Press resource · Week 3 · 27 April 2026

Three weeks of EES — and the spread is the story.

The FlightQueue Weekly EES Index tracks first-entry biometric wait times across 125 Schengen airports. This page is the live, journalist-facing version of the index — methodology, quotes, and an embed widget you can drop into any newsroom CMS.

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Key findings — Week 3 (21–27 April 2026)

The headline isn't the queues — it's the spread.

Network average — first entry: Not enough data
Worst-performing hub: Not enough data
Fastest major hub: Not enough data

Self-service kiosks dominate throughput. 123 of 125 tracked airports report self-service EES kiosks. Where kiosks are absent, first-entry waits skew meaningfully longer.
Issues are hyper-local. 34 airports currently report a known operational issue affecting EES throughput.
Returning travellers are clearing fast. Median ~40 min once biometrics are enrolled — the gap to first-time travellers is the real story.

Editorial quotes — free for editorial use

"Three weeks in, the headline isn't the queues — it's the spread. A first-time traveller arriving at the fastest Schengen hub clears in single-digit minutes. The same traveller at the slowest is waiting more than twice as long."

"EES isn't slow — EES is uneven. That's a planning variable for travellers and an operational variable for airports. We're publishing the picture, weekly, free."

"Kiosk-equipped hubs are clearing first-time arrivals materially faster than staffed-booth airports. The infrastructure delta is the lever — not the policy."

Attribute: FlightQueue (flightqueue.com).

Methodology

How the FlightQueue EES Index is built

Sample. 125 Schengen airports across 29 countries. Coverage includes every major hub and the bulk of secondary-city airports.
Cadence. Reference values refresh continuously; the editorial weekly index publishes Mondays at 09:00 BST.
Inputs. Crowd-sourced traveller reports submitted via the FlightQueue web and mobile apps, cross-checked with airport-published feeds where available, and a baseline set of staffed-booth and self-service-kiosk first-entry estimates per airport.
Definitions. "First entry" = a non-EU traveller's first EES enrolment at a Schengen border. "Returning" = the same traveller on a subsequent entry, with biometrics already on file.
Exclusions. Airports without inbound non-Schengen traffic; airports not yet operating EES (rare; flagged with status "pending" in the dataset).
Caveat. Live tracking began at 2026-04-10 EU rollout. Week-on-week comparisons publish from Week 5 onwards; we won't synthesise pre-rollout baselines.

