By Rich Pollack
Change may soon be coming to the processes many pilots use as they arrive and depart the airspace surrounding the Boca Raton Airport, but chances are they’ll hardly be noticeable to most residents.
For months, the Federal Aviation Admi
By Rich Pollack
Since it opened just about a year ago, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility in Boca Raton has had close to 7,000 aircraft passengers come through its doors.
They have come on almost 1,500 planes and arrived after departing
(l-r) World War II veterans John Bury, Frank Bonfiglio, Richard Stransky, Bill Schwartz and Arthur Pion gather at Boca Raton Airport for the Collings Foundation’s annual Wings of Freedom tour. The airport hosted several restored planes, including a B
The welcome sign covers an entire wall at the new Customs building. Rich Pollack/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
After years of planning and months of construction, a new U.S. Customs and Border Protection building at Boca Raton Airport is now co
A Trump organization helicopter is part of the increased airport traffic. File photo/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
President Donald Trump’s repeated visits to South Florida have been characterized as disruptive to many local travelers and as detri
Workers tend to the outside and driveway of the new Customs Office in late July. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
A new U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility will soon be opening its doors at the Boca Raton Airport — just not as
Brightline celebrates a construction milestone at the station in West Palm Beach.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Road work to wrap as Brightline comes
on board and airports upgrade
By Mary Hladky
If there’s one constant in South Florida, it’s the
After years of discussion, planning and anticipation for the project, shovels finally hit the dirt
during the July 20 groundbreaking ceremony for the 4,700-square-foot U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility
at the Boca Raton Airport. The $4.3 mi
By Rich Pollack
During meetings with residents concerned that a new U.S. Customs Station at the Boca Raton Airport would generate more noise, airport leaders realized they could be doing a better job of telling the airport’s story. “That was t
INSETS BELOW: George Brown; Robert Weinroth; Al Zucaro
By Rich Pollack
The Boca Raton Airport Authority will be welcoming two new board members this month but their stay may be short lived if the Florida Commission on Ethics determines their contr
William Peppler flies north along Florida’s coastline above Delray Beach in a 1967 Piper Navajo.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Tao Woolfe
William Peppler cannot move or speak. The 10-year-old spends most days surveying the world from his small
By Rich Pollack
Before he started working on his Eagle project, 16-year-old Boca Raton Boy Scout Charlie Schmidt didn’t know all that much about the Boca Raton Airport.
He knew that during World War II what is now an executive airfield used
A nesting pair of burrowing owls
at the Boca Raton Airport.
Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
A few American kestrels call the Boca Raton Airport home.
Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
Life near the Boca Raton Airport may become much sa
The view of Boca Raton Airport from Glades Road and Interstate 95.
Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
The federal government pays to staff the control tower at the Boca Raton Airport.
Clara Bennett, the Boca Airport Authority’s executive director,
cam
By Margie Plunkett
A $181,000 feasibility study of a customs facility for international flights arriving at Boca Raton Airport garnered the backing of City Council in January.
Council passed a resolution to support the study, which would examine the
