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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1937<br />
| date = January 3, 2018<br />
| title = IATA Airport Abbreviations<br />
| image = iata_airport_abbreviations.png<br />
| titletext = IATA stands for International AirporT Abbreviation.<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Expansion needed. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
This comic is making fun of the three-letter codes assigned to all airports. These codes are overseen by the IATA (International Air Transport Association). Some airport codes are very intuitive, taking letters from the city name (e.g., DEN for Denver). Other codes are somewhat intuitive, taking a letter or two from the nearby city name but adding an additional letter (e.g., LAX for Los Angeles). Other codes make seemingly no sense at all (e.g., ORD for Chicago's O'Hare International, due to it formerly being named Orchard Field). In many cases, the airport codes appear to have been chosen (or invented) because they are also common abbreviations and acronyms. <br />
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If we use the table provided, Randall's friend is flying into Edwards Air Force Base and then down to whatever. This is not a typical flight. In actuality, the friend is flying into Newark tonight and Detroit tomorrow.<br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
|'''IATA Code''' || '''Actual Assigned City/Airport''' || '''Description in the comic''' || '''Explanation'''<br />
|-<br />
| AMD || {{w|Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport|Ahmedabad}} || {{w|Amsterdam }}|| Amsterdam is the capital of the Netherlands. Its airport (called Schiphol) has the IATA code AMS. "AMD" is also a brand of computer processors.<br />
|-<br />
| ANC || {{w|Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport|Anchorage}} || Ankh-Morpork || Ankh-Morpork is a fictional city-state featured in {{w|Discworld}}.<br />
|-<br />
| ATL || {{w|Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport|Atlanta}} || Atalantë || Another name for J.R.R. Tolkien's fictional island of Númenor (which is in turn a reference to the sinking of Atlantis). This may also be an intentional misspelling of "Atlanta".<br />
|-<br />
| BAE || {{w|Barcelonnette – Saint-Pons Airfield|Barcelonnette}} || {{w|Beijing}} || Beijing is the capital of China. Its airport has the IATA code PEK (possibly from Peking, alternate former spelling of its name). "Bae" is a slang term meaning girlfriend, boyfriend, or significant other.<br />
|-<br />
| BLT || {{w|<br />
Blackwater Airport|Blackwater}} || {{w|Baltimore}} || A "BLT" is a bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich.<br />
|-<br />
| BUF || Buffalo || Sunnydale || {{w|Sunnydale}} is a fictional California city that serves as the primary setting for '''''Buf'''fy the Vampire Slayer''.<br />
|-<br />
| CLT || Charlotte || [CENSORED] || The censored word may be "clitoris." Randall has used this word in the comic before, but it is censored here for comic effect.<br />
|-<br />
| DFW || Dallas/Fort Worth || Down For Whatever || "Down for Whatever" is an expression used to indicate that one is okay with doing whatever his or her friends are doing in a social situation, or whatever comes up during a social situation.<br />
|-<br />
| DTF || not assigned || Dartford || "DTF" is an acronym used to indicate "Down To Fuck". Dartford is a town in Kent, UK, about 10 miles SE of London.<br />
|-<br />
| DTW || Detroit || Down To Whatever<br />
|-<br />
| DWI || not assigned || Delaware International || "DWI" is an acronym for "Driving While Intoxicated" or "Driving While Impaired." Randall notes in the ''what if?'' book that Delaware has no airports.<br />
|-<br />
| EWR || Newark || Edwards Air Force Base || Edwards Air Force Base (which has the IATA code EDW) is a United States Air Force installation in southern California, about 22 miles (35 km) northeast of Lancaster and 15 miles (24 km) east of Rosamond.<br />
|-<br />
| FFS || not assigned || Flagstaff Station || "FFS" is an acronym for "For Fuck's Sake".<br />
|-<br />
| FHQ || not assigned || FHQWHGADS || The string "fhqwhgads" appeared as the sender name in a spam email sent to Strong Bad in the {{w|Homestar Runner}} cartoons; Strong Bad ended up writing a song dedicated to the "character".<br />
