When you travel to the US and arrive at a US Port of Entry(PoE) location, you would go through the US port of entry procedures. Most of the time, you may fill out an I-94 form, or sometimes, you may go through Automated Control Process (APC) Kiosks and after that be interviewed by a CBP Officer.
The CBP officer after the short interaction or interview will put a stamp on your passport. If you look closely, the stamp will have a 3 letter code on it on the top, that indicates the port of entry location or border checkpoint of the US that you used to enter America.
Many may wonder what are these Port of Entry Abbreviations or CBP Codes. Below are a few samples of the US CBP Stamp and their codes highlighted. Also, you can check out the complete list of CBP codes below.
Sample CBP Stamp put at PoE on Passport with the CBP Location Code
The below image is of the CBP stamp that was stamped in New York by a CBP Officer. The NYC code on the stamp represents New York.
Below is a CBP stamp that was stamped in San Francisco. The CBP Code SFR representing San Franciso is on the stamp.
Below is the screenshot of the CBP Stamp from Philadelhipa. The CBP code is PHI.
Below is the screenshot of the CBP stamp from Houston, which is indicated by the CBP code of HOU.
CBP Pilot program – No Physical Ink Stamps in Passport
CBP started a pilot program in August 2022 called the ‘Simplified Arrival Program’, where they no longer put in any physical ink stamp in passports when someone arrives at the US port of entry. The plan is going forward, CBP wants to eliminate stamping passports with physical stamps. You will not see the CBP codes stamped on the passport if such is the case. These would be captured as part of the US Travel History and users can check the I-94 Official Website
US Customs and Border Protection Port of Entry Codes
Below is a full list of CBP Codes that are related to all port of entry locations in the US. These codes are nothing but the US Port of Entry abbreviations as well.
| CBP Code | US Port of Entry Location | CBP Code | US Port of Entry Location |
| ABE | Aberdeen, WA | ABG | Alburg, VT |
| ABQ | Albuquerque, NM | ABS | Alburg Springs, VT |
| ADT | Amistad Dam, TX | AGM | Algoma, WI |
| ALP | Alpena, MI | AGA | Agana, Guam |
| AGN | Algonac, MI | AGU | Mayaguez, PR |
| AKR | Akron, OH | ALB | Albany, NY |
| ALC | Alcan, AK | AMB | Ambrose, ND |
| ANA | Anacortes, WA | ANC | Anchorage, AK |
| AND | Andrade, CA | ANP | Antelope Wells, NM |
| ANT | Antler, ND | ANZ | Anzaldaus, TX |
| ARU | Aruba | AST | Astoria, OR |
| ATB | Ashtabula, OH | ATL | Atlanta, GA |
| ATW | Appleton, WI | AUS | Austin, TX |
| AXB | Alexandria Bay, NY | BAL | Baltimore, MD |
| BAU | Baudette, MN | BAY | Bayfield, WI |
| BBM | Brownsville, B&M Bridge | BCK | Bucksport, ME |
| BCY | Bay City, MI | BCM | Battle Creek and Kalamazoo County Airport, MI |
| BEA | Beaumont, TX | BEB | Beebe Plain, VT |
| BEE | Beecher Falls, VT | BEL | Bellingham, WA |
| BGC | Bridgeport, CT | BGM | Bangor, ME |
| BHM | Bar Harbor, ME Ferry Terminal | BIL | Billings, MT |
