Airport Codes on Forum
 

Where do you find all the codes used on this forum.
As a newbie, I don't know where anyone is referencing!
Help?

There is an airport code lookup tool:

http://www.flyertalk.com/acl/

YAY! Thank you!

Here's another handy one..... http://www.world-airport-codes.com/

Or a quick google. "xxx airport code" will tell you

you know what would be helpful - if FlyerTalk had a way where it could automatically detect the airport codes in posts and then if you hover over the code with your mouse it would pop-up with what the airport is.

Stick around here long enough and you too will be talking in a way that no-one in the real world understands: Planning a quick MR to GIG via GRU , is there any way to force a stopover via EZE or would LAN via UIO and LIM get me more EQMs as an AA EXP? :p

that doesn't even take into account the trick thread, which truly is an entirely different language!

I've been on FT for 13 years and even I don't understand that thread. I think it requires an even deeper psychosis than your everyday Flyertalker is suffering from.

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There is a greasemonkey script out there somewhere that does this. It is pretty nice, or it was last time I used it a year or so ago. Odds are google could find it.

I take the attitude that anyone who uses codes, acronyms, etc. in a post, intends that only those who understand the codes will understand and respond to the post. Personally, I want as many readers as possible to read and make use of my posts, especially beginners. So I never use airport or airline or alliance codes or abbreviations or acronyms. And those who use airport codes in an question miss the possibility that I could answer that question. I don't remembers the codes of even the (considerable number of) airports to which I have flown.

The internet lends it's self to short hand. All subsets devlope their own vernacular.
gamers have teh L33t sp34k
people that text txt 2 u
hang around airplanes long enough you don't fly business toronto to tokyo you are in j yyz-nrt

Or CYYZ-RJAA :p

Or you can simply type "XXX Airport" from Google, it should be able to tell you where is that airport.

Please see post #5 above.