President Donald Trump’s name might soon land on yet another public building.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed into law a bill passed by the Legislature that would rename Palm Beach International Airport as President Donald J. Trump International Airport.
The name change, scheduled to take effect July 1, must still be approved by the Federal Aviation Administration, according to the bill text.
The FAA said in a statement Monday that while changing an airport name is a “local issue,” it “must complete some administrative tasks to include updating navigational charts and databases.”
Palm Beach County, which runs the airport, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Trump frequently flies into and out of Palm Beach International Airport on Air Force One for weekends at his Mar-a-Lago resort about 5 miles away. Democrats recently scored an electoral victory there by flipping a state House seat for a legislative district that includes Trump’s
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