Originally Posted by
fastflyer
AA does indeed have irreconciled systems/ databases. Their smartphone app used to default to MKC as the nearest airport when location services is turned on in the KC metropolitan area. But then it cannot find any flights or status, because MKC has not been operational for commercial, scheduled air service since the 1960s. You have to over-write the pre-populated airport code with MCI.
I think Turkish Airlines still takes the award for picking the wrong default airport. If you're in Santa Clara, California (nearest airport SJC, or SFO for the nearest that TK flies to) it will default to flights from "Adel Santamaria Airport, Santa Clara, Cuba (SNU)"
Originally Posted by
ATOBTTR
If you want a confusing one - the airport that serves Gold Coast, Australia (OOL) is in two different Australian States (Queensland and New South Wales).
But with about 99.9% of the airport terminal located in QLD, and thus technically the Gold Coast, the "Gold Coast Airport" name does actually make sense, even if the IATA code no longer fits (OOL comes from the old name of the airport, "Coolangatta Airport", named after the city that half of it is in on the QLD side. The other half being in Tweed Heads, NSW)
To further confuse the DIA tag mentioned above, Darwin International Airport (DRW) in Australia is also often referrer to as DIA.