| BLA | Blaine, WA | BOA | El Paso, TX Bridge of Americas |
| BOC | Boca Grande, FL | BOO | Boothbay Harbor, ME |
| BOS | Boston, MA | BRG | Burlington, VT |
| BRO | Brownsville, TX | BRU | Brunswick, GA |
| BTM | Butte, MT | BTN | Baton Rouge, LA |
| BUF | Buffalo, NY | BWA | Boundary, WA |
| BWM | Bridgewater, ME | CAL | Calexico, CA |
| CAN | Cape Canaveral, FL | CAP | Cape Vincent, NY |
| CHA | Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VI | CBH | Churubusco, IN |
| CHF | Chief Mountain, MT | CHI | Chicago, IL |
| CHL | Charleston, SC | CHM | Champlain, NY |
| CHR | Christiansted, St. Croix, VI | CHT | Chateaugay, NY |
| CIN | Cincinnati, OH | CLA | Clayton, NY |
| CLE | Cleveland, OH | CLG | Calgary, Alberta Canada |
| CLS | Calais, ME | CLT | Charlotte, NC |
| CNA | Canaan, VT | CNC | Cannon Corners, NY |
| CNJ | Camden, NJ | COB | Coburn Gore, ME |
| COL | Columbus, NM | COO | Coos Bay, OR |
| COR | Corpus Christi, TX | COW | HQ, Washington DC |
| CRA | Crane Lake, MN | CRB | Caribou, ME |
| CRU | Cruz Bay, St. John, VI | CSP | Casper, WY |
| CRY | Carbury, ND | CUT | Cut Bank, MT |
| DAL | Dallas, TX | DAC | Dalton Cache, AK |
| DBL | Dublin, Ireland | DCA | Detroit, MI |
| DCB | Detroit, Ambassador Bridge | DCT | Detroit, Windsor Tunnel |
| DEN | Denver, CO | DER | Del Rio, TX |
| DET | Detroit, MI | DIB | Detroit, MI |
| DLB | Del Bonita, MT | DLR | Del Rio, TX |
| DMA | Detroit, MI | DNA | Donna, TX |
| DNS | Dunseith, ND | DOU | Douglas, AZ |
| DSM | Des Moines, IA | DUL | Duluth, MN |
| DVD | Dover, AFB DE | DVL | Danville, WA |
| EDA | Edmonton, AB Canada | EDN | South Texas, IAP at Edinburg |
| EGP | Eagle Pass, TX | ELP | El Paso, TX |
| ELY | Ely, MN | ENS | Ensenada, PR |
| EPI | Eastport, ID | EPM | Eastport, ME |
| ERC | East Richford, VT | ERI | Erie, PA |
| EVE | Everett, WA | FAB | Fabens, TX |
| FAJ | Fajardo, PR | FAL | Falcon Dam, TX |
| FAR | Fargo, ND | FBA | Freeport, Bahamas |
| FDE | Eagle Pass, Fort Duncan Bridge | FER | Ferry, WA |
| FHK | Fort Hancock, TX | FPT | Freeport, TX |
| FRB | Fairbanks, AK | FRE | Fresno, CA |
| FRI | Friday Harbor, WA | FRK | Frederiksted, St. Croix, VI |
| FRN | Fernandina, FL | FRT | Fortuna, ND |
| FTC | Fort Covington, NY | FTF | Fort Fairfield, ME |
| FTH | Fort Hancock, NM | FTK | Fort Kent, ME |
| FTL | Fort Lauderdale, FL | FTP | Fort Pierce, FL |
| FTM | Fort Meyers, FL | FWA | Frontier, WA |
| GAL | Galveston, TX | GAR | Gary, IN |
| GEO | Georgetown, SC | GGW | Glasgow, MT |
| GLO | Gloucester, MA | GLP | Gulfport, MS |
| GPM | Grand Portage, MN | GRB | Green Bay, WI |
| GRE | Great Falls, MT | GRF | Grand Forks, ND |
| GRO | Grosse Isle, MI | GRP | Grand, Rapids, MI Kent County Intl Airport |
| GRR | Greer, SC | GRT | Groton, CT |
| GSN | Saipan Island, Saipan Intl Arpt, MP, USA | GTW | Brownsville, Gateway Bridge |
| GUL | Gulfport, MS | HAI | Haines, AK |
| HAL | Halifax, Nova Scotia | HAM | Hamilton, Bermuda |
| HAR | Harrisburg, PA | HEL | Helena, MT |
| HHW | Honolulu, HI | HID | Hidalgo, TX |
