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TFR Over Nantucket Starts Today

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Key Takeaways:

  • Nantucket will be under a VIP temporary flight restriction (TFR), FDC 2/4277, over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.
  • The TFR went into effect today and will last until midnight on Sunday, November 25.
  • It includes two distinct areas, one briefly centered on the airport and a longer-duration one six miles northwest of the VOR that does not encompass the airport, both up to 3,000 feet.
  • Pilots planning to fly near Nantucket are advised to be alert to these restrictions and coordinate communications with Boston Center or Cape Approach.
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The island of Nantucket could be hosting an important visitor for the Thanksgiving (post-election?) break. A VIP temporary flight restriction, FDC 2/4277, goes into effect today at 3:45 local time over Nantucket, off the coast of Massachusetts.

Restrictions will be in place over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. The TFR covers two areas, the first centered on the airport (from 3:45 p.m. EST today until 5 p.m.). The second area is centered about six miles northwest of the Nantucket VOR (ACK), and that restriction begins at 4 p.m. and lasts until midnight of Sunday, November 25. Fortunately for pilots planning to fly to Nantucket, the second (longer) TFR area does not encompass the airport.

Mark Phelps

Mark Phelps is a senior editor at AVweb. He is an instrument rated private pilot and former owner of a Grumman American AA1B and a V-tail Bonanza.

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