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Florida TFR Compounds Holiday Traffic
By: Curt Epstein
Caption: Private and general aviation trafffic will be inconvenienced around the Palm Beach area for the next 17 days.
Word Count: 227
The FAA has issued a TFR for the Palm Beach, Florida area, beginning today, due to upcoming VIP movements in the holiday season. It will start at 2315 UTC and extend until 0100 UTC on Monday, Jan. 7, 2019.

Area A of the TFR will center on the Palm Beach VORTAC with a radius of 30 miles, while Area B will extend in a radius of 10 miles from the center. All aircraft operations within Area B, known as the inner core, will be prohibited with the exception of approved law enforcement, approved air ambulance flights, regularly scheduled commercial flights, all-cargo flights operating under TSA-approved standard security programs, and military aircraft directly supporting the U.S. Secret Service and the office of the President of the U.S. All private aircraft operating to Palm Beach International Airport (PBI) must register with the TSA for screening at a gateway-approved airport no less than 24 hours before departure. The same holds for all flights originating from PBI.

Between 10 nm and 30 nm, operations are limited to aircraft arriving and/or departing from local airfields, and workload permitting, ATC may authorize transit operations. All aircraft must be on an active IFR or filed VFR flight path with a discrete transponder code assigned by an ATC facility. Aircraft must squawk that code before departure and at all times while in the TFR area.