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Fans Push to Rename Nashville Airport for Dolly Parton

NYT > Top Stories

By: Christine Chung and Emily Cochrane

27 August 2026 at 23:16

A surging online push to rename Nashville International Airport for the beloved Tennessean superstar could get snagged in bureaucracy and politics.

“Who doesn’t want to be ‘departin’ from Parton’?” said one of the fans behind an online petition to rename Nashville International Airport for Dolly Parton, who died on Tuesday.