Full ranking — Week 3

Every Schengen airport we track, ranked by first-entry wait

EES border waits, entering & exiting Schengen — live ranking

BRU — Brussels
Belgium
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLivePeak: 4h · June 9, 2026 (4h arrivals)
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)
CDG — Paris
France
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLivePeak: 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
LIS — Lisbon
Portugal
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLivePeak: 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 (Portugal Post); e-gates planned
GVA — Geneva
Switzerland
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLivePeak: 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
VIE — Vienna
Austria
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLivePeak: 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; extra kiosks planned mid-July
PRG — Prague
Czechia
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLivePeak: 3h · Dec 2025 crash + Apr 2026 offline kiosks
System crash during Dec 2025 pilot; offline kiosks at April 10 launch; extra kiosks and police redeployed to Terminal 1; throughput improving gradually
HEL — Helsinki
Finland
Not enough data
entering
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; flex mode authorized to pause checks during surges
FCO — Rome
Italy
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLivePeak: 3h · April 2026
Manual-stamping fallback triggers at 45-min queue, in force through 30 Sep 2026 (nationwide)
MXP — Ferno (VA)
Italy
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLivePeak: 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
VCE — Venezia (VE)
Italy
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLivePeak: 3h · April 2026
Manual-stamping fallback triggers at 45-min queue through 30 Sep 2026
WAW — Warsaw
Poland
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLivePeak: 3h · late April 2026 (3h)
3-hr peak queues; hardware reliability patchy; queue marshals deployed
KRK — Balice
Poland
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLivePeak: 3h · late April 2026 (kiosk malfunctions)
Kiosk malfunctions forced border guards into a phone-photo workaround
MAD — Madrid
Spain
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLivePeak: 3h · April 2026 rollout week
Peak biometric suspension authorised; EU activated flex mode May 4; hybrid stamping permitted at peak
BCN — Barcelona
Spain
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLivePeak: 3h · April 2026
Up to 3-hr queues at peak; peak biometric suspension authorised; operators warn of summer gridlock without more e-gates
PMI — Palma de Mallorca
Spain
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLivePeak: 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
ATH — Athens
Greece
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLivePeak: 2h 30m · June 2026 (~2.5h)
Greece can pause biometric capture per crossing up to 6 hrs; EU clarified no blanket nationality exemption (May 14 2026); Wego Jun 10 2026 confirms still ~2.5h peak queues
FRA — Frankfurt
Germany
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLivePeak: 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
MUC — Munich
Germany
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLivePeak: 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
NAP — Napoli
Italy
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLivePeak: 2h · April 2026
Manual-stamping fallback triggers at 45-min queue through 30 Sep 2026
AGP — Málaga
Spain
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLivePeak: 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
TFS — Tenerife
Spain
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLivePeak: 2h · April 2026
Hours-long queues during peak flights
ZRH — Zurich
Switzerland
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLivePeak: 2h · May 2026
Biometric flex mode active since May 2; officers may skip fingerprint capture during peak surges; 8 more self-service booths planned before July holidays
CPH — Copenhagen
Denmark
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLivePeak: 1h 10m · April 2026 (still 1h+ six months in)
Still 1h+ queues six months after launch; travellers "resigned to it"; summer expected to worsen delays
ARN — Stockholm
Sweden
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLivePeak: 40 min · January 2026 morning
OPO — Porto
Portugal
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLivePeak: 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
SZG — Salzburg
Austria
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
INN — Innsbruck
Austria
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
CRL — Charleroi
Belgium
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
SOF — Sofia
Bulgaria
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
VAR — Varna
Bulgaria
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
BOJ — Burgas
Bulgaria
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
ZAG — Velika Gorica
Croatia
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
SPU — Kaštel Štafilić
Croatia
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
DBV — Čilipi
Croatia
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
PUY — Pula
Croatia
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
ZAD — Zemunik Donji (Zadar)
Croatia
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
RJK — Omišalj
Croatia
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
BRQ — Brno
Czechia
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
OSR — Mošnov
Czechia
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
BLL — Billund
Denmark
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
AAL — Aalborg
Denmark
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
TLL — Tallinn
Estonia
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
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
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
TMP — Tampere / Pirkkala
Finland
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
ORY — Paris (Orly, Val-de-Marne)
France
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
4 dedicated EES lanes
NCE — Nice, Alpes-Maritimes
France
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
LYS — Colombier-Saugnieu, Rhône
France
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
MRS — Marignane, Bouches-du-Rhône
France
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
1-2 hr queues at peak; staff shortages and system outages; Ryanair named MRS in France EES suspension request
