Dallas-area business aviation hub Addison Airport has opened its U.S. Customs and airport administration building. The $8.9 million, 10,300-sq-ft two-story building and adjoining ramp is located midfield on the east side of the field directly opposite the control tower.
Ground was broken on the site in October 2019 but construction and completion were delayed for nearly a year by effects of the Covid pandemic, airport director Joel Jenkinson told AIN. The facility is normally open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. weekdays, with after-hours callout available.
Addison—which is base to more than 600 aircraft and sees approximately 100,000 operations a year—has had customs service since 1995. It was originally housed in the airport’s former administration building which was demolished in the early 2000s and following that, moved to a 325-sq-ft area in the Million Air FBO, which a recent audit found to be no longer suitable.
“Over time, U.S. Customs and Border Protection has updated its standards. To retain that service, we constructed the new, modern facility,” explained Jenkinson. “We took advantage of the opportunity to add a second floor to the building because it was cost-effective to do so to provide new office space for the airport staff.”