Air Force One in New York Monday 5/14/12

[Matt Molnar]

Air Force One is expected to land at JFK Monday morning, May 14, 2012.

The FAA TFR starts at 10:15 am local and ends at 9 pm local, so it's a safe bet the aircraft will be landing and departing near those times.

No word on whether Marine One will be flying to Randalls Island or Wall St Heliport.

[Gerard]

Weather possibly not looking good for the helos.

[Vinny Ohare]

Looks like I will be flying out just in time to miss it. Leaving at 830!

[yankees368]

Will anyone be out?

[KHPN]

seriously considering it, except the idea of having to get to jfk in time to figure out which rwy is in use and the traffic thats sure to be involved is a scary one

[fk6065]

31-L unless the winds ae really bad.

[KHPN]

is there a phone number I can call for the ATIS on the way over just to be safe?

[moose135]

718-995-8188 for JFK ATIS, but it doesn't matter. Regardless of the active runway broadcast by ATIS - or even if you see actual aircraft landing - AF1 will use 31L unless winds or other conditions are out of limits. And if that happens, the only way you will know about it is if you have a scanner and hear him check in with approach or tower. Go to Bayswater and enjoy.

[yankees368]

I will try to be a Bayswater tomorrow morning, unless the weather is very poor. Hoping for a less eventful trip this time...

[NIKV69]

AF1 is beginning to remind me of Jason Whitebird. Clouds!

[Zee71]

This is true....damn those clouds!

[Speedbird1]

Good luck with Air Force 1 which has a different call-sign incidentally. I think it's called SAM somethin. I'm still hoping to see N905NA which ferrried the Enterprise to JFK. It's said to depart on Fri. but where are they hiding it?

[moose135]

Good luck with Air Force 1 which has a different call-sign incidentally. I think it's called SAM somethin.

When POTUS is on board, they use the "Air Force 1" call sign. When he isn't, it's "SAM xxx" using the tail number of the aircraft, "SAM" being short for Special Air Mission, which is the USAF unit responsible for VIP transport. Without POTUS, the VC-25 will go by SAM 28000 or SAM 29000, depending on which air frame they are using.

[Matt Molnar]

So they landed on 31R, ruining the day of yankees368 and anyone else who was in position for a 31L arrival. Could have been due to the Shuttle, or maybe they just decided to switch it up because of schmucks like us ruining OPSEC. :-)

[NIKV69]

So they landed on 31R, ruining the day of yankees368 and anyone else who was in position for a 31L arrival. Could have been due to the Shuttle, or maybe they just decided to switch it up because of schmucks like us ruining OPSEC. :-)

Well at least Inwood CC didn't have another helicopter land on one of it's tee boxes.