Abbreviations and Acronyms
Sep 17, 2006 | 8:14 pm
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Originally Posted by Jtmom
Hi
i really hope you guys can help.....I have to learn 240 city codes by the end of next week....they suggested putting words to the letters, but my brain just goes blank
does anyone have a cheat sheet or short cut to help learn these?
thanks so much
Jane
i really hope you guys can help.....I have to learn 240 city codes by the end of next week....they suggested putting words to the letters, but my brain just goes blank
does anyone have a cheat sheet or short cut to help learn these?
thanks so much
Jane
At the top of this thread, and every thread & forum on FT, under "help" is a link for "airport code lookup"! If you type in the name of the city, it will give you the airport code. If the city name has more than 1 possibility (ie - Manchester), it will give you the codes for all (Manchester, NH and Manchester, England)! Or if the city has 2 or more airports (ie - Washington, DC), it will give all airport codes for that city (DCA for National & IAD for Dulles)!
I hope this is what you were asking for.
Sep 18, 2006 | 5:34 pm
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Originally Posted by macbravery
HELP! I am new to this forum and I can't even read half the messages because of a plethora acronyms and abbreviations! While I know _some_ of them ORD, IAD, and MCI, I have yet to memorize every freakin airport and airline in thw world! Where can I go to get a list!
Mac
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Via con Dios!
Mac
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Via con Dios!
I have been doing this miles thing for more than a few years, and I love this forum as as one of my major sources of information. But if I don't understand the acronyms, I assume the post is not meant for me anyway, and just go onto the next.
Sep 18, 2006 | 6:06 pm
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Sep 20, 2006 | 3:34 pm
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Originally Posted by kaukau
Start posting the ones you can't remember, and we'll come up with some snappy mnemonic devices fer ya'!
thanks,... will take you up on that....ok, I need help with
BHM
HSV
HII
XNA
CLD
LGB
SNA
ASE
GJT
TEX (IN COLORADO? PLEASE)
HVN
FLL
RSW
EYW
SRQ
TLH
AHN
DSM
HYS
SLN
MSY
BGR
BHB
PQI
RKD
SBY
HYA
MVY
ACK
GGW
GDV
GTF
HVR
HLN
LWT
MLS
OLF
BTV
CDC
BNA
get to do internation next week......thanks for any help any of you can offer......Jane
Sep 20, 2006 | 3:43 pm
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Originally Posted by Jtmom
thanks,... will take you up on that....ok, I need help with
BNA
get to do internation next week......thanks for any help any of you can offer......Jane
BNA
get to do internation next week......thanks for any help any of you can offer......Jane
Sep 20, 2006 | 3:50 pm
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Originally Posted by BNA_flyer
BNA is my home airport (Nashville), and is BNA for historical reasons -- it was originally Berry Field (in NAshville). Sometimes knowing the airfield names or histories of the airports can help in memorizing the codes. For example, Louisville=SDF, for StanDiFord Field. (Anyone want to explain 'MSY' for New Orleans?)
thanks for your help
Jane
Sep 20, 2006 | 3:55 pm
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Originally Posted by BNA_flyer
(Anyone want to explain 'MSY' for New Orleans?)
The airport was originally named after daredevil aviator John Moisant, who died in an airplane crash on this land (which was devoted to farming at the time) in 1910. The abbreviation MSY was derived from Moisant Stock Yards, as the old airport kept NEW.
Plans for Moisant Field were begun in 1940, as New Orleans' older Shushan Airport now New Orleans Lakefront Airport (NEW), still serving private and corporate aircraft was in need of expansion or replacement. With World War II the land became a government air base. It was returned to civilian control after the war, and commercial service began at Moisant Field in May of 1946.
I wonder if there is any other field named after someone who died at that location?
Sep 20, 2006 | 3:58 pm
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Originally Posted by Governator
Stolen from Wikipedia:
[I]The airport was originally named after daredevil aviator John Moisant, who died in an airplane crash on this land (which was devoted to farming at the time) in 1910. The abbreviation MSY was derived from Moisant Stock Yards, as the old airport kept NEW.
[I]The airport was originally named after daredevil aviator John Moisant, who died in an airplane crash on this land (which was devoted to farming at the time) in 1910. The abbreviation MSY was derived from Moisant Stock Yards, as the old airport kept NEW.
Sep 20, 2006 | 4:30 pm
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Originally Posted by Jtmom
Hi. I really hope you guys can help.....I have to learn 240 city codes by the end of next week....Jane
HII - Heck is it? HAVASU
XNA - Crossin' Arkansas in FAYETVILLE
TEX- TELLURIDE is not in texas
RSW- rough southern waters in FT. MYERS
EYW - eeyow! KEY WEST
SRQ - SARASOTA's really quiet
MSY - it's messy in NEW ORLEANS
BNA - boy, NASHVILLE's alright
Sep 20, 2006 | 5:44 pm
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Originally Posted by kaukau
OLF - Invalid Code it for Wolf Point Montana.....
HII - Heck is it? HAVASU
XNA - Crossin' Arkansas in FAYETVILLE
TEX- TELLURIDE is not in texas....I know....how strange to have tex in colorado.....
RSW- rough southern waters in FT. MYERS
EYW - eeyow! KEY WEST
SRQ - SARASOTA's really quiet
MSY - it's messy in NEW ORLEANS
BNA - boy, NASHVILLE's alright
HII - Heck is it? HAVASU
XNA - Crossin' Arkansas in FAYETVILLE
TEX- TELLURIDE is not in texas....I know....how strange to have tex in colorado.....
RSW- rough southern waters in FT. MYERS
EYW - eeyow! KEY WEST
SRQ - SARASOTA's really quiet
MSY - it's messy in NEW ORLEANS
BNA - boy, NASHVILLE's alright
got some more....
PHF
BGM
FMN
MHT
LEB
LQB
CKB
BLF
AVP
SHD
MWH
BKW
MDT
TYS
MYR
GSP
CVG
ILM
EWN
JHW
IPT
LNS
MGW
PKB
ITH
AOO
FKL
AVL
MSS
PVD
HTS
GSO
CLT
HPN
ART
OAJ
PGV
MFR
OGS
DUJ
SWF
Sep 20, 2006 | 9:14 pm
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Originally Posted by Jtmom
got some more....
TYS is Knoxville because it's McGhee-TYSon Airport.
PVD=ProViDence
CLT=CharLoTte
and CVG is Cincinnati's airport, which is actually across the river in CoVinGton, KY.
But what jogs my memory about these may be different than what you may find most helpful.
Sep 21, 2006 | 9:12 am
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Originally Posted by BNA_flyer
Some of those, I know off-hand:
TYS is Knoxville because it's McGhee-TYSon Airport.
PVD=ProViDence
CLT=CharLoTte
and CVG is Cincinnati's airport, which is actually across the river in CoVinGton, KY. this one works perfectly....thanks!
But what jogs my memory about these may be different than what you may find most helpful.
TYS is Knoxville because it's McGhee-TYSon Airport.
PVD=ProViDence
CLT=CharLoTte
and CVG is Cincinnati's airport, which is actually across the river in CoVinGton, KY. this one works perfectly....thanks!
But what jogs my memory about these may be different than what you may find most helpful.
Sep 21, 2006 | 9:30 am
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Originally Posted by Jtmom
got some more....
Ummm, yeah, that's some more, alright. Listen, my brain is gonna' explode, so I leave you with this last chestnut: AVP: average is par in WILKES BARRE (It's pronounced "barry", but not for our purposes!) Aloha.