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We take the TSA wait times, terminal, and arrival data we publish every day and turn it into decisions you can use: when to leave for the airport, which terminal to pick, and how to stop trusting the generic "arrive two hours early" rule.
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Wrong Terminal at JFK Will Cost You Your Flight Window
JFK has 5 separate terminals. With TSA at 33 minutes and immigration at 77 on Sundays, a wrong-terminal mistake means leaving and reclearing — here's the fix.
By FlyIndex Editorial · terminals
- JFK's TSA peak hits 33 minutes on Sundays at 4 PM, according to FlyIndex data — that's the line a wrong-terminal loop forces you to join twice.
- Immigration peaks at 77 minutes on Sundays at 3 PM, the costliest hour in the building and brutal if you must change terminals after landing.
- JFK logs zero quiet slots in FlyIndex's set, so there's no dead hour to absorb a terminal mistake.
- With 5 terminals plus only 18 restaurants and 26 shops total, the fix is to nail the right building first, then stay put and eat near your gate.
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