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How will the airship and its cargo clear customs at a random warehouse with presumably no staffing of border agents?

Not that I put any credence into the idea in the article, but for your particular question, the same way it occurs now at airports - bonded warehouses.

Which airports have bonded warehouses but do not already host customs facilities or agents?

I think that has to come after, not before.

I don't know if you're aware, but bonded warehouses are customs facilities. The vast majority of goods never pass through a Government customs facility.

In which countries are they legally identical, or even mostly identical, to the customs facilities commonly found in international airports?

I am not the parent, but they did not say bonded warehouses were identical to government customs facilities at airports.

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Hence why I also said ‘or even mostly identical’?

If it’s only vaguely similar in fact, then that seems hardly convincing.

Maybe it's still a customs/border facility. It can just be inland now, away from the very expensive waterfront/costal property

Would that inland facility still have a 100 mile jurisdiction boundary around it as well?

Yes, of course, with a grid of these facilities across the country.

the reason that property is so expensive is because that's where the people are. There's no point in avoiding the biggest cost of air freight - getting goods to consumers who don't live near the limited freight hubs, if you land it in the middle of nowhere and now need to ship by rail or truck AND last mile delivery

There are lots of people inland and away from sea ports. Many hubs of industry (such as Wisconsin which makes many mechanics' tools) could take advantage of this if it were available.

Easy, put it on a starship instead, and fire it off like a ballistic missile at the target warehouse.

Implementation details /s

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