| HIG | Highgate Springs, VT | HLG | Harlingen, TX |
| HML | Hamlin, ME | HMM | Hammond, IN |
| HNN | Hannah, ND | HNS | Hansboro, ND |
| HOB | Hoboken, NJ | HOM | Homer, AK |
| HOP | Hopewell, VA | HOU | Houston, TX |
| HSB | Harrisburg, PA | HTM | Houlton, ME |
| HUM | Humacao, PR | HVR | Wild Horse, MT |
| HYD | Hyder, AK | IND | Los Indios |
| INP | Indianapolis, IN | INT | International Falls, MN |
| ISB | Port Isabel, TX | ISL | Isle Royale, MI |
| IVP | Calexico, Truck Crossing | JAC | Jacksonville, FL |
| JER | Jersey City, NJ | JKM | Jackman, ME |
| JOB | Jobos, PR | JUN | Juneau, AK |
| KAL | Kalispell, MT | KAN | Kansas City, MO |
| KET | Ketchikan, AK | KEY | Key West, FL |
| KLM | Kalama, WA | KOA | Kona, HI |
| LAN | Lancaster, MN | LAR | Laredo, TX Juarez-Lincoln Bridge |
| LAU | Laurier, WA | LCB | Laredo, Columbia Bridge |
| LEB | Lebanon, ME | LEW | Lewiston, NY |
| LIM | Limestone, ME | LKC | Lake Charles, LA |
| LLB | Laredo Juarez-Lincoln Bridge 2, TX | LNB | Long Beach, CA |
| LOI | Los Indios | LON | Longview, WA |
| LOR | Lorain, OH | LOS | Los Angeles, CA |
| LOU | Louisville, KY | LSE | Los Ebanos, TX |
| LUB | Lubec, ME | LUK | Lukeville, AZ |
| LVG | Las Vegas, NV | LWT | Laredo, World Trade Bridge |
| LYN | Lynden, WA | MAA | Abu Dhabi INTL |
| MAD | Madawaska, ME | MAG | McGuire AFB, NJ |
| MAI | Maida, ND | MAP | Mariposa, AZ |
| MAS | Massena, NY | MAY | Mayaguez, PR |
| MCI | McAllen, TX | MEM | Memphis, TN |
| MET | Metaline Falls, WA | MGC | Morgan City, LA |
| MGM | Morgan, MT | MIA | Miami, FL |
| MIL | Milwaukee, WI | MND | Minot, ND (Int’l Airport) |
| MNW | Manitowoc, WI | MOB | Mobile, AL |
| MON | Montreal, Quebec | MOO | Mooers, NY |
| MOR | Morses Line, VT | MRC | Marine City, MI |
| MRH | Morehead City, NC | MRR | Morristown, NY |
| MRY | Marysville, MI | MSP | Minneapolis/St. Paul (Int’l Airport) |
| MTH | Marathon ARPT, FL | MYR | Myrtle Beach, SC |
| NAC | Naco, AZ | NAS | Nassau, Bahamas |
| NEA | Neah Bay, WA | NEC | Neche, ND |
| NEW | Newark, NJ | NIA | Niagara Falls, NY |
| NIG | Nighthawk, WA | NIK | Nikiski, AK |
| NOG | Nogales, AZ | NOL | New Orleans, LA |
| NOM | Nome, AK | NOO | Noonan, ND |
| NOR | Norfolk, VA | NOY | Noyes, MN |
| NPV | Newport, VT | NRG | Northgate, ND |
| NRN | Norton, VT | NRT | North Troy, VT |
| NSV | Nashville, TN | NWH | New Haven, CT |
| NWL | New London, CT | NWN | Newport News, VA |
| NYC | New York, NY | NYW | Northport, WA |
| OAK | Oakland, CA | OGD | Ogdensburg, NY |
| OKC | Oklahoma City, OK | OLY | Olympia, WA |
| OMA | Omaha, NE | OPH | Opheim, MT |
| ORL | Orlando, FL | ORO | Oroville, WA |
| OSW | Oswego, NY | OTM | Otay Mesa POE, CA |
| OTT | Ottawa, CT | PAN | Panama City, FL |
| PAR | Port Arthur, TX | PAS | Pascagoula, MS |
| PAX | Patuxent River, MD | PBB | Peace Bridge, NY |
| PCF | Port Canaveral, FL | PDN | Paso del Norte, El Paso, TX |
| PEM | Pembina, ND | PEN | Pensacola, FL |
| PER | Perth Amboy, NJ | PEV | Port Everglades, FL |
| PGR | Progreso, TX | PHI | Philadelphia, PA |
| PHO | Phoenix, AZ | PHR | Pharr, TX |
