Politics & Government
President Trump Heads To Bedminster This Weekend
President Trump is expected to stay in Bedminster from Friday through Sunday. Locals should prepare for traffic delays, flight restrictions.
BEDMINSTER, NJ — President Donald Trump is heading to his golf club in Bedminster for the weekend.
He is expected to arrive at Trump National Golf Club on Friday. The Federal Aviation Administration issued a Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) for VIP Movement for the Bedminster area from Friday at 10 p.m. through Sunday at 10 p.m.
Throughout his presidency, Trump has frequented his golf club during the summer months including having his yearly vacations in August.
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In past summer vacations Trump spent 10 days at the golf club, in 2018 he spent 11 days, and 18 days in 2017.
Since his inauguration, Trump has spent a total of 90 days at his golf club in Bedminster, which is more than any of his properties except Mar-a-Lago where he has spent 109 days, according to nbcnews.com.
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Travel impacts
There are two major impacts when a VIP TFR is issued. First, there is a no-fly zone issued for anything within a 10 mile radius of Trump's National Golf Course in Bedminster. (See Related: Trump To Visit Bedminster For 18 Days, Will 'Devastate' Local Airports)
This essentially shuts down airports such as Somerset Airport and Solberg-Hunterdon Airport in Whitehouse Station.
The second part of the TFR is the second ring, which impacts a much larger radius of airports. The second ring encompasses a 30-mile radius which includes 17 other airports such as Princeton Airport, Old Bridge Airport and Central Jersey Regional Airport in Hillsborough.
Flights within the 30-mile radius can still have aircrafts fly out of the airport to somewhere outside the ring or land from outside the ring to an airport inside.
However, all other operations are prohibited such as flight training, aerobatics, hot air ballooning, helicopters, skydiving, biplane rides and technically even flying a model airplane.
Along with flight restrictions, locals can also expect major delays or road closures during his travel times on Route 10, Route 24, and Interstate 287 and 78 around the airport and the golf club.
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