# Chop (Tysa) – Zahony border queue today > Data updated 20:32, September 18, 2026 (Europe/Kyiv) (34 min ago) > Sources: [State Border Guard Service of Ukraine (dpsu.gov.ua)](https://dpsu.gov.ua) · [eCherha (echerha.gov.ua)](https://echerha.gov.ua) · [traveller reports](https://yaknakordoni.com.ua/en/pro-servis#dzherela) · [nakordoni.eu](https://nakordoni.eu/en) > HTML: https://yaknakordoni.com.ua/en/punkt/chop-zahony As of 21:06 on September 18, 2026, the wait at the “Chop (Tysa) – Zahony” border crossing is 33 min to exit Ukraine and 27 min to enter Ukraine. Queues are shortest between 01:00 and 05:00. | | from Ukraine → | → into Ukraine | |---|---|---| | Cars | 33 min | 27 min | | Buses | 1:35 | 2:55 | | On foot | — | — | Coordinates: 48.41859, 22.17007 ## Key facts - Official name: Chop - Name on the neighbouring side: Захонь - Open for: Cars, Buses - Opening hours: 24/7 ## Air-raid alerts near the Chop (Tysa) – Zahony crossing As of 21:02 Kyiv time, no region within 250 km of the Chop (Tysa) – Zahony crossing is under an active air-raid alert. - Alert proximity index: 0/5 — Calm - Alert data updated at 21:02 (4 min ago) - sourced from open OSINT channels, a signal only and never a substitute for the official warning system. ## What kind of crossing this is Zakarpattia; Chop sits at the junction of Ukraine, Hungary and Slovakia, with Záhony on the Hungarian side. The road crossing here handles cars, coaches and lorries, but pedestrians are not processed. This is the main gateway on the Hungarian direction for anyone heading to Nyíregyháza and Budapest. Chop is one of the few crossings with substantial night and pre-dawn movement. The heaviest hours fall in the early morning of Saturday — around six, when other posts are still nearly empty — and again in the middle of Sunday. The reason is that people using Chop are mostly travelling long distances, and for a long drive it makes sense to start before daylight. So the familiar advice to "leave as early as possible" works less well here than elsewhere: early in the morning you will arrive together with everyone else. The calmest windows at Chop are, conversely, weekday evenings and the second half of Friday. If your schedule allows, departing in those hours gains more than any detour: the nearest alternatives, Luzhanka and Slovak Uzhhorod, sit in roughly the same load range, and switching crossings rarely brings a meaningful advantage. This crossing handles: Cars, Buses. There is no pedestrian lane here: only 5 of the 6 crossings on this border let you walk across. Scheduled coaches have a lane of their own. Right now it ranks 3 of the 6 crossings on this border that report data: 33 min outbound against 33 min at the fastest one (Vilok – Tisabec). Our calibration allows 6 minutes per car here. Across all crossings that constant runs from 4 to 10 minutes, and 4 of them are slower than this one. Hence the formula for this crossing: 15 minutes for the crossing itself plus 6 minutes for every car ahead of you. Document checks, customs inspection and delays on the neighbouring side are not in that number — we count the queue only. [The full method, and what this figure leaves out →](https://yaknakordoni.com.ua/en/porady/yak-my-rakhuiemo) ## When is the queue at Chop (Tysa) – Zahony shortest? Below is a typical week at this crossing: how long you usually have to wait in each hour. These are medians over 60 days (1068 measurements), not a forecast for today. - Calmest day: Friday - Busiest day: Sunday - Best time to set off: Friday, 08:00–10:00 (~21 min) - Time to avoid: Sunday, 12:00–14:00 (~2:45) | Day | Average waiting time | |---|---| | Monday | 1:26 | | Tuesday | 1:11 | | Wednesday | 1:11 | | Thursday | 1:11 | | Friday | 1:07 | | Saturday | 1:40 | | Sunday | 1:40 | ## What to prepare for Chop (Tysa) – Zahony These guides are picked for this crossing in particular — for the lanes it runs and for the border you are heading to. Each card says why it is here. - [Crossing the border on foot and by coach](https://yaknakordoni.com.ua/en/porady/pishky-ta-avtobusom#where-coaches-run) — Which crossings have a pedestrian lane, which take coaches, why the pedestrian queue behaves differently, and what to check when you travel without a car. (because coaches run through here) - [Customs allowances: what you may carry across](https://yaknakordoni.com.ua/en/porady/mytni-normy#into-the-eu-what-you-may-bring-from-ukraine) — EU allowances when entering from Ukraine and Ukrainian allowances when entering from the EU: goods, alcohol, tobacco, cash, fuel and pets. Sourced and dated. (because you are entering the EU) - [EES and ETIAS: what changed at the border](https://yaknakordoni.com.ua/en/porady/ees-etias) — The EES has run at every external Schengen border since 10 April 2026. What it records, who is exempt, and what changes when ETIAS starts at the end of 2026. (because the EES has applied since 10.04.2026) ## Nearest alternatives - Mali Selmentsi – Velke Slemence — 10 km: https://yaknakordoni.com.ua/en/punkt/mali-selmentsi-velke-slemence - Dzvinkove – Lonya — 17 km: https://yaknakordoni.com.ua/en/punkt/dzvinkove-lonya - Uzhhorod – Vyšné Nemecké — 27 km: https://yaknakordoni.com.ua/en/punkt/uzhhorod-vysne-nemecke - Kosyno – Barabash — 28 km: https://yaknakordoni.com.ua/en/punkt/kosyno-barabash ## FAQ ### What is the current queue at Chop (Tysa) – Zahony? As of 21:06 on September 18, 2026, the wait at the “Chop (Tysa) – Zahony” border crossing is 33 min to exit Ukraine and 27 min to enter Ukraine. Queues are shortest between 01:00 and 05:00. ### When is the queue at Chop (Tysa) – Zahony shortest? Over the last 60 days the calmest day at this crossing has been Friday and the busiest Sunday. The queue is usually shortest on Friday, 08:00–10:00 and longest on Sunday, 12:00–14:00. ### Is there an air-raid alert near the Chop (Tysa) – Zahony crossing right now? As of 21:02 Kyiv time, no region within 250 km of the Chop (Tysa) – Zahony crossing is under an active air-raid alert. The figures refresh every few minutes. They are a signal, not a substitute for the official warning system. ### Is there a webcam at Chop (Tysa) – Zahony? Live cameras, load charts and the forecast for Chop (Tysa) – Zahony are available on that crossing's page on nakordoni.eu — the link is in the Webcams section above.