Logan, NYC to limit flights to commercial airline service during convention

The Associated Press is reporting that the FAA has reached a decision on flight traffic into and out of Logan International Airport during the Democratic National Convention. No private or corporate flights will be allowed at Logan during the convention for security reasons.

FAA spokesperson Laura Brown said the restrictions will be imposed from 7 AM on July 26 through midnight on July 29. The FAA is issuing the restrictions at the request of the US Secret Service, the agency responsible for security at the event.

Flights into and out of Logan during those periods will be limited to commercial scheduled airline traffic that meets security requirements. The same restrictions will apply to a TFR that is expected to be put into place on a radius of 10 miles around Logan. Private and corporate flights, as well as other commercial traffic that does not meet security requirements, will be allowed to operate within a 30 mile radius. However, these aircraft will be required to file a flight plan and land or take off at one of the airports outside the 10 mile radius around Logan.

General aviation flights, however, will not be allowed to take off from those airports unless they are going to leave the 30-mile radius, Brown said.

Additional restrictions are expected to be put into place that will affect operations such as part 135 charters and companies such as Cape Air, but neither the FAA nor the TSA commented on what those restrictions may be. Similar restrictions are expected to be put in place for the Republican convention in New York City in late August and early September.

FAA: www.faa.gov, www.tsa.gov