TLS — Toulouse/Blagnac
France
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
BOD — Bordeaux/Mérignac
France
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
NTE — Nantes
France
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
1-2 hr queues persist; staff shortages and system outages; named by Ryanair in France EES suspension request
BSL — Saint-Louis
France
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
MPL — Montpellier/Méditerranée
France
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
BIQ — Biarritz/Anglet/Bayonne
France
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
SXB — Strasbourg
France
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
BER — Berlin
Germany
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
DUS — Düsseldorf
Germany
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
HAM — Hamburg
Germany
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
CGN — Köln (Cologne)
Germany
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
STR — Stuttgart
Germany
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
NUE — Nuremberg
Germany
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
HAJ — Hannover
Germany
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
BRE — Bremen
Germany
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
LEJ — Schkeuditz
Germany
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
HER — Heraklion
Greece
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
SKG — Thessaloniki
Greece
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
RHO — Rhodes
Greece
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
CFU — Kerkyra (Corfu)
Greece
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
CHQ — Souda
Greece
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
JMK — Mykonos
Greece
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
JTR — Santorini Island
Greece
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
KGS — Kos Island
Greece
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
BUD — Budapest
Hungary
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
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
DEB — Debrecen
Hungary
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
KEF — Reykjavík
Iceland
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
LIN — Segrate (MI)
Italy
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
BGY — Orio al Serio (BG)
Italy
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
BLQ — Bologna
Italy
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
PSA — Pisa (PI)
Italy
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
CTA — Catania
Italy
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
PMO — Palermo
Italy
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
BRI — Bari
Italy
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
TRN — Caselle Torinese (TO)
Italy
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
FLR — Firenze (FI)
Italy
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
CAG — Cagliari
Italy
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
OLB — Olbia (SS)
Italy
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
RIX — Riga
Latvia
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
VNO — Vilnius
Lithuania
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
KUN — Kaunas
Lithuania
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
LUX — Luxembourg
Luxembourg
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
MLA — Valletta
Malta
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
AMS — Amsterdam
Netherlands
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
161 kiosks across arrival filters; extra Marechaussee counters and redesigned waiting areas added; morning wave queues persist (Schiphol Jun 2026)
EIN — Eindhoven
Netherlands
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
RTM — Rotterdam
Netherlands
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
OSL — Oslo
Norway
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
BGO — Bergen
Norway
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
TRD — Trondheim
Norway
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
SVG — Stavanger
Norway
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
TOS — Tromsø
Norway
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
GDN — Gdańsk
Poland
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
WRO — Wrocław
Poland
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
KTW — Katowice
Poland
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
POZ — Poznań
Poland
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
FAO — Faro
Portugal
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: 40 mintypicalLive
90-min queues persist; Portugal notified EU May 29 of biometric suspension right; up to 6-hr suspensions at peak now authorized for summer
FNC — Funchal
Portugal
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
OTP — Otopeni
Romania
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
14 officer-staffed EES control stations
CLJ — Cluj-Napoca
Romania
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
TSR — Timişoara
Romania
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
IAS — Iaşi
Romania
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
BTS — Bratislava
Slovakia
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
KSC — Košice
Slovakia
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
LJU — Zgornji Brnik
Slovenia
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
ALC — Alicante
Spain
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
Flagged summer pressure point Jun 2026; 1-2 hr queues at peak; kiosk malfunctions force manual fallback; added immigration staff
LPA — Gran Canaria Island
Spain
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
IBZ — Ibiza (Eivissa)
Spain
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
VLC — Valencia
Spain
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
SVQ — Sevilla
Spain
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
BIO — Bilbao
Spain
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
ACE — San Bartolomé
Spain
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
GOT — Göteborg
Sweden
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
MMX — Malmö
Sweden
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
BMA — Stockholm
Sweden
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
LLA — Luleå
Sweden
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive
UME — Umeå
Sweden
Not enough data
entering
Exiting: Not enough dataLive

