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Temporary International Airports?

HKGKaiTak From Australia, joined Jun 2005, 1036 posts, RR: 0
Posted (3 years 3 months 1 week 1 day 13 hours ago) and read 864 times:

Is it common practice for non-international airports (esp regional ones) to set up special Customs and Immigration areas for international charter flights?

I'm curious because over the next couple of weeks there are a series of chartered JL flights from Japan to ASP during peak tourist season for the Japanese. (Would love to get a pic of a 747 at ASP!)

Now, ASP is not an international airport ... I'm hearing that the authorities have simply set up a Customs & Immigration area in the cafeteria of the airport to process pax.

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Garri767 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 1, posted (3 years 3 months 1 week 1 day ago) and read 693 times:

Here in AMA we have customs offices, and yes they are used. what im wondering is why our airport is called international when there arent any SCHEDULED international flights.

Garri767

Cwldude From United Kingdom (Wales), joined May 2006, 691 posts, RR: 2
Reply 2, posted (3 years 3 months 1 week 1 day ago) and read 687 times:

I believe CWL was named International before we had international scheduled flights?

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Luisde8cd From Venezuela, joined Aug 2004, 2460 posts, RR: 51
Reply 3, posted (3 years 3 months 1 week 21 hours ago) and read 599 times:

Quoting Garri767 (Reply 1):
Here in AMA we have customs offices, and yes they are used. what im wondering is why our airport is called international when there arent any SCHEDULED international flights.

Quoting Garri767 (Reply 1):
I believe CWL was named International before we had international scheduled flights?

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DLKAPA From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 4, posted (3 years 3 months 1 week 21 hours ago) and read 590 times:

Because it has a better ring to it than "Amarillo Podunk Airport."

Usair320 From United States, joined exactly 6 years ago today! , 949 posts, RR: 3
Reply 5, posted (3 years 3 months 1 week 15 hours ago) and read 495 times:

Here in ABQ they call it Albuquerque Internatinal sunport with no SCHEDUALED internatinal flights as well.

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Mir From United States, joined Jan 2004, 12981 posts, RR: 65
Reply 6, posted (3 years 3 months 1 week 14 hours ago) and read 458 times:

A lot of airports in the US have "International" in their name even though no scheduled flights to other countries exist there. They do, however, have immigration and customs facilities for the GA world, and they could handle an international flight if they needed to (i.e. a diversion or emergency landing).

-Mir

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Wj From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2006, 301 posts, RR: 0
Reply 7, posted (3 years 3 months 1 week 13 hours ago) and read 422 times:

You also have OVD (Ovda), in Israel, which receives spordaic international traffic from Europe, while at the same time actualy serving as an Israeli Air Force base.

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Cwldude From United Kingdom (Wales), joined May 2006, 691 posts, RR: 2
Reply 8, posted (3 years 3 months 1 week 6 hours ago) and read 289 times:

Could it possibly have anything to do with the connections an airport can offer to international destinations?

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