OGG
Kahului Airport
Kahului (Maui), HI
10min
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
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
People screened per hour
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).
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).
PreCheck lanes have their own line. Not sure it pays off? Is TSA PreCheck worth it