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Georgia’s First User Fee Airport Welcomes Inaugural International Flight

Release Date
Tue, 06/30/2015
First Flight Arrives at Cobb County International Airport
First Flight Arrives at Cobb County
International Airport

KENNESAW, Ga. —U.S. Customs and Border Protection Atlanta Field Office welcomed the first general aviation flight to the new customs facility now open at Cobb County International Airport. The history-making arrival touched down at 1:00 p.m. on June 25, and taxied to the new facility. CBP officers, along with Cobb County officials and Hawthorne Global staff welcomed arriving international travelers and air crew.

CBP Port Director Stephen Kremer greeted the visitors, saying, “Today, we expand CBP service to a higher level. Our team work with Cobb County and the Georgia Department of Transportation resulted in this opening of a new, state-of-the-art customs facility.”

The newly renamed Cobb County International Airport located north of Atlanta, is the first user fee airport to open in Georgia. A user fee airport is one that has been approved by CBP’s commissioner to charge fees to cover the costs of CBP officers for processing aircraft, passengers and cargo entering the United States.

“Cobb County International Airport is here to support economic growth of Cobb County and with CBP’s new facility we can enhance this with international traveler service,” said Kremer.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security charged with the management, control and protection of our nation's borders at and between the official ports of entry. CBP is charged with keeping terrorists and terrorist weapons out of the country while enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws.

Last Modified: Mar 04, 2024