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FL (KMTH) is a CBP port and can be used in lieu of a Designated Airport. Be sure to contact CBP at the airport to obtain Permission to Land.
Tucson, AZ (KTUS), San Antonio, TX (KSAT), Midland, TX (KMAF): While these airports are Designated Airports, you cannot get to them without overflying another Desig- nated airport. Nonetheless, if you are granted Permission to Land, you may use those airports as your closest airport to the border.
Miami Field Office: The CBP Miami Field Office (MFO) has estab- lished that “Flights which are required to land at a nearest designated airport to the border or coastline crossing point may proceed directly to any of the eight designated airports in the MFO Area Of Responsibility (AOR) without an overflight exemption, even if the airport of intended landing is not the one closest to the U.S. coast- line crossing point.” The Designated airports in the MFO’s AOR are KEYW, KTMB, KMIA, KOPF, KFXE, KFLL, KPBI and KFPR. So, if you were returning to the USA from Cancun, Mexico, you could overfly KEYW and continue up the east Flori- da coastline all the way to KFPR and you would be in compliance. However, you COULD NOT overf ly the MFO airports on your way to Tampa (KTPA) when returning from The Bahamas, even though Tampa is a Designated Airport.
Border Overf light Exemptions (BOE): One way to avoid having to land at a Designated Airport is to ob- tain a BOE from CBP. Over the last several years, CBP Headquarters has simplified and centralized the BOE approval process. Today, you simply identify the operator to whom the BOE will be issued, and any aircraft, crew, passengers and foreign ports are all systematically vetted through APIS when the manifest is transmitted. A BOE holder must ensure that the op- erator specified in the APIS manifest is the operator to whom the BOE was
than 1 hour prior to departure from the USA or foreign country. This DHS authorization comes in the form of a receipt email which contains a sum- mary of the date, time, departure and arrival airports. Make sure that the information in the DHS receipt email is accurate.
Failing to get the receipt email from DHS means you have not received authorization to depart, so you should not depart. Failing to receive a DHS receipt email may be due to issues with the CBP systems, typos in your
issued. In addition, to legally utilize a BOE, the flight must be under IFR, fly above 12,500 feet and not make any intermediate stops.
Advanced Passenger Infor- mation System (APIS): Since November of 2008, operators of private flights are required to file a DEPARTURE APIS manifest using the Electronic Advanced Passenger Information System (eAPIS) portal when departing the USA for a foreign country and an ARRIVAL APIS manifest when returning to the USA from a for- eign country. DEPARTURE and ARRIVAL APIS manifests must be filed and authorization from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) must be received NO LATER
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