Airport of entry
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 a country.
Africa
Americas
Asia
Europe
According to the Schengen Agreement rules, no immigration procedure is needed for passengers on flights between two countries in the Schengen Area. Airports with no flights outside this area are therefore not an Airport of entry.
| Location | Airport | IATA Code | International Passengers | Domestic Passengers | Transit Passengers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Croatia | |||||
| Zagreb | Zagreb Airport | ZAG | |||
| Split | Split Airport | SPU | |||
| Dubrovnik | Dubrovnik Airport | DBK | |||
| Zadar | Zadar Airport | ZAD | |||
| Pula | Pula Airport | PUY | |||
| Rijeka | Rijeka Airport | RJK | |||
| Osijek | Osijek Airport | OSI | |||
 Spain | |||||
| Madrid | Madrid Barajas | MAD | 49,863,504 | ||
| Barcelona | Barcelona El Prat Airport | BCN | 31,974,093 | ||
| Palma de Mallorca | Palma de Mallorca Airport | PMI | 21,117,270 | ||
| Málaga | Málaga Airport | AGP | 12,064,616 | ||
| Valencia | Valencia Airport | VLC | 4,934,272 | ||
 France | |||||
| Marseille | Marseille Provence Airport | MRS | 7,522,167 | ||
| Paris | Charles de Gaulle Airport | CDG | 58,164,612 | ||
| Paris | Orly Airport | ORY | 25,203,969 | ||
| Beauvais | Paris-Beauvais-Tillé Airport | BVA | |||
| Toulouse | Toulouse Blagnac Airport | TLS | |||
| Nice | Nice Côte d'Azur Airport | NCE | |||
| Lyon | Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport | LYS | 8 634 000[5] | 2 936 736 | 125 929 |
 Czech Republic | |||||
| Prague | Ruzyně Airport | PRG | |||
 Denmark | |||||
| Copenhagen | Copenhagen Airport | CPH | 19 500 775 (2007) | 2 029 241 | |
| Billund | Billund Airport | BLL | 2 126 225 | 117 146 | |
| Aalborg Airport | Aalborg | AAL | |||
 Finland | |||||
| Helsinki | Helsinki Airport | HEL | 12,884,500 | ||
| Tampere | Tampere-Pirkkala Airport | TMP | 617,713 | ||
 Germany | |||||
| Berlin | Berlin-Tegel International Airport | TXL | 15,025,600 | ||
| Bremen | Bremen Airport | BRE | |||
| Cologne | Cologne Bonn Airport | CGN | 9,806,270 | ||
| Dresden | Dresden Airport | DRS | |||
| Düsseldorf | Düsseldorf International Airport | DUS | 18,988,149 | ||
| Frankfurt am Main | Frankfurt International Airport | FRA | 53,009,221 | ||
| Frankfurt am Main/Simmern | Frankfurt-Hahn Airport | HHN | 3,793,710 | ||
| Hamburg | Hamburg Airport | HAM | 12,962,429 | ||
| Hanover | Hannover Airport | HAJ | 4,969,799 | ||
| Munich | Munich Airport | MUC | 34,721,605 | ||
| Münster | Münster Osnabrück International Airport | FMO | |||
| Stuttgart | Stuttgart Airport | STR | 9,226,546 | ||
| Weeze | Weeze Airport | NRN | |||
 Greece | |||||
| Greek International Airports | |||||
| Athens | Eleftherios Venizelos Airport | ATH | |||
| Alexandroupoli | Dimokritos | AXD | |||
| Zakynthos | D.Solomos | ZTH | |||
| Heraklion | N.Kazantzakis | HER | |||
| Thessaloniki Airport | Makedonia | SKG | |||
| Kalamata | Konstantakopoulos (International / Military, special rules apply!) | KLX | |||
| Corfu | I.Kapodistrias | CFU | |||
| Kefallinia | Kefallinia Airport | EFL | |||
| Kos | Ippokratis | KGS | |||
| Limnos | Ifaistos | LXS | |||
| Lesbos | Odysseas Elytis | MJT | |||
| Rodos | Diagoras | RHO | |||
| Samos | Aristarchos of Samos | SMI | |||
| Chania | I. Daskalogiannis (International / Military, special rules apply!) | CHQ | |||
| Kavala | M. Alexandros | KVA | |||
| POINTS OF ENTRY-EXIT | (Prior notice to airport authority for non scheduled flights is required.) | ||||
| Patras | Araxos Airport | GPA | |||
| Ioannina | King Pyrros | IOA | |||
| Mykonos | Mykonos Airport | JMK | |||
| Preveza | Aktio Airport | PVK | |||
| Skiathos | Alexandros Papadiamantis | JSI | |||
| Santorini | Santorini Airport | JTR | |||
| Sitia | Sitia Airport | JSH | |||
| Kastoria | Aristotelis | KAS | |||
| Bolos | Nea Anchialos Airport | VOL | |||
| AD HOC DESIGNATED POINTS OF ENTRY-EXIT | By virtue of annually published ministerial decision. Please consult HCAA/Airports Division | ||||
| Karpathos | Karpathos Airport | AOK | |||
| Chios | Omiros | JKH | |||
| Milos | Milos Airport | MLO | |||
| Paros | Paros Airport | PAS | |||
| Naxos | Naxos Airport | JNX | |||
 Iceland | |||||
| Reykjavik/Keflavik | Keflavik Airport | KEF | |||
 Ireland | |||||
| Cork | Cork Airport | ORK | 2,340,141 | 0 | |
| Dublin | Dublin Airport | DUB | 18,976,849 | 122,800 | |
| County Kerry | Kerry Airport | KIR | 283,400 | 27,500 | |
