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MineralMan

(146,286 posts)
Tue Mar 7, 2017, 05:10 PM Mar 2017

West Palm Beach International Airport (PBI) Has Several

Private charter jet companies based there. In fact, it's a very, very busy airport for private jets. So, who's flying in and out of PBI these days? We don't know. They don't use the main terminal. They don't go through the same security checkpoints, either.

It's a busy place, with rich folks and dignitaries coming and going on whatever schedule they wish. You don't see them come, and you don't see them go. A guy has to wonder if some of them aren't going to Mar-a-Lago on weekends. Could be anyone, really. International bigwigs or even unscrupulous characters.

Nobody tracks who comes and goes, really, or at least not publicly.

Plenty of limo services and private car services there, too. A guy could fly in, get picked up by a black car and go just about anywhere, anytime, and any day.

Now, you'd think we'd know who shows up at Mar-a-Lago, with all those Secret Service folks there and all, but Trump is the President. He can meet with whomever he wants at Mar-a-Lago and if he wants that kept as a secret, he can do that, too. He's the President. He's the boss of all those Secret Service folks. They know how to keep things quiet, and don't really talk to the press.

There's no log of visitors to Mar-a-Lago that will be made public. We don't know who goes there, or when, or when they leave.

So, ask yourself: Who is in all those private jets landing at PBI and where are they going? Sorry, you aren't going to find out. It's like, none of your business, really. A guy, for example, could fly into PBI, catch a car to Mar-a-Lago, and check into one of the guest suites there on, say Thursday, and then leave on, say, Monday afternoon, and never be seen at the place. Meetings could take place.

I'm just saying...perhaps those weekend jaunts to Mar-a-Lago involve more than golf and relaxation for The Donald. We'll never know, though.

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West Palm Beach International Airport (PBI) Has Several (Original Post) MineralMan Mar 2017 OP
Trump voters. MrScorpio Mar 2017 #1
Ah, well, maybe. MineralMan Mar 2017 #6
Are you saying you do not trust The Trump?? Angry Dragon Mar 2017 #2
Not so much, I don't, really. MineralMan Mar 2017 #4
But he knows more than anyone............ just ask him Angry Dragon Mar 2017 #11
People should start taking photos and vids of them tweeting them underthematrix Mar 2017 #3
What people? And where are they standing when they take those MineralMan Mar 2017 #5
I don't know any place where they can see them, airport MarALago underthematrix Mar 2017 #7
Private jet passengers don't go through the main terminal. MineralMan Mar 2017 #8
Those 'private jet terminals" are not terminals. pangaia Mar 2017 #17
Thank you underthematrix Mar 2017 #19
Plane spotters Louis1895 Mar 2017 #9
Good point, but that doesn't tell you who's in those planes. MineralMan Mar 2017 #12
true, but it's a start.... pangaia Mar 2017 #20
You can track all the incoming and departing flights here-- pangaia Mar 2017 #18
Putin's Groucho glasses fool them every time pinboy3niner Mar 2017 #10
There's a whole infrastructure of airports for the super rich Warpy Mar 2017 #13
Yes, exactly. We might know where the planes are, but MineralMan Mar 2017 #14
#mkate services pbi... nt EarthFirst Mar 2017 #15
Connection of this plane to Trump's travels and Commerce Sect. Wilbur Ross Louis1895 Mar 2017 #22
Isn't it nice how we set up public airports so the rich folk don't have CanonRay Mar 2017 #16
I'm sure there are also helicopter charters as well. lpbk2713 Mar 2017 #21

MineralMan

(146,286 posts)
5. What people? And where are they standing when they take those
Tue Mar 7, 2017, 05:17 PM
Mar 2017

pictures. I can tell you they aren't shooting snapshots of people getting on and off those private jets. There's no place to stand to get those photos.

They're not taking those shots at Mar-a-Lago, either. Even the media photogs are restricted in their movements there. Besides, there are multiple entrances at Mar-a-Lago and hallways that aren't open to the public. It's a rich people's place, see. A guy may not want to be seen there with someone, you know.

Meals? Well, someone will bring them to you, no problem. In fact, you could come there, stay there, and never see anyone other than staff people and the people you want to meet with. It's that kind of place.

MineralMan

(146,286 posts)
8. Private jet passengers don't go through the main terminal.
Tue Mar 7, 2017, 05:21 PM
Mar 2017

They have their own terminal. You can't go there. Neither can your photographer. It's a different world, you see.

In most airports like that, you can have a car meet you in a hangar at the private terminal. Nobody will see you come and go.

pangaia

(24,324 posts)
17. Those 'private jet terminals" are not terminals.
Tue Mar 7, 2017, 05:59 PM
Mar 2017

They are usually what are called FBO's. Fixed base operator..
You can track every aircraft going into and out of PBI here--

http://flightaware.com/live/airport/KPBI

For instance right now, - 4:48 PM - there are three aircraft that left for La Guardia, kansas City and Teterborough. And three coming in from DeKalb/Peachtree, Atlanta and Miami...

With the N-number you can find out who the aircraft owner is-- maybe not the passenger in question, but it IS a start..

Have at it. :&gt ))

Louis1895

(768 posts)
9. Plane spotters
Tue Mar 7, 2017, 05:24 PM
Mar 2017

I bet there are plane enthusiasts that could spend time at the airport writing down the tail numbers. The FAA has a website to check ownership: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Inquiry.aspx

For example, Trump's private plane (not Air Force One) is: N757AF

http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N757AF

MineralMan

(146,286 posts)
12. Good point, but that doesn't tell you who's in those planes.
Tue Mar 7, 2017, 05:26 PM
Mar 2017

You can charter private jets, but knowing the tail number doesn't provide much info. At PBI, they fly in and out all the time. Lots of rich folks in the Palm Beach area who charter private jets like taxicabs.

pangaia

(24,324 posts)
18. You can track all the incoming and departing flights here--
Tue Mar 7, 2017, 06:00 PM
Mar 2017
http://flightaware.com/live/airport/KPBI
including tail numbers.. and where they came from or are going...

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
10. Putin's Groucho glasses fool them every time
Tue Mar 7, 2017, 05:24 PM
Mar 2017

"Who is that guy?"

"Dunno. Looks familiar but I can't place him."

Warpy

(111,243 posts)
13. There's a whole infrastructure of airports for the super rich
Tue Mar 7, 2017, 05:28 PM
Mar 2017

The main terminal for DC is in Manassas, VA. Terminals for the wealthy are always separate and while the planes are logged in and out, the passengers they carry generally are not.

But you knew this, right?

CanonRay

(14,098 posts)
16. Isn't it nice how we set up public airports so the rich folk don't have
Tue Mar 7, 2017, 05:50 PM
Mar 2017

to rub shoulders with us peons.

lpbk2713

(42,753 posts)
21. I'm sure there are also helicopter charters as well.
Tue Mar 7, 2017, 06:35 PM
Mar 2017



If not based at PBI then any other facility nearby. A large aircraft could land there and a chopper could take pax to any smaller property or a large enough roof top.

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