Florida State Representative Meg Weinberger has has filed a bill to rename Palm Beach airport after President Trump – PBI would become “Donald J. Trump International Airport.”
America’s greatest President deserves an airport that bears his name.
That’s why I have filed legislation to rename Palm Beach International Airport as Donald J. Trump International Airport.
A tribute to his extraordinary leadership and hometown roots. https://t.co/yj4l1ZrPpz
— Megforflorida (@megforflorida) November 3, 2025
After losing re-election in 2020, Donald Trump reportedly asked about having an airport named for him. However he was concerned that whatever airport is chosen, it needed to be nice enough.
At the start of the year and the new Congress Rep. Addison McDowell (R-NC) introduce a bill to rename Washington Dulles airport “Donald J. Trump International Airport.”
It seems like during the government shutdown, though, with TSA and air traffic control forced to work but not currently receiving pay, is a bad idea to name an airport for the President?
More broadly, though, naming airports for politicians is done often! Grover Norquist raised a ton of money for the ‘Reagan Legacy Project’ to have something named for Ronald Reagan in every state. That’s a key reason why Washington National airport was officially renamed Reagan National Airport. Trump has reportedly hoped for an organized effort like that around renamings for him.
San Jose’s airport is named for Norm Mineta, the Transportation Secretary who first oversaw the TSA (before there was a Department of Homeland Security). Little Rock airport is now the Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport. Houston Intercontinental is named for Bush 41. New York’s Idlewild was renamed in honor of JFK. There’s Gerald Ford airport in Grand Rapids, Michigan. And Wichita’s airport is named for Dwight Eisenhower.
Republicans have the barest majority in both houses of Congress so they may not be able to push a Dulles renaming through, although I’ve long thought a grand compromise might be possible with Democrats by renamining Sioux City (IATA code: SUX) or Fresno (IATA code: FAT). Federal action seems out of the question, so a move by the Florida legislature to make PBI airport great again may be their best shot.
Criminals have airports named after them? This will be know as the airport for
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Criminals with 34 convictions and 34 gates
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Need to get a minor girl come to the Trump Epstein wing
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They will have a chapel to marry your foreign bride with Einstein status
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Fine, do it. We’ll change it to something else once this POS is out, and he will be out, hopefully sooner than later. Note how there’s no Nixon airport.
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They should name it after Trump’s accomplishments: “Go to War Against Your Citizens International Airport,” or “Destroy the U.S. Economy International Airport” or “Failed International Policy International Airport.”
I’m sure this won’t get posted as all my posts are being automatically screened by the owner of this website.
YUL airport was renamed in honour of Pierre Trudeau. That one sticks in my craw more, partly because I don’t fly through PBI all that often.
Trump is probably the best president this country has had in decades. Especially since he’s ending a lot of what the Democrats have done to ruin this country.
Airports (or bridges and buildings) should not be named for politicians. They’re supposed to be public servants, not heros.
The one that gets me is BWI being named for Thurgood Marshall. No one calls it that and LAS will always be McCarren to me and never Harry Reid airport
As the youth like to say on the online forums,
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If he wants, I will happily name a prison in every state after this president. Crime is the legacy he deserves.
None of these airports should be named after living people. George Washington had the right idea when he said he didn’t want his image on the new country’s coinage as it smacked of having a monarchy. The whole thing reminds me of the city of Tsaritsyn. You can’t find that on a map? Look for Stalingrad, renamed just after he took power. Don’t see that either? Now its Volgograd. We don’t need to stay on this road.
@George Romey — Our leaders should absolutely be public servants, and many are, just not this one; he’s only in it for himself, and staying out of prison, lest we forget those convictions and his many crimes against the American people.
@Retired Gambler — Tell us how you really feel about the Supreme Court’s first African-American justice. Feel free to further expose yourself, and use the ‘hard-r’ next time. Your hatred for your ‘perceived enemies’ is palpable. I call DCA both ‘DCA’ and ‘Reagan’ at times, regardless. Sheesh.
@JimC2 — There’s not locks here. Gary doesn’t micromanage. Ignore or engage. And nothing wrong with ‘just watching,’ either. We won’t ‘yuck’ your ‘yum,’ sir. You do you.
