Floridians will soon have the option to use a South Florida airport named after the President they voted to put into the White House three times in the last decade.
Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed Rep. Meg Weinberger’s bill (HB 919), preempting major commercial airport names to the state and naming Palm Beach International Airport for President Donald Trump.
The law makes the brand identity name change at PBI contingent on Federal Aviation Administration approval and an agreement between Palm Beach County and Trump for the commercial use of his name. That agreement is a cinch given that the county supported the bill throughout the process.
It also preempts the names of major commercial airports in the state, all of which will remain as is except for the Palm Beach facility, which will be the President Donald J. Trump International Airport.
Weinberger, a West Palm Beach Republican, told a House committee that the renaming honors “leadership and legacy” and is for good reason, as Palm Beach “is the home of the President” and the airport is “just down the street from where he lives.”
“He’s a two-term President. It will happen in his lifetime. Why not honor him while he’s the President in his hometown? And this is the first President that we’ve had in Florida,” Weinberger said.
