Palm Beach International Airport, which President Donald Trump uses when traveling to his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, is likely to be renamed in his honor after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation on Monday renaming it the President Donald J. Trump International Airport.
DeSantis’ office said the bill, which passed the Florida House and Senate in February, states that “Palm Beach International Airport, shall be renamed as the ‘President Donald J. Trump International Airport,'” subject to Federal Aviation Administration administrative actions and any applicable rights agreements. The law is scheduled to take effect July 1, according to the state legislature.
ABC News has contacted the White House and DeSantis’ office for comment. The FAA said changing an airport name is a local issue and that it does not approve name changes, but it must complete administrative tasks such as updating navigational charts and databases.
Eric Trump wrote on X that he was “Proud to have played a small role in making this happen,” thanking DeSantis, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier and others; White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller reposted Eric Trump’s message.
The airport naming is part of a broader pattern of efforts by Trump to have public buildings and infrastructure renamed after himself, including a recent renaming of the Kennedy Center to the Trump-Kennedy Center — a move that appears to require congressional approval to be formalized — and proposals such as renaming New York’s Penn Station and Washington’s Dulles Airport. ABC News previously reported that Trump discussed offering to unfreeze funding for a major New York infrastructure project in exchange for renaming efforts, according to sources familiar with the conversation.
ABC News’ Ayesha Ali contributed to this report.