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Kahului Airport

Kahului (Maui), HI

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typical daytime wait, TSA estimate

TSA wait estimates · not live

How long is TSA at OGG? Typical wait by day and hour

TSA's own estimates put the longest standard-lane wait at OGG at about 28 min (on Thursdays around 6 p.m.), and about 10 min in a typical daytime hour. The shortest daytime wait is about 2 min (Sunday, 7 a.m.).

TSA typical daytime wait at OGG10 min

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Thursday: longest about 28 min (at 6 p.m.)

Bars are minutes, 4 a.m. to 10 p.m. local time.

Longest typical wait each day

  • Monday15 min at 8 p.m.
  • Tuesday21 min at 12 p.m.
  • Wednesday18 min at 11 a.m.
  • Thursday28 min at 6 p.m.
  • Friday15 min at 7 p.m.
  • Saturday13 min at 9 a.m.
  • Sunday18 min at 12 p.m.

Source: TSA's checkpoint wait-time estimates for OGG (tsa.gov data), updated October 19, 2026. TSA estimates the longest standard-lane wait for each hour of the week from past data, airport-wide. PreCheck lanes are separate and not included. These are estimates, not live times.

Thanksgiving 2026 · Thursday, Nov 26

When TSA is busiest at OGG over Thanksgiving

Last Thanksgiving, OGG's busiest day was Saturday, Nov 29: TSA screened about 12,600 people at its checkpoints, 58% more than on a normal early-December weekday. The matching day this year is Saturday, Nov 28.

People screened per day, matching days in 2025

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People screened per hour

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Busiest hours: 12 p.m., 9 p.m., 7 p.m. (local time, each bar is one hour, e.g. 5 a.m. means 5:00 to 5:59).

Thanksgiving 2026 guide: busiest days, hours and airports

Source: TSA hourly checkpoint throughput, FOIA reading room, Nov 23 to Dec 1, 2025. These numbers count people screened, not minutes in line. Normal weekday = average of Dec 2 to 4, 2025.

OGG checkpoints and screening hours

TSA screens about 8,500 people a day at Kahului Airport. The busiest day of the week is Friday and the quietest is Tuesday. Steady screening runs 5 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Source: TSA hourly checkpoint throughput, FOIA reading room, Sep 20 to Oct 17, 2026.

Pro Tips

On a normal weekday, OGG's checkpoints screen the most people at 11 a.m., 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. and the fewest daytime travelers around 7 a.m. and 3 p.m. (TSA hourly counts, Dec 2 to 4, 2025).

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