|-<br />
| FYI || Fresno Yosemite International || Fayetteville || "FYI" often stands for "For Your Information". Fresno Yosemite International also has the code FAT<br />
|-<br />
| HGM || not assigned || Hogsmeade || {{w|Places_in_Harry_Potter#Hogsmeade|Hogsmeade}} is a fictional location in the ''{{w|Harry Potter}}'' series.<br />
|-<br />
| HSV || Huntsville || Huntsville || This is one where Randall and the IATA agree. HSV is better known as the Hue-Saturation-Value color space or German soccer club Hamburger SV. It is also Herpes Simplex Virus, a venereal disease.<br />
|-<br />
| IAD || Washington (Dulles) || Idaho (Boise) || IAD is the symbol for Dulles Int'l Airport (which was originally "DIA" but it was felt that could be confused when hand-written with "DCA", the sign for nearby {{w|Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport}}). The Idaho Falls airport is IDA, while Idaho (Boise) is BOI, so it's unclear why BOI was chosen instead of IDA.<br />
|-<br />
| IUD || Doha || Washington (Dulles) || An "IUD" is an "IntraUterine Device," or form of birth control.<br />
|-<br />
| JFC || not assigned || Jefferson City || "JFC" is an acronym for "Jesus Fucking Christ." JFK is John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York's main airport and one of the most famous in the world.<br />
|-<br />
| KUL || Kuala Lumpur || Kingdom of Loathing || Kingdom of Loathing is an online, browser-based RPG.<br />
|-<br />
| LAX || Los Angeles || Las Angalas || "Las Angalas" is a "Los Angeles" with every vowel replaced with an "a" character. It's sometimes used as a joking nickname for "Los Angeles."<br />
|-<br />
| LOL || Lovelock || Louisville || "LOL" often stands for "Laughing Out Loud".<br />
|-<br />
| MDW || Chicago, IL (Midway) || Midway Atoll || Midway Atoll was the site of one of the most significant World War II Pacific naval battles. Its actual IATA code is MDY.<br />
|-<br />
| MIA || Miami || Colombo, Sri Lanka || MIA is a rapper who is of Sri Lankan heritage. It also frequently stands for "Missing In Action".<br />
|-<br />
| OMW || not assigned || Omaha || Eppley Airfield in East Omaha, Nebraska, has an IATA code of OMA. "OMW" is an acronym for "On My Way."<br />
|-<br />
| ORD || Chicago, IL (O'Hare) || Orlando || O'Hare was once known as Orchard Place/Douglas Field, hence ORD<br />
|-<br />
| PDX || Portland || Pordlanx || Consider how LAX has a random "X" at the end. And "ORD" is an actual IATA code. Randall messes with "Portland" here in much the same way.<br />
|-<br />
| PHL || Philadelphia, PA || Pittsburgh || Pittsburgh International Airport has a IATA code of PIT. Philadelphia and Pittsburgh are the two largest cities in Pennsylvania and are at opposite ends of the state.<br />
|-<br />
| SAN || San Diego || San Diego<br>San Juan<br>San Jose<br>San Francisco<br>San Antonio || San Diego International Airport has SAN; nearby airports include Montgomery Field (MYF), MCAS Miramar (NKX), NAS North Island (NZY), Brown Field (SDM), and Gillespie Field (SEE)<br>Puerto Rico: SJU and SIG, and Argentina: UAQ.<br>USA: SJC, Costa Rica: SJO, Mexico: SJD, Philippines: SJI<br>SFO<br>SAT<br><br />
|-<br />
| SEA || Seattle/Tacoma or SeaTac || [Indicates Water Landing] || This is possibly a reference to the fact that "SEA" could be interpreted as "Sea". Like some other major airports (e.g., {{w|San Francisco International Airport}} and {{w|LaGuardia Airport}}), SEA is very close to a large body of water, in SeaTac's case {{w|Puget Sound}}: thus, missing the airport may end up in a water landing. SeaTac is also a city in WA, adjacent to the airport.<br />
|-<br />
| SMH || Sapmanga || Smithfield || "SMH" often stands for "Shaking My Head".<br />
|-<br />
| STL || St. Louis || Silent Hill || Silent Hill is a fictional city appearing in the series of video games and movies with the same name. <br />
|-<br />
| SWF || Newburgh, New York || Sherwood Forest || .swf is the file extension for ShockWave Flash files. "SWF" can also stand for "Single White Female" in personal ads.<br />
|-<br />
| TBA || Tabibuga || Tribeca || "TBA" often stands for "To Be Announced".<br />
|-<br />
