Data snapshot · October 2026
The EES Queue Report
A citable snapshot of EU Entry/Exit System border queues: documented peak waits, current crowd-reported averages, and active incidents across 128 tracked Schengen airports. Free to quote with attribution.
Headline numbers — October 2026
128
Schengen airports tracked (125 with EES fully live)
76
airports with documented queue issues on record
~89 min
average crowd-reported entry wait across the 6 airports with recent data
6 countries currently run a "flex mode" allowing manual stamping when queues pass set thresholds.
Longest documented EES queues on record
Worst peak waits per airport, sourced from operator statements and press reports:
Detail and what went wrong at each: the worst EES queues, ranked →
Slowest airports right now (crowd-reported)
| Airport | Entry wait | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Milan Malpensa International Airport (MXP) | 135 min | typical |
| Oslo Airport (OSL) | 105 min | typical |
| Brussels Airport (BRU) | 95 min | typical |
| Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO) | 68 min | typical |
| Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport (BUD) | 68 min | typical |
| Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) | 63 min | typical |
Live board across every airport: current EES wait times →
EES in numbers: Q1 2026
- 19,985 refusals of entry recorded in EES. Top reasons: purpose or conditions of stay not justified (7,202), already reached the maximum stay (4,353).
- Most refused nationalities: Ukraine (4,771), Albania (2,245), Moldova (1,706).
- 11,885 extensions of stay, 665 revoked authorisations and 978,940 fingerprint exemptions.
Source: eu-LISA EES quarterly report, Q1 2026.
Methodology
- Peak waits come from a curated dataset of operator statements and press reports, per airport, with a last-verified date on every record.
- Live and typical waits are crowd-sourced traveller reports, validated before they count. "Live" means validated reports within the last 2 hours; "typical" means 30-day averages with at least 2 reports. "Official" means the airport's own wait-time API (currently Copenhagen passport control). We never invent numbers — airports without trustworthy data show "—".
- The full dataset is browsable per airport and available as a JSON API.
Quoting this data? You're welcome to — please attribute "EESQueue (eesqueue.com)" and link to this page. For questions or the underlying data, see about.