Let’s not forget Trump sued PBI multiple times (1995, 2010, & 2015) over noise and pollution from flights over his Mar-a-Lago estate.
Could it be PBI is behind the campaign to prevent future lawsuits? =;-)
1990 – 1000%!!
George Romey – also 1000%!!
Ah hell no. Unless you find an appropriate broken down seedy airport that fits the name of a convicted felon..
Trump always claims he is a New Yorker. How is he a home town boy?
@JS — Be wary of George; he may appear to ‘mean well’ here, but, he’s often promoting right-wing culture-war nonsense, like many of the others who frequent this blog.
Whether he explicitly intends to or not, George diminishes the actual heroes who do lead us like good stewards to their people.
So, I see no problem naming NYC’s airports after a great President, like John Fitzgerald Kennedy, or a great mayor, like Fiorello Henry La Guardia, who famously said: “There is no Democratic or Republican way of cleaning the streets.”
We need determined, non-partisan, effective leadership locally, federally, and globally, and it often starts with ‘getting stuff done.’ We should applaud and recognize those who actually do that. And we should not promote those who fail us.
‘Remember, remember… the fifth of November…’
We have a new contender in the Orange Noser Olympics!
I look forward to the day when they inevitably remove his name in shame when they eventually come out of their cult induced stupor. I guess it is better to name this airport for him rather than IAD. Just another reminder of why it’s not a good idea to go to Florida.
Might as well call it Felon Jetport, Gateway To The Ecological Disaster & Regressive Backwater that is Florida. There, I fixed it.
Airports (or bridges and buildings) should not be named for anyone. Living, dead or undead.
It just leads to headaches years later as people fall into and out of acceptability.
@LadyOlives — As long as you add “And some, I assume, are good people…” that’ll do.
Well, if the effort to rename
PBI fails, maybe these brown noses would be successful in renaming all highway rest-stops with clean toilets after DJT!
Regardless of who it is, an honorific seems more appropriate post-mortem. It’s a little tasteless otherwise.
Why is Hillary part of the LIT name? That makes no sense. Did she ever serve in AK public office?
@ Nun — If it can be completed this month, I vote for post-mortem.
“It’s tasteless otherwise.” Fitting for a tasteless king. Where did he get such bad taste? From gold leaf to whore wives to horrible hair and makeup. Hopefully, he has better taste in his diaper selection.
Anyone know if WalterBarry is serious or just stirring the pot? I haven’t been around long enough to know.
One of my pet peeves about the United States is that almost every public thing – airports, bridges, tunnels, roads, etc. – is named after a politician, as if non-politicians occupy a different rank of person that is almost never deserving of such an honor. It’s only more obnoxious when its a living politician, and horribly obsequious when its a politician still in office.
A known womanizer who nearly got the United States into a nuclear dust-up with Soviets? That John Fitzgerald Kennedy?
I don’t think naming anything should be considered until the person being considered has need dead for at least 10 years.
At that point you can consider their legacy and effect to see if naming an airport, street, city or prison is most appropriate.
I think our current president will be viewed as one of the worst in history.
Don’t waste money renaming something and waste more fixing it later.
I vote that we rename that abandoned strip in the Everglades in dishonor of the boy king. What did they call it…”Alligator Alcatraz”? Seems like a good place also for his gilded bathroom…ooops gilded ballroom.
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If it gets renamed, I guess PBI would then stand for Ped*phile Beach International
Im not a fan of airport renames, regardless of political association.
In my mind, ATL will always be Hartsfield. LAS – McCarran. DCA – National DEN – Denver. Im just old and grumpy.
BUT I have learned we can’t call Tampa Intl ‘TIA’ on social media *smirk. It apparently upsets Phoebe.
@Patrick — Walter Barry is one of the ‘resident bigots’ on this and a few of the travel blogs; in the past, he has claimed to be from a ‘red’ state, but he regularly promotes pro-Putin disinformation on here regularly (like, wait until you hear Water’s stance on Ukraine). Whether he really believes his own lies is irrelevant; it’s whether you recognize that folks like Walter just want chaos. There are others (beware if @Not Scott, a literal supremacist); the sane among us will point ‘em, and remind them that their ideas are odious.