| TMI || Tumlingtar || Turkmenistan International || "TMI" often stands for "Too Much Information".<br />
|-<br />
| YYY || Mont-Joli || Toronto Downtown || The small airport in downtown Toronto is Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport, which has an IATA code of YTZ.<br />
|-<br />
| YYZ || Toronto || Toronto Pearson || This one is correct. The band Rush is from Toronto and named an instrumental song after the airport call sign. See {{w|YYZ (instrumental)}}<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
Confused by those airport abbreviations used by your friends who fly a lot? Just memorize this list.<br />
:Aside 1: I'm flying into EWR tonight, then DTW tomorrow.<br />
:Aside 2: Ok, cool. I definitely know what those mean without Googling.<br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
| AMD || Amsterdam<br />
|-<br />
| BAE || Beijing<br />
|-<br />
| ORD || Orlando<br />
|-<br />
| IAD || Idaho (Boise)<br />
|-<br />
| JFC || Jefferson City<br />
|-<br />
| IUD || Washington Dulles<br />
|-<br />
| FYI || Fayetteville<br />
|-<br />
| LOL || Louisville<br />
|-<br />
| ATL || Atalante<br />
|-<br />
| HGM || Hogsmeade<br />
|-<br />
| OMW || Omaha<br />
|-<br />
| ANC || Ankh-Morpork<br />
|-<br />
| HSV || Hunstville<br />
|-<br />
| SAN || San Diego<br />
|-<br />
| SAN || San Juan<br />
|-<br />
| SAN || San Jose<br />
|-<br />
| SAN || San Francisco<br />
|-<br />
| SAN || San Antonio<br />
|-<br />
| DWI || Delaware International<br />
|-<br />
| DFW || Down for Whatever<br />
|-<br />
| DTW || Down to Whatever<br />
|-<br />
| TMI || Turkmenistan International<br />
|-<br />
| LAX || Las Angalas<br />
|-<br />
| EWR || Edwards Air Force Base<br />
|-<br />
| PHL || Pittsburgh<br />
|-<br />
| SWF || Sherwood Forest<br />
|-<br />
| KUL || Kingdom of Loathing<br />
|-<br />
| STL || Silent Hill<br />
|-<br />
| BUF || Sunnydale<br />
|-<br />
| TBA || Tribeca<br />
|-<br />
| SMH || Smithfield<br />
|-<br />
| BLT || Baltimore<br />
|-<br />
| YYY || Toronto Downtown<br />
|-<br />
| YYZ || Toronto Pearson<br />
|-<br />
| MIA || Colombo, Sri Lanka<br />
|-<br />
| CLT || Censored<br />
|-<br />
| FHQ || Fhqwhgads<br />
|-<br />
| FFS || Flagstaff Station<br />
|-<br />
| DTF || Dartford<br />
|-<br />
| MDW || Midway Atoll<br />
|-<br />
| PDX || Pordlanx<br />
|-<br />
| SEA || Indicates Water Landing<br />
|}<br />
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{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
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[[Category:Comics with color]]</div>172.68.142.65https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1930:_Calendar_Facts&diff=149434Talk:1930: Calendar Facts2017-12-18T19:39:57Z<p>172.68.142.65: </p>
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Shouldn't it be "libration" not "libation"? Pretty sure drinking has nothing to do with it. Also pretty sure this is a mistake and not a clever alteration. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.62.57|162.158.62.57]] 16:41, 18 December 2017 (UTC)<br />
:No, it's a clever alteration because "libration" is listed right above it. --[[User:Videblu|Videblu]] ([[User talk:Videblu|talk]]) 16:45, 18 December 2017 (UTC)<br />
::That's just a mistake - he meant to write 'vibration'[[Special:Contributions/141.101.76.16|141.101.76.16]] 16:48, 18 December 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::'Vibration' wouldn't make any sense, 'libation' is at least humorous, I vote it was no mistake. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.54.64|172.68.54.64]] 18:00, 18 December 2017 (UTC)<br />
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I formatted the transcript into a bullet tree since I thought it was the closest equivalent you can get in plain text to the branching flowchart deal in the comic. I'm open to alternative suggestions. The biggest problem I encountered, and one I'd like to see resolved, is what to do in the case where two branching sections butt up against each other, e.g. winter/summer and solstice/Olympics. I used an arrow symbol ("→") on an in-between line just to separate the set of bullets, but if someone wants to change that, I'm up for it. [[User:Kenbellows|Kenbellows]] ([[User talk:Kenbellows|talk]]) 18:04, 18 December 2017 (UTC)<br />
