Where did some airport codes come from?
Apr 18, 1999, 10:32 pm
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Where did some airport codes come from?
Here's an interesting topic- What is the origination of some 3-letter airport codes that appear to have more to it than just the city name? I know some of these, but not most:
GEG Spokane
MSY New Orleans
IAD Washington-Dulles
MCO Orlando
MCI Kansas City
BNA Nashville
ORD Chicago-O'Hare
EZE Buenos Aires
OGG Kahului
SDF Louisville
BDL Hartford
FCO Rome
GRU Sao Paulo
RSW Ft. Myers
MDT Harrisburg
and who banished all Canadian cities to have codes starting with Y?
GEG Spokane
MSY New Orleans
IAD Washington-Dulles
MCO Orlando
MCI Kansas City
BNA Nashville
ORD Chicago-O'Hare
EZE Buenos Aires
OGG Kahului
SDF Louisville
BDL Hartford
FCO Rome
GRU Sao Paulo
RSW Ft. Myers
MDT Harrisburg
and who banished all Canadian cities to have codes starting with Y?
Apr 18, 1999, 10:38 pm
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MCO - McCoy Field, the old airport name before Disney. Was just a couple of quanset huts at the end of the runway (FedEx uses them now). Now called Orlando International, but the MCO still sticks.
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Apr 18, 1999, 10:51 pm
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ORD-Orchard Field (previous name for O'Hare)
OGG-Named after some guy with the last name of Hogg although I forget who he was I believe he was a WWII hero.
IAD-International Airport Dulles
OGG-Named after some guy with the last name of Hogg although I forget who he was I believe he was a WWII hero.
IAD-International Airport Dulles
Apr 18, 1999, 11:50 pm
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GRU = Aeroporto Internacional de Guarulhos
For a list of airport codes, check this url:
http://www.cowtown.net/users/rcr/aaa/ccmain.htm
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For a list of airport codes, check this url:
http://www.cowtown.net/users/rcr/aaa/ccmain.htm
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Apr 19, 1999, 2:23 am
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I can't speak for some of the other names but Canada's codes came from the two-letter codes of railway cities. Canadian Pacific Railways had codes for all their respective cities which had a railway stop. The Y was added for commonality so as to be distinctly Canadian. (It is not to what some people may think that Canada was the last one in the race and ran out of city codes to use).
Toronto - TO (Toronto, Ontario) : YTO
Montreal - MQ (Montreal, Quebec) : YMQ
Vancouver - VR (VancouveR) : YVR
Only after when each city built more than one airport, did the names dispensed. But that's all I know, I'm afraid!
Toronto - TO (Toronto, Ontario) : YTO
Montreal - MQ (Montreal, Quebec) : YMQ
Vancouver - VR (VancouveR) : YVR
Only after when each city built more than one airport, did the names dispensed. But that's all I know, I'm afraid!
Apr 19, 1999, 3:29 am
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Hi Celestar ,...
what about Halifax Int'l (YHZ) ... where does the Z come from ????
MMM
ps: by the way EZE = EZEIZA,... the name of Buenos Aires Int'l airport in Argentina
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what about Halifax Int'l (YHZ) ... where does the Z come from ????
MMM
ps: by the way EZE = EZEIZA,... the name of Buenos Aires Int'l airport in Argentina
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Apr 19, 1999, 6:26 am
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MCI in K. C. is Mid-Continent International.
SDF in Louisville is Standiford, not sure whether that's the current or a former airport (not sure of the spelling either).
SDF in Louisville is Standiford, not sure whether that's the current or a former airport (not sure of the spelling either).
Apr 19, 1999, 6:54 am
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FCO = Fiumicino (Rome)
I like
SGN = Ho Chi Minh City (ex Saigon)
LED = St. Petersburg (ex Leningrad)
PEK = Beijing (Peking)
Which just goes to show that politics and city names may change but IATA stays the same.
I like
SGN = Ho Chi Minh City (ex Saigon)
LED = St. Petersburg (ex Leningrad)
PEK = Beijing (Peking)
Which just goes to show that politics and city names may change but IATA stays the same.
Apr 19, 1999, 6:55 am
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MSY = Moisant Int'l. (I'm not sure about the Y at the end, but it does make sense to me when you say it out loud...)
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Apr 19, 1999, 7:36 am
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MCO (Orlando) used to be McCoy Air Force Base (formerly Pinecastle AFB, after the nearby little town). It was named after USAF Col. Michael McCoy.
RSW (Ft. Myers) was named after the airport, Greater Southwest Regional. Since there was already a code for SWR, the R was placed in front of SW.
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RSW (Ft. Myers) was named after the airport, Greater Southwest Regional. Since there was already a code for SWR, the R was placed in front of SW.
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