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2014–2019 · South Bend International Airport — boundary size
The word "International" in the airport's April 23, 2014 name was a claim the authority then spent five years building into fact. U.S. Customs and Border Protection processing of general-aviation and corporate international arrivals began in June 2017, and the International General Aviation Facility (GAF) held its grand opening that month; the facility cleared about sixty aircraft in its first partial year and recorded 86 GAF operations in 2024. The Federal Inspection Station (FIS) for larger aircraft opened with the arrival of a Liverpool Football Club chartered Boeing 747 from Manchester — and the date conflict in the record is printed whole: the airport's summary account dates the arrival July 16, 2019, while the authority's own press release, dated July 19, 2019, reports the opening as "today." The flight itself is not in dispute: it was the airport's first international commercial arrival, a charter carrying a Premier League club to a Notre Dame Stadium friendly. Indiana's first Global Entry Enrollment Center followed at the field, with enrollments commencing July 22, 2019, per the authority's release. As of November 2026 the international build stands as: a working GAF for corporate arrivals, a federal inspection station proven on a 747 charter, and a Global Entry center — international at charter and general-aviation strength, with no scheduled international airline service, which is stated so the name is not read larger than the record.