TSA Wait Times API: Get security wait time
Looks up today's crowd-sourced security wait estimate and hourly pattern for a US airport by name, city or code, with PreCheck status and checkpoints.
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Inputs
Values from the run on Oct 23, 2026, shown under Output.
- Airport, required
airport US airport name, city or three-letter airport code, such as Atlanta or ATL.
Atlanta
Input as JSON
{ "airport": "Atlanta"}Output
{ "page_link": "https://www.tsawaittimes.com/security-wait-times/ATL/Hartsfield-Jackson-Atlanta-International" , "checkpoints": [ { "name": "Concourse E Checkpoint", "terminal": "Terminal FIS", "status_or_hours": "Closed" }, { "name": "Main Checkpoint", "terminal": "Terminal MAIN", "status_or_hours": "Open" }, { "name": "Concourse F Departure", "terminal": "Terminal MHJIT", "status_or_hours": "Open" } ], "airport_code": "ATL", "airport_name": "Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International", "hourly_waits": [ { "hour": "00:00", "wait_minutes": 3 }, { "hour": "01:00", "wait_minutes": 12 }, { "hour": "02:00", "wait_minutes": 16 } ], "busiest_hours": [ "07:00" ], "quietest_hours": [ "00:00", "21:00" ], "current_wait_text": "9 min", "current_wait_minutes": 9, "tsa_precheck_available": true}Code
curl https://api.fous.com/v1/runs \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"method":"tsawaittimes.com/get_security_wait_time","input":{"airport":"Atlanta"}}' # Save as fous.py, then run: python3 fous.pyimport json, os, timefrom urllib.error import HTTPErrorfrom urllib.request import Request, urlopenAPI = "https://api.fous.com/v1/runs" KEY = os.environ["FOUS_API_KEY"]HEADERS = { "Authorization": f"Bearer {KEY}", "Content-Type": "application/json" ,}def call(url, body=None): data = json.dumps(body).encode() if body else None request = Request(url, data, HEADERS) try: with urlopen(request, timeout=120) as r: return r.status, json.load(r) except HTTPError as error: message = json.load(error)["error"]["message"] raise RuntimeError(message) from errorstatus, run = call(API, { "method": "tsawaittimes.com/get_security_wait_time" , "input": { "airport": "Atlanta" }})# 202: still going after 30 s. Ask again until it ends.while status == 202: time.sleep(2) status, run = call(f"{API}/{run['id']}")print(json.dumps(run["data"], indent=2))// Save as fous.mjs, then run: node fous.mjsconst api = "https://api.fous.com/v1/runs" ;const headers = { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.FOUS_API_KEY}`, "Content-Type": "application/json" ,};let response = await fetch(api, { method: "POST", headers, body: JSON.stringify({ "method": "tsawaittimes.com/get_security_wait_time" , "input": { "airport": "Atlanta" } }), signal: AbortSignal.timeout(120_000),});let run = await response.json();// 202: still going after 30 s. Ask again until it ends.while (response.status === 202) { await new Promise((done) => setTimeout(done, 2_000)); response = await fetch(`${api}/${run.id}`, { headers }); run = await response.json();}if (!response.ok) throw new Error(run.error.message);console.log(run.data);# Connect your agent to Fous once, over MCP (Streamable HTTP):# https://api.fous.com/mcp# Set FOUS_API_KEY first: create a key at https://app.fous.com/keys.# Claude Codeclaude mcp add \ --scope user \ --transport http fous https://api.fous.com/mcp \ --header "Authorization: Bearer ${FOUS_API_KEY:?Set FOUS_API_KEY to your Fous API key}"# Codexcodex mcp add fous \ --url https://api.fous.com/mcp \ --bearer-token-env-var FOUS_API_KEY# Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, Cline and morenpx -y add-mcp https://api.fous.com/mcp -g -n fous \ --header "Authorization: Bearer ${FOUS_API_KEY:?Set FOUS_API_KEY to your Fous API key}"# Then ask your agent:# "Use Fous to run tsawaittimes.com/get_security_wait_time# with {"airport":"Atlanta"}"Over HTTP, the answer’s data holds the output. A run still going after 30 seconds answers 202 with its id: ask GET /v1/runs/{id} until it ends.
Schema
Input schema
{ "type": "object", "required": [ "airport" ], "properties": { "airport": { "type": "string", "description": "US airport name, city or three-letter airport code, such as Atlanta or ATL." } }}Output schema
{ "type": "object", "required": [ "airport_name", "airport_code", "current_wait_minutes", "current_wait_text", "tsa_precheck_available", "hourly_waits", "busiest_hours", "quietest_hours", "checkpoints", "page_link" ], "properties": { "page_link": { "type": "string" }, "checkpoints": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "required": [ "name", "terminal", "status_or_hours" ], "properties": { "name": { "type": "string" }, "terminal": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "status_or_hours": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] } }, "additionalProperties": false } }, "airport_code": { "type": "string" }, "airport_name": { "type": "string" }, "hourly_waits": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "required": [ "hour", "wait_minutes" ], "properties": { "hour": { "type": "string", "description": "Airport local hour, HH:00." }, "wait_minutes": { "type": "integer" } }, "additionalProperties": false } }, "busiest_hours": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "quietest_hours": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "current_wait_text": { "type": "string" }, "current_wait_minutes": { "type": "integer" }, "tsa_precheck_available": { "type": "boolean" } }, "additionalProperties": false}- Price
- 1 credit per completed run (1¢ with pay as you go); failed runs are free.
- Method
tsawaittimes.com/get_security_wait_time- Returns
- current wait, PreCheck availability, hourly waits, busiest and quietest hours, checkpoints, page link
Use it from your agent
Give your agent this line. It reads SKILL.md, gets a Fous API key and connects the Fous MCP server. Its run then takes the method tsawaittimes.com/get_security_wait_time with the inputs above.
Ask your agent
- How long is the security line at ATL right now?
- What's the TSA wait at Denver International today, and is PreCheck open?
- Show me the hourly security wait pattern for Chicago O'Hare, including the quietest hours.
- Which checkpoints at LAX have the shortest lines this morning according to tsawaittimes.com?
- Is there a PreCheck lane at Seattle-Tacoma and how busy is security there at 6 pm?
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