:I find the bullet tree legible for the last few long lines, but it's hard to follow a single path. I was thinking of using (option 1|option 2) syntax, but that would probably look messy too. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.91.29|162.158.91.29]] 18:10, 18 December 2017 (UTC)<br />
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Random error noticed - the line connecting "International Date" and "Mason-Dixon" to "Line" is drawn in the wrong color. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.75.136|162.158.75.136]] 18:57, 18 December 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Generators ==<br />
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https://staab.github.io/xkcd-1930/<br />
<br />
: Not sure who's responsible for this, but there seem to be a few errors. "Might (not happen/happen twice) this year" is missing "this year", and "the (harvest/super/blood) moon" is similarly missing "moon". Also, I see a part "happens at the same time every year" that I don't see in the comic. Are there any other additions; and is there a way to find them other than keep refreshing? -- [[User:Angel|Angel]] 18:40, 18 December 2017 (UTC)<br />
<br />
:: Checked the source; looks like "at the same time" replaces "at the wrong time". Also, some of the options are missing a "." between the main tree and the title text or at the end of the sentence. (And for some reason every time I go to edit this talk page, the wiki logs me out) -- [[Special:Contributions/162.158.91.167|162.158.91.167]] 18:48, 18 December 2017 (UTC)<br />
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: The source is on [https://github.com/staab/xkcd-1930 github] - you can add pull requests to fix errors (I'll take care of the aforementioned errors).<br />
<br />
Here's mine.<br />
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http://www.hearn.to/calendar.html<br />
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Shouldn't it be "libration" not "libation"? Pretty sure drinking has nothing to do with it. Also pretty sure this is a mistake and not a clever alteration. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.62.57|162.158.62.57]] 16:41, 18 December 2017 (UTC)<br />
:No, it's a clever alteration because "libration" is listed right above it. --[[User:Videblu|Videblu]] ([[User talk:Videblu|talk]]) 16:45, 18 December 2017 (UTC)<br />
::That's just a mistake - he meant to write 'vibration'[[Special:Contributions/141.101.76.16|141.101.76.16]] 16:48, 18 December 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::'Vibration' wouldn't make any sense, 'libation' is at least humorous, I vote it was no mistake. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.54.64|172.68.54.64]] 18:00, 18 December 2017 (UTC)<br />
<br />
I formatted the transcript into a bullet tree since I thought it was the closest equivalent you can get in plain text to the branching flowchart deal in the comic. I'm open to alternative suggestions. The biggest problem I encountered, and one I'd like to see resolved, is what to do in the case where two branching sections butt up against each other, e.g. winter/summer and solstice/Olympics. I used an arrow symbol ("→") on an in-between line just to separate the set of bullets, but if someone wants to change that, I'm up for it. [[User:Kenbellows|Kenbellows]] ([[User talk:Kenbellows|talk]]) 18:04, 18 December 2017 (UTC)<br />
:I find the bullet tree legible for the last few long lines, but it's hard to follow a single path. I was thinking of using (option 1|option 2) syntax, but that would probably look messy too. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.91.29|162.158.91.29]] 18:10, 18 December 2017 (UTC)<br />
<br />
Random error noticed - the line connecting "International Date" and "Mason-Dixon" to "Line" is drawn in the wrong color. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.75.136|162.158.75.136]] 18:57, 18 December 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Generators ==<br />
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https://staab.github.io/xkcd-1930/<br />
<br />
