This could be alarming: ‘Realistic’ military training at NJ airport

✈️ The "routine realistic" training runs June 3 through June 14

✈️ There will likely be additional noise and planes in the air and on the ground

✈️ The U.S. Military is planning the exercise

EWING — Trenton-Mercer Airport will be busier than normal for two weeks as it hosts military training.

The exercise, described by them as "routine realistic," begins Monday at the county-owned airport in the West Trenton section of Ewing. Activity will take place both on the ground and in the air, according to a statement from the county.

Additional aircraft including rotary wing aircraft will be included in the training which could last into the evening.

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Closed to the public, media

Unlike a full-scale emergency exercise training in 2023 involving numerous area first responders, fire companies and law enforcement, this exercise was planned by the U.S. military. It is closed to the public and the media due to "safety concerns," the county said in a statement.

Frontier Airlines is the only commercial airline with daily flights from Trenton-Mercer.  The New Jersey Air National Guard has moved its facility to the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst.

There are approximately 85,000 take-offs and landings each year, according to the airport website.

Note: This story was updated that the NJ Air National Guard no longer has a presence at Trenton-Mercer Airport.

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