Pilots arriving at Palm Beach International Airport now have an updated way to pay homage to a son of a son of a sailor who had an outsized presence and effect on Palm Beach and the Sunshine State.
The Federal Aviation Administration on Oct. 31 published an updated arrival procedure called JESTR ONE, named for Jimmy Buffett, the original Parrothead, who frequently likened his work to that of a court jester. Buffett lived for decades in Palm Beach, until his death on Sept. 1, 2023, at age 76.
In FAA terms, a procedure is a set of points followed to land at or take off from an airport. Because there is no physical signage to indicate an arrival procedure, those travelers arriving to grab a cheeseburger in paradise could pass through this tribute to Buffett without ever being the wiser.
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The FAA on Oct. 31 also released an updated departure procedure from Key West International Airport to honor Buffett: BUFTT ONE.
For pilots, these nods to the man behind the hit song “Margaritaville” feel a little familiar. The Federal Aviation Administration in 2009 first dedicated a departure procedure and waypoints — BUFIT ONE — in PBIA’s airspace to Buffett.
The procedure was canceled in 2021, an FAA spokesperson told the Daily News in August.
A pilot himself, Buffett kept his planes at PBIA.
James “Jimmy” William Buffett first moved to Palm Beach in 1993. He had an outsized presence in Florida, which honored him this year by declaring Aug. 30 Jimmy Buffett Day, renaming State Road A1A the Jimmy Buffett Memorial Highway and approving a new license plate. Buffett named one of his albums “A1A,” which was released in 1974.
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The highway renaming applies to all portions of A1A, which runs along the state’s east coast. In Palm Beach, A1A follows South Ocean Boulevard north to South County Road, then west along Royal Poinciana Way to cross the Flagler Memorial Bridge into West Palm Beach, where it turns north on North Dixie Highway.
Jon Bon Jovi (left) and Jimmy Buffett perform during the Everglades Foundation’s ForEverglades dinner dance at The Breakers on Feb. 16, 2019, in Palm Beach.
The license plate will have Florida at the top and Margaritaville at the bottom. The fees from the sale of the plate will be distributed to the SFC Charitable Foundation Inc., also known as Singing for Change, which was founded by Buffett in 1995.
Buffett owned several properties in Palm Beach County, including three homes on Palm Beach’s Root Trail. Those went on the market July 12. A Canadian buyer this month closed on Buffett’s former home at 138 Root Trail for a recorded $6.11 million.
Kristina Webb is a reporter for Palm Beach Daily News, part of the USA TODAY Florida Network. You can reach her at kwebb@pbdailynews.com. Subscribe today to support our journalism.
This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Post: Jimmy Buffett: FAA honors Parrothead at two Florida airports
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