The next time President Donald Trump flies to Mar-a-Lago, he will land at the airport named after him. And if his motorcade ever makes it down I-40 in East Tennessee, he’ll see the bridge that bears his name.
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That’s as officials in Palm Beach, Florida, and Dandridge, Tennessee, unveiled signs Thursday in honor of a president who has shown a penchant for attaching his name to everything from federal buildings to drug discount programs.
Airport officials announced that Palm Beach International Airport has officially been renamed President Donald Trump International Airport. In March, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation changing the airport’s name.
“A very important day in Palm Beach, Florida, where I was honored to have the Palm Beach International Airport renamed in an impressive vote to President Donald J. Trump International Airport,” Trump wrote Thursday night on Truth Social. “Soon it will be one of the greatest and most impressive airports in the world!”
Earlier in the day, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent spoke at a dedication ceremony in Tennessee, where the Legislature passed legislation last year to rename several bridges and roads, including designating a bridge in Jefferson County as the President Donald Trump Bridge.
It was previously known as the Francis Burnett Swann Memorial Bridge.
Trump Force One was the first plane to land at the airport at 5:01 a.m. after the official name change, Eric Trump wrote on X. Getty Images
“From this day forward, every driver who comes across this bridge will see that it bears his name because he never stopped fighting for the people who drive across it, because he made their cause his,” Bessent said.
Renaming the airport will cost at least $5.5 million and will include updates to signage, branding and other materials in the coming weeks, according to the airport’s website.
“We are officially in transition mode! We are working behind the scenes to update our physical signage, terminal facilities and digital channels under our new name: President Donald Trump International Airport,” the airport said in a Facebook post.
“Because a complete airport transformation does not happen overnight, you will notice a combination of both our classic look and feel and elements of our new brand co-existing as you travel through the terminal over the next few weeks,” the release added.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, left, unveils the sign at a ceremony attended by government officials in Dandridge, Tenn., on Thursday.George Walker IV/AP
In February, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office approved the Trump family’s request to trademark the new name, the office said. The airport’s website says it has entered into a trademark agreement with the Trump family.
Trump Force One, the private jet Trump used on the campaign trail, was the first plane to land at the airport at 5:01 a.m. ET after the official name change, Eric Trump, one of the president’s sons, wrote on X.
“There is no one who has done more for Florida and our country, and no one is more deserving of this incredible honor,” he wrote. “As a son and someone who flies out of this airport almost every day, I will always be proud to see the initials “DJT” on my boarding pass.”
Although the airport has officially changed its name, the airport’s three-letter code will remain “PBI” until it changes to “DJT” on Aug. 18, airport officials said Thursday.
New signs appeared in Florida and Tennessee weeks after Trump’s name was removed from the Kennedy Center in Washington. His name was added to the center in December, leading to a months-long legal battle that ended with a federal judge ordering all references to Trump to be removed from the center and its website.