Your initials as an airport code
Oct 18, 2009 | 5:34 pm
#32
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Oct 18, 2009 | 5:52 pm
#35
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I actually get 2! AMG= AMG - IATA code for Amboin Airport, Amboin, Papua New Guinea & AMG - IATA code for Bacon County Airport, Alma, Georgia, United States
I was actually surprised, I thought that they had to be unique? Granted, neither airport is large enough to get confused with the other...
I was actually surprised, I thought that they had to be unique? Granted, neither airport is large enough to get confused with the other...
There are also cases where the ICAO code and IATA codes don't match up. Branson, MO is an example (IATA is BKG, ICAO is KBBG).
Oct 18, 2009 | 7:32 pm
#40
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Mine is:
(RAD)
Road Town Arpt
Tortola Westend, Virgin Gorda
Regarding the order of the initials in the "monogram" ... it depends upon whether the monogram letters are the same size (same size = first, middle, last) or if the middle is bigger (first, last, middle).
(RAD)
Road Town Arpt
Tortola Westend, Virgin Gorda
Regarding the order of the initials in the "monogram" ... it depends upon whether the monogram letters are the same size (same size = first, middle, last) or if the middle is bigger (first, last, middle).
Oct 18, 2009 | 8:22 pm
#44
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The "add a Y to initials" idea is brilliant.
Now we have three methods:
1. John William Smith > JWS
2. John William Smith > JSW
3. John Smith in Canada > YJS
To the great dismay of our example John, he has no airport under any of these methods.
I just found out that YTR is Trenton, Ontario, Canada.
So now I got Trenton, Ramadan and Oslo.
Till
Now we have three methods:
1. John William Smith > JWS
2. John William Smith > JSW
3. John Smith in Canada > YJS
To the great dismay of our example John, he has no airport under any of these methods.
I just found out that YTR is Trenton, Ontario, Canada.
So now I got Trenton, Ramadan and Oslo.
Till
Oct 18, 2009 | 10:15 pm
#45
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