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The designation of "International" for airports simply means the US Customs Bureau has an office open at it. There are several airports even smaller ones that have the designation. Usually because they have private and charter flights coming in internationally. The common misconception is that if an airport is international, it must have commercial international service. There aren't too many airports that aren't hubs that have daily international service. The exception is when a Hub airport outside of the US has a direct connection, for instance Toronto's Pearson has connections to several medium sized US metros that wouldn't other wise have daily international service.
Correct. I love airports that have "International" in their name but no international flights. Just a few:
Great Falls (MT) International Airport
Spokane (WA) International Airport
Hector/Fargo (ND) International Airport
As I understand it, to qualify for "International" designation an airport must have customs service available as mjlo notes above.
According to the Wikipedia page, I don't see any international routes out of Norfolk-Virginia Beach. The closes thing to it is a cargo route to Puerto Rico.
I assume we want metro sizes...and sounds like this is the winner!
El Paso is a large "city", it's not a large market. Air service has never been determined by how many people a city has by expanding it's borders, but rather market size. Cities like El Paso, Albuquerque, and Jacksonvilles large city size have no reflection on their market size.
OP asked city. I answered. Beyond that I don't care but thanks for the talk.
Louisville has no international passenger flights. They do, however, have a ton of international cargo flights, since it is a major UPS hub.
I looked up Fresno. Even it has direct flights to/from Guadalajara.
Tucson has no direct international flights. Neither does Long Beach. These are both sizable cities. Tucson has a slightly larger population and sphere of influence, so I vote Tucson.
Piedmont Triad International, serving the Triad of North Carolina (Winston-Salem Greensboro High Point) with a population of 1.6 million...no international flights. I think there was one in the past.
That is pretty interesting that Albuquerque, Tucson, and El Paso don't have direct flights to Mexico. Never would have thought that.
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Piedmont Triad International, serving the Triad of North Carolina (Winston-Salem Greensboro High Point) with a population of 1.6 million...no international flights. I think there was one in the past.
I think PTI at one time had a seasonal non-stop flight to Cancun or some other destination city.
PTI could at some point have a daily flight to and from somewhere like Toronto if the demand for it is there. But I wouldn't hold my breath.
Lehigh Valley International Airport near Allentown has no international routes. While Allentown is nowhere near the largest city without service, the Lehigh Valley MSA, which includes Allentown, Bethlehem, Easton, and Phillipsburg, NJ, is pretty large. In fact, it is the third largest in PA after the Philadelphia-Wilmington-Camden MSA and the Pittsburgh MSA, respectively.
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