Timeline for Is 2 hours enough time to connect through SFO with customs?
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| Oct 17, 2023 at 9:18 | comment | added | jcaron | I have edited your post to replace "customs" by "passport control" or "immigration" where relevant (and a few other minor things). | |
| Oct 17, 2023 at 9:16 | history | edited | jcaron | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 16, 2023 at 20:50 | history | edited | Willeke♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 14, 2023 at 15:55 | history | edited | steve v | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 14, 2023 at 1:17 | history | edited | steve v | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Clarify security procedures
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| Oct 14, 2023 at 1:12 | comment | added | steve v | The SFO site says that they exit to the public area and have to go back through the standard checkpoint. But another user indicates otherwise. | |
| Oct 14, 2023 at 1:00 | comment | added | user102008 | "Without knowing whether you'll need to go through security again" If you have to go through immigration when arriving in the US, you always have to go through security again if you need to take another flight. It's just that some airports have a separate security checkpoint for people connecting from international arrivals. | |
| Oct 14, 2023 at 0:48 | comment | added | steve v | The average times reported don’t seem to differentiate based on where the checkpoint is so I have no better number than 10 minutes. I updated the hypothetical “no extra delay” scenario based on the baggage info you reported. Even at 10 minutes the main potential for missing the flight would be above average wait times for customs. That number is highly variable if you look at their reports but seems to be lower at the early hour of this flight. | |
| Oct 14, 2023 at 0:44 | comment | added | Relaxed | I don't thin the TSA wait times apply. The security checkpoints you have to go through when your journey starts at SFO are always considerably busier than those located immediately after immigration / luggage collection area. Same for check-in if it is even necessary. | |
| Oct 14, 2023 at 0:40 | history | edited | steve v | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Update based on corrections in comments
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| Oct 14, 2023 at 0:24 | history | edited | steve v | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Clarify order
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| Oct 13, 2023 at 23:12 | comment | added | lambshaanxy | Like all US airports, SFO does not do sterile transit for incoming international flights, so you will need to queue for US immigration (can be 1+ hr) and go through TSA security to catch your connecting flight. There is a bag drop for connecting flights after Customs though, so you don't need to check in again. | |
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| S Oct 13, 2023 at 22:02 | history | answered | steve v | CC BY-SA 4.0 |