Actual Airport Names versus Airline Marketed Names
Jul 29, 2021, 10:35 pm
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Actually Oslo’s main airport, Gardemoen, is only 35km from Oslo. The one Ryanair describe as Oslo, TRF, is 110km away!
On the flip side, Ryanair used to fly to Gothenburg City Airport, a mere 9km from the city centre, when all the main carriers flew into Landvetter, a whole 20km(!) away.
On the flip side, Ryanair used to fly to Gothenburg City Airport, a mere 9km from the city centre, when all the main carriers flew into Landvetter, a whole 20km(!) away.
Jul 29, 2021, 10:51 pm
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Stealing a page from Ryanair's book, couldn't any of the three major Dutch airports be named after the three cities of Amsterdam, Rotterdam, or Eindhoven? I know that AMS is very close to downtown Amsterdam, but given the ease of traveling around the Netherlands by public transit/good infrastructure, I say this only partially tongue-in-cheek.
Jul 30, 2021, 3:10 pm
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Well this new airport name is a mouthful: West Virginia International Yeager Airport. They can change the airport code to W T F, which is available. Chuck must be spinning.
Aug 1, 2021, 4:05 pm
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Then there’s Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport, which could be anywhere west of the Apalachicola River.
The airport authority wanted to call it Northwest Florida - Panama City International, but pressure from the public and the AIRLINES led them to pick the current name.
And how do airlines market it? As Panama City, of course!
The airport authority wanted to call it Northwest Florida - Panama City International, but pressure from the public and the AIRLINES led them to pick the current name.
And how do airlines market it? As Panama City, of course!
I see it's now RSW.
Aug 1, 2021, 4:21 pm
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Which brings up the questionable habit of Denver media and sometimes locals referring to DEN as "DIA". I believe I read somewhere that they requested the code and were denied, but use it anyway informally. I always think of Dulles first and have to read more context to realize they're talking about Denver. Fine for strictly local conversation, but a lot of news stories and snippets appear nationally.
Aug 5, 2021, 12:51 am
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In the Philippines, some airlines market Clark airport as Manila, even though it is in Angeles City which is 68 miles (approx 2 hours driving due to traffic) away from Manila.
Also WNP is marketed as Naga, when it is actually in Pili which is approx 15 miles away.
Also WNP is marketed as Naga, when it is actually in Pili which is approx 15 miles away.
Aug 5, 2021, 5:25 pm
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What is the formal process to get this changed w airlines? So many misuse or leave out the appropriate name of the cities on departure boards and gates. It is devastating for local communities and their economic engines that pay for these airport services to begin with. Aside from emailing the useless bit email addresses, any other avenues to get things changed for the communities that deserve their proper name mentioned?
Aug 5, 2021, 5:31 pm
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What is the formal process to get this changed w airlines? So many misuse or leave out the appropriate name of the cities on departure boards and gates. It is devastating for local communities and their economic engines that pay for these airport services to begin with. Aside from emailing the useless bit email addresses, any other avenues to get things changed for the communities that deserve their proper name mentioned?
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/artic...e-12303278.php
This one (which didn't happen) raised quite the chuckle in these parts a few years ago.
Aug 6, 2021, 2:27 am
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Unless there is some sort of contractual obligation in the airport lease, or some other local statute, the airline could (probably) call the airport whatever it wants.
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/artic...e-12303278.php
This one (which didn't happen) raised quite the chuckle in these parts a few years ago.
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/artic...e-12303278.php
This one (which didn't happen) raised quite the chuckle in these parts a few years ago.
Aug 6, 2021, 2:35 am
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Airlines may market it as LA to reduce confusion of people who are more familiar with Ontario, Canada than with Ontario, CA, especially if their final destination is La Cañada.
Aug 6, 2021, 2:28 pm
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Aug 6, 2021, 4:39 pm
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Aug 12, 2021, 2:02 am
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Emeryville is actually ... generally northwest of most of Oakland and northwest of OAK, and North, Northwest, West, and South of Oakland. It is also south of the western end of Berkeley. But those far wiser than us know that somewhere, we must have missed the Oakland International Airport during thousands of times we've passed through Emeryville.
Now, I can recall when the Fresno Air Terminal decided to become the Fresno Yosemite International Airport. Is this like DFW or MSP, i.e., pretty much between two cities? Um, no. Does the unfamiliar visitor expect a 150+ minute drive, in good conditions, to get to Yosemite Valley from the FAT terminal? Maybe, maybe not. I don't know. I've not been to FAT since 1985 or so, still scarred from the lost luggage on that trip.
Now, I can recall when the Fresno Air Terminal decided to become the Fresno Yosemite International Airport. Is this like DFW or MSP, i.e., pretty much between two cities? Um, no. Does the unfamiliar visitor expect a 150+ minute drive, in good conditions, to get to Yosemite Valley from the FAT terminal? Maybe, maybe not. I don't know. I've not been to FAT since 1985 or so, still scarred from the lost luggage on that trip.
RFD calls itself that. More Chicago residents would probably use it if ORD wasn't already on that side of the metro area and less than an hour away from RFD.
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Aug 15, 2021, 12:17 pm
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AA does indeed have irreconciled systems/ databases. Their smartphone app used to default to MKC as the nearest airport when location services is turned on in the KC metropolitan area. But then it cannot find any flights or status, because MKC has not been operational for commercial, scheduled air service since the 1960s. You have to over-write the pre-populated airport code with MCI.
To further confuse the DIA tag mentioned above, Darwin International Airport (DRW) in Australia is also often referrer to as DIA.
Sep 10, 2021, 7:22 pm
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Spirit sells BWI as Washington, DC on their website. For a long time, they also sold FLL “Ft. Lauderdale/Miami” but they don’t appear to do it anymore, likely since they’re set to start serving the actual MIA later this year.