Airports named after Presidents

There are a total of 13 airports named after a president. More than one quarter of all US Presidents have had an airport named after them. John F. Kennedy has two different airports named after him, resulting in 12 of the 45 presidents with eponymous airports. This includes both commercial airports offering regluar passenger service as well as other airports as shown below.

COMMERCIAL AIRPORTS

Airport President Named After Location Prior Airport Name Year Renamed
John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) John F. Kennedy New York, NY New York International Airport (Idlewild) 1963
George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) George Bush Houston, TX Houston Intercontinental Airport 1997
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) Ronald Reagan Arlington, VA Washington National Airport 1998
Gerald R. Ford International Airport (GRR) Gerald Ford Grand Rapids, MI Kent County International Airport 1999
Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport (SPI) Abraham Lincoln Springfield, IL Capital Airport 2004
Dickinson Theodore Roosevelt Regional Airport (DIK) Theodore Roosevelt Dickinson, ND Dickinson Municipal Airport 2004
Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport (LIT) Bill Clinton Little Rock, AR Little Rock National Airport/Adams Field 2012
Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport (ICT) Dwight Eisenhower Wichita, KS Wichita Mid-Continent Airport 2015
President Donald J. Trump International Airport (DJT) Donald Trump West Palm Beach, FL Palm Beach International Airport 2026


GENERAL AVIATION/OTHER AIRPORTS

Airport President Named After Location
John F. Kennedy Memorial Airport (ASX) John F. Kennedy Ashland, WI
Jimmy Carter Regional Airport (ACJ) Jimmy Carter Americus, GA
Roosevelt Memorial Airport (5A9) Franklin D. Roosevelt Warm Springs, GA
Harry S. Truman Regional Airport (2M1) Harry Truman Bates City, MO