What was the airport code for Idyllwild before it was reamed JFK?
Jun 17, 2005 | 11:08 am
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What was the airport code for Idyllwild before it was reamed JFK?
I've been wondering what year Idyllwild was renamed JFK, and what the 3-letter airport code for Idyllwild was before being renamed? Anyone know?
Jun 17, 2005 | 11:45 am
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IDL. And that's "Idlewild," named for the golf course on which part of it was originally built in 1942. It was renamed shortly after JFK died, on December 24, 1963.
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Jun 17, 2005 | 11:56 am
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Originally Posted by Efrem
IDL. And that's "Idlewild," named for the golf course on which part of it was originally built in 1942. It was renamed shortly after JFK died, on December 24, 1963.
Jun 17, 2005 | 3:06 pm
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Originally Posted by Efrem
IDL. And that's "Idlewild," named for the golf course on which part of it was originally built in 1942. It was renamed shortly after JFK died, on December 24, 1963.
Jun 17, 2005 | 7:57 pm
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IDL then KIA then JFK
I don't know for sure if this is correct - does someone else? Wasn't the airport code for the newly renamed John F. Kennedy Airport originally KIA (Kennedy International Airport)? This was then changed to JFK because of the association of KIA with "Killed in Action" during the Vietnam war. Thanks!
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Originally Posted by JK-SFO
I don't know for sure if this is correct - does someone else? Wasn't the airport code for the newly renamed John F. Kennedy Airport originally KIA (Kennedy International Airport)? This was then changed to JFK because of the association of KIA with "Killed in Action" during the Vietnam war. Thanks!
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"July 1, 1948 was the date the airport saw its first commercial flight. It was dedicated as New York International Airport on July 31 of that same year, although the name "Idlewild" remained in common use and the airport's IATA code was IDL.
On December 24th, 1963, it was renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport to honor the memory of the late President John F. Kennedy, and hence received the new IATA airport code of JFK."
FWIW, KIA = Kaiapit, Papua New Guinea
Also see http://www.skygod.com/asstd/abc.html and http://www.world-airport-codes.com/
There was an article in USAToday just this week, I think, that had some of this info, including the JFK story. Most of us probably know most of what was in the article, but I did learn the EWR is used because codes starting with 'N' are reserved for US Naval airstations, at least according to the article.