Security lines
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SFB Orlando layover guide
A layover at SFB.
Orlando Sanford International Airport
Lounges, security and customs waits, and what a connection at SFB actually involves. LYVR plans the whole layover, with real walk times through the terminal.
Updated October 2026 · Sources · Layover calculator
1lounge at SFB, with what gets you in
1open to Priority Pass, DragonPass or LoungeKey members
Typicalsecurity wait times in the app
Typicalcustoms and passport line waits in the app
SFBConnections
Connecting
at SFB.
Yes, if you're arriving from another country. At SFB you go through passport control and customs, pick up your checked bags and drop them off again, then go back through TSA security before your next flight, even a domestic one. The exception is a flight where you already did US passport control before takeoff, such as from Canada, Ireland or Abu Dhabi. Between two US flights, you stay past security.
Wait times
The lines at SFB, before you're in them.
Open the Airports tab in LYVR and pick SFB.
Customs and border
LYVR Pro shows how long the passport and customs line usually takes at this hour, for US citizens and for visitors, based on the past week of US Customs and Border Protection figures. LYVR only shows the checks your connection actually crosses.
Counted in your time to spare
Every checkpoint on your connection becomes a step in the layover plan, so the time to spare already allows for the lines.
Lounges
1 lounge at SFB.
0 open with a credit card, 1 with Priority Pass, DragonPass or LoungeKey, 0 with airline elite status. Rules and hours change, so check with the lounge before you go.
The Royal Palm Lounge
Memberships
DragonPass
Plan it in LYVR
Your SFB layover, planned to the minute.
Save your flights and LYVR finds the connection at SFB on its own, then times every part of it. From four hours before takeoff, tap your boarding pass to see your plane on a live map.
Every minute, accounted for.
Deplaning, every walk through the terminal, the checkpoints your connection passes and when the doors close. What's left is yours to plan.
Lounges you can actually get into.
Add your cards and memberships once. With LYVR Pro, every lounge at SFB shows whether you're in, and the live queue where there is one.
Directions that know which floor you're on.
Step-by-step directions from your gate to your next one. They follow the real hallways, tell you when to take an escalator, when to hop on the train between terminals and where you'll go through security again. Your route is ready the moment you tap Start.
Time to see Orlando?
Getting out, the ride each way, security on the way back and a cushion, checked against your passport. With LYVR Pro, a day in Orlando, planned.
Layover questions
SFB, answered.
Do I have to go through security again on a connection at SFB?
Yes, if you're arriving from another country. At SFB you go through passport control and customs, pick up your checked bags and drop them off again, then go back through TSA security before your next flight, even a domestic one. The exception is a flight where you already did US passport control before takeoff, such as from Canada, Ireland or Abu Dhabi. Between two US flights, you stay past security.
Can I check the security wait time at SFB?
LYVR shows how long the regular TSA line usually takes on this day at this hour. It's an estimate, not a live count, and the app says so.
How long is the customs or passport line at SFB?
LYVR Pro shows how long the passport and customs line usually takes at this hour, for US citizens and for visitors, based on the past week of US Customs and Border Protection figures.
Which lounges at SFB can I use on a layover?
LYVR lists 1 lounge at SFB. Which ones you can get into depends on your ticket, airline status, credit card or a lounge membership. Each lounge on this page lists what gets you in, and LYVR checks it against your own profile.
How much time do I need for a layover at SFB?
It depends on your terminals, whether you go through security or customs again, and how far apart the gates are. LYVR adds up deplaning, every walk through the terminal, any checkpoints your connection passes and the boarding door time, then shows exactly how much time you have to spare.
Is a 1 hour layover enough at SFB?
For a domestic connection on one ticket, usually yes. Arriving at SFB from another country, no: you clear passport control and customs, collect and recheck checked bags and go back through TSA security, so plan on 2.5 to 3 hours, unless you already did US passport control before takeoff. If a delay makes you miss a connection on one ticket, the airline rebooks you. LYVR works out your exact time to spare for your own two gates.
What is there to do on a layover at SFB?
With an hour or two, eat near your gate and walk the terminal. With more, SFB's 1 lounge has quiet seats, food and often showers. LYVR's Explore tab lists every restaurant, bar and shop near your gate with the walk time, so you only see what fits in your layover.
Can I leave the airport on a layover at SFB?
Yes, if you have time. Arriving from abroad, you've already been through US passport control and customs at SFB, so leaving only adds the trip into Orlando and back and TSA security on the return. As a rule of thumb, it's worth it with about 4 hours on a domestic layover and 6 on an international one. LYVR checks the ride each way and how much time you'd really have in Orlando.
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Lounges from Priority Pass's, DragonPass's and LoungeKey's directories, the card networks' lounge lists (American Express, Capital One, Chase, Mastercard), each operator's own booking or waitlist page. Who gets in follows the same rules the LYVR app uses for your saved cards, memberships and airline status. Wait times come from the airport's or TSA's own data, US Customs and Border Protection. Times between terminals are LYVR's own estimates. Compiled October 2026; details change, so confirm with the airport, airline or lounge before you travel. LYVR isn't affiliated with Orlando Sanford International Airport.