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Sad, little man
March 24th, 2015, 06:35 PM
http://airportcod.es/#

And with this, I declare the internet complete. :up:

Seemingly nonsensical airport codes have always fascinated me. I finally understand now.
Freude am Fahren
March 24th, 2015, 06:57 PM
Not until they make one that explains all of the ICAO codes as well... :p

also
With a few exceptions, airport codes starting with ‘Y’ designate Canadian airports. The ‘YZ’ isn't as clear, but is said to be the old railway station code for Malton, an area west of Toronto where the airport is located.

Still a mystery.

I finally figured out why Orlando is MCO, though, an old Air Force airbase called McCoy. :up:
G'day Mate
March 24th, 2015, 07:05 PM
Now I know where the X's (like LAX) come from!
sandydandy
March 25th, 2015, 05:03 AM
YYZ continues to be the dumbest and most embarrassing airport code in the world. Vancouver is YVR...at least the VR part makes sense.
Freude am Fahren
March 25th, 2015, 06:10 AM
But... but...



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKBLSkN2sRk
Random
March 25th, 2015, 06:36 AM
YYZ FTW.

Ting-t-tingtingting-t-tingtingtingting-tt

:D
George
March 25th, 2015, 07:21 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XsYuHbXZUk

Pre-recorded drum track, but otherwise 100% awesome!
Crazed_Insanity
March 25th, 2015, 07:28 AM
It's a shame Canada doesn't have a YOU.

Anyway, nothing beats the name SUX!
pl8ster
March 25th, 2015, 03:04 PM
I like FAT, GRR, PIE, SIN, SUX and YOW. But I'm really surprised that there is a BOM code :eek:
Tom Servo
March 25th, 2015, 04:21 PM
YYZ continues to be the dumbest and most embarrassing airport code in the world. Vancouver is YVR...at least the VR part makes sense.

Echoing others, YYZ is awesome. At least your airport doesn't sound like something you'd take to help you take a dump.
Drachen596
March 27th, 2015, 12:42 AM
KFWA is the local one here. the other smaller is KSMD.

KFWA makes sense.. until you realize the airport was not Fort Wayne International to start with, it was Baer Field and kept that name until 1991.
Rikadyn
March 27th, 2015, 04:51 AM
nothing about KIX, whih i wanna know why the x is there
The359
March 27th, 2015, 09:23 AM
I know the meaning behind out local: Lehigh Valley International Airport, ABE, is named because the airport was formerly known as Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton Airport.
Random
March 27th, 2015, 09:43 AM
Sac International (SMF) used to be Sacramento Metropolitan Field.

UC Davis' airport (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_Airport) is EDU, which seems fairly self-explanatory. :D
Drachen596
March 27th, 2015, 11:31 AM
From what i understand basically every airport with an X in its designation has it as simply a place holder/space filler when they switched to 3 digits from 2.

well those at the end anyway.
Jacee
March 29th, 2015, 09:52 AM
The X stands for "marks the spot", by any self-respecting pirate :P

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Air_Transport_Association_airport_co de
KillerB
March 29th, 2015, 03:10 PM
Some other fun Pennsylvania ones:

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton - AVP, actually located in Avoca, PA
Harrisburg - MDT, actually located in Middletown
speedpimp
March 29th, 2015, 03:31 PM
Ohare in Chicago is ORD, it was originally Orchard Field.
Tom Servo
March 29th, 2015, 07:01 PM
This thread will be my perfect source for my next "Well, actually..." conversation with my dad.
sandydandy
March 29th, 2015, 07:17 PM
Echoing others, YYZ is awesome. At least your airport doesn't sound like something you'd take to help you take a dump. I don't know, it sounds like they ran out of ideas for a creative combination of letters. As if to say,"here just take YYZ, we can't be bothered to think of anything better".

The city code is supposedly YTO which is actually decent. Don't know why they don't just make that the airport code. We have a small island airport, (which pretends to be a real airport), and it's code is YTZ. Even that looks better than YYZ.