSLSaint-Louis, France	—	—	—	Active
—	BTSBratislava, Slovakia	—	—	—	Active
—	BUDBudapest, Hungary	—	—	—	Active	Airport advises extra time critical for EES; identified as particularly vulnerable due to steady non-Schengen arrival flow and limited backlog-recovery time between waves; Forbes (Jun 2026) noted 30–50% longer waits expected in summer; rover pre-scanners in use to manage queue
—	CAGCagliari, Italy	—	—	—	Active
—	CFUKerkyra (Corfu), Greece	—	—	—	Active
—	CGNKöln (Cologne), Germany	—	—	—	Active
—	CHQSouda, Greece	—	—	—	Active
—	CLJCluj-Napoca, Romania	—	—	—	Active
—	CPHCopenhagen, Denmark	—	—	3hJuly 2026 (3h when kiosks fully offline — NPR Jul 11)	Active	Still 1h+ queues; travellers "resigned to it"; 3h queue when all kiosks failed entirely (NPR, Jul 11 2026); Danish police understaffing lane allocation; facial recognition scanners slower than peer airports; summer volumes worsening
—	CRLCharleroi, Belgium	—	—	—	Active
—	CTACatania, Italy	—	—	—	Active
—	DBVČilipi, Croatia	—	—	—	Active
—	DEBDebrecen, Hungary	—	—	—	Active
—	DUSDüsseldorf, Germany	—	—	—	Active
—	EINEindhoven, Netherlands	—	—	—	Active
—	FAOFaro, Portugal	—	—	—	Active	90-min queues persist; Portugal notified EU May 29 of biometric suspension right; up to 6-hr suspensions at peak now authorized for summer
—	FLRFirenze (FI), Italy	—	—	—	Active
—	FNCFunchal, Portugal	—	—	—	Active
—	GDNGdańsk, Poland	—	—	—	Active
—	GOTGöteborg, Sweden	—	—	—	Active
—	GVAGeneva, Switzerland	—	—	4hDec 2025-Feb 2026 (kiosk freezes, worst-hit)	Active	Repeated kiosk/system freezes; worst-hit airport, advises arriving 4 hrs early; biometric flex mode active since May 2; EU biometric flex suspension expired Sep 6 2026 — EU declined to extend despite Switzerland's request (Biometric Update Sep 2026)
—	HAJHannover, Germany	—	—	—	Active
—	HAMHamburg, Germany	—	—	—	Active
—	HELHelsinki, Finland	—	—	3hDec 2025 holiday + Apr 2026 (~1/3 kiosks offline)	Active	Up to 1/3 of 36 kiosks offline at peak plus border-guard shortage; 3-hr queues at Dec 2025 holiday and Apr 2026 launch; Apr 14 stress test: 3 flights departed with 40%+ pax still queuing (VisaHQ); flex mode authorized to pause checks during surges; Finland planning 70 additional kiosks and multilingual pre-enrolment app
—	HERHeraklion, Greece	—	—	—	Active
—	IASIaşi, Romania	—	—	—	Active
—	IBZIbiza (Eivissa), Spain	—	—	—	Active
—	INNInnsbruck, Austria	—	—	—	Active
—	JMKMykonos, Greece	—	—	—	Active
—	JTRSantorini Island, Greece	—	—	—	Active
—	KEFReykjavík, Iceland	—	—	—	Active
—	KGSKos Island, Greece	—	—	—	Active
—	KRKBalice, Poland	—	—	3hlate April 2026 (kiosk malfunctions)	Active	Kiosk malfunctions forced border guards into a phone-photo workaround
—	KSCKošice, Slovakia	—	—	—	Active
—	KTWKatowice, Poland	—	—	—	Active
—	KUNKaunas, Lithuania	—	—	—	Active
—	LEJSchkeuditz, Germany	—	—	—	Active
—	LINSegrate (MI), Italy	—	—	—	Active
—	LJUZgornji Brnik, Slovenia	—	—	—	Active
—	LLALuleå, Sweden	—	—	—	Active
—	LUXLuxembourg, Luxembourg	—	—	—	Active
—	LYSColombier-Saugnieu, Rhône, France	—	—	—	Active
—	MLAValletta, Malta	—	—	—	Active
—	MMXMalmö, Sweden	—	—	—	Active
—	MPLMontpellier/Méditerranée, France	—	—	—	Active
—	MRSMarignane, Bouches-du-Rhône, France	—	—	—	Active	1-2 hr queues at peak; staff shortages and system outages; Ryanair named MRS in France EES suspension request
—	NAPNapoli, Italy	—	—	2hApril 2026	Active	Manual-stamping fallback triggers at 45-min queue through 30 Sep 2026
