Where can I do it?<\/h4>\n
If you’re a bizav flight (i.e. private or charter), you can only do it at EINN\/Shannon <\/strong>and TNCA\/Aruba.<\/strong><\/p>\n Scheduled airline flights can do it at these airports too:<\/em><\/p>\n Turns out it’s not that easy to find a list of US airports approved for the arrival of Pre-Cleared aircraft. But thanks to Signature FBO at EINN\/Shannon, here is a copy:<\/p>\n Click for PDF.<\/p><\/div>\n Finding a list of US International Airports of Entry is pretty easy, just go to the CBP website<\/a> and use their interactive map. But it’s worth noting that not all US International Airports of Entry are on the list of those approved to accept Pre-Cleared flight<\/strong>s, due to lack of agriculture agreements, and\/or local CBP agreements there.<\/p>\n Click for CBP website.<\/p><\/div>\n US CBP has published this guide<\/a> on exactly how the Pre-Clearance service works<\/strong>, but here’s the lowdown:<\/p>\n Remember, if you’re a bizav flight, you can only do Pre-Clearance at EINN\/Shannon Airport or TNCA\/Aruba. So here’s some info specific to both of these airports…<\/p>\n One of the FBOs there is Signature Aviation<\/strong>, and they have provided a summary of what you can expect when you Pre-Clear, with a few more details than the basic summary above. You can download the PDF here<\/a>, but key points are: you must give 24hrs notice, and the CBP office opening hours are 0900-1700 local each day with out of hours available between 0700-0900 and 1700-2100 local.\u00a0You can contact them at snn@signatureflight.ie<\/a>.<\/p>\n Jet TNCA<\/strong> is the only FBO at Aruba, and they can provide Pre-Clearance to bizav flights. They need 24hrs notice, it costs $315, and CBP there are open from 0930-1100 and 1530-1700 local time each day (not available on afternoons at weekends). You can find more info here<\/a>, and contact them at ops@jet-tnca.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n Technically, airports in the Virgin Islands “offer” this service too, but it’s not really Pre-Clearance in the same sense as at EINN and TNCA – here it’s actually more of a requirement than an optional extra. The US CBP<\/a> say the following:<\/p>\n For flights leaving the USVI enroute to other United States locations, GA aircraft operators are required to contact CBP in the USVI prior to departure. Aircraft cannot be moved from the U.S. Virgin Islands to other U.S. locations until CBP Agriculture Specialists (CBPAS) have:<\/em><\/p>\n Standard Aviation FBO at TIST\/St Thomas<\/strong>\u00a0say that Customs requires a minimum notice of 2hrs in advance of the appointment time. Appointments are available 7 days a week from 0800-1630 local, and it costs $250. Contact them at\u00a0ops@sa-stt.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What is US Customs and Border Protection Pre-Clearance? This service basically allows aircraft flying from…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":7204,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,319],"tags":[1194,309,2274,47],"class_list":{"0":"post-7202","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-briefings","8":"category-news-item","9":"tag-cbp","10":"tag-einn","11":"tag-pre-clearance","12":"tag-shannon"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7202"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26529,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7202\/revisions\/26529"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
Where can I fly to in the US once I’ve Pre-Cleared?<\/h4>\n
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<\/a>How does Pre-Clearance work in reality?<\/h4>\n
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Pre-Clearance at EINN\/Shannon<\/h4>\n
Pre-Clearance at TNCA\/Aruba<\/h4>\n
A note on the US Virgin Islands<\/h4>\n
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