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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.

Airports tracked
125
EES live
123
Worst peak reported
5h
Documented disruptions
35

Showing 125 of 125 tracked

EES waits are crowd-sourced — the only real signal comes from travellers in the queue. In a Schengen border line right now? Tap your airport below and report your wait for entry or exit; it appears here within a minute.
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MUC Munich, Germany+20 min—
OSL Oslo, Norway+2 min—

Live EES border wait ranking

Entering & exiting Schengen, busiest border first.

  • 1
    CDG Paris
    France
    29 minpredicted
    entering
    Exiting: 3 minpredictedLivePeak: 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
  • 2
    26 minpredicted
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    Exiting: 5 minpredictedLivePeak: 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)
  • 3
    25 minpredicted
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    Exiting: 3 minpredictedLivePeak: 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)
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    MUC Munich
    Germany
    25 minlive
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    Exiting: 2 minpredictedLivePeak: 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)
  • 5
    18 minpredicted
    entering
    Exiting: 4 minpredictedLivePeak: 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
  • 6
    18 minpredicted
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    Exiting: 4 minpredictedLivePeak: 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)
  • 7
    LIS Lisbon
    Portugal
    17 minpredicted
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    Exiting: 2 minpredictedLivePeak: 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
  • 8
    17 minpredicted
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    Exiting: 2 minpredictedLive
    4 dedicated EES lanes
  • 9
    16 minpredicted
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    Exiting: 2 minpredictedLivePeak: 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
  • 10
    14 minpredicted
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    Exiting: 1 minpredictedLivePeak: 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
  • 11
    13 minpredicted
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    Exiting: 2 minpredictedLivePeak: 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
  • 12
    12 minpredicted
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    Exiting: 2 minpredictedLive
    Flagged summer pressure point Jun 2026; 1-2 hr queues at peak; kiosk malfunctions force manual fallback; added immigration staff
  • 13
    11 minpredicted
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    Exiting: 3 minpredictedLivePeak: 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)
  • 14
    11 minpredicted
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    Exiting: 2 minpredictedLivePeak: 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)
  • 15
    11 minpredicted
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    Exiting: 2 minpredictedLive
  • 16
    11 minpredicted
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    Exiting: 1 minpredictedLive
  • 17
    AMS Amsterdam
    Netherlands
    9 minpredicted
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    Exiting: 3 minpredictedLive
    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
  • 18
    9 minpredicted
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    Exiting: 1 minpredictedLive
  • 19
    8 minpredicted
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    Exiting: 2 minpredictedLivePeak: 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
  • 20
    VIE Vienna
    Austria
    8 minpredicted
    entering
    Exiting: 2 minpredictedLivePeak: 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
  • 21
    BER Berlin
    Germany
    8 minpredicted
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    Exiting: 2 minpredictedLive
  • 22
    OPO Porto
    Portugal
    7 minpredicted
    entering
    Exiting: 2 minpredictedLivePeak: 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
  • 23
    OSL Oslo
    Norway
    7 minlive
    entering
    Exiting: 3 minpredictedLive
  • 24
    GVA Geneva
    Switzerland
    6 minpredicted
    entering
    Exiting: 1 minpredictedLivePeak: 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
  • 25
    6 minlive
    entering
    Exiting: 4 minpredictedLivePeak: 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)
  • 26
    6 minpredicted
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    Exiting: 1 minpredictedLive
    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
  • 27
    5 minpredicted
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    Exiting: 2 minpredictedLivePeak: 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)
  • 28
    ZRH Zurich
    Switzerland
    5 minlive
    entering
    Exiting: 2 minpredictedLivePeak: 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
  • 29
    4 minpredicted
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    Exiting: 2 minpredictedLive
  • 30
    PRG Prague
    Czechia
    1 minpredicted
    entering
    Exiting: 1 minpredictedLivePeak: 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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    BOJ Burgas
    Bulgaria
    Not enough data
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    BRE Bremen
    Germany
    Not enough data
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    BRQ Brno
    Czechia
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    CHQ Souda
    Greece
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    EIN Eindhoven
    Netherlands
    Not enough data
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    Exiting: Not enough dataLive
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    FAO Faro
    Portugal
    Not enough data
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    Exiting: Not enough dataLive
    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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    FNC Funchal
    Portugal
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    Exiting: Not enough dataLivePeak: 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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    IAS Iaşi
    Romania
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    Exiting: Not enough dataLivePeak: 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
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    KUN Kaunas
    Lithuania
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    LUX Luxembourg
    Luxembourg
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    1-2 hr queues at peak; staff shortages and system outages; Ryanair named MRS in France EES suspension request
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    Not enough data
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    Exiting: Not enough dataLivePeak: 2h · April 2026
    Manual-stamping fallback triggers at 45-min queue through 30 Sep 2026
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    1-2 hr queues persist; staff shortages and system outages; named by Ryanair in France EES suspension request
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    14 officer-staffed EES control stations
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    No kiosks or e-gates; manual enrolment only, phased flight-by-flight from Jan 2026
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    PUY Pula
    Croatia
    Not enough data
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    RIX Riga
    Latvia
    Not enough data
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    RTM Rotterdam
    Netherlands
    Not enough data
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    No kiosks or e-gates; manual enrolment only, phased flight-by-flight from Jan 2026
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    SOF Sofia
    Bulgaria
    Not enough data
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    Exiting: Not enough dataLivePeak: 2h · April 2026
    Hours-long queues during peak flights
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    UME Umeå
    Sweden
    Not enough data
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    VAR Varna
    Bulgaria
    Not enough data
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    Exiting: Not enough dataLivePeak: 3h · April 2026
    Manual-stamping fallback triggers at 45-min queue through 30 Sep 2026
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    VNO Vilnius
    Lithuania
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