# Park in one country and fly from another?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 5, 2025, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/park-in-one-country-and-fly-from-another/1017916 "2025-05-05T18:18:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2025, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/park-in-one-country-and-fly-from-another/1017916/1 "2025-05-05T18:18:38Z")

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San Diegans traveling to Mexican destinations often cross the border by land and fly from Tijuana, both for the lower prices and avoiding airport customs and immigration. That’s been streamlined in recent years by building a complex of parking lots and a terminal-like building on the U.S. side. Since the Tijuana airport is built right on the border that makes it possible to park in the U.S, cross a covered foot bridge, and emerge in Mexico, right inside the airport itself … with customs and immigration checks taken care of en route. Very convenient!

My question is: is that unique? There are a lot of countries and a lot of a borders in the world. Are there other places where you can land in one country and walk to your car parked in another?

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**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2025, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/park-in-one-country-and-fly-from-another/1017916/2 "2025-05-05T18:52:24Z")

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the most similar would be:

> **[EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EuroAirport_Basel_Mulhouse_Freiburg)**
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> EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg (IATA: MLH, BSL, EAP, ICAO: LFSB)\[note 1\] is an international airport in the administrative commune of Saint-Louis, in the French Alsace part of the Trinational Eurodistrict of Basel. It is 4.7 km (2.9 mi) west of the tripoint of France, Germany, and Switzerland, 3.5 km (2.2 mi) northwest of the city of Basel in Switzerland, 20 km (12 mi) southeast of Mulhouse in France, and 46 km (29 mi) south-southwest of Freiburg im Breisgau in Germany. The airport is joi

and

> **[Geneva Airport](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geneva_Airport)**
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> Geneva Airport (IATA: GVA, ICAO: LSGG) – formerly and still unofficially known as Cointrin Airport – is an international airport of Geneva, the second most populous city in Switzerland. It is located 4 km (2.5 mi) northwest of the city centre. It surpassed the 15-million-passengers-a-year mark for the first time in December 2014. The airport serves as a hub for Swiss International Air Lines and easyJet Switzerland. It features a route network of flights mainly to European metropolitan and l Th...

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**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2025, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/park-in-one-country-and-fly-from-another/1017916/3 "2025-05-05T18:54:02Z")

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There are a few that are more extreme on the US-Canada border

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/jJra9NnEEsk/maxresdefault.jpg "Why So Many Airport Runways Cross the US-Canada Border") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJra9NnEEsk)