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Old May 2, 2017, 2:13 pm
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Originally Posted by muji
A similar thing happened in the early '80s in Seattle. Seatac Airport got renamed after a late senator. But that name change was short-lived; the name was changed back to Seatac after a lot of opposition to the name change arose.

As one the commissioners involved in that situation stated: "'It's evident to me that the vast majority of people...prefer a geographical name for their airport."

http://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/02/...4709446878800/
I am picking up a friend coming in from KOA today and the new name is already on flightaware.
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