Planes at LGA delayed an hour as Trump takes off on Air Force 2...

[brooklynite]

...and he wants to "come home" on weekends.

[In_The_Wind]

1. Maybe he should land at Stewart Airport.

[brooklynite]

2. It would take longer to get from Stewart to Midtown than it does from Washington to Stewart

[In_The_Wind]

4. The drive time is just over an hour.

[brooklynite]

5. No it is not...it is 1 hr 45 min from Midtown Manhattan.

[In_The_Wind]

6. My mistake: 1 h 42 min (65.4 mi) via Palisades Interstate Pkwy S

[leftynyc]

7. He could take a helicopter

I always know when Bill Clinton is in Westchester - his flight path (as far as I can tell, it's just for him) takes him right over my apartment building.

[In_The_Wind]

8. That would solve lots of problems.

[leftynyc]

9. I would suggest Westchester County airport

but I'm not sure the runways are long enough for AF1. But that's where Bill flies when he comes in by helicopter (so I assume I'll be hearing it tomorrow night).

[In_The_Wind]

10. I know the runways and security at Stewart would fit Trump's needs.

I don't know anything about Westchester County Airport size.


Welcome home tomorrow night, Bill.

[brooklynite]

11. FWIW, AF1 won't be able to land at LGA (Trump's preferred airport). He'll likely come in at JFK.

[In_The_Wind]

12. JFK is better equipped than LGA (which never impressed me).

[leftynyc]

13. LGA is a horrible airport

And now it's under a major renovation so it's even worse. I refuse to fly out of it. JFK for international and Westchester for domestic. I don't understand how lga could be anyone's favorite. BTW - I heard Bills helicopter around 8:00 last night.

[jmowreader]

14. AF1 is any plane the president is in

The presidential fleet includes at least one 757. If he wants to fly to LGA, that's what they'll put him in.

If it was me I'd put him in a C-130 as palletized freight. Three guesses why I'm not the presidential loadmaster.

[crazycatlady]

16. I flew into there in November

And the plane I took was a puddle jumper. I've never been on a (commercial) jet sized plane that departed or landed at White Plains.

[leftynyc]

18. They don't have large jets

but I've flown to Chicago, Houston and West Palm Beach from Westchester on jets - around 30 rows 4-6 seats across.

[crazycatlady]

19. The plane I flew in on (from Chicago, a connection from West Coast Portland)

was a small one. Less than 20 rows, 3 seats across (2 on 1 side, 1 on the other-- not having a seatmate was nice). They gate checked all luggage bigger than a small duffel bag.

[leftynyc]

20. I was on one of those small ones

from Chicago but that was 10 years ago or so. I was actually flying back through Chicago from San Franciso and had to cut our trip short because a big President's Day snowstorm was coming. I had no idea small planes flew so much lower and I was able to watch the snow falling the entire trip. Got home just in the nick of time.

[spanone]

3. the 'king' doesn't care about the peasants....

[DFW]

15. Impeccable timing

I knew I got out of LaGuardia last Sunday for a reason!

[bdamomma]

17. the mayor of New York

should throw his ass out of NY. tRump is making up his own rules. What a sick ass man.

Impeachment proceedings please I will be calling my Senators offices to voice this.

[Roland99]

21. And the cost of Air Force 1 or 2 every weekend to/from DC and NYC? HA!

and they bitched about Obama's golf outings???

[mahatmakanejeeves]

22. Nit to pick with headline:

I think it's just a "special air mission" (SAM) with a president-elect on board.

Anyone?