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Calexico East–Mexicali border wait times: live truck radar
Live commercial truck and passenger wait times at Calexico–Mexicali (Calexico East and Calexico West ports of entry), with an 8-week CBP baseline.
An independent operational radar showing whether commercial truck lanes at Calexico East–Mexicali are running normal, elevated or congested. Built for Mexicali aerospace, medical-device and industrial IMMEX plants, Imperial Valley cold-storage hubs and California I-8 / SR-111 carriers.
Commercial freight signal · Calexico–Mexicali
NormalCommercial crossings at Calexico–Mexicali are reporting normal levels (Calexico East Port of Entry: 5 min). Treat it as a baseline, not a guarantee.
Suggested action: Normal waits: use as a baseline, but confirm carrier appointment, broker cutoff and warehouse receiving hours.
Operating hours and data availability
Commercial freight at Mexicali–Calexico crosses through the Calexico East Port of Entry (Port 250301) on defined operating hours; Calexico West (downtown) handles passenger vehicles and pedestrians. A "closed" or "N/A" status outside commercial operating hours is normal.
Check current hours and minute-by-minute waits at bwt.cbp.gov before dispatching.
Commercial freight crossings
Calexico East Port of Entry
- Commercial · standard
- 5 min
- Commercial · FAST
- 5 min
- Passenger · standard
- 45 min
Commercial flow normal for now; confirm appointment and cutoff.
Passenger crossings
Calexico West Port of Entry
- Passenger · standard
- 90 min
- Commercial · standard
- N/A
Historical baseline (same weekday and hour)
Current wait compared against the historical average for this same hour, using our own readings collected every 20 minutes.
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Weekly pattern of commercial waits
Average wait by weekday and hour at Calexico East Port of Entry, from our own readings collected every 20 minutes over the last 8 weeks. Local port time.
Heaviest hour of the week: Mon 19:00 · 67 min
| Día | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
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| Sun | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mon | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 25 | 29 | 51 | 59 | 52 | 59 | 67 | |||||||||
| Tue | 6 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 19 | 24 | 26 | 31 | 45 | 46 | 43 | 60 | ||||||||
| Wed | 6 | 8 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 19 | 22 | 23 | 18 | 16 | 18 | 26 | 18 | 10 | |||||||||
| Thu | 5 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 5 | ||||||||
| Fri | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |||||
| Sat | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 |
Based on 1,846 readings. Blank cells are hours with no reported commercial wait, usually outside operating hours.
At Calexico East, the bottleneck is the clock, not the line
Unlike Otay Mesa–Tijuana, where commercial lanes report waits around the clock and rarely dip below 30 minutes, Calexico East (Port 250301) averages under 23 minutes even during its busiest midday hours. However, Calexico East only reports commercial operations between 05:00 and 20:00 Pacific Time.
Dispatchers who plan based on the low average wait time rather than the port's closing window and their Mexican customs broker's evening cutoff end up arriving at a closed commercial gate with a loaded trailer.
Frequently asked questions
Which port of entry handles commercial cargo between Mexicali and Calexico?
All commercial truck freight crosses at the Calexico East Port of Entry (Garita Mexicali II, CBP port 250301), east of the city with direct access to California SR-7 and I-8. Downtown Calexico West (250302) handles passenger vehicles and pedestrians.
What is the main operational constraint at Calexico East?
In our CBP readings, the constraint at Calexico East is the operating window rather than the queue: average commercial waits stay under 23 minutes even at peak hours, but commercial wait times are reported only between 05:00 and 20:00 Pacific Time. Planning against average queue times without checking the port closing window leaves trucks parked overnight.
Where do these Calexico East wait times come from?
From the public U.S. Customs and Border Protection Border Wait Times feed, read live and compared against our 8-week historical baseline. Verify directly with CBP before dispatching.
Source and limitations
Data: CBP Border Wait Times (public feed). Independent editorial interpretation operated by Heberey LLC; verify against official sources before dispatching. Read the methodology.