LAX ... why the X?

[Rallispec]

Originally posted by: Haircut
My local airport, Manchester has a really obscure code: MAN
I wonder how they got that one?

they must have been smoking the whacky the day that they came up with that one

 

[dude]

Originally posted by: Rallispec
thats what i was thinking too.. but how do you get an X from international?

HATS - Hong Kong International Airport

 

[Alphathree33]

17,576 = 26^3

Cool, I like finite math.

 

[crab]

Originally posted by: dude

Originally posted by: Rallispec
thats what i was thinking too.. but how do you get an X from international?

HATS - Hong Kong International Airport

Where did you get that?

 

[tokamak]

my major airport doesnt make sense either: Dallas/Ft. Worth = DFW

 

[aphex]

Why the hell is Orlando, MCO?

 

[PsychoAndy]

Originally posted by: aphexII
Why the hell is Orlando, MCO?

OIA used to be McCoy Air Force Base, for B-52's. It closed in the 60's (I think), and what better airport to use for tourists than a huge, closed down, air force base with long runways?

 

[aphex]

Hmmmmmmmmm, possibly...

 

[imiloa]

Originally posted by: Evadman
Itleast Chicago airports all make decent sence. OHR and MDY ( O'hare and Midway ) Nice and simple

Actually Midway is MDW

 

[NogginBoink]

Originally posted by: Rallispec

Originally posted by: notfred
Cause two leters isn't enough to uniquely identify all our airports.

San Francisco: SFO
San Jose: SJC
Watsonville: WVI

They need a 3 letter abbreviation, they try to come up w/ something that is easily associated w/ the cit ythe airport is in.

yeah, i get this.. i'm still wondering where the X comes from though.. how did they choose that letter?

It doesn't "stand" for anything. It's just a unique three letter code.

Hell, I fly from GKY to T40 occasionally.... tell me what those are supposed to stand for?
(At least, I think it's T40...)

 

[NogginBoink]

Originally posted by: dude

Originally posted by: Rallispec
thats what i was thinking too.. but how do you get an X from international?

HATS - Hong Kong International Airport

Okay, if you want to get technical about it, all American airports are really a four-letter code beginning with "K".

So we're talking about KLAX, KORD, etc... but the K is pretty much understood in the US.

 

[NogginBoink]

Originally posted by: Alphathree33
17,576 = 26^3

Cool, I like finite math.

But numerals are also used... so it's 36^3.. and calc.exe says that's... 46,656

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

just like PDX - Portland International Airport

shoudln't that be PIX?

 

[Scouzer]

Edmonton International - YEG

All Canadian airports start with a Y, no idea where the other two letters come from. Edmonton G...

 

[tgillitzr]

Kansas City International Airport = MCI ???

not sure where they got that one

 

[HombrePequeno]

Spokane's is GEG I believe.