| PHU | Port Huron, M | PHY | Pacific Highway POE, WA |
| PIB | Paradise, Island, Bahamas | PIE | Piegan, MT |
| PIN | Pine Creek, MN | PIT | Pittsburgh, PA |
| PIV | Pinnacle POE, VT | PKC | Poker Creek, AK |
| PNG | Port Angeles, WA | PNH | Pittsburg, NH |
| POE | Port of El Paso, TX | POM | Portland, ME |
| PON | Ponce, PR | POO | Portland, OR |
| POR | Portal, ND | PRC | Prince Rupert BC Canada |
| PRE | Presidio, TX | PRO | Providence, RI |
| PSJ | Port St. Joe, FL | PSM | Portsmouth, NH |
| PTL | Porthill, ID | PTO | Port Townsend, WA |
| PTR | Point Roberts, WA | PUT | Put-in-Bay, OH |
| RAN | Ranier, MN | RAY | Raymond, MT |
| RBB | Niagara Falls, Rainbow Bridge, NY | RBT | Roberts Landing, MI |
| RCM | Richmond, VA | RDU | Raleigh-Durham, NC |
| REN | Reno, NV | RIF | Richford, VT |
| RIO | Rio Grande City, TX | RIT | Rome, Italy |
| ROC | Rochester, NY | ROM | Roma, TX |
| ROO | Roosville, MT | ROS | Roseau, MN |
| ROU | Rouses Point, NY | SAC | Sacramento, CA |
| SAG | Saginaw, MI | SAJ | San Juan, PR |
| SAR | Sarles, ND | SAS | Sasabe, AZ |
| SAU | St. Augustine, FL | SAV | Savannah, GA |
| SBR | South Brewer, ME | SCL | St. Clair, MI |
| SCO | Scobey, MT | SDP | San Diego Intl. Airport, CA |
| SDY | Sandusky, OH | SEA | Seattle, WA |
| SET | Seattle-Tacoma, WA | SFB | Sanford, FL |
| SPE | St. Petersburg, FL | SPN | Saipan |
| SFR | San Francisco, CA | SHA | Shannon, Ireland |
| SHR | Sherwood, ND | SJO | St. John, ND |
| SKA | Skagway, AK | SLC | Salt Lake City, UT |
| SLO | San Luis Obispo, CA | SLU | San Luis, AZ |
| SNA | San Antonio, TX | SND | San Diego, CA |
| SNJ | San Jose, CA | SNN | Shannon, Ireland |
| SPA | St. Pamphile, ME | SPC | San Pedro, CA |
| SPM | St. Paul, MN | SPO | Spokane, WA |
| SRL | St. Aurelie, ME | SSB | Sanford, Fl |
| SSM | Sault Ste. Marie, MI | STA | St. Albans, VT |
| STJ | St. John, USVI | STL | St. Louis, MO |
| STR | Santa Teresa, NM | STZ | St. Zacharie, ME |
| SUM | Sumas, WA | SWE | Sweetgrass, MT |
| SYR | Syracuse, NY | SYS | San Ysidro, CA |
| TAC | Tacoma, WA | TAM | Tampa, FL |
| TEC | Tecate, CA | THO | Thousand Islands Bridge, NY |
| TOL | Toledo, OH | TOR | Toronto, Ontario Canada |
| TRL | Trail Creek, MT | TRO | Trout River, NY |
| TRV | Travis AFB, CA | TUC | Tucson, AZ |
| TUR | Turner, MT | VAN | Vancouver, WA |
| VCB | Vanceboro, ME | VCV | Vancouver, BC Canada |
| VIB | Veterans International Bridge | VIC | Victoria, BC |
| VNB | Van Buren, ME | WAL | Walhalla, ND |
| WAR | Warroad, MN | WAS | Washington, DC |
| WBE | West Berkshire, VT | WCM | Willow Creek, MT |
| WHI | Whitetail, MT | WHM | Wildhorse, MT |
| WHO | Westhope, ND | WHR | Whirlpool Bridge |
| WHT | Whitlash, MT | WIL | Wilmington, NC |
| WIN | Winnipeg, SK. Canada | WLL | Wilmington, DE |
| WRB | Whirlpool Bridge | WND | Williston, ND (Int’l Airport) |
| WPB | West Palm Beach, FL | WRA | Wrangell, AK |
| YAK | Yakima, WA | YOU | Youngstown, NY |
| YSL | Ysleta, TX | YUI | Yuma, AZ |
For any updates on the locations and their codes, check out the latest info at US CBP Codes on State.gov website