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INTERNATIONAL LANDING FACILITIES This international airport directory includes U.S. airports of entry International Flight Plans that provide customs and immigration services. It also includes airports of entry in Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean. The list of Flight plan required—A flight plan for flights into international and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) airports provides foreign airspace must be submitted to and received by air traffic information regarding customs and immigration service only. Refer control facilities at least one hour before entering the ATC region. to the U.S. landing facility directory, starting on page 3-1, for Advance notice—The flight plan provides advance notice of detailed airport and FBO information. foreign airspace penetration. (For some foreign states, the flight plan is the only advance notice required; for others, it checks against previously granted permission to enter national airspace.) Where to Obtain Information Before departure—Leave a complete itinerary and time schedule AOPA’s Pilot Information Center—Provides general information on of the flight with others directly concerned, keep them advised of entry requirements for various countries. Special guidance is available to the flight’s progress, and instruct them to contact the nearest U.S. AOPA members for transatlantic flights and flights to Canada, Alaska, embassy or consulate if there is any doubt as to the safety of the Mexico, the Bahamas, and the Caribbean; telephone 301/695-2000 or flight. 800/USA-AOPA; www.aopa.org/members/resources/international.html. Filing outside the United States—In a foreign country, inquire U.S. Customs Guide for Private Flyers—Available from AOPA’s how to transmit flight plan information to pertinent en route and Pilot Information Center; telephone 301/695-2000 or destination points. 800/USA-AOPA. International flight plan form—FAA Form 7233-4 is available at Centers for Disease Control (CDC)—Provides information and most U.S. FSSs, from AOPA’s Pilot Information Center, and at advice on health and immunization requirements; telephone www.aopa.org/members/airports/#International (AOPA members 800/311-3435 or 404/639-3534; www.cdc.gov. only access). International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)—Provides assistance with international aviation procedures; 514/954-8219; International Aeronautical Charts fax 514/954-6077; www.icao.int. Jeppesen Trip Kits—Coverage includes Canada, Mexico, the FAA International Flight Information Manual (IFIM)—This Caribbean, South America, the Pacific Basin and Islands, INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS manual is no longer available in print; available at Australia, the Middle East, the Far East, China, Europe, Eastern www.aopa.org/members/resources/international.html. Europe, Africa, and the Atlantic oceanic area. International notams—Available in the conterminous United Sporty’s Pilot Shop—Coverage includes Canada, the Caribbean, States, Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico from your local flight ONCs (see below), and Europe. service station (FSS), AOPA’s Pilot Information Center, or Flight Information Publications (FLIPs)—Coverage includes the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office; Pacific, Australia, Asia, Antarctica, the Caribbean, South America, telephone 202/512-1800; fax 202/512-2250. Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Canada, and the North Atlantic U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Department of the oceanic area. Treasury—Provides information on U.S. Customs regulations, Operational Navigation Charts (ONCs)—May be used in requirements, and documentation; telephone 202/354-1000; combination with en route charts. www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/toolbox/publications/travel/ (look for “Guide for Private Flyers” link). U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services—Provides detailed Where to Obtain Charts information on U.S. immigration regulations, requirements, and Jeppesen Trip Kits—55 Inverness Drive East, Englewood, documentation; telephone 800/375-5283 (recorded message and Colorado 80112-5498; 800/621-5377; fax 303/328-4153. access to CIS representative), 800/870-3676 (form request line); FLIPs and ONCs—NACO Distribution Division, FAA, AVN-530, www.uscis.gov. Riverdale, Maryland 20737-1199; telephone 800/638-8972 or U.S. Department of State (DOS)—Provides travel advisories and 301/436-6990; fax 301/436-6829. information; telephone 202/647-5225; www.state.gov. Canadian Charts—NAV Canada, Aeronautical Publications Sales and Distribution Unit, PO Box 9840, Station T, Ottawa, Ontario, Documentation K1G 6S8 Canada; telephone 866/731-7827 or 613/744-6393; fax 866/740-9992 or 613/744-7120. Documents required to be in your possession may include: Mexican Charts—Direccion de Navigacion Aereo, Blvd. Puerto Personal documents: Aereo 485, Zona Federal Del Aeropuerto Int’l, 15620 Mexico D.F., 1. Proof of citizenship such as passport, birth certificate, or Mexico. U.S. citizen ID card. 2. Visa or tourist card. 3. Alien Registration Card. U.S GATE and Canada CANPASS 4. Pilot identification (original airman and medical Entry Programs certificates). General Aviation Telephonic Entry (GATE) 5. FCC Radiotelephone Operator License. Note: Suspended until further notice. 