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By
Wikipedia,
the free encyclopedia,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_airport
A domestic airport is an airport which handles only
domestic flights or flights within the same country. Domestic airports
don't have customs and immigration facilities and are therefore incapable
of handling flights to or from a foreign airport.
These airports normally have short runways which are sufficient to handle
short/medium haul aircraft and regional air traffic. They have in many
countries not had any security check / metal detector, but such checks
have been added in recent years.
Most municipal airports in Canada and the United States are of this classification.
At international airports in Canada, there are domestic terminals that
handle flights within Canada (flying from one Canadian city to another).
Several small countries do not have any public domestic airports, or
even not any public domestic flights, e.g. Belgium.
See also:
- International airport
- Regional airport
- Civil enclave
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