{"id":87985,"date":"2026-07-09T11:27:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T14:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/2026\/07\/09\/nationwide-air-traffic-alert-sparks-three-letter-joy-for-trump\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T11:27:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T14:27:00","slug":"nationwide-air-traffic-alert-sparks-three-letter-joy-for-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/2026\/07\/09\/nationwide-air-traffic-alert-sparks-three-letter-joy-for-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Nationwide air traffic alert sparks three-letter joy for Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"js-article-text\">\n<ul>\n<li class><strong><a class rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/link.news.dailymail.co.uk\/join\/dc-insider-sign-up?utm_source=dailymail.co.uk&#038;utm_medium=organic_editorial&#038;utm_campaign=conversion_newsletter&#038;utm_term=dcinsider_bullets&#038;utm_budgetpot=organic\">Sign up HERE for DC Insider<\/a> &#8211; your free guide to what&#8217;s rocking Washington<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>See more Daily Mail on Google &#8211; <a rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=dailymail.com\">save us as a Preferred Source<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>By <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/profile-962\/jon-michael-raasch.html\">JON MICHAEL RAASCH, WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/follow?screen_name=JMRaasch&#038;tw_p=followbutton\"><span><\/span><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><span> <span>Published:<\/span> <time datetime=\"2026-07-09T15:25:03+0100\"> 10:25 EDT, 9 July 2026 <\/time> <\/span> | <span> <span>Updated:<\/span> <time datetime=\"2026-07-09T15:27:19+0100\"> 10:27 EDT, 9 July 2026 <\/time> <\/span> <\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>The international airport just minutes away from <a target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/news\/donald_trump\/index.html\" id=\"mol-5b692c90-7b9c-11f1-8117-a5e5955fac18\">Donald Trump<\/a>&#8216;s <a target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/news\/florida\/index.html\" id=\"mol-5b75fdd0-7b9c-11f1-8117-a5e5955fac18\">Florida<\/a> home has been officially renamed.<\/p>\n<p>Palm Beach International Airport has, as of Thursday, <a target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/news\/article-15258287\/donald-trump-airport-palm-beach-gardens.html\">become the President Donald J Trump International Airport.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The 3-letter location identifier for PBI is changing during the overnight to DJT,&#8217; read a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) alert sent out on Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n<p>The change comes after Florida Governor <a target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/news\/ron-desantis\/index.html\" id=\"mol-5b6a3e00-7b9c-11f1-8117-a5e5955fac18\" class>Ron DeSantis<\/a> signed a law in March to rename Trump&#8217;s hometown airport after the 45th and 47th President.<\/p>\n<p>Though the FAA three-letter code has changed to DJT, passengers may have to wait to see the President&#8217;s initials on their boarding passes.<\/p>\n<p>The airport&#8217;s code will remain PBI for reservations, ticketing and baggage tags until August 18, according to its website.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I am deeply honored that at 5:01 a.m., Trump Force One will be the first plane to land at the newly renamed Palm Beach International Airport  now and forever President Donald J. Trump International Airport (DJT),&#8217; Eric Trump <a target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/snapchat\/article-15578567\/Donald-Trumps-sky-high-ego-sees-Florida-airport-named-signage-cost-5-5m.html\">posted on X celebrating the renaming.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;There is no person who has done more for Florida and our country, and no one more deserving of this incredible honor. As a son, and someone who flies out of this airport nearly every day, I will forever be proud to see the initials DJT on my boarding pass.&#8217;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Eric Trump (L) and Donald Trump Jr (R) pose in front of their private plane after it was the first to land at the recently renamed President Donald J Trump International Airport on Thursday<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Don Jr and his wife Bettina Trump on the tarmac early Thursday morning<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>President Donald Trump arriving at PBI in January. On Thursday the airport was officially renamed after him<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The newly minted Trump airport handles nearly eight million travelers annually.<\/p>\n<p>Palm Beach County commissioners greenlit a licensing deal allowing Trump&#8217;s name on the site, as the Trump Organization has trademarked it.<\/p>\n<p>The deal prohibits the Trumps from profiting off of royalties from the name, though the airport can use the President&#8217;s name and image in advertising.<\/p>\n<p>Already, the road signs on highways leading to the airport have been updated to show Trump&#8217;s name.<\/p>\n<p>Congress has also pushed proposals to slap the President&#8217;s name on other airports as well.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, House Republicans pushed a bill to <a target=\"_self\" class href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/news\/us-politics\/article-13264143\/house-republicans-donald-trump-washington-dulles-airport.html\">rename Washington Dulles International Airport after the President<\/a>. The campaign-year gambit never garnered any traction, however.<\/p>\n<p>There are 12 airports in the US that are named after presidents, including New York City&#8217;s John F Kennedy International Airport and Washington&#8217;s Ronald Reagan National Airport.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has also sought to <a target=\"_self\" class href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/news\/article-15533973\/Trump-Penn-Station-Dulles-Airport-Schumer.html\">put his name on New York City&#8217;s main rail hub Penn Station<\/a>, which has been met by Democratic opposition.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                                                                                                                                  <ad-slot position=\"smart_feed\"><\/ad-slot>                                                                <ad-slot position=\"after_article\"><\/ad-slot>                                                                                                                                                                         <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sign up HERE for DC Insider &#8211; your free guide to what&#8217;s rocking Washington See more Daily Mail on Google &#8211; save us as a Preferred Source By JON MICHAEL RAASCH, WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT Published: 10:25 EDT, 9 July 2026 | Updated: 10:27 EDT, 9 July 2026 The international airport just minutes away from Donald [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":87986,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-donald-trump"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87985\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}