Passenger air service at Paine Field is favored by 71 percent of the people who participated in an on-line survey sponsored by a group promoting a change to allow commercial airlines to use the airport. Nearly 900 people completed the poll. 

The biggest frustration for travelers is not knowing how long it will take to drive to Sea-Tac, said co-chair Todd Brunner. “People tell us they arrive too early or they miss their flights. It can take anywhere from an hour to more than two hours to get to Sea-Tac. You just never know.”

Tisdel said that while his group’s survey is not scientific, it is the first solid evidence of overwhelming, county-wide public support for passenger flights at Paine Field. “We’re confident there is broad public support for passenger air service at Paine Field,” he said. “We encourage Snohomish County to follow up our survey with a telephone poll of a representative sample of all citizens in the county.”