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Press Release
Issued by Flightstar Corporation.
October 13, 2020
Flightstar Corporation, the FBO at Champaign-Urbana’s Willard Airport (KCMI) in Illinois, has announced the completion of a general aviation U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) facility at the University of Illinois-operated airport. The state-of-the-art facility officially opened for service on Sunday, October 11th, and is now capable of clearing private aircraft, crew and passengers arriving directly from international departure points.
Before the opening of this facility, all private aircraft arriving from international departure points were required to first stop at other ports of entry before continuing to KCMI. CBP will staff the facility with a CBP officer from 9.00 am to 5.00 pm Monday through Friday. Outside of those hours, services will be provided based upon CBP officer availability.
“We are very excited by the completion and opening of the CBP general aviation facility,” says Willard Airport executive director, Tim Bannon. “The addition of CBP services will be an asset to both the airport and our community. This is the first time private aircraft traveling from international locations will be able to land directly at Willard Airport to complete international arrival boarder formalities. The airport has a strong partnership with Flightstar, which has fully funded the construction of the facility and will pay for ongoing operational costs associated with the CBP operations at Willard.”
Flightstar hosted an opening ceremony on Tuesday 13th at 10.00 a.m. for the media and U.S. Customs and Border Protection representatives.
