Advisory Circular (AC) Airport Will Generate Sufficient International Explains the Different Categories of U.S
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Advisory U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Circular Administration Subject: DESIGNATED U.S. INTERNATIONAL Date: 12/4/96 AC No: 150/5000-5C AIRPORTS Initiated by: AAS-3 Change: 1. PURPOSE. This advisory circular (AC) airport will generate sufficient international explains the different categories of U.S. airports traffic. An airport of entry must provide adequate designated to serve international air traffic and space and facilities for Customs and Federal provides a listing of these airports. inspection purposes and satisfy certain other requirements established by the U.S. Customs 2. CANCELLATION. AC 150/5000-5B, Service. Designated U.S. International Airports, dated 7/28/88, is canceled. b. Landing Rights Airports (LRA). Landing rights airports are those airports where 3. BACKGROUND. incoming international flights must obtain prior permission to land and must furnish advance a. Under Section 1644a (b) (1), 19 United notice of arrival to U.S. Customs. This category States Code, the Secretary of the Treasury is of airports includes many of the so-called major authorized to ``...designate ports of entry in the U.S. ``international airports'' (e.g., John F. United States for civil aircraft arriving in the Kennedy International, Chicago-O'Hare United States from a place outside the United International, Los Angeles International, etc.). States and property transported on that aircraft....'' Advance notice of arrival may be transmitted via This responsibility is assigned to the U.S. Customs flight plans to those airports where Advise Service. Customs (ADCUS) service is available. Such notice is treated as application for permission to b. Article 68 of the Convention on land. Customs officers may, at their discretion, International Civil Aviation provides for the grant blanket ``landing rights'' to individuals or designation by the signatory governments companies at certain airports for a specific period (referred to by the International Civil Aviation of time, in which case only advance notice of Organization (ICAO) as Contracting States) of arrival is required. This type of blanket ``...the route to be followed within its territory by permission is generally given for scheduled airline any international air service and the airports flights at busy landing rights airports. which any such service may use.'' c. User-fee Airports. Certain airports which 4. CATEGORIES OF INTERNATIONAL do not meet Customs criteria for clearance CUSTOMS AIRPORTS. services can petition for landing rights as “user- fee” airports. Inspection costs at these airports are a. Designated International Airports of reimbursable, and aircraft operators, in turn, may Entry (AOE). These airports have been be required to pay the airport operator for costs designated as international airports for Customs associated with obtaining Federal services. purposes. They are open to all international aircraft for entry and clearance purposes without d. ICAO-Designated U.S. Airports Serving the necessity of obtaining prior permission to land. International Operations. ICAO airports are However, advance notice of arrival is required in those designated under Article 68 of the order that inspectors may be made available. Convention on International Civil Aviation as Designation as an international airport of entry airports serving international operations (for follows application by the airport operator and traffic or refueling purposes). U.S. airports so finding by the U.S. Customs Service that the designated are identified in ICAO Regional Air AC 150/5000-5C 12/4/96 Navigation Plans, Document 8755 (North c. The International Flight Information Atlantic, North American, and Pacific Regions) Manual (IFIM) contains up-to-date information on and Document 8733 (Caribbean and South airports of entry and landing rights airports. American Regions) and include those regularly Information on the hours of availability and served by scheduled and nonscheduled notification procedures for Federal inspection international commercial air transport, those services are included. An annual subscription for designated as alternates, and those used regularly the manual may be purchased from the by international general aviation flights. Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. e. Practical Definition of International Airport. In practice, any airport that provides d. U.S. Airports designated by ICAO to serve U.S. Customs/Immigration services for arriving international operations are listed in the following aircraft is an international airport. documents. 