Major airport could soon be renamed after Donald Trump under new GOP bill

A spokesperson in state representative Meg Weinberger's office confirmed the news to Fox News Digital.

"President Trump is the most consequential president of our lifetime and a resident of Palm Beach County, which makes it only fitting to honor him, like many other presidents before him, by naming our airport Donald J. Trump International," Weinberger, a Republican, said in a statement. 

Air Force One frequently travels to PBI due to the proximity of the president's Mar-a-Lago residence.

More than 10 commercial airports in the U.S. are named after presidents, including the popular John F. Kennedy Airport in New York City, Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas, and Gerald R. Ford International Airport in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

In January, Rep. Addison McDowell of North Carolina, along with other House Republicans, introduced legislation to rename the Dulles International Airport in Virginia after President Trump.

The bill has not moved beyond referral.

The Palm Beach airport had a record-breaking year between May 2023 and May 2024, handling over eight million passengers, according to PBI.

Weinberger was also co-sponsor of a bill to rename a stretch of Southern Boulevard that runs four miles from PBI to Mar-a-Lago.