Originally Posted by
CZBB
I could be wrong, but if they did set up pre-clearance, CBSA would be clearing more flights/day at SEA than the US DHS.
Here is the SEA-Canada frequency list as compiled using AC desktop application and AS.com:
Check date: 6 July 2010
YVR --> 15
QK: 8
QX: 6
AS: 1
YYJ --> 5
QX: 5
YLW --> 3
QX: 3
YYC --> 5
QK: 2
QX: 3
YEG --> 3
QX: 3
YYZ --> 2
AC: 2
*Total: 15 + 5+ 3 + 5 +3 + 2 =
33 flights!
*Subject to change without notice
To put this into perspective, this means that SEA has more Canada flights than YWG and YHZ has US flights (both of which have pre-clearance facilities). The main question is if SEA were to have a pre-clearance facility, where would you put it? The S-satellite would be the only option and the planes doing trans-oceanic flights do a good job of hogging space already. USCPB pre-clearance airports in Canada, in general do not have that problem as nearly all are on narrow-bodies, RJs and turbo-props.
2 cents
~FAI PDX Flyer