@Gene — Now that’s the ‘art of the deal!’ All those Happy Meals will catch up, eventually. I think @Nun is just trying to subtly ‘throw shade’ at HRC; The Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport (LIT) is named after the Clintons to honor their extensive service to Arkansas and the nation, including Bill Clinton’s two terms as president and Hillary Clinton’s roles as First Lady, U.S. Senator, and Secretary of State. The Little Rock Municipal Airport Commission unanimously voted to rename the airport in 2012, citing the significant impact the Clintons have had on the state’s economy, including the success of the Clinton Presidential Center.
@Doug — Why not let the ‘freedumb’-loving folks in Florida waste their money.
@Jean luc Picard — I was going with ‘Alligator Ausch…’ (or Manzanar). We will look back on this period with great shame. ‘Just following orders’ will not be a sufficient excuse, either.
@Mak — Eh, plenty of important things in our country are not named after politicians. Ya ever heard of the Golden Gate Bridge or the Brooklyn Bridge? Holland Tunnel, Named for its chief engineer, Clifford Milburn Holland (ironically, not after the Dutch, you know, Holland, though, some think it is.) Most of our highways are route numbers (I-95, etc.) And, ample airports and terminals, like Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD), named after Edward “Butch” O’Hare, a decorated U.S. Navy pilot from World War II; St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL), named after Albert Bond Lambert, the founder of the airport and an early aviator. I’m with you, though, on living politicians, especially those still in-office; that’s a ‘bit much.’
@haolenate — Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport was renamed in 2003, so, other than referring to it as ‘ATL’ it’s very much named after both former mayors, including the first African American mayor of Atlanta who was instrumental in the airport’s expansion. As to Harry Reid International Airport, yeah, that was more recent (2021), but, we should respect that change, because Pat McCarran had a history of racist and anti-Semitic views. You can call DCA what you wish, but, referring to it as ‘National’ (for nostalgia!) instead of ‘Reagan’ doesn’t absolve the others.
The sponsor of this bill has quite a bit of brown recto-plasm on his nose. Consult the current episode of SouthPark, with Pan Bondi all covered in brown-nose stuff. This stuff is just too weird to be fiction.
Oh, yes please. To watch The President troll all the hysterical Trump Deranged will surely be worth it.
This was certainly amusing
@haolenate: I don’t know who Phoebe is, but I would guess that calling Tampa International “TIA” would offend Albanians and supporters of Mother Teresa, since TIA is the code for Tirana. Tampa is TPA.
I remember that in the 1970s and 1980s Tampa International Airport distributed stickers with the airport logo and “LUV TIA,” meaning “love Tampa International Airport” (back then, it was considered a highly acclaimed airport and very admired, at least in Tampa), not intended to mean “Dallas Love Field, Tirana International Airport.”
@Denver Refugee — Since when is JFK’s legacy in-question? You’re really going to go-on about adulterous and traitorous behavior while #47 is our current President? The one who cheated with a porn-star on his third wife (our First Lady) while she was pregnant with Baron? The one who has requested and received substantial help from Putin? Get real. I should thank you for the lay-up.
@1990 – just curious. You have to be a successful person based on your travel comments. How can you possibly be a Democrat? Trust me I’ve worked with and known a number of centi-millionaires and billionaires. None were Dems. All cared about their personal bottom line as well as capitalistic business principles (as do I). Proud of the fact I have never voted Dem and never will
@1990 All of the things you named were built and dedicated ~100 years ago. New York City dedicated the Holland Tunnel (and Kosciuszko Bridge which was also named after its engineer) long ago, but nothing lately for civilians but it recently – and obnoxiously – renamed the Triborough Bridge after RKF, Sr., the 59th Street Bridge after Ed Koch, and the Tappan Zee after Mario Cuomo (by his son, which couldn’t have helped his chances last night). It’s all highly obnoxious.
New York City has two airports, both named after politicians. Rio de Janeiro has two airports, one named after a musician and the other for the first man in flight – truly great people rather than politicians.
Not a fan for naming airports after people — much less politicians. But I will say that, if you’re going to do this, naming PBI for Trump makes sense. I think his home is less than 3 miles from the runway and he probably uses that airport more than anyone.
