{"id":14953,"date":"2025-01-27T17:09:25","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T18:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=14953"},"modified":"2025-01-27T19:02:05","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T19:02:05","slug":"trump-international-airport-proposed-renaming-dulles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=14953","title":{"rendered":"Trump International Airport Proposed, Renaming Dulles"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Changing the name to Donald J. Trump International Airport from Dulles International Airport has been proposed by a freshman congressman from North Carolina.<\/p>\n

Rep. Addison McDowell, the 31-year-old Republican from the state\u2019s 6th Congressional District, introduced the bill Thursday along with Reps. Brian Jack, R-Ga., Riley Moore, R-W.V., Brandon Gill, R-Texas, and Guy Reschenthaler, R-Penn.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is only right that the two airports servicing our nation\u2019s capital are duly honored and respected by two of the best presidents to have the honor of serving our great nation,\u201d McDowell said.<\/p>\n

Dulles International and Reagan National are major airports serving the District of Columbia, Maryland and Northern Virginia. The former is named for Josh Foster Dulles, secretary of state under Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953-59. More than 26 million passengers used Dulles in the 12 months ending in November, according to the latest statistics available.<\/p>\n

The then-$108.3 million airport<\/a>, on 10,000 acres of Loudoun and Fairfax counties in Virginia, was dedicated Nov. 17, 1962. Another 830 acres were acquired 20 years ago.<\/p>\n

Jack said the effort \u201cto \u2018cancel\u2019 President Trump during his post-presidency\u201d is rightly countered by the bill to \u201censhrine President Trump\u2019s legacy.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis legislation will cement his status in our nation\u2019s capital as our fearless commander-in-chief, extraordinary leader, and relentless champion for the American people,\u201d Reschenthaler said in a release from McDowell\u2019s office.<\/p>\n

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, smaller in gates 113 to 58 than Dulles, is on 860 acres in Virginia. Opening in 1941 as National Airport<\/a>, Democratic two-term President Bill Clinton on Feb. 6, 1998, signed the legislation authored by Sen. Paul Coverdell, R-Ga.<\/a>, renaming it for the nation\u2019s 40th president.<\/p>\n

Reagan National also checked more than 26 million passengers in the 12 months ending in November. The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority<\/a> reported 53.1 million total between the two.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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