Overview
- The FAA has issued a proposal to create a restricted zone that would run one nautical mile from the Mar‑a‑Lago property and rise to 2,000 feet, updating existing travel‑related presidential airspace practices.
- The U.S. Secret Service asked the FAA for the measure, saying recent threat intelligence showed persistent risks from unauthorized aircraft and unmanned aircraft systems near the president's residence.
- Under the proposal, operators must obtain prior authorization and maintain two‑way radio contact with air traffic control to enter the restricted area.
- The rule would allow scheduled commercial flights to continue under specified procedures and would carve out clear exceptions for lifesaving, emergency and law‑enforcement aircraft to avoid shutting the airport's main runway.
- The move follows routine FAA practice of tightening airspace during presidential travel, builds on past restrictions near presidential properties, and comes after the nearby airport was renamed President Donald J. Trump International Airport this July.