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5000-5c DESIGNATED US INTERNATIONAL Airports
5000-5c DESIGNATED US INTERNATIONAL Airports
Department
Advisory
of Transportation
Federal Aviation
Administration
Circular
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
DAVID L. BENNETT
Director, Office of Airport Safety and Standards
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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.
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)
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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 Island Int’l IOWA
SPB Des Moines Des Moines Int'l
Orlando Orlando Int'l
Panama City Panama City-Bay Co. KANSAS
Pensacola Pensacola Reg. Wichita Mid Continental
Sanford Central Florida Reg (U)
Sarasota Sarasota KENTUCKY
Bradenton Int’l (U) Lexington Blue Grass Airfield (U)
St. Petersburg St. Petersburg Louisville Bowman Field
Clearwater Int'l Louisville Standiford Field
• Tampa Tampa Int'l (D)
• West Palm Beach Palm Beach Int'l (D) LOUISIANA
Baton Rouge Baton Rouge Metro.
GUAM Lake Charles Lake Charles Mun.
Agana Guam Int’l New Orleans Lakefront (D)
New Orleans New Orleans Int’l -
GEORGIA Moisant (D)
Atlanta Hartsfield - Atlanta Shreveport Shreveport Reg.
Int’l
Atlanta Dekalb Peachtree MAINE
Atlanta Fulton Co.-Brown Field Bangor Bangor Int'l
Brunswick Glynco Jetport • Caribou Caribou Mun.
Brunswick Malcolm McKinnon Eastport Eastport Mun.
Marietta Dobbins AFB-Atlanta Ft. Fairfield Ft. Fairfield Mun.
Savannah Savannah Int’l Frenchville Northern
Aroostock Reg.
HAWAII • Houlton Houlton Int'l
Hanapepe Port Allen Jackman Moose River SPB
Hilo General Lyman Field Jackman Newton Field
Honolulu Honolulu Int'l Lubec Lubec Mun.
Kahului Kahului Old Town Old Town Mun.-Dewitt
Kailua-Kona Keahole Portland Portland Int'l Jetport
Lihue Lihue Presque Isle Northern Maine Reg.
Princeton Princeton Mun.
IDAHO Van Buren Van Buren SPB
Boise Boise Air Terminal - Vanceboro Vanceboro Heliport
Gowen Field
Porthill Eckhart Int'l MARYLAND
Baltimore Baltimore/
ILLINOIS Washington Int’l
Chicago Chicago O'Hare Int'l
• Chicago Chicago Midway MASSACHUSETTS
Moline Quad Cities Bedford Hanscom Field
Peoria Greater Peoria Reg. Beverly Beverly Mun.
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The following airports are designated to serve international operations and are included, or in the process of
being included, in ICAO Regional Air Navigation Plans. They are designated as regular or alternate
commercial service, or general aviation. There are 102 locations listed of which 21 are alternate airports and 7
are general aviation.
