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13-612: The airport is classified as an airport of entry by Nav Canada and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). CBSA officers at this airport can handle general aviation aircraft only, with no more than 50 passengers. The airport is located on Digby Island , which is only accessible by ferry from the city of Prince Rupert. The passenger ferry fare is included in airline tickets. This article about an airport in British Columbia

26-472: A bridge or seaport. On the other hand, however, some "former" airports of entry chose to leave their name with the word "international" in it, even though they no longer serve international flights. One example is Osaka International Airport . Even when it had ended all international services and became a purely domestic airport after the opening of Kansai International Airport in 1994, it kept its original name of "Osaka International Airport". Many airports in

39-434: A country. The word "international" in an airport's name usually means that it is an airport of entry, but many airports of entry do not use it. Airports of entry can range from large urban airports with heavy scheduled passenger service, like John F. Kennedy International Airport , to small rural airports serving general aviation exclusively. Often, smaller airports of entry are located near an existing port of entry such as

52-428: A land border . Seaports can be used as ports of entry only if a dedicated customs presence is posted there. The choice of whether to become a port of entry is up to the civil authority controlling the port. An airport of entry (AOE) is an airport that provides customs and immigration services for incoming flights. These services allow the airport to serve as an initial port of entry for foreign visitors arriving in

65-419: A port director." In other words, a port of entry may encompass an area that includes several border crossings, as well as some air and sea ports. This also means that not every border crossing is a port of entry. There are two reasons for this: In some countries, immigration procedures are carried out by the armed forces rather than specific immigration officers. However, in most, the levying of duty on imports

78-413: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Airport of entry In general, a port of entry ( POE ) is a place where one may lawfully enter a country. It typically has border security staff and facilities to check passports and visas and to inspect luggage to assure that contraband is not imported. International airports are usually ports of entry, as are road and rail crossings on

91-487: Is at least not applied to select countries of free-crossing pacts. Travelers may cross the border wherever and whenever convenient. For example, and as such a pact, most EU citizens may travel freely within the Schengen Area , which is made up of 29 European countries. As with the example, in some cases, such free travel may be restricted to citizens of specific countries and to travelers who are not carrying goods over

104-524: Is still carried out by customs officers. Immigration clearance in some ports of entry have automated sections open to the country's own residents or citizens, such as the e-Channel found in Hong Kong and Macau , Global Entry found at some airports in the United States and other similar country-instituted programs. On some international borders, the concept of a port of entry does not exist or

117-582: The Charles de Gaulle Airport in France for approximately eighteen years after being denied entry into France and not having a country of origin to be returned to due to claiming his Iranian nationality had been revoked. Nasseri's experience was loosely adapted by two films, the 1993 film Tombés du ciel and the 2004 film The Terminal . Zahra Kamalfar , an Iranian national who attempted to travel to Canada via Russia and Germany using forged documents, lived in

130-451: The Schengen Area are considered domestic regarding passport and immigration check. Several international airports have only intra-Schengen flights. Several of these have occasional charter flights to foreign countries. Some cases of statelessness have occurred in airports of entry forcing people to live in the airport for an extended period . One of the most famous cases was that of Mehran Karimi Nasseri , an Iranian national who lived in

143-650: The Sheremetyevo International Airport in Russia for eleven months before being granted refugee status by Canada to reunite with her family in Vancouver. The formal definition of a port of entry in the United States is something entirely different. According to the Code of Federal Regulations , "the terms 'port' and 'port of entry' incorporate the geographical area under the jurisdiction of

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156-623: The customs limits; others may only cross the border at a designated border crossing during its opening times. Lost in Transit Lost in Transit (original title: Tombés du ciel ; literally "Fallen from the Sky") is a 1993 French comedy-drama film directed by Philippe Lioret . The film is about a man who loses his passport and spends a couple of days at a Paris airport, where he meets four people in similar circumstances. The film won

169-510: The nearby region have the same situation, like Taipei Songshan Airport . Songshan retained its official Chinese name, Taipei International Airport, after Chiang Kai-shek International Airport (now Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport ) opened. Similar cases of transitions of international airports such as Seoul , Tokyo , Nagoya , Shanghai , Hong Kong , Bangkok , Tehran , etc. For the European Union , flights between countries in

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