Trump threatens to close 74 airports due to TSA shutdown

[jmowreader]

My apologies for posting a Newsweek link, but they've got the list...

https://www.newsweek.com/airport-shutdown-warning-issued-trump-admin-full-list-small-hubs-11703646

These airports are classified as Small Hub airports, which receive .05 and .25 percent of the total US passenger boardings.

Here's the list:
Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International, Alabama (BHM)
Huntsville International-Carl T Jones Field, Alabama (HSV)
Fairbanks International, Alaska (FAI)
Phoenix-Mesa Gateway, Arizona (IWA)
Tucson International, Arizona (TUS)
Bill and Hillary Clinton National/Adams Field, Arkansas (LIT)
Northwest Arkansas National, Arkansas (XNA)
Fresno Yosemite International, California (FAT)
Long Beach (Daugherty Field), California (LGB)
Palm Springs International, California (PSP)
Santa Barbara Municipal, California (SBA)
City of Colorado Springs Municipal, Colorado (COS)
Bradley International, Connecticut (BDL)
Eglin AFB/Destin-Fort Walton Beach, Florida (VPS)
Key West International, Florida (EYW)
Northwest Florida Beaches International, Florida (ECP)
Orlando Sanford International, Florida (SFB)
Pensacola International, Florida (PNS)
Punta Gorda, Florida (PGD)
Sarasota/Bradenton International, Florida (SRQ)
St. Pete-Clearwater International, Florida (PIE)
Savannah/Hilton Head International, Georgia (SAV)
Guam International, Guam (GUM)
Ellison Onizuka Kona International at Keahole, Hawaii (KOA)
Hilo International, Hawaii (ITO)
Lihue, Hawaii (LIH)
Des Moines International, Iowa (DSM)
The Eastern Iowa, Iowa (CID)
Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National, Kansas (ICT)
Blue Grass, Kentucky (LEX)
Louisville Muhammad Ali International, Kentucky (SDF)
Portland International Jetport, Maine (PWM)
Gerald R. Ford International, Michigan (GRR)
Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International, Mississippi (JAN)
Springfield-Branson National, Missouri (SGF)
Bozeman Yellowstone International, Montana (BZN)
Reno/Tahoe International, Nevada (RNO)
Manchester-Boston Regional, New Hampshire (MHT)
Albany International, New York (ALB)
Buffalo Niagara International, New York (BUF)
Frederick Douglass/Greater Rochester International, New York (ROC)
Long Island MacArthur, New York (ISP)
Syracuse Hancock International, New York (SYR)
Westchester County, New York (HPN)
Asheville Regional, North Carolina (AVL)
Piedmont Triad International, North Carolina (GSO)
Wilmington International, North Carolina (ILM)
Hector International, North Dakota (FAR)
James M. Cox Dayton International, Ohio (DAY)
Tulsa International, Oklahoma (TUL)
Will Rogers World, Oklahoma (OKC)
Mahlon Sweet Field, Oregon (EUG)
Rogue Valley International-Medford, Oregon (MFR)
Roberts Field, Oregon (RDM)
Lehigh Valley International, Pennsylvania (ABE)
Rhode Island T. F. Green International, Rhode Island (PVD)
Columbia Metropolitan, South Carolina (CAE)
Greenville-Spartanburg International, South Carolina (GSP)
Myrtle Beach International, South Carolina (MYR)
Joe Foss Field, South Dakota (FSD)
Lovell Field, Tennessee (CHA)
McGhee Tyson, Tennessee (TYS)
El Paso International, Texas (ELP)
Lubbock Preston Smith International, Texas (LBB)
McAllen Miller International, Texas (MFE)
Midland International Air and Space Port, Texas (MAF)
Valley International, Texas (HRL)
Cyril E. King, U.S. Virgin Islands (STT)
Burlington International, Vermont (BTV)
Richmond International, Virginia (RIC)
Spokane International, Washington (GEG)
Appleton International, Wisconsin (ATW)
Dane County Regional-Truax Field, Wisconsin (MSN)
Jackson Hole, Wyoming (JAC)

Here's what I don't know: if Trump closes these fields, will he close the ENTIRE field or just passenger operations? One of these fields stands out: Louisville Muhammad Ali International. In 2024, this airport handled 4.8 million passengers, which makes it "not huge" - there are airports which handle an order of magnitude more than that - but passengers are NOT their main focus. Cargo is. This airport is home to the UPS WorldPort, their major hub and the world's largest automated sorting facility. Another one that would hurt is Guam International - not because it's some massive hub for anything, but because it's literally the only civil airport on the island.

[bluestarone]

1. Go ahead do it, you IDIOT!!

Best way to get you fuckers out of office!! I'm sure people will love you when they can't travel like they like too.

[chicoescuela]

11. I agree. Shut it all down fuck nuts

[sinkingfeeling]

2. If he closes NWArkansas, Little Rock and Tulsa, he will hurt Walmart a lot. All their vendors fly into those.

[jmowreader]

4. Closing any of those airports would hurt SOME business a lot

For instance, he's talking about closing airports in Hawaii. There are lots of hotels on the islands served by the airports Trump wants to shutter that would themselves close if there was no air service to the islands.

He also has Colorado Springs on his list. That would be a huge problem for the Department of the Air Force - there are three Space Force Stations and the Air Force Academy there, and all four of them use that airport to transit personnel in and out of the area.

[David__77]

3. Go for it.

[Attilatheblond]

7. I recall the air being cleaner when air travel was shut down for a bit after 9-11

Frankly, it might have an upside. And it would certainly suck a lot of GOP support from the Fat Cat business sector.

[roamer65]

15. I remember seeing New Delhi, India on TV after the March 2020 CoVID shutdown.

It was actually breathable.

[Baitball Blogger]

5. Orlando-Sanford airport?

That in the heart of MAGAland in Central Florida. Second only to the Villages.

[jmowreader]

8. That's one of the least harmful airports on the list

The private-jet crowd might not think so, but on the south side of Orlando is a nice big airport that could potentially absorb all the commercial traffic from Orlando Sanford.

On the other hand, if he closes Spokane International everyone here is stuck with the task of driving all the way across the state to get to Sea-Tac.

[roamer65]

14. Not that far over to Tampa as well.

[Attilatheblond]

6. Well, that'll sure make voters happy

NOT

The Bully in Chief knows no other methods beyond lies and bullying. His thinking is getting dimmer and dimmer

[EdmondDantes_]

9. Do the package operations require TSA personnel?

My guess is the answer would depend on that.

[Totally Tunsie]

10. Can just imagine what closure of

Bradley International, Connecticut (BDL), Manchester-Boston Regional, New Hampshire (MHT), (especially)
Rhode Island T. F. Green International, Rhode Island (PVD), and Burlington International, Vermont (BTV) would do to an already overcrowded and overworked Logan Airport in Boston. What a mess that would be!

[jmowreader]

12. ESPECIALLY since Logan is one of the airports already running at reduced capacity!

[yellow dahlia]

13. How can this not be an Onion article?