Airport	Entering²	Exiting²	Peak reported¹	Status	Notes
BRUBrussels, Belgium	—	—	4hJune 9, 2026 (4h arrivals)	Live	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)
CDGParis, France	—	—	4hmid-April 2026 (kiosks ~35% below forecast)	Live	Kiosk throughput ~35% below forecast; ~12 dedicated EES lanes; Parafe e-gates reopened as a workaround; T2E pre-enrolment pods now launched
LISLisbon, Portugal	—	—	4hApr 2026 (4h peak; Portugal Post)	Live	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 (Portugal Post); e-gates planned
GVAGeneva, Switzerland	—	—	4hDec 2025-Feb 2026 (kiosk freezes, worst-hit)	Live	Repeated kiosk/system freezes; worst-hit airport, advises arriving 4 hrs early; biometric flex mode active since May 2
VIEVienna, Austria	—	—	3h13-14 April 2026 (3h, missed flights)	Live	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; extra kiosks planned mid-July
PRGPrague, Czechia	—	—	3hDec 2025 crash + Apr 2026 offline kiosks	Live	System crash during Dec 2025 pilot; offline kiosks at April 10 launch; extra kiosks and police redeployed to Terminal 1; throughput improving gradually
HELHelsinki, Finland	—	—	3hDec 2025 holiday + Apr 2026 (~1/3 kiosks offline)	Live	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; flex mode authorized to pause checks during surges
FCORome, Italy	—	—	3hApril 2026	Live	Manual-stamping fallback triggers at 45-min queue, in force through 30 Sep 2026 (nationwide)
MXPFerno (VA), Italy	—	—	3hApril 2026 (>100 pax missed a flight)	Live	Manual-stamping fallback triggers at 45-min queue through 30 Sep 2026; >100 pax missed a flight at peak
VCEVenezia (VE), Italy	—	—	3hApril 2026	Live	Manual-stamping fallback triggers at 45-min queue through 30 Sep 2026
WAWWarsaw, Poland	—	—	3hlate April 2026 (3h)	Live	3-hr peak queues; hardware reliability patchy; queue marshals deployed
KRKBalice, Poland	—	—	3hlate April 2026 (kiosk malfunctions)	Live	Kiosk malfunctions forced border guards into a phone-photo workaround
MADMadrid, Spain	—	—	3hApril 2026 rollout week	Live	Peak biometric suspension authorised; EU activated flex mode May 4; hybrid stamping permitted at peak
BCNBarcelona, Spain	—	—	3hApril 2026	Live	Up to 3-hr queues at peak; peak biometric suspension authorised; operators warn of summer gridlock without more e-gates
PMIPalma de Mallorca, Spain	—	—	3hApril 2026 (UK-only lanes added)	Live	Up to 3-hr queues; AENA added 10 temporary kiosks + UK-only lanes; peak biometric suspension authorised; flagged summer pressure point
ATHAthens, Greece	—	—	2h 30mJune 2026 (~2.5h)	Live	Greece can pause biometric capture per crossing up to 6 hrs; EU clarified no blanket nationality exemption (May 14 2026); Wego Jun 10 2026 confirms still ~2.5h peak queues
FRAFrankfurt, Germany	—	—	2hApr 2026 morning peak (federal police data)	Live	Germany activated biometric flex mode (suspension up to 6 hrs at peaks); Fraport redeploying staff to immigration during afternoon Asia-arrival waves
MUCMunich, Germany	—	—	2hApril 2026	Live	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
NAPNapoli, Italy	—	—	2hApril 2026	Live	Manual-stamping fallback triggers at 45-min queue through 30 Sep 2026
AGPMálaga, Spain	—	—	2hMay 22-23 2026	Live	2+ hr queues persist into Jun; flagged summer pressure point alongside Palma and Alicante; UK travel industry calls for urgent action
TFSTenerife, Spain	—	—	2hApril 2026	Live	Hours-long queues during peak flights
ZRHZurich, Switzerland	—	—	2hMay 2026	Live	Biometric flex mode active since May 2; officers may skip fingerprint capture during peak surges; 8 more self-service booths planned before July holidays
CPHCopenhagen, Denmark	—	—	1h 10mApril 2026 (still 1h+ six months in)	Live	Still 1h+ queues six months after launch; travellers "resigned to it"; summer expected to worsen delays
ARNStockholm, Sweden	—	—	40 minJanuary 2026 morning	Live
OPOPorto, Portugal	—	—	30 minJune 2026	Live	Portugal can pause biometric capture up to 6 hrs per peak session; queues down to ~30 min by Jun 2026; extra booths planned
SZGSalzburg, Austria	—	—	—	Live
INNInnsbruck, Austria	—	—	—	Live
CRLCharleroi, Belgium	—	—	—	Live
SOFSofia, Bulgaria	—	—	—	Live
VARVarna, Bulgaria	—	—	—	Live
BOJBurgas, Bulgaria	—	—	—	Live
ZAGVelika Gorica, Croatia	—	—	—	Live
SPUKaštel Štafilić, Croatia	—	—	—	Live
DBVČilipi, Croatia	—	—	—	Live
