The facility will be an inspection location that participates in the Small Vessel Reporting System. When a boater logs an arrival into the U.S., they may be requested to come to the CBP for an in-person clearance. This is a convenience for the local marine community that has had no Customs facility in the Boca [...]
The CBP and Homeland Security office will be staffed by federal law enforcement officers with access to a trained K-9 unit. These officers are present to assure that all users adhere to the highest safety and security standards.
The environmental impact of reduced low altitude flights will be measurable in terms of reduced fuel consumption and noise in the community.
With U.S. Customs and Border Protection service at the Boca Raton Airport, aviation tenants will be able to fly directly to home base and taxi up to the Customs facility upon arrival to report for inspections, which eliminates the extra flight leg.
Without the CBP facility, Boca Raton Airport tenants returning after international travel have to first go through Customs at other airports, such as Palm Beach International or Fort Lauderdale Executive, because these airports have CBP service. After clearing Customs, they then took flight again to reach their home destination at the Boca Raton Airport.
No residents were, or will be, taxed to pay for the facility. No ad valorem taxes were, or will be, used to pay for the facility. Ongoing funding of the CBP facility will be covered by Customs user fees and the statewide tax on aviation fuel.
No local, county, or state property or sales taxes fund airport operations or improvement programs. Unless you’re using the airport as a pilot, aircraft owner, tenant or sub-tenant of the airport, your tax dollars do not fund any aspect of the Boca Raton Airport or the Authority, including the new building.
The BRAA leases property from the state of Florida on which the Boca Raton Airport is situated. Therefore, aviation-related and non-aviation businesses on the property pay rent to the BRAA. Those funds, along with fuel flow fees paid solely by the users of the airport, are used to fund the airport operations and for airport [...]
The Florida Department of Transportation provides state grants for eligible airport capital projects with revenue generated from a gas tax levied on users of airports throughout the state. Pilots and aviation industry leaders approved the tax decades ago as a way to provide a sustainable and continuous source of income for reinvestment in airport infrastructure. [...]
Fifty percent (50%) of the funds for the construction of the CBP building and eighty percent (80%) of the funds for the construction of supporting infrastructure were obtained through a Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) aviation capital improvement grant and the rest of the funding was provided by Boca Raton Airport Authority (BRAA) revenue generated [...]
