Trump airport renaming advances amid controversy. Here are others named for presidents

Despite backlash implicit Florida lawmakers approving a measure to rename Palm Beach International Airport aft President Donald Trump, the determination would spot him among a increasing database of commanders successful main whose names already greet travelers connected airdrome terminals crossed the country.

If finalized by Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Federal Aviation Administration, Palm Beach International would go the ninth commercialized U.S. airdrome named aft a president, joining hubs from New York to Houston.

The sanction alteration would spell into effect connected July 1 if signed into law, according to reports, making Trump the archetypal to person the grant portion inactive successful office. Palm Beach International Airport holds peculiar value arsenic it is located conscionable minutes from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, which serves arsenic his superior residence.

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Following support by the Florida House and Senate, immoderate Democrats successful the Sunshine State pushed back, citing concerns implicit the outgo of rebranding and what they described arsenic a deficiency of assemblage input, Fox News Digital antecedently reported.

Palm Beach International Airport is located conscionable minutes from President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property successful Palm Beach, Florida. (Greg Lovett/Palm Beach Post/USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

White House Communications Director Steven Cheung, meanwhile, took to X to accidental the sanction "has a GREAT ringing to it."

Here are 8 commercialized airports that already carnivore the names of erstwhile presidents.

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Palm Beach International Airport could soon beryllium renamed aft President Donald Trump. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

1. Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport (SPI) 

Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport successful Springfield, Illinois, was renamed successful 2004 to grant the 16th president, whose longtime location and governmental basal were successful the authorities capital. Lincoln’s sanction was added to the airport’s existing sanction — the installation archetypal opened arsenic Capital Airport successful 1947 — according to the Sangamon County Historical Society.

2. Dickinson Theodore Roosevelt Regional Airport (DIK) 

Dickinson Municipal Airport opened successful 1959 and was aboriginal renamed Dickinson Theodore Roosevelt Regional Airport to grant President Theodore Roosevelt, reflecting the region’s transportation to the adjacent Theodore Roosevelt National Park and the president’s bequest successful the North Dakota area, according to reports.

Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport was renamed successful 2014 to grant the Kansas-raised 34th president. (Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

3. Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport (ICT)

Wichita’s airdrome was renamed Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport successful November 2014 to grant the 34th president, who considered Kansas his location state, pursuing a citizen-led petition effort, according to the airport's website.

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4. John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)

Sen. Edward F. Kennedy participates successful a 1963 ceremonial renaming New York International Airport successful tribute to the precocious President John F. Kennedy. (Bettmann)

John F. Kennedy International Airport was renamed conscionable weeks aft Kennedy’s assassination successful November 1963, with New York City officials voting successful December to alteration the sanction from Idlewild Airport successful his honor. The caller sanction was formally unveiled connected Christmas Eve 1963, making it 1 of the swiftest statesmanlike airdrome renamings, according to "The Bowery Boys," a fashionable New York City past blog.

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5. Gerald R. Ford International Airport (GRR)

Gerald R. Ford International Airport successful Grand Rapids was renamed successful 1999 to grant the 38th president, a longtime Michigan nonmigratory who represented the country successful Congress for much than 2 decades earlier ascending to the White House, according to the airport's website.

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport was renamed successful 1998, astir a decennary aft Reagan near office. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

6. Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport was renamed successful 1998 aft Congress passed authorities changing the sanction from Washington National Airport to grant the 40th president, according to the airport. The measure was signed into instrumentality by President Bill Clinton, marking the archetypal clip the airport’s sanction had been changed since it opened successful 1941. The renaming came astir a decennary aft Reagan near office.

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7. George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH)

Houston Intercontinental Airport was renamed successful 1997 to grant erstwhile President George H.W. Bush, becoming George Bush Intercontinental Airport 4 years aft helium near office, according to the Texas State Historical Association. The alteration recognized Bush’s longtime ties to Houston, wherever helium lived and built overmuch of his governmental career.

George Bush Intercontinental Airport successful Houston was renamed successful 1997 to grant the 41st president. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

8. Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport (LIT) 

In March 2012, Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport was unveiled, replacing the erstwhile Little Rock National Airport/Adams Field designation to grant the erstwhile president, a autochthonal Arkansan, and erstwhile Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for their longstanding ties to the confederate state.

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Fox News Digital's Charles Creitz contributed to this report.