: Not sure who's responsible for this, but there seem to be a few errors. "Might (not happen/happen twice) this year" is missing "this year", and "the (harvest/super/blood) moon" is similarly missing "moon". Also, I see a part "happens at the same time every year" that I don't see in the comic. Are there any other additions; and is there a way to find them other than keep refreshing? -- [[User:Angel|Angel]] 18:40, 18 December 2017 (UTC)<br />
<br />
:: Checked the source; looks like "at the same time" replaces "at the wrong time". Also, some of the options are missing a "." between the main tree and the title text or at the end of the sentence. (And for some reason every time I go to edit this talk page, the wiki logs me out) -- [[Special:Contributions/162.158.91.167|162.158.91.167]] 18:48, 18 December 2017 (UTC)<br />
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: The source is on [https://github.com/staab/xkcd-1930 github] - you can add pull requests to fix errors (I'll take care of the aforementioned errors).<br />
<br />
Here's mine.<br />
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http://www.hearn.to/calendar.html/<br />
<br />
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Shouldn't it be "libration" not "libation"? Pretty sure drinking has nothing to do with it. Also pretty sure this is a mistake and not a clever alteration. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.62.57|162.158.62.57]] 16:41, 18 December 2017 (UTC)<br />
:No, it's a clever alteration because "libration" is listed right above it. --[[User:Videblu|Videblu]] ([[User talk:Videblu|talk]]) 16:45, 18 December 2017 (UTC)<br />
::That's just a mistake - he meant to write 'vibration'[[Special:Contributions/141.101.76.16|141.101.76.16]] 16:48, 18 December 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::'Vibration' wouldn't make any sense, 'libation' is at least humorous, I vote it was no mistake. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.54.64|172.68.54.64]] 18:00, 18 December 2017 (UTC)<br />
<br />
I formatted the transcript into a bullet tree since I thought it was the closest equivalent you can get in plain text to the branching flowchart deal in the comic. I'm open to alternative suggestions. The biggest problem I encountered, and one I'd like to see resolved, is what to do in the case where two branching sections butt up against each other, e.g. winter/summer and solstice/Olympics. I used an arrow symbol ("→") on an in-between line just to separate the set of bullets, but if someone wants to change that, I'm up for it. [[User:Kenbellows|Kenbellows]] ([[User talk:Kenbellows|talk]]) 18:04, 18 December 2017 (UTC)<br />
:I find the bullet tree legible for the last few long lines, but it's hard to follow a single path. I was thinking of using (option 1|option 2) syntax, but that would probably look messy too. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.91.29|162.158.91.29]] 18:10, 18 December 2017 (UTC)<br />
<br />
Random error noticed - the line connecting "International Date" and "Mason-Dixon" to "Line" is drawn in the wrong color. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.75.136|162.158.75.136]] 18:57, 18 December 2017 (UTC)<br />
<br />
== Generators ==<br />
<br />
https://staab.github.io/xkcd-1930/<br />
<br />
: Not sure who's responsible for this, but there seem to be a few errors. "Might (not happen/happen twice) this year" is missing "this year", and "the (harvest/super/blood) moon" is similarly missing "moon". Also, I see a part "happens at the same time every year" that I don't see in the comic. Are there any other additions; and is there a way to find them other than keep refreshing? -- [[User:Angel|Angel]] 18:40, 18 December 2017 (UTC)<br />
<br />
:: Checked the source; looks like "at the same time" replaces "at the wrong time". Also, some of the options are missing a "." between the main tree and the title text or at the end of the sentence. (And for some reason every time I go to edit this talk page, the wiki logs me out) -- [[Special:Contributions/162.158.91.167|162.158.91.167]] 18:48, 18 December 2017 (UTC)<br />
<br />
: The source is on [https://github.com/staab/xkcd-1930 github] - you can add pull requests to fix errors (I'll take care of the aforementioned errors).<br />
<br />
Here's mine.<br />
<br />
http://www.hearn.to/weather.html/<br />
<br />
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