Brand new Pilatus PC24 Arrives from Switzerland. Armed Customs inspects and boards. No one exits.

I've taken private planes through customs. Seen it happen at FBO's plenty of times, but this is a first: A Swiss-tailed Pilatus arrives at Rocky Mountain Metro Airport outside Denver. Rather than taxiing to one of the FBO's, the $12 million jet taxis to the center of the ramp and keeps the engines running.

Rather than going to the customs office, an armed customs officer comes to the plane. I'm thinking it must be nice to be so rich that customs waits for you. The officer gestures the pilot to kill the engines, and then starts an inspection using some sort of scanning device. She circles the entire plane, and then approaches the door and motions for it to be opened.

The officer is onboard for about 10 minutes. A custom car approaches the plane and then leaves. I'm waiting to see who (and how many) deplane, but nobody does. Instead, they close the door and taxi away.

I checked Flightaware - Appears the PC24 was on its first strip. Flying to Colorado via Iceland and Canada.

Rocky Mountain Metropolitan is my flying base in Colorado. I've captured videos while flying Cessna 182's and Cessna 182RG's into the Rockies from KBJC, but this was the first time I've ever captured activity on the field.

I am an airplane and airport loving pilot and photographer. I capture and share experiences at New York Kennedy, New York Laguardia, Chicago, Washington, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Columbus, Detroit, Louisville, Atlanta, Tampa, Denver, Clearwater, Detroit and San Juan airports so far. I often fly myself to the airport where I'm shooting, as I did for this video.

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[jetfixer]

Looks like it arrived, cleared customs & taxied over to the Pilatus Completion Center at the west end of the field.

[evanlinn]

If this was in the NW US, customs is always checking for radioactivity, after the Fukushima disaster. Had our aircraft checked in Bellingham after a short flight from Whistler.

[riverbankfisher]

A truly beautiful corporate jet that can land on unimproved runways. That has got to be the coolest job - ferrying business jets from the EU to the USA or Asia.

[johnluhmann]

they normally come out to plane . Flew private jet out of BJC

[Bartron-zx]

NBAA story says they use GR-135 Radiation Isotope Identifier (RIID).

[JohnBoyDeere]

Scanning for contraband donuts it looks like...

[jonclassical]

Looked like a "Geiger-Counter" to me !

[Ljet]

the right engine is working as APU (special feature by Pilatus-24).

[CarterWHern]

Why did you edit the closing of the jets door?