# EES Queue Report August 2026 - EU Border Wait Time Data | EESQueue

> EES border queue data for August 2026: longest documented waits, current crowd-reported averages and active incidents across 128 Schengen airports. Citable with attribution.

Source: https://eesqueue.com/ees-queue-report

Data snapshot · August 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.

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## Headline numbers — August 2026

128

Schengen airports tracked (125 with EES fully live)

76

airports with documented queue issues on record

~28 min

average crowd-reported entry wait across the 1 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 →](https://eesqueue.com/worst-ees-queues)

## 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. We never invent numbers — airports without trustworthy data show "—".

- The full dataset is browsable per airport and available as [a JSON API](https://eesqueue.com/llms.txt).

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