What is the TSA wait at JAX right now?
Observed security history for Jacksonville International Airport (JAX) is listed by hour. It is not a live reading. The current hour is chosen in the browser from that table.
Typical history
Jacksonville International Airport TSA wait times
JAX · KJAX · Jacksonville, Florida
Security wait
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Observed security history for Jacksonville International Airport (JAX) is listed by hour. It is not a live reading. The current hour is chosen in the browser from that table.
Typical wait by hour
On Sundays, the quietest observed standard-lane hours are 1am (sample-weighted median 1 minute) and 2am (sample-weighted median 1 minute). The busiest observed hours are 5pm (sample-weighted 75th percentile 6 minutes) and 12pm (sample-weighted 75th percentile 5 minutes). Hours with no readings are left out, not treated as zero.
Standard lane only. Average and 75th percentile are sample-weighted from observed history. A gap means that hour had no readings.
PreCheck
Historical dataset includes a PreCheck lane.
CLEAR
CLEAR is not shown. We are not using a CLEAR source.
Departure delays
Historical on-time performance. Not a live delay.
79%
On-time departures, September 2025 through August 2026. A departure is on time when it left less than 15 minutes late.
Flights out of Jacksonville International Airport left on time 79% of the time from September 2025 through August 2026. The largest share of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (43%). That is a share of delay minutes, not a share of flights. The average delay among departures that were 15 minutes or more late was 84 minutes. 2% of scheduled flights were cancelled.
The highest on-time month was September 2025 (85%). The lowest was July 2026 (71%).
| Cause | Delay minutes | Share of delay minutes |
|---|---|---|
| late-arriving aircraft | 212,801 | 43% |
| the airline | 159,747 | 32% |
| the national airspace system | 98,372 | 20% |
| weather | 23,510 | 5% |
| security | 246 | 0% |
When to be at the airport
TSA's published guidance is to arrive at the airport 2 hours before a domestic departure and 3 hours before an international departure. That is guidance, not a measured security wait.
Nearby airports
- Northeast Florida Regional Airport UST · St Augustine42 mi
- Brunswick Golden Isles Airport BQK · Brunswick55 mi
- Gainesville Regional Airport GNV · Gainesville66 mi
- Valdosta Regional Airport VLD · Valdosta97 mi
- Daytona Beach International Airport DAB · Daytona Beach98 mi
Distances are straight-line miles.
Airport details
- Runways
- 2
- Longest runway
- 08/26, 10,000 ft
- Longest runway width
- 150 ft
- Longest runway surface
- CONC
- Longest runway lighting
- HIGH
- Elevation
- 29.6 ft
- CY2024 enplanements
- 3,749,791
- Facility use
- Public
- Ownership
- Public
- Part 139 certificate code
- I D
- Fuel
- 100LL,A
- Airframe repair
- MAJOR
- Powerplant repair
- MINOR
- Last inspection
- 2025/05/09
- PreCheck
- Historical dataset includes a PreCheck lane.
FAA facility record date 2026/10/01. Runways: BTS NTAD Runways. Facility facts: BTS NTAD Aviation Facilities. Enplanements: FAA CY2024 commercial service.
Questions
Does TSACheck have a live security wait for JAX?
A live figure is shown only when the stored airport feed is fresh. Jacksonville International Airport (JAX) also has observed history. A stored value that is too old is not shown as live.
How often do flights leave JAX on time?
Flights out of Jacksonville International Airport left on time 79% of the time from September 2025 through August 2026. The largest share of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (43%). That is a share of delay minutes, not a share of flights. The average delay among departures that were 15 minutes or more late was 84 minutes. 2% of scheduled flights were cancelled.
How early should I get to JAX?
TSA's published guidance is to arrive at the airport 2 hours before a domestic departure and 3 hours before an international departure. That is guidance, not a measured security wait.
Which airports are near JAX?
The nearest airports in this list are Northeast Florida Regional Airport (UST), 42 straight-line miles; Brunswick Golden Isles Airport (BQK), 55 straight-line miles; Gainesville Regional Airport (GNV), 66 straight-line miles; Valdosta Regional Airport (VLD), 97 straight-line miles; Daytona Beach International Airport (DAB), 98 straight-line miles.