Trump’s Visits Ground Business at Small New Jersey Airports

Now you know how 18 airfields and their pilots have been feeling in Chicagoland for nearly the last dozen years - and for future years to come anytime O comes to visit. Yeah, it's a huge PITA - but it has nothing to do with who specifically is in the plane. The same problem (and it is certainly a problem) has existed for decades and past presidents - and it will exist for future presidents as well.

This is not a Trump controversy anymore than it has been an Obama controversy. Politicizing this is flatly stupid and exhibits an agenda. Focus on the real problem at hand.

Another aviation website going by the wayside. I'm sad to see it happen.

FA used to be a great aviation website, meaningful discussions on aviation topics with serious input allowing for aviation enthusiasts at all levels to share their experiences, questions and knowledge. Unfortunately, it is morphing into a political website as seen in this squawk and many others.

And this is different than any other president ?? All was business as usual when Obama and Clinton visited their haunts?

Sad day when an article like this makes the list. Way off the center line of aviation. h

This is a classic example of the news making a story about nothing. This has been going on since Presidents started using airplanes to go from place to place. Before that it was the railroads. This is a not a story at all.

I have read the same complaints regarding private aviation in the area surrounding trumps mar a lago resort in florida..its a bit like closing down businesses on a busy street for more than one day to prepare for a parade!

I think this issue is that we tax payers are paying for Trump to stay at his own "Trump National Golf Club" … in other words a conflict of interest that otherwise would NOT be a conflict of interest with other sitting presidents that have "FULLY" flushed themselves of such conflicts. For example Reagan, Clinton, Bushes, Obama, etc. either sold businesses and/or ceded the a independent authority and some Presidents went even further and but all their assets in a blind trust. Trump however did not. Trump had promised to place all his assets in a trust, but what actually happened is Trump setup a Trust controlled by his son but Trump is the sole beneficiary. Anyway, that's why this is a big issue, conflict of interest at the tax payers expense.

This isn't anything new, unfortunately. Remember when the then-new President Clinton 'closed' LAX (Not intentionally,I don't think) while getting a haircut on AF1? Air tours businesses were crippled in Hawaii when Obama was visiting, though some sort of agreement was established as I recall.

It's one of my peeves: Presidents travel FAR more than needed. It's wasteful and disruptive.

Anti-Trump mania thrives in the media - all over the world!

This site needs to vet political rubbish like this please

There was also a very large crowd of people there, I mean a very, very ,very large crowd of people. It was the biggest crowd of people ever to watch a sitting president walk around and make motions to folks, but don't forget it was the biggest crowd of people in the history of history I mean it was BIG!

Herbert Hoover must have upset the locals in the Virginia mountains when he stayed at his fishing camp. Probably shut down all the moonshine stills for 20 miles around and put a hole in the local economy.

It’s what happens when you elect a president that has zero connection with the people that elected him. Even Trump followers have zero in common other than “change by lack of civility, lack of knowledge and lack of understanding” they just want change and their vote gives them that right. Education gives everyone a fair vote but they should exercise that right carefully. I don’t care where he goes or how often, I care how he represents the country and it’s ideals. Trust me if he goes off the rails very often, he will be replaced! Until then, voice your opinions and BTW I would rather him shut down MMU than EWR for a golf game,

Obama's visits did the same thing everywhere he went as well.. the media cant stop making Trump look bad.. let's be fair

Drop the politics FlightAware. Stay on subject. Most visitors here are not interested in the political opinion of others and publishing such only serves to dampen enthusiasm for the site.

What does anyone expect from a left leaning rag like the NYT? It's just another one of their various and sundry Trump hit pieces. I had to put up with it when Obama was in office and there was NEVER an article written about it. I don't call it fake news, it's JUNK news.

Just look at the "controversies" that can be ginned up when a swamp is drained. There would not be a drop of ink used by the NY Times if Hillary spent a weekend out of town.

It's nice to see someone reporting on these issues. No matter where the President is in the US his presence is crippling the local aviation industry.

Don't they realize people are tired of the bashing. I say to the writer of that article "YOU'RE FIRED"

For a guy who said he would work and not play much golf, seems something is wrong. Trump is quite the issue. He's American, what more can I say.

Maybe we should lock the doors on the White House to keep him in. That way he can get into less trouble.

I’m amazed at how many liberal losers show up here. Your girl lost, so get over it. Your continued sour grapes rhetoric has become treasonous and is damaging this country. All because your candidate lost. The country hired President Trump because he has the guts to make the changes we want. We know he isn’t perfect, as none of us are. Please consider the damage you are doing to the stability and future of this country. No doubt one day your candidate will be President, and we will support them. You should do the same now, for all our benefit.

You can't buy airplanes with food stamps.

Yawwwwn!

A wearisome article and, unfortunately, an even more wearisome set of comments. Not much about planes in this one.

There should be NO special treatment - let 'em have the same risks as the rest od us. BAN TFR's. Aalso - they should have to be TSA Groped as well'

And??? This is a NON 'news' BS piece. FlightAware couldn't find any ACTUAL news?? Nahhhhh.....just MORE STUPID, ANTI-AMERICAN LibTards want to WHINE like 3 year olds! Well, AMERICANS are SICK of it!