—	NCENice, Alpes-Maritimes, France	—	—	—	Active
—	NTENantes, France	—	—	—	Active	1-2 hr queues persist; staff shortages and system outages; named by Ryanair in France EES suspension request
—	NUENuremberg, Germany	—	—	—	Active
—	OLBOlbia (SS), Italy	—	—	—	Active
—	OSRMošnov, Czechia	—	—	—	Active
—	OTPOtopeni, Romania	—	—	—	Active	14 officer-staffed EES control stations
—	OULOulu / Oulunsalo, Finland	—	—	—	Partial	No kiosks or e-gates; manual enrolment only, phased flight-by-flight from Jan 2026
—	PMIPalma de Mallorca, Spain	—	—	3hApril 2026 (UK-only lanes added)	Active	Up to 3-hr queues; AENA added 10 temporary kiosks + UK-only lanes; peak biometric suspension authorised; flagged summer pressure point
—	PMOPalermo, Italy	—	—	—	Active
—	POZPoznań, Poland	—	—	—	Active
—	PRGPrague, Czechia	—	—	3hDec 2025 crash + Apr 2026 offline kiosks	Active	System crash during Dec 2025 pilot; offline kiosks at April 10 launch; kiosks failed to sync with EU databases at launch — forced manual collection (VisaHQ Dec 2025); 60 temp border assistants hired and 20 additional kiosks installed; throughput improving — typical current waits 60–90 min (prg.aero)
—	PSAPisa (PI), Italy	—	—	—	Active
—	PUYPula, Croatia	—	—	—	Active
—	RHORhodes, Greece	—	—	—	Active
—	RIXRiga, Latvia	—	—	—	Active
—	RJKOmišalj, Croatia	—	—	—	Active
—	RTMRotterdam, Netherlands	—	—	—	Active
—	RVNRovaniemi, Finland	—	—	—	Partial	No kiosks or e-gates; manual enrolment only, phased flight-by-flight from Jan 2026
—	SKGThessaloniki, Greece	—	—	—	Active
—	SOFSofia, Bulgaria	—	—	—	Active
—	SPUKaštel Štafilić, Croatia	—	—	—	Active
—	STRStuttgart, Germany	—	—	—	Active
—	SVGStavanger, Norway	—	—	—	Active
—	SVQSevilla, Spain	—	—	—	Active
—	SXBStrasbourg, France	—	—	—	Active
—	SZGSalzburg, Austria	—	—	—	Active
—	TFSTenerife, Spain	—	—	2hApril 2026	Active	Hours-long queues during peak flights
—	TLLTallinn, Estonia	—	—	—	Active
—	TLSToulouse/Blagnac, France	—	—	—	Active
—	TMPTampere / Pirkkala, Finland	—	—	—	Active
—	TOSTromsø, Norway	—	—	—	Active
—	TRDTrondheim, Norway	—	—	—	Active
—	TRNCaselle Torinese (TO), Italy	—	—	—	Active
—	TSRTimişoara, Romania	—	—	—	Active
—	UMEUmeå, Sweden	—	—	—	Active
—	VARVarna, Bulgaria	—	—	—	Active
—	VCEVenezia (VE), Italy	—	—	3hApril 2026	Active	Manual-stamping fallback triggers at 45-min queue through 30 Sep 2026
—	VLCValencia, Spain	—	—	—	Active
—	VNOVilnius, Lithuania	—	—	—	Active
—	WAWWarsaw, Poland	—	—	3hlate April 2026 (3h)	Active	3-hr peak queues at 1 May 2026 holiday (VisaHQ Apr 30 / iVisa May 1); hardware reliability patchy; queue marshals deployed; automated gates reducing avg processing times ~30% for repeat travelers by May 2026
—	WROWrocław, Poland	—	—	—	Active
—	ZADZemunik Donji (Zadar), Croatia	—	—	—	Active
—	ZAGVelika Gorica, Croatia	—	—	—	Active

¹ Worst documented queue at this airport since EES launch (10 April 2026), sourced from operator statements and contemporaneous press reports. — = no incident reported.
² Entering = EES check on arrival into Schengen (first entry registration or returning-traveller verification). Exiting = EES exit check when departing Schengen. Live = actual traveller reports from the last 2 hours; typical = same-hour pattern from the last 30 days; predicted = modeled from flight schedule (not observed); expected = curated rollout average (estimate, not observed); "Not enough data" = no trustworthy basis yet.

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