Fine. If Florida passes this, then the Illinois Legislature should immediately pass a bill renaming O’Hare after Barack Obama. Watch Mango Mussolini’s head explode when that happens.
@Retired gambler — Ok, obviously, that was not a genuine request for my views, but I’ll provide it for others, who might care.
I’m comfortable; you don’t have to be a centi-millionaire to travel, luxuriously, either. And, I sure do like my money to earn money, so I still very much consider myself a capitalist; not to mention, capitalism won the Cold War (even the Chinese are raging capitalists these days).
The problem is crony capitalism. It’s inefficient, leads to oligarchy, and ultimately to ruin for all of us, except a select-few. Wanting reasonable regulations and to improve the social safety net for all of our people is not only reasonable, but beneficial to all of us. So, yeah, Democrats, generally, pursue that better than Republicans. Yet, as well any party, they’ll change over time. #45/47 has completely changed the GOP to his own party; perhaps, the Democrats will finally become a Progressive party, again. I’d like to see this second Gilded Age finally end. We need accountability.
There are plenty of wealthy Democrats, too. Do you really need a short list (presumably of people for you to hate-on?) I’ll give you two to start; JB Pritzker, governor of Illinois, Democrat, Hyatt hotels (which I though we still ‘like’ on here); Reid Hoffman of Linkedin.
Maybe the Kiwis would rename Dunedin Airport after Trump.
Watt, both Allen Army Airfield and Dunedin.
I like that currency and stamps can’t feature the living. And, I think no politician should have ant government facility named for them while they are in office.
@Mak — I gave you examples, not an exhaustive list. I am a little concerned by your focus on vilifying any and all politicians; that’s both lazy and dehumanizing. There are public servants and non-political figures, alike, each worthy of our praise and admiration.
You clearly haven’t been to NYC in the last 5+ years because the Kosciuszko Bridge was recently completely rebuilt in 2019 (the new one is excellent). Also in NYC, the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, built 1959, Giovanni da Verrazzano, who in 1524 was the first European explorer to enter New York Harbor and the Hudson River. My point remains; there are ample non-politicians on landmarks all over the country, built recently and long ago, regardless.
And, since you brought up Brazil, while Rio doesn’t currently name either of their two airports after politicians, others cities do. Brasília (BSB) is named after former president Juscelino Kubitschek; São Paulo (GRU) is named after former Governor André Franco Montoro; and there are others. It neither makes Brazil better or worse than the USA.
Generally, I’m not opposed to naming any of these things after real people, though, it should probably not be currently serving political leaders, because that is a bit too self-aggrandizing, authoritarian of them… like we don’t need more ‘Idi Amin’-style narcissism.
The IATA has no DJT. So, let’s create a new airport for him. Something in the middle of the Everglades seems right. Or wait, the terminal is a defunct Circuit City and the runway is a 200 foot section of the parking lot. Or, maybe a new Atlantic City airport to handle the masses flocking to his casinos there.
“but I would guess that calling Tampa International “TIA” would offend Albanians and supporters of Mother Teresa, since TIA is the code for Tirana. Tampa is TPA.”
Yeah, but DEN area folks call it DiA, so the is precedent. Of, course, in that region, the Unjversity of Colorado fans call it CU not U of C.
Hello pedo airport, can I help you?
@ 1990 — Isn’t it a bit ironic that the Clintons never moved back to Arkansas? Jimmy Carter went back to Plains, where he spent 75+ years of his life.
As the saying goes, “Both (or all) of these things can be true.”
Reading the tea leaves after last night, if the GOP is going to do this they better hurry before Hakeem Jeffries becomes Speaker after the mid-terms next year.
@Joshua K- Phoebe is the name of the massive pink flamingo on the 2nd level of the terminal. TIA, Phoebe, and TPA social media’s hatred of croc is a regular discussion on their Facebook & Instagram pages.
But many of us who spent time in Florida & near Tampa typically referred to the Tampa Intl Airport as TIA.
Just like many call MCI – KCIA (Kansas City Intl Airport).
Why not name ACY after him? He left such an amazing legacy there after all.
@Denver Refugee There is only one response I have to those who think JFK was great. He knew Vietnam was a mistake, but he rejected withdrawal as it would hurt his reelection chances (according to Ken Burns). I hope he’s enjoying his time in hell.