6. International Certificate of Vaccination (if required). Aircraft documents: CANPASS—Private Aircraft Program 1. Certificate of Airworthiness. Pilots and passengers traveling on a Canadian- or American- 2. Certificate of Registration. registered aircraft entering Canada directly from the United States 3. FCC Radio Station License for Aircraft. must use a telephone reporting system to receive permission from 4. Manual of Operating Limitations (including weight and Canadian Customs or Immigration officials to enter Canada. The balance information). aircraft may be private, company-owned, or a small charter carrying 5. License for Temporary Export (required for any no more than 15 passengers. Notification must be made by calling modified type of military aircraft). 888/CAN-PASS (888/226-7277) two to 72 hours in advance of 6. Notarized letter authorizing aircraft use (for borrowed arrival. Pilots and passengers are still required to carry the necessary and rented aircraft). personal identification, immigration, and aircraft documents. 7. Export License (if required). Application—United States citizens, resident aliens, and 8. Flight permits (e.g., overflight and landing permits if Canadian citizens may apply for participation in the CANPASS required). program by completing a CANPASS application form. The form, 9. Copy of FAA Form 337 for use of aftermarket auxiliary together with Canadian $40 should be submitted to CANPASS- fuel tanks. Private Aircraft Program, Post Office Box 126, Niagara Falls, 10. Customs General Declaration forms. Ontario L2E 6T1; telephone 905/371-1477. 11. Copies of Advance Notice (if required). Note: The CANPASS application form and fee is waived for casual 12. Proof of liability insurance (if required). use of the program. AOPA's Airport Directory — 2005/2006 2-1 CANPASS information online—Details may be found online; U.S. Customs and Immigration www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/travel/canpass/privateair-e.html and www.aopa.org/members/files/travel/canada/canpass.html Requirements and Regulations (AOPA members only access). Outbound travel Customs clearance—Pilots and passengers on nonrevenue flights are normally not required to clear Customs when leaving the Special Reporting Requirements United States. However, certain countries require Department of General State and Department of Commerce validated licenses and pre- Private aircraft entering the United States from south of the clearances. Mexican border or Pacific, Gulf of Mexico, or Atlantic coastlines Customs declaration—Declare currency in excess of $10,000. must comply with special reporting requirements. Nonresident alien—All nonresident aliens must clear U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) prior to departure. How to comply Resident alien—All resident aliens must carry an Alien Advance notice—Upon return to the United States from the Registration Card for presentation to U.S. Immigration upon Southern Hemisphere (south of 30 degrees north latitude and east reentering the United States. of 86 degrees west longitude on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, and Certificate of registration (personal effects)—Customs officials also south of 33 degrees north latitude and west of 86 degrees west might question any personal articles of foreign manufacture (such longitude on the Pacific Coast), provide advance notice of arrival as cameras, hunting and fishing gear, or any item that may be to U.S. Customs at a designated airport that is nearest to the point construed as having been purchased abroad). Before departure: of crossing the U.S. border or coastline. 1. Register these items with Customs. Inspection—Private aircraft must land at the designated airport 2. Fill out Customs Form 4457, “Certificate of Registration for for Customs and Border Protection (CBP) inspection and Personal Effects Taken Abroad.” processing unless the aircraft has been exempted from this 3. Bring several copies of the form along to the foreign port of requirement. These airports offer free service 24 hours a day, entry. Monday through Saturday. This landing requirement does not 4. Show this certificate to Customs officers each time the items apply to private aircraft that have not landed in a foreign place or are declared. that are arriving directly from Puerto Rico. Note: It is not mandatory to file this form, but it can eliminate Time of notification—Provide