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INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
(Refer to AIRPORT/FACILITY DIRECTORY.) / (Refer to IFIM.) Relating to international flight, it means:
An airport of entry which has been designated by the Secretary of Treasury or Commissioner of Customs as an international airport for customs service.
A landing rights airport at which specific permission to land must be obtained from customs authorities in advance of contemplated use.
Airports designated under the Convention on International Civil Aviation as an airport for use by international commercial air transport and/or international general aviation.
Any airport designated by the Contracting State in whose territory it is situated as an airport of entry and departure for international air traffic, where the formalities incident to customs, immigration, public health, animal and plant quarantine and similar procedures are carried out.
source: FAA Pilot/Controller Glossary
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