{"id":2672,"date":"2026-07-10T00:21:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T19:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=2672"},"modified":"2026-07-10T00:21:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T19:21:12","slug":"south-floridas-palm-beach-airport-renamed-president-donald-j-trump-international","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=2672","title":{"rendered":"South Florida&#8217;s Palm Beach airport renamed President Donald J. Trump International"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"prism-article-body\">\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \"><span class=\"oyrPY qlwaB AGxeB  \">WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. &#8212; <\/span>A South Florida airport officially changed its name on Thursday to the President Donald J. Trump International Airport.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Signs for the Palm Beach International Airport have been removed, while new signage goes up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">\u201cBecause an entire airport transformation doesn\u2019t happen overnight, you\u2019ll notice a combination of both our classic look and our new brand elements coexisting while traveling through the terminal over the next several weeks,\u201d airport officials said in a Facebook post.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">\u201cTrump Force One,&#8221; a Boeing 757 owned by The Trump Organization, was the first plane to arrive at the airport under its new name, shortly after 5 a.m. The president&#8217;s son, Eric Trump, was one of the passengers. The Trump family regularly uses the West Palm Beach airport when they visit President Donald Trump\u2019s Mar-a-Lago home in nearby Palm Beach. A <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/video\/from-donald-j-trump-boulevard-to-other-places-named-after-trump-in-his-first-year-d5a53ef3d99d41feafbe8eddc7451f50\">stretch of road<\/a> from the airport to Trump\u2019s estate was renamed Donald J. Trump Boulevard earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">\u201cThere is no person who has done more for Florida and our country, and no one more deserving of this incredible honor,\u201d Eric Trump <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EricTrump\/status\/2075137852250226809\">posted<\/a> on X. \u201cAs a son, and someone who flies out of this airport nearly every day, I will forever be proud to see the initials \u2018DJT\u2019 on my boarding pass.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">While the name change took effect Thursday, the three-letter airport code will change from PBI to DJT on Aug. 18.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-airport-rename-presidential-library-f43d6b1cdfb0388eb9cb59f32d54c31c\">signed legislation<\/a> earlier this year that made the name change possible. Changing the airport\u2019s name is expected to cost as much as $5.5 million for new signs, branding and other updates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Keegan Collett, who was departing the airport Thursday morning on his way to Cincinnati, said he was surprised to see the new name. He said he doesn&#8217;t think Trump deserves to have an airport named after him but isn&#8217;t necessarily bothered by it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">\u201cAt the end of the day, it\u2019s just the name of an airport,\u201d Collett said. &#8220;There\u2019s bigger things. I feel like it\u2019s just more of a distraction. Why even worry about it?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">In Dandridge, Tennessee, on Thursday morning, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty and Representative Tim Burchett attended a ceremony to rename the I-40 Bridge in East Tennessee to the Donald J. Trump Bridge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Bessent said ahead of the ceremony that \u201cno one is more deserving\u201d of the honor of a bridge renaming than Trump.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">Trump received 82% of the vote in Jefferson County, where Dandridge is located, in the 2024 general election.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. &#8212; A South Florida airport officially changed its name on Thursday to the President Donald J. Trump International Airport. 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