PUYPula, Croatia	—	—	—	Live
ZADZemunik Donji (Zadar), Croatia	—	—	—	Live
RJKOmišalj, Croatia	—	—	—	Live
BRQBrno, Czechia	—	—	—	Live
OSRMošnov, Czechia	—	—	—	Live
BLLBillund, Denmark	—	—	—	Live
AALAalborg, Denmark	—	—	—	Live
TLLTallinn, Estonia	—	—	—	Live
OULOulu / Oulunsalo, Finland	—	—	—	Partial	No kiosks or e-gates; manual enrolment only, phased flight-by-flight from Jan 2026
RVNRovaniemi, Finland	—	—	—	Partial	No kiosks or e-gates; manual enrolment only, phased flight-by-flight from Jan 2026
TMPTampere / Pirkkala, Finland	—	—	—	Live
ORYParis (Orly, Val-de-Marne), France	—	—	—	Live	4 dedicated EES lanes
NCENice, Alpes-Maritimes, France	—	—	—	Live
LYSColombier-Saugnieu, Rhône, France	—	—	—	Live
MRSMarignane, Bouches-du-Rhône, France	—	—	—	Live	1-2 hr queues at peak; staff shortages and system outages; Ryanair named MRS in France EES suspension request
TLSToulouse/Blagnac, France	—	—	—	Live
BODBordeaux/Mérignac, France	—	—	—	Live
NTENantes, France	—	—	—	Live	1-2 hr queues persist; staff shortages and system outages; named by Ryanair in France EES suspension request
BSLSaint-Louis, France	—	—	—	Live
MPLMontpellier/Méditerranée, France	—	—	—	Live
BIQBiarritz/Anglet/Bayonne, France	—	—	—	Live
SXBStrasbourg, France	—	—	—	Live
BERBerlin, Germany	—	—	—	Live
DUSDüsseldorf, Germany	—	—	—	Live
HAMHamburg, Germany	—	—	—	Live
CGNKöln (Cologne), Germany	—	—	—	Live
STRStuttgart, Germany	—	—	—	Live
NUENuremberg, Germany	—	—	—	Live
HAJHannover, Germany	—	—	—	Live
BREBremen, Germany	—	—	—	Live
LEJSchkeuditz, Germany	—	—	—	Live
HERHeraklion, Greece	—	—	—	Live
SKGThessaloniki, Greece	—	—	—	Live
RHORhodes, Greece	—	—	—	Live
CFUKerkyra (Corfu), Greece	—	—	—	Live
CHQSouda, Greece	—	—	—	Live
JMKMykonos, Greece	—	—	—	Live
JTRSantorini Island, Greece	—	—	—	Live
KGSKos Island, Greece	—	—	—	Live
BUDBudapest, Hungary	—	—	—	Live	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
DEBDebrecen, Hungary	—	—	—	Live
KEFReykjavík, Iceland	—	—	—	Live
LINSegrate (MI), Italy	—	—	—	Live
BGYOrio al Serio (BG), Italy	—	—	—	Live
BLQBologna, Italy	—	—	—	Live
PSAPisa (PI), Italy	—	—	—	Live
CTACatania, Italy	—	—	—	Live
PMOPalermo, Italy	—	—	—	Live
BRIBari, Italy	—	—	—	Live
TRNCaselle Torinese (TO), Italy	—	—	—	Live
FLRFirenze (FI), Italy	—	—	—	Live
CAGCagliari, Italy	—	—	—	Live
OLBOlbia (SS), Italy	—	—	—	Live
RIXRiga, Latvia	—	—	—	Live
VNOVilnius, Lithuania	—	—	—	Live
KUNKaunas, Lithuania	—	—	—	Live
LUXLuxembourg, Luxembourg	—	—	—	Live
MLAValletta, Malta	—	—	—	Live
AMSAmsterdam, Netherlands	—	—	—	Live	161 kiosks across arrival filters; extra Marechaussee counters and redesigned waiting areas added; morning wave queues persist (Schiphol Jun 2026)
EINEindhoven, Netherlands	—	—	—	Live
RTMRotterdam, Netherlands	—	—	—	Live
OSLOslo, Norway	—	—	—	Live
BGOBergen, Norway	—	—	—	Live
TRDTrondheim, Norway	—	—	—	Live
SVGStavanger, Norway	—	—	—	Live
TOSTromsø, Norway	—	—	—	Live
GDNGdańsk, Poland	—	—	—	Live
WROWrocław, Poland	—	—	—	Live
KTWKatowice, Poland	—	—	—	Live
POZPoznań, Poland	—	—	—	Live
FAOFaro, Portugal	—	40 mintypicaltypical this hour	—	Live	90-min queues persist; Portugal notified EU May 29 of biometric suspension right; up to 6-hr suspensions at peak now authorized for summer
FNCFunchal, Portugal	—	—	—	Live
OTPOtopeni, Romania	—	—	—	Live	14 officer-staffed EES control stations
CLJCluj-Napoca, Romania	—	—	—	Live
TSRTimişoara, Romania	—	—	—	Live
IASIaşi, Romania	—	—	—	Live
BTSBratislava, Slovakia	—	—	—	Live
KSCKošice, Slovakia	—	—	—	Live
LJUZgornji Brnik, Slovenia	—	—	—	Live
ALCAlicante, Spain	—	—	—	Live	Flagged summer pressure point Jun 2026; 1-2 hr queues at peak; kiosk malfunctions force manual fallback; added immigration staff
LPAGran Canaria Island, Spain	—	—	—	Live
IBZIbiza (Eivissa), Spain	—	—	—	Live
VLCValencia, Spain	—	—	—	Live
SVQSevilla, Spain	—	—	—	Live
BIOBilbao, Spain	—	—	—	Live
ACESan Bartolomé, Spain	—	—	—	Live
GOTGöteborg, Sweden	—	—	—	Live
MMXMalmö, Sweden	—	—	—	Live
BMAStockholm, Sweden	—	—	—	Live
LLALuleå, Sweden	—	—	—	Live
UMEUmeå, Sweden	—	—	—	Live

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 = traveller reports from the last 2 hours; typical = same-hour pattern from the last 30 days; expected = curated rollout average (estimate, not observed); "Not enough data" = no trustworthy basis yet.

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