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Houlton border wait times

Houlton is a Canada land crossing, open 24 hrs/day. CBP is reporting on 2 lane groups here right now, and this page reads that feed directly, so the numbers change while you watch them.Houlton on the Canada border, live from CBP. 2 lane groups reporting now.

Live from CBP · checked 16:45 UTC on 09 October 2026

Houlton wait right now, southbound into the U.S.Houlton wait right now

10 min Standard lane, southbound into the U.S.

Only 1 of 5 car lanes are open right now.

Cars · NEXUS/SENTRI

Lanes Closed

Trucks · General

2 min

1 of 2 open

Best time to cross

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Southbound is lightest from 1 PM to 10 AM and worst around 10 AM. Typical by hour, CBP prior-year average.

Which lane should you use?

General 10 min

Open to anyone, no sign-up.

1 of 5 open

NEXUS / SENTRI Lanes Closed

Enrollment required, fastest lane.

The nearest crossing

This crossing 10 min, cars · here

Ferry Point (Calais) 0 min, cars · 70 mi south

Calais is about 10 minutes faster right now, 70 mi south. Worth the drive if you are not crossing on foot.

Documents you will need

U.S. citizens Passport, passport card, or enhanced driver's license.

Permanent residents Green card (Form I-551).

Visitors Passport plus a visa or ESTA where required.

Children under 16 A birth certificate is accepted by land.

Houlton crossing, common questions

How long is the wait at Houlton right now?

The figure at the top of this page is the delay CBP itself reports for passenger vehicles in the general lanes, refreshed every few minutes while the page is open. CBP measures each lane group separately, so cars, pedestrians and trucks can be queueing very differently from one another.

Do NEXUS, SENTRI and Ready lanes actually save time here?

Where CBP staffs them, yes, and this page shows their delay side by side with the general lanes so you can see the gap today rather than in general. When a trusted traveler lane shows no reading it is closed, and the general lane is the only option.

Why does the wait jump around so much?

CBP recalculates from vehicles actually processed, and opens or closes booths through the day. A crossing can go from ten minutes to forty in one update when a lane closes, which is why a number from an hour ago is not worth much.

Live from U.S. Customs and Border Protection; typical-by-hour is CBP's own prior-year average. How these numbers are made.