Bye-bye, PBI. Hello, DJT.
Drivers on Interstate 95 are getting their first glimpse of one of South Florida’s biggest travel changes as new highway signs now point motorists to Donald J. Trump International Airport instead of Palm Beach International Airport.
Crews worked overnight Thursday to replace the familiar green exit signs at Exit 69B on both the northbound and southbound sides of I-95 with signs reading “President Donald J. Trump Int’l Airport,” signaling the airport’s official transition ahead of its July 9 name change.
The rebranding goes beyond the roadside.
While the airport officially becomes Donald J. Trump International Airport on July 9, travelers will still be flying into PBI for a little while longer. The airport’s longtime three-letter identifier won’t officially switch to DJT until Aug. 18, when the new code takes effect.
The move puts the airport in rare company, joining a handful of major U.S. airports named for presidents, including John F. Kennedy International Airport, Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, George Bush Intercontinental Airport and Gerald R. Ford International Airport.
Other presidential names already greeting travelers include Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport, Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport and Dickinson Theodore Roosevelt Regional Airport.
For millions of drivers and flyers, the first sign that a new era has arrived won’t be at the ticket counter or baggage claim. It’ll be on I-95, where the familiar signs for Palm Beach International have already been replaced.
