The airport in West Palm Beach, Florida, has officially been renamed after President Donald Trump, the first time an airport has been named after a sitting U.S. president.
Effective Thursday, the facility will be called President Donald J. Trump International Airport, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
The airport — formerly Palm Beach International Airport — said in an FAQ posted online that “updates to signage, branding and public‑facing materials, will occur in phases.”
As part of the transition, the airport’s FAA locational identifier will change from PBI to DJT. The International Air Transport Association code change is set to occur on Aug. 18.
As if I needed more reasons to avoid Florida.
The Trump family business owns the trademark, reported The New York Times in February. The trademark also “requires the airport to pick a vendor to provide any branded merchandise from a list approved by the Trump family business,” per another report from The New York Times in May.
Will that list be exclusively Trump-affiliated businesses, or will they spread the grift to friends of Trump, too?
The internet wags are having a blast with the name change, building humorous itineraries from three-letter airport codes:
- Palm Beach, FL to Sioux City, IA: DJT → SUX 🌍
- Fresno, California to Fukuoka, Japan to Palm Beach, FL: FAT → FUK → DJT 🌍
- West Palm, FL to Mount Isa, Australia to Fresno, CA to Fukuoka, Japan to South Sumatra, Indonesia: DJT → ISA → FAT → FUK → PDO 🌍
And to add three of my own:
- Palm Beach, FL to Dumatubin, Indonesia to Jefferson City, MO to Dominican Republic: DJT → LUV → JEF → EPS 🌍
- Kazakhstan to Barksdale Air Force Base, LA to Manchester, UK to Palm Beach, FL: URA → BAD → MAN → DJT 🌍
- Palm Beach, FL to Guangzhou, China to Ireland to New Caledonia: DJT → CAN → BYT → MEE 🌍
Why not try building your own itinerary?
UPDATE: Great suggestion by Steve Hayman to map out the trips using Great Circle Mapper. I’ve added 🌍 links to each.