As Nashville Considers Renaming Airport After Dolly Parton, Here’s the List of Other Airports Named After Musicians
The worldwide list is much smaller than you'd think.
As Nashville mulls renaming its international airport after country music icon Dolly Parton, an intriguing list emerges of other airports worldwide named after musicians, some with surprisingly long waits.
In the wake of Parton's death on August 25, a Change.org petition urging the airport to bear her name began circulating within 36 hours. Tennessee Governor Bill Lee swiftly announced a partnership with Nashville International Airport (BNA) to consider the name change, citing Parton's enduring influence on Tennessee. Parton's team expressed openness to the conversation.
Governor Lee lauded Parton's impact, stating, "Dolly Parton's extraordinary life is forever woven into the fabric of our state." The Metro Nashville Airport Authority plans to deliberate on the proposal at a meeting on September 17. Notably, the MNAA mandates a two-year waiting period post-death and insists on a connection to aviation for name changes, which Parton doesn't meet.
Should the name alteration proceed, Parton would join a select group of globally recognized musicians with airports named in their honor, making her the second U.S. musician to receive such recognition. The table below lists these airports in chronological order of their naming after musicians.
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