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Peace Arch (Blaine) border wait times

Peace Arch (Blaine) is a Canada land crossing, open 24 hrs/day. CBP is reporting on 2 lane groups here right now, and this page reads that feed directly, so the numbers change while you watch them.Peace Arch (Blaine) on the Canada border, live from CBP. 2 lane groups reporting now.

Live from CBP · checked 04:18 UTC on 31 August 2026

Peace Arch (Blaine) wait right now, southbound into the U.S.Peace Arch (Blaine) wait right now

5 min Standard lane, southbound into the U.S.

Only 6 of 10 car lanes are open right now.

Cars · NEXUS/SENTRI

5 min

1 of 10 open

Cars · Ready

Lanes Closed

Best time to cross

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Southbound is lightest from 10 PM to 8 AM and worst around 12 PM. Typical by hour, CBP prior-year average.

Which lane should you use?

General 5 min

Open to anyone, no sign-up.

6 of 10 open

Ready lanes Lanes Closed

Free with an RFID document.

NEXUS / SENTRI 5 min

Enrollment required, fastest lane.

1 of 10 open

The nearest crossing

This crossing 5 min, cars · here

Lynden 25 min, cars · 12 mi east

This crossing is about 20 minutes faster than Lynden right now.

Documents you will need

U.S. citizens Passport, passport card, or enhanced driver's license.

Permanent residents Green card (Form I-551).

Visitors Passport plus a visa or ESTA where required.

Children under 16 A birth certificate is accepted by land.

Peace Arch (Blaine) crossing, common questions

How long is the wait at Blaine right now?

The figure at the top of this page is the delay CBP itself reports for passenger vehicles in the general lanes, refreshed every few minutes while the page is open. CBP measures each lane group separately, so pedestrians and trucks can be queueing very differently from cars.

Do NEXUS, SENTRI and Ready lanes actually save time here?

Where CBP staffs them, yes, and this page shows their delay side by side with the general lanes so you can see the gap today rather than in general. When a trusted traveler lane shows no reading it is closed, and the general lane is the only option.

Why does the wait jump around so much?

CBP recalculates from vehicles actually processed, and opens or closes booths through the day. A crossing can go from ten minutes to forty in one update when a lane closes, which is why a number from an hour ago is not worth much.

Live from U.S. Customs and Border Protection; typical-by-hour is CBP's own prior-year average. How these numbers are made.