LiveWaits / Border crossings / Windsor Tunnel (Detroit)
Windsor Tunnel (Detroit) border wait times
Windsor Tunnel (Detroit) is a Canada land crossing, open 24 hrs/day. CBP is reporting on 1 lane group here right now, and this page reads that feed directly, so the numbers change while you watch them.Windsor Tunnel (Detroit) on the Canada border, live from CBP. 1 lane group reporting now.
Only 2 of 10 car lanes are open right now.
Best time to cross
Southbound is lightest from 7 PM to 6 AM and worst around 9 AM. Typical by hour, CBP prior-year average.
Which lane should you use?
Documents you will need
Windsor Tunnel (Detroit) crossing, common questions
How long is the wait at Detroit 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 pedestrians and trucks can be queueing very differently from cars.
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.
Related
Live from U.S. Customs and Border Protection; typical-by-hour is CBP's own prior-year average. How these numbers are made.