Which two airports could be named Trump International Airport or Donald J. Trump International Airport? An obvious hint is that both airports are international airports that are located within the United States.
Which Two Airports Could Be Named Trump International Airport?
Earlier this year in 2025, legislation was introduced to rename two airports in honor of the current president of the United States.
One of the airports is Nashville International Airport in Tennessee. “The airport operated by the authority is hereby designated the ‘Trump International Airport.’ The authority is directed to erect suitable signs or affix suitable markers designating the airport as the ‘Trump International Airport’ and to take other appropriate actions to recognize this designation in accordance with this section”, according to House Bill 217 — which is also known as Senate Bill 265 — which is heralded by Todd Warner, who is a Republican politician who represents District 92 in the House of Representatives of Tennessee. “For purposes of amending by-laws or governing documents and carrying out administrative duties necessary to effectuate this act, this act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it. For all other purposes, this act takes effect January 1, 2026, the public welfare requiring it.”
However, several impediments prevent this bill from becoming law:
- House Bill 434 — which is also known as Senate Bill 214 — was introduced by Kevin Raper, who is a Republican politician who represents District 24 in the House of Representatives of Tennessee. This bill would have prevented any public property in the state of Tennessee from being renamed for a public official who was a convicted felon or still currently in office. Instead, the bill would have required that any property be renamed for that person after being out of office for a minimum of two years.
- During the legislative process in the Name and Designating Committee, changing the name of the airport would have cost taxpayers $10 million — including all efforts to re-branding the airport, changing all airport logos around the property, and adjusting signage along interstate highways. A vast majority of that money would be the responsibility of the board of the Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority and could have been passed along to taxpayers of both the city of Nashville and the state of Tennessee.
- The B in the airport code BNA for Nashville International Airport is named for Harry Smith Berry when the airport was founded in 1937 as Berry Field Nashville Airport. Berry was a colonel and a veteran of World War I who graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in New York in the class of 1904. People are concerned that renaming the airport after Donald John Trump would effectively erase the memory of Harry Smith Berry.
The other airport is Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia. H.R.691 is a bill that was introduced on Thursday, January 23, 2025 by Addison McDowell, who is a Republican politician who represents the sixth congressional district in North Carolina as a member of the House of Representatives of the United States. “We have entered the golden age of America largely thanks to President Trump’s leadership,” McDowell said, according to this official press release. “It is only right that the two airports servicing our nation’s capital are duly honored and respected by two of the best presidents to have the honor of serving our great nation.”
Final Boarding Call
Todd Warner is reported to have said that he would like to see an airport named after Donald J. Trump in every state.
Seriously?!?
As with the possible renaming of Memphis International Airport and the possible renaming of Oakland International Airport, the intent of the proposed new name of both Nashville International Airport and Washington Dulles International Airport is to change the name to honor someone, which I vehemently oppose for a number of reasons — two of which include spending millions of dollars of unnecessary costs that either taxpayers or passengers eventually would ultimately bear the burden; and absurdly increasingly longer names. Airports should not be named after people, in my opinion — especially when people such as Patrick Anthony McCarran, John Wayne, and Donald J. Trump are considered to be controversial…
…but an airport name should also be easy to remember. It should include the name of the geographic location which it serves. I personally prefer the name to remain Nashville International Airport or simply Nashville Airport. Regardless of the fact that they are named after George Washington, I believe that Washington National Airport should be the name of the airport near the Potomac River; and Washington International Airport or Virginia International Airport — or some variation of that name — should be the name of the airport is located west in Virginia miles away from the District of Columbia.
Easy.
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