The Airport Thread

This is the reason behind OGG

http://www.maui-info.com/ogg.html

 

DUL: Dulles (I think)

AVP: Scranton, Wilkes Barre International airprot
DXR: Danbury, Ct.
SWF: Stewart Airprot in Newburgh, NY
PHL : Philidelphia
PIT : Pittsburgh
DAB: Daytona Beach Regional (Where I wish I was now LOL)

 

Dulles = DIA (Dulles International Airport)

 

http://www.skygod.com/asstd/abc.html

Might take some of the fun out of this thread I'm afraid.

A sentimental favorite has got to be FFA. Elswhere, I found that there is no DAS.

 

hehe.. i like that someone found it on wikipedia.. that place has everything

i found this: http://www.world-airport-codes.com

 

San Jose United States US Mineta San Jose International Airport airport information Mineta San Jose International Airport SJC

hmm... san jose city.... simple enough that's my hometown! lol

 

The best explanation I've seen for the three letter codes is found at http://www.skygod.com/asstd/abc.html

Prior to airports existing, there were weather stations, and the National Weather Service referred to them by two letter codes. "LA" stood for Los Angeles. At first, pilots simply used the two letter codes, but later on airports sprouted up nearly everywhere, including places where there were no weather stations. Someone decided that a 3 letter code would give 17,576 possible combinations of codes, and so it was adopted. For the airports already using the two letter codes, they simply added an "X" to the end of them. That's how LAX came to stand for Los Angeles Airport.

The article has some fascinating details ... all codes starting with "N" belong to the US Navy, all codes beginning with "Y" belong to Canada. "W" and "K" belong to the radio stations (KNX in Los Angeles, for instance). So "Newark" couldn't choose "NEW", because "N" belongs to the Navy, Williamington NC couldn't use "WIL" so it choose "ILM". And some of the weird names are explained: Kahului Airport, Maui, was designated as OGG in honor of aviation legend, and Lihue native, Capt. Bertram J. Hogg (pronounced Hoag).

 

Here is my list of "the airports of Prius group acronyms" (or words), a round-the-world tour.

ABS
AMP
CAN
CAT
ECU
EPA
FAQ
GAS
GPS
HID
HOV
HSD
KEY
KWH
LED
LEV
LOL
MIL
MPG
MPH
ODO
OEM
PSD
SKS
SMR
SOC
SSC
SUV
THS
TSB
VIN
ZEV

FHP is *available* for Fred's House of Pancakes

You can fly from PRI to IUS
Or TOY to OTA
but there's no HYB on the way to RID
and SYN and NER can't land at RGY!

Make me stop! No wonder I stay away from this group.

 

And O'Hare was named for WWII fighter pilot Butch O'hare.

 

SAC = Sacramento Executive Airport (the former commercial passenger airport)
SMF = Sacramento Metro Facility (the newer international airport)
Since they did not close the old airport, the “SAC†moniker could not be transferred to the new location.

In the aviation community, when you ask what the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) airport identifier code is for an airport, you would ask for the “Icky-o†code.

Bonus question answer (?): Airport runways are numbered according to the magnetic heading of an aircraft approaching it, but are rounded to the nearest ten degree increment. So, an airplane landing from the east could land on runway 27, since it is flying west at 270 degrees. A plane flying north would land on runway 36.
All airports have at least two runways . . . since runways point two directions (unless closed due to obstructions). When approaching an airport, from the runway number you see, you can figure out the other runway by either adding or subtracting 18 (180 degrees) without counting past 36.
SO, every airport has a 180 or 18. :huh:

Find codes here and see pictures, airport diagrams, etc.
http://www.airnav.com/airports/

 

Trivia!!!

Everyone who was somebody and many nobodies would transit IDL (Indianola, MS)! Why?

 

MSY - New Orleans Moisant Field

MSY stands for Moisant Stock Yards. Before the airport was built, an early aviation pioneer crashed a small plane on the property--John Moisant. John was born in 1868 in Kankakee, IL. His death in a crash on what was then a Harahan Plantation occurred while he was preparing to try for a new world's record for sustained flight. After the crash, the property was turned into stock yards for cattle and named after him--Moisant Stock Yards. Then the airport was built on the same site. Since most residents knew where Moisant Stock Yards were located, the name was used as the first identifier for the airport. The original name of the airport was Moisant Field. The name was changed to New Orleans International Airport, but the identifier stayed the same since it is extremely difficult to change the airports identifier in all of the publications.
Click here for a related article.

 

Yup. I knew that - when I retired 5 yrs ago. Memory; 2nd thing to go!

DIA = Denver International Airport - whenever the PTB decide to give up the DEN identifier. It may be used for filing international flight plans, but I don't know.

A Google search on DIA airport or DEN airport returns the same info for the Penas' Folly Airport at the end of Pena blvd.

DIA

 

Interesting runway number info. So how does an obstruction block one direction and not the other?

 

SAN= San Diego Lindberg Field (why we got SAN and San Francisco didn't I don't know).

Lindberg because of the fact the Spirit of St Louis was built in San Diego (by Ryan), making it the unofficial start for his flight to Paris.

 

Also fun trivia at airports is to identify the country of registration for an airplane. I won't make a trivia question out of it because it is too easy to Google.

The registration/side/tail number (names used interchangeably) start with a one or two digit country identifier. XX123456

N = USA
C-F, C-G, or C-I = Canada
G = United Kingdom (Great Britain)
JA = Japan

And my favorite:
4U = United Nations . . . For You.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_registration

 

There may be a temporary obstruction in the flight path of one end of the runway, such as a construction crane. It is perfectly safe to allow airplanes to take-off in the other direction and possibly land from the other direction too . . of course, not at the same time. :blink:
[Broken External Image]:http://www.faa.gov/ATpubs/AIM/Chap2/F0203022.gif

 

Isn't Vail's airport Eagle Airport and I think MCO stands for something like McCoy Field?