Originally Posted by
Appleseeeeed (Post # 18)
Amsterdam Schiphol -- which I think translates to ship hole
Google translate says "ship hollow",
which seems not a synonym for "airport", but an appropriate descriptive name for a field 11 feet (3.4 m) below sea level. 
Originally Posted by
mlampert (Post # 36)
Fresno Air Terminal
Which is FAT and wants to change to FYI - Fresno Yosemite International
Originally Posted by
OhDoctor (Post #37)
Their webpage lists the name as "Fresno Yosemite International Airport". Google Flights does as well for FAT. "Fresno Air Terminal" is apparently the old name.
Just like the former Sacramento Metropolitan Field (SMF) has a more modern name these days, without changing its airport code, and many others.
Fresno wants to stress even more emphatically that they are the closest airport to Yosemite National Park. Hence the FYI proposed IATA code. Yet the change would also remove the city from being the butt of jokes about trips to Fukuoka and Da Nang, etc.
Originally Posted by
shoeless1920 (Post #46)
"Be sure to remove those old BAL luggage tags, or you will have to retrieve your bags in Turkey."
You're right about that, man. Interestingly, it was in 1973 that Baltimore (BAL) changed its name to Baltimore-Washington (which I thought was a bit of a stretch -- kinda like O'Hare changing its name to Chicago-Milwaukee, with Milwaukee already having its own airport) but after the name change, the IATA code remained BAL until 1980; the BWI code had previously been used by an airport in Bewani, Papua New Guinea.
I flew into BAL for four years as the closest airport to Annapolis. By my five-year reunion, it was BWI.
Then I went to work for a couple of years as a Reservation Sales Representative (RSR) for UA. Knowing what the letters actually stood for made them easier to remember. E.g.
Orcha
RD Field or
Moisant Stock Yards.