CVG for Cincinnati - because it's really across the river in CoVinGton, Ohio.

Does anybody know why Nantucket, Mass., is ACK? Random letters from the town name?

100K:
But AOL is in Northern Virginia. They'd never sponsor a west coast airport. Would they?

Counsellor: I'm probably older than you, and I agree with AlphaSigOU that it used to be IDL. This is sort of like BWI. Back in the '60s, this was Friendship International (I don't remember what the code was); then the state of Maryland bought the place and renamed it. As a part of the process, they petitioned the FAA (or whoever assigns codes) to change the code to BWI. No matter how much it cost them, it's paid off.

Well... they could re-name IAD for AOL... (Sacrilege!) http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/wink.gif

Here's a bit of useless trivia: what is the other official name for Miami International Airport (MIA)? Wilcox Field. (You have to really look for the sign -- it's right next to the sign on the main terminal building.)

The old code for Baltimore's old Friendship airport probably was BAL, though I'm not sure about that.

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Causa latet vis est notissima - the cause is hidden, the results are well-known.



[This message has been edited by AlphaSigOU (edited 04-20-99).]

Great thread. Here's one I haven't been able to figure out:

What does "HP", America West's airline code, stand for?

I have asked several HP personnel and no one has known.

HP is the IATA-assigned code for America West; is doesn't stand for anything. Southwest's IATA code is WN and also doesn't stand for anything.

OMNI: The last one or two letters in an aircraft's registration number are sometimes reserved for airlines. Examples:

SW, WN - Southwest
DL, DA, DE, DN, WA - Delta (WA - ex-Western Airlines aircraft)
U, UA - United
AA - American
US, RC - Northwest (RC - ex-Republic Airlines aircraft)
AU - US Airways (from the former airline code of Allegheny Airlines)
TW - Trans World Airlines
HK - Trans States Airlines (the initials are of the owner - Hulas Kanodia)

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Causa latet vis est notissima - the cause is hidden, the results are well-known.


[This message has been edited by AlphaSigOU (edited 04-20-99).]

That reminds me of another--

HPN is in WHite PlaiNs, New York

FYI:

CVG is in Covington, KENTUCKY not OHIO.

I like HTS for Huntington/Ashland.
I think it stands for Huntington TriState.

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yeah, akperry

I was just kidding about corporate sponsorships of airlines. It's tough to imagine quasi-government entities getting commercial that way, although the airport-using crowd is attractive from a demographic standpoint.

No one knows why Spokane is GEG? I didn't know either; I actually looked at a roadmap- A road that runs by Spokane Int'l Airport is Geiger Blvd., which was probably the name of the neighborhood or airport before it was renamed.

alphasigOU:
You're right, it WAS BAL. I remember now. (The WAS doesn't stand for Washington. It's "Was".)

Guangzhou, Funafuti Atol, Bereina, Singapore? Novato, Heraklion, Encarnacion!!

www.iata.org/codes/index.htm

helps solve it ...



[This message has been edited by Austman (edited 04-22-99).]

Why is there not a DOA?

Location code: DOA
City: Doany
Country: Madagascar
Country code:MG

Merry flys to DOA all the time! See the thread:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum71/HTML/000249.html