ALASKA
Anchorage Elmendorf AFB Alternate
Anchorage Anchorage Int’l Regular
Cold Bay Cold Bay Alternate
Fairbanks Eielson AFB Alternate
Fairbanks Fairbanks Int’l Regular
Juneau Juneau Int’l Regular
Ketchikan Ketchikan Int’l Regular
King Salmon King Salmon Alternate
AMERICAN SAMOA
Pago Pago Pago Pago Int’l Regular
ARIZONA
Douglas Bisbee-Douglas Int’l General Aviation
Phoenix Sky Harbor Int’l Regular
Tucson Tucson Int’l Regular
CALIFORNIA
Calexico Calexico Int’l General Aviation
Fresno Fresno Air Terminal Alternate
Imperial Imperial Co. General Aviation
Los Angeles Los Angeles Int’l Regular
Oakland Metropolitan Oakland Int'l Regular
Ontario Ontario Int’l Alternate
Palmdale Palmdale Alternate
Sacramento Sacramento Metropolitan Alternate
San Diego San Diego Int'l-Lindbergh Field Regular
San Francisco San Francisco Int’l Regular
San Jose San Jose Int’l Regular
Stockton Stockton Metropolitan Alternate
COLORADO
Denver Denver Int’l Regular
Pueblo Pueblo Memorial Alternate
CONNECTICUT
Windsor Locks Bradley Int’l Alternate
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington Washington/Dulles Int'l Regular
FLORIDA
Ft. Lauderdale Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood Int’l Regular
Ft. Myers Southwest Florida Reg. Regular
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GEORGIA
Atlanta Wm. B. Hartsfield-Atlanta Int’l Regular
GUAM
Agana Guam Int’l Regular
Andersen Andersen AFB Alternate
HAWAII
Hilo Hilo Int’l Alternate
Honolulu Honolulu Int’l Regular
Honolulu Barbers Point Naval Air Station Alternate
Kahului Kahului Alternate
ILLINOIS
Chicago Chicago-O'Hare Int’l Regular
INDIANA
Indianapolis Indianapolis Int’l Regular
JOHNSTON ISLAND
Johnston Island Johnston Atoll Regular
KANSAS
Wichita Mid-Continental Alternate
LOUISIANA
New Orleans New Orleans Int'l (Moisant Field) Regular
MAINE
Bangor Bangor Int’l Alternate
MARYLAND
Baltimore Baltimore-Washington Int’l Regular
MASSACHUSETTS
Boston Gen. Edward Lawrence Logan Int’l Regular
MICHIGAN
Detroit Detroit Metropolitan Wayne Co. Regular
Saginaw Tri-City Regular
MINNESOTA
Minneapolis Minneapolis-St. Paul Int'l Regular
(Wold-Chamberlain Field)
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MISSOURI
Kansas City Kansas City Int’l Regular
St. Louis Lambert-St. Louis Int'l Regular
NEVADA
Las Vegas McCarran Int’l Regular
Reno Reno Cannon Int’l Regular
NEW JERSEY
Newark Newark Int’l Regular
NEW YORK
Albany Albany Co. Regular
Buffalo Greater Buffalo Int’l Regular
New York John F. Kennedy Int'l Regular
Niagara Falls Niagara Falls Int’l Alternate
Syracuse Syracuse Hancock Int'l Regular
NORTH CAROLINA
Charlotte Charlotte/Douglas Int'l Regular
Raleigh-Durham Raleigh-Durham Int’l Regular
OHIO
Cincinnati Greater Cincinnati Int'l Regular
Cleveland Cleveland Hopkins Int'l Regular
Columbus Port Columbus Int’l Regular
Dayton James M. Cox - Dayton Int’l Regular
OREGON
Portland Portland Int’l Regular
PENNSYLVANIA
Philadelphia Philadelphia Int’l Regular
Pittsburgh Greater Pittsburgh Int’l Regular
PUERTO RICO
Aguadilla Rafael Hernandez Regular
Mayaguez Eugenio Mana De Hostos Regular
Ponce Mercedita Regular
San Juan Luis Munoz Marin Int’l Regular
TENNESSEE
Memphis Memphis Int’l Regular
Nashville Nashville Int’l Regular
TEXAS
Brownsville Brownsville Int’l General Aviation
Corpus Christi Corpus Christi Int’l Regular
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UTAH
Salt Lake City Salt Lake City Int’l Regular
VIRGIN ISLANDS
St. Croix Alexandria Hamilton Regular
St. Thomas Cyril E. King Regular
VIRGINIA
Richmond Richmond Intermational Regular
WASHINGTON
Everett Snohomish Co. (Paine Field) Alternate
Port Angeles William R. Fairchild Int’l Regular
Seattle King Co. Int'l (Boeing Field) Alternate
Seattle Seattle-Tacoma Int’l Regular
Spokane Spokane Int’l Regular
WISCONSIN
Milwaukee General Mitchell Field Alternate