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# Air Force One Costs How Much to Operate?
- URL: https://ivn.us/air-force-one-costs-much-operate/
- Published: 2017-05-05T22:23:17.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-22T19:57:44.000Z
- Author: Thomas A Hawk
- Tags: News

Did you know it costs nearly $150,000 to operate Air Force One?

Per HOUR!!!

Kudos to the group Judicial Watch for obtaining records from the Department of the Air Force in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request.

The information details how much taxpayers are on the hook for President Trump’s flights to Mar-a-Lago for two weekends. The total cost is $1,281,420.00.

According to Judicial Watch, the Air Force records show a total of nine hours for trips from [Feb. 3-6](http://www.judicialwatch.org/document-archive/trump-travel-mar-lago-feb-3-2016/?ref=ivn.us) and [March 3-6](http://www.judicialwatch.org/document-archive/trump-travel-mar-lago-march-3-2017/?ref=ivn.us). The latter trip includes a stop where the president met Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to tour a private Catholic school in support of school vouchers.

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