| Knock | Ireland West Airport Knock | NOC | 685,000 | ||
| Shannon | Shannon Airport | SNN | 1,394,781 | 0 | |
 Italy | |||||
| Bari | Bari Palese Airport | BRI | |||
| Milan | Malpensa International Airport | MXP | |||
| Rome | Leonardo da Vinci Airport | FCO | |||
| Pisa | Galileo Galilei International Airport | PSA | |||
| Venice | Venice Marco Polo Airport | VCE | |||
| Verona | Verona Airport | VRN | |||
 Norway | |||||
| Bergen | Bergen Airport, Flesland | BGO | |||
| Moss/Oslo | Moss Airport, Rygge | RYG | |||
| Oslo | Oslo Airport, Gardermoen | OSL | |||
| Sandefjord | Sandefjord Airport, Torp | TRF | |||
| Stavanger | Stavanger Airport, Sola | SVG | |||
| Tromsø | Tromsø Airport | TOS | |||
| Trondheim | Trondheim Airport, Værnes | TRD | |||
 Poland | |||||
| Warsaw | Warsaw Chopin Airport | WAW | 9,337,456 | ||
 Sweden | |||||
| Stockholm | Stockholm-Arlanda Airport | ARN | 13,281,295 (2008) | 4,854,810 | |
| Gothenburg | Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport | GOT | 3,158,832 | 1,144,879 | few |
| Stockholm/Nyköping | Stockholm-Skavsta Airport | NYO | |||
| Malmö | Malmö Airport | MMX | |||
 United Kingdom | |||||
| Birmingham | Birmingham Airport | BHX | |||
| Leeds | Leeds Bradford Airport | LBA | |||
| Leicestershire | East Midlands Airport | EMA | |||
| Liverpool | Liverpool John Lennon Airport | LPL | |||
| London | London City Airport | LCY | |||
| London | London Gatwick Airport | LGW | |||
| London | London Heathrow Airport | LHR | |||
| London | London Luton Airport | LTN | |||
| London | London Stansted Airport | STN | |||
| Manchester | Manchester Airport | MAN | |||
| Newcastle upon Tyne | Newcastle Airport | NCL | |||
| Bournemouth | Bournemouth Airport | BOH | |||
| Southampton | Southampton Airport | SOU | |||
| Aberdeen | Aberdeen Airport | ABZ | |||
| Edinburgh | Edinburgh Airport | EDI | |||
| Glasgow | Glasgow International Airport | GLA | |||
| Glasgow | Glasgow Prestwick International Airport | PIK | |||
| Cardiff | Cardiff International Airport | CWL | |||
| Belfast | Belfast International Airport | BFS | |||
| Inverness | Inverness Airport | INV | |||
 Netherlands | |||||
| Amsterdam | Schiphol Airport | AMS | |||
 Austria | |||||
| Vienna | Vienna Airport | VIE | |||
 Russia | |||||
| Moscow | Sheremetyevo International Airport | SVO | |||
| Moscow | Domodedovo International Airport | DME | |||
| Saint Petersburg | Pulkovo International Airport | LED | |||
Oceania
Terminology
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 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, or Itami Airport as locals call it. Even when Itami 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 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 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.
Stateless persons
Some cases of statelessness have occurred in airports of entry, forcing people to stay there for an extended period. A famous case was of Mehran Karimi Nasseri, an expelled Iranian who lived in the Charles de Gaulle Airport in France for approximately eighteen years after being denied entry to the country. There are two films about his story, Tombés du ciel and The Terminal.[7] Another case is Zahra Kamalfar who lived in the Sheremetyevo International Airport for many months before getting refugee status in Canada.[8]
See also
- Airport terminal
- Concourse
- Customs
- International airport
- Port of entry
- Schengen Agreement
- World's busiest airports by passenger traffic
- World's busiest airports by international passenger traffic
- Busiest airports in Europe by passenger traffic
- List of the largest airports in the Nordic countries
Notes
- ↑ "Tanzania" (PDF). Page 4, Federal Aviation Administration. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
- ↑ "Directory of CBSA Offices". Canada Border Services Agency. Retrieved 2013-08-22.
- ↑ "US-VISIT: Current Ports of Entry","US Department of Homeland Security",
- ↑ Capital Region International Airport Designated Foreign Trade Zone, FlyLansing.com, August 24, 2009
- ↑ Rapport mensuel de décembre 2008, available on http://www.lyon.aeroport.fr
- ↑ "New Zealand Customs Service : Airports","New Zealand Customs Service",
- ↑ Berczeller, Paul (2004-09-06). "The man who lost his past". The Guardian. Retrieved 2008-08-01.
- ↑ "Emotional reunion for Iranian family at Vancouver airport". CBC News. 2007-03-15. Retrieved 2012-05-12.