Palm Beach International Airport has officially been renamed President Donald J. Trump International Airport, though passengers should continue using the familiar PBI airport code for now.
Palm Beach Airport Officially Renamed President Donald J. Trump International Airport
Effective July 9, 2026, the West Palm Beach airport is now officially President Donald J. Trump International Airport, following legislation signed earlier this year by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
The airport says the name change is required by state law and will be implemented in phases. Signage, branding, public-facing materials, technology systems, and other operational items will be updated over time.
Although the airport’s FAA locational identifier has changed to DJT and its ICAO identifier has changed to KDJT, the three-letter IATA code used by airline reservation systems, ticketing, baggage tags, and passenger-facing travel platforms will not change until August 18, 2026. Until then, passengers searching for flights, checking schedules, or managing bags should continue to use PBI.
After August 18, the airport says passengers should use DJT.
(at this time, some airlines are accepting both the old and new code)
What Changes For Passengers?
The airport says airline operations, routes, schedules, and customer services are unaffected by the name change. The airport also says the renaming does not alter ownership, governance, legal status, or operational control. Palm Beach County will continue to oversee airport policies, finances, and strategic decisions.
The transition is expected to cost approximately $5.5 million. According to the airport, that includes signage, wayfinding, branding, technology systems, printed materials, and other operational updates. The State of Florida has appropriated $2.75 million toward the project, with the balance funded through airport revenues and other airport funding sources. The airport says no local property tax dollars are used to operate the airport.
The airport also notes that the name change does not itself create or guarantee additional funding opportunities, though it says higher political visibility may support advocacy for future infrastructure funding. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy lauded the airport name change in a post on X yesterday:
Trump Family Marks The Name Change
The Trump family has long used the airport when traveling to and from Mar-a-Lago, located nearby in Palm Beach.
The Trump Organization’s Boeing 757, often referred to as “Trump Force One,” was the first aircraft to land after the airport’s new name became official. Eric Trump and his family were reportedly onboard. The renaming follows other local recognition of President Trump, including the earlier renaming of a road between the airport and Mar-a-Lago as Donald J. Trump Boulevard.
CONCLUSION
Palm Beach International Airport is now officially President Donald J. Trump International Airport, with the FAA identifier DJT and ICAO identifier KDJT already in effect. PBI remains the code to use for flight searches and airline bookings until August 18, 2026. After that, the passenger-facing IATA code is scheduled to change to DJT.
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Add it to the pile, no small mountain, of things that’ll need to be un-done.
Is the word “President” officially part of the name? And, does any other airport named after a president have that word in its name?
“There is no person who has done more for Florida and our country.” Why, oh, why do Trump supporters always need to add a sentence like that? It sound quite dystopian, or at least something you’d hear in Moscow during the last 100 years or Berlin/Rome during WWII.
How very sad that Criminal Trump exhibits yet more toddler like attention seeking behaviour and others indulge him.
Better them than me. Poor bastards.
Can’t wait for. Category 5 Donald J. Trump Hurricane to blow a wide swath across central Florida. IT’S GOING TO BE HUGE!
FL is long-overdue for an Andrew 2.0, and it would wreck the state, which is one major storm away from becoming uninsurable.
(Kinda like how CA is waiting for The Big One. Sorry, Matt, be safe… *rumble*)