5. UNOFFICIALLY NAMED INTER- (l) Air Navigation Plan, North Atlantic, NATIONAL AIRPORTS. In addition to the North American and Pacific Regions, DOC 8755. designated international airports discussed above, there are a number of airports in the United States (2) Air Navigation Plan, Caribbean and that contain the word ``International'' within their South American Regions, DOC 8733. names but have no official designation. Nothing prohibits this practice, though it is discouraged. These documents may be purchased from: However, without any official designation, these airports have no international status. International Civil Aviation Organization Attention: Distribution Officer 6. RELATED READING MATERIAL. 999 University Street Montreal, Quebec a. The U.S. Customs Service publishes a Canada H3C 5H7 booklet, Airports Federal Inspection Facilities - Guidelines, which contains guidance material on the physical and facility requirements of airport 7. LISTING OF U.S. AIRPORTS SERVING terminals to accommodate the inspection of INTERNATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC. international traffic. A free copy of this booklet can be obtained by writing to: U.S. Customs a. Appendix 1 is a list of U.S. airports Service, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., designated as airports of entry and landing rights Washington, DC 20229, ATTN: Director, airports as of January 1994. Changes in Federal Passenger Enforcement and Facilitation. Inspection Service locations, hours, and limitations occur frequently; consequently, b. The Airport/Facility Directory (A/FD) Appendix 1 should not be used for flight planning. indicates up-to-date information in data element For this purpose, the IFIM should be consulted. 15 on the type of international airport. It is for sale by the National Ocean Service, National b. Appendix 2 contains a listing of U.S. Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ICAO designated airports serving international (NOAA), N/ACC3, Distribution Division, operations which are included in (or in the process Riverdale, MD 20737; telephone (800) 638-8972. of being included in) the ICAO Regional Air Navigation Plans. DAVID L. BENNETT Director, Office of Airport Safety and Standards 2 12/4/96 AC 150/5000-5C Appendix 1 APPENDIX 1. U.S. AIRPORTS DESIGNATED AS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS OF ENTRY AND LANDING RIGHTS AIRPORTS The following airports are designated for Customs purposes as international airports of entry and landing rights airports. Airport locations preceded with · are designated airports of entry. All others are landing rights airports. Airports with a (U) following thier name are “user-fee” airports. Airports with a (D) following their name are specially designated entry points for aircraft arriving from Mexico and other foreign countries in the Western Hemisphere south of 30 degrees north latitude. LOCATION NAME OF AIRPORT LOCATION NAME OF AIRPORT ALABAMA CALIFORNIA Birmingham Birmingham Mun. Arcata/Eureka Arcata Huntsville Madison Co. · Calexico Calexico Int'l (D) Carl T. Jones Field Eureka Murray Field Mobile Downtown Fresno Fresno Air Terminal Mobile Mobile Reg. Los Angeles Los Angeles Int'l Montgomery Dannelly Field Mountain View Moffett Federal Airfield Tuscaloosa Tuscaloosa Oakland Metro. Oakland Int’l Ontario Ontario Int’l ALASKA Palm Springs Palm Springs Reg. Alcan Northway Sacramento Sacramento Metro. Anchorage Anchorage Int'l · San Diego San Diego Int'l- Cold Bay Cold Bay Lindberg Field Eagle Eagle Mun. San Diego Brown Field Mun. (D) Fairbanks Fairbanks Int'l San Francisco San Francisco Int’l Fort Yukon Fort Yukon San Jose San Jose Int’l Gambell Gambell · Juneau Juneau Harbor SPB COLORADO · Juneau Juneau Int'l Colorado Springs Colorado Springs Mun. · Ketchikan Ketchikan Harbor SPB Denver Denver Int'l Ketchikan Ketchikan Int’l Nome Nome Int’l CONNECTICUT Sitka Sitka Bridgport Igor I. Sikorsky Mem. Skagway Skagway Mun. Groton Groton-New London St. Paul St. Paul (U) New Haven Tweed-New Haven Valdez Valdez Windsor Locks Bradley Int'l · Wrangell Wrangell SPB Wrangell Wrangell DELAWARE Wilmington Greater Wilmington - AMERICAN SAMOA New Castle Co. Pago Pago Pago Pago Int’l DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ARIZONA Washington DC Washington Dulles · Douglas Bisbee Douglas Int'l (D) Int’l · Nogales Nogales Int'l (D) Phoenix Sky Harbor Int'l FLORIDA · Tucson Tucson Int'l (D) Daytona Daytona Beach Reg (U) · Yuma Yuma Int'l (D) Ft. Lauderdale Ft. Lauderdale Exec.(D) · Ft. Lauderdale Ft. Lauderdale- ARKANSAS Hollywood Int’l (D) Little Rock Adams Field Fort Myers Southwest Florida Reg. (U) 1 AC 150/5000-5C 12/4/96 Appendix 1 LOCATION NAME OF AIRPORT LOCATION NAME OF AIRPORT Fort Pierce St. Lucie Co. Int'l (D) Rockford Greater Rockford Jacksonville Jacksonville Int'l Waukegan Waukegan Reg. (U) · Key West Key West Int'l (D) Wheeling Palwaukee (U) Melbourne Melbourne Int’l (U) · Miami Miami Int'l (D) INDIANA Miami Opa Locka (D) Ft. Wayne Ft. Wayne Int'l (U) Miami Kendell Tamiami Indianapolis Indianapolis Int'l Exec. (D) · Miami Watson