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Old Jan 6, 2004 | 10:14 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by seat 50J:
XNA for Fayetteville/Northwest Arkansas isn't a good airport code. Neither is:
- BNA Nashville (not sure what the origin is, perhaps there's a town of Blair/Nashville)
- TYS in Knoxville must be someone's name. Perhaps Tyson?
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Ones that I don't think were answered elsewhere:

XNA = (I swear!) Exciting New Airport
BNA = Berry Field Nashville
TYS = You are correct, the Tysons donated the land

(edit to reduce size of quoted text and remove reference to article already posted.)

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