B737NG flight crew reported they were concerned with the operational difficulties presented on arriv...

Attributes
ACN	1425495
Time
Date	201702
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	PBI.Airport
State Reference	FL
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 80 Flight Crew Type 8000
Person 2
Function	Pilot Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 160 Flight Crew Type 2286
Events
Anomaly	No Specific Anomaly Occurred All Types

Narrative:

Dispatched to fly to pbi. Once we get closer to destination we realize the airspace just east of the airport is closed because it's over the president's house and he is home. No information in our briefing packet mentioned anything about this vip activity. Landing either runway 28R or runway 32 is not a good option. Unable to land runway 10 due to the tailwind. Runway 28R requires a close in base leg to final turn which results in the aircraft being wings level from this turn over the end of the runway. Runway 32 has 6500 feet available and requires max braking to land. Neither way is the best way to do things. While neither is inherently unsafe; these do not leave much room for error should anything go wrong (gusty winds; aircraft floats; speed brakes fail to deploy; etc.)

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737NG flight crew reported they were concerned with the operational difficulties presented on arrival into PBI while the Presidential TFR is in effect.

Narrative: Dispatched to fly to PBI. Once we get closer to destination we realize the airspace just east of the airport is closed because it's over the President's house and he is home. No information in our briefing packet mentioned anything about this VIP activity. Landing either runway 28R or runway 32 is not a good option. Unable to land Runway 10 due to the tailwind. Runway 28R requires a close in base leg to final turn which results in the aircraft being wings level from this turn over the end of the runway. Runway 32 has 6500 feet available and requires max braking to land. Neither way is the best way to do things. While neither is inherently unsafe; these do not leave much room for error should anything go wrong (gusty winds; aircraft floats; speed brakes fail to deploy; etc.)

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

B737NG flight crew reported they were concerned with the operational difficulties presented on arrival into pbi while the presidential tfr is in effect.