BEDMINSTER, NJ — Fighter jets with the North American Aerospace Defense Command(NORAD) stopped two aircraft violating the Temporary Flight Restrictions(TFR) in Bedminster on Sunday.
NORAD confirmed to Patch that two general aviation or civilian aircraft were intercepted on Sunday.
"During intercept, NORAD will go up with fighter aircraft and give them instructions through either radio or wing rock... and lead the general aviation aircraft out of the area," according to a spokesman with NORAD.
A TFR was in place in Bedminster as President Donald Trump was visiting his Trump National Golf Club for the weekend.
Throughout his presidency, Trump has frequented his golf club during the summer months, including having his yearly vacations in August.
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.
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.
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