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Old Jan 13, 2020, 1:53 pm
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A318neo
 
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Other airlines that use Terminal 7 include British Airways, LOT, Iberia, Ukraine, ANA All Nippon. Most of them depart in the late afternoon or early evening. On the other hand, sometimes the TSA will adjust and reduce staffing when there are fewer passengers. In general, arriving in the terminal 90 minutes before departure is enough time except perhaps at airports which are madhouses. T7 is not such an airport terminal. I don't have experience with T7 at 10 am or 10:30 am. I do have experience with it around 7 am and around 5 pm.

I can say that around 5 pm, T7 can be slow even for precheck because it's precheck lite.

If one worries a lot, get to T7 2 hours or 1 hour 45 minutes ahead of time. If one lives dangerously, get to T7 75 minutes ahead of time. T7 in the late afternoon is equivalent to SEA in the morning. T7 in the morning is equivalent to SEA around 8 pm. As a comparison, SJC San Jose is easy peasy and wouldn't need 60 minutes if that helps you assess my judgment.

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