A.G. Gancarski
Gear up for a potential name change if flying into St. Johns County later this year.
The House has passed Rep. Kim Kendall’s HB 4009, which would change the current Northeast Florida Regional Airport branding to St. Augustine Airport.
“This is a local bill that’ll change our local airport’s name to St. Augustine Airport based on location, identity and security reasons. This bill has passed unanimously on every level of its passage so far, and I hope for the same,” Kendall said before the 111-0 vote.
The move was presented as a return to historic roots by the St. Johns County Airport Authority, which pushed for the change during a meeting of the county’s Legislative Delegation back in January.
The name was originally changed to the regional branding 15 years ago, when it was called the Northeast Florida Regional Airport at St. Augustine. The locational descriptor was dropped in 2016, per Jacksonville Today.
