# Otay Mesa

At 8:00 am PDT CBP officers estimated 1 h 30 min for cars into the United States, 25 min with SENTRI and 1 h 40 min in the Ready Lane. Walking, 5 min.

## Into the United States

- Cars: 1 h 30 min
- Cars, SENTRI: 25 min
- Cars, Ready Lane: 1 h 40 min
- Trucks: Usually no wait
- Trucks, FAST: Usually no wait
- Walking: 5 min
- Walking, Ready Lane: Usually no wait

Estimated by CBP officers at 8:00 am, Pacific Time.

Through by 11:00 am? Join the cars into the United States by 9:20 am, planning 1 h 40 min: between the 1 h 30 min estimated at 8:00 am and the top of the usual range.

## Crossings nearby

- [Otay Mesa Commercial](https://borders.me/otay-mesa-commercial): No estimate now
- [Cross Border Xpress](https://borders.me/cross-border-xpress): Into the United States, walking 1 min at 8:25 am
- [San Ysidro](https://borders.me/san-ysidro): Into the United States, cars 1 h 40 min at 7:00 am

## Cars into the United States, today against the usual

Usually at this hour, Friday 8 to 9 am: 1 h 30 min, median of 8 Fridays.

Each hour today, then the usual median and 90th percentile of 8 weeks, in minutes:

- 0:00: today 25, usually 30 to 120
- 1:00: today 30, usually 35 to 120
- 2:00: today 30, usually 45 to 90
- 3:00: today 70, usually 60 to 75
- 4:00: today 90, usually 70 to 90
- 5:00: today 90, usually 90 to 100
- 6:00: today 90, usually 90 to 100
- 7:00: today 90, usually 90 to 120
- 8:00: today 90, usually 90 to 140
- 9:00: today not yet, usually 90 to 140
- 10:00: today not yet, usually 90 to 150
- 11:00: today not yet, usually 90 to 140
- 12:00: today not yet, usually 90 to 150
- 13:00: today not yet, usually 90 to 150
- 14:00: today not yet, usually 90 to 150
- 15:00: today not yet, usually 90 to 130
- 16:00: today not yet, usually 90 to 110
- 17:00: today not yet, usually 75 to 120
- 18:00: today not yet, usually 90 to 100
- 19:00: today not yet, usually 60 to 100
- 20:00: today not yet, usually 50 to 90
- 21:00: today not yet, usually 50 to 90
- 22:00: today not yet, usually 35 to 90
- 23:00: today not yet, usually 20 to 90

## Cars into the United States, the usual week

The shortest usual wait in the next 24 hours: 3 min, at 2 am tomorrow.

The usual wait at each hour, the median of 8 weeks in minutes, from 0:00 to 23:00:

- Monday: 90, 75, 60, 70, 50, 75, 100, 40, 60, 90, 105, 110, 120, 120, 120, 100, 110, 100, 90, 60, 90, 60, 60, 50
- Tuesday: 45, 30, 30, 50, 60, 90, 90, 110, 110, 130, 120, 110, 110, 120, 120, 110, 100, 100, 70, 60, 40, 40, 30, 45
- Wednesday: 30, 10, 15, 40, 60, 70, 75, 90, 110, 110, 90, 85, 85, 90, 80, 70, 40, 40, 45, 40, 30, 30, 30, 30
- Thursday: 45, 45, 50, 60, 75, 70, 80, 90, 90, 90, 80, 90, 90, 80, 90, 90, 90, 70, 50, 60, 60, 50, 30, 30
- Friday: 30, 35, 45, 60, 70, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 75, 90, 60, 50, 50, 35, 20
- Saturday: 20, 10, 3, 15, 30, 60, 70, 90, 90, 90, 100, 100, 90, 100, 100, 110, 110, 110, 110, 110, 100, 110, 100, 75
- Sunday: 60, 50, 40, 30, 15, 30, 50, 40, 80, 90, 90, 110, 100, 110, 160, 150, 190, 190, 210, 210, 190, 160, 160, 130

## What the number measures

An estimate by CBP officers of the time from joining the line to reaching the booth, by line of sight or by asking drivers. Otay Mesa has no Bluetooth or RFID timing. Updated about every hour.

Source: [U.S. Customs and Border Protection](https://bwt.cbp.gov), public domain.

Source: https://borders.me/otay-mesa