Editing Talk:1937: IATA Airport Abbreviations

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CLT is Charlotte Douglass International, but maybe the [censored] tag is referring to what this acronym sounds like when it's pronounced phonetically? [[Special:Contributions/172.69.68.219|172.69.68.219]] 16:01, 3 January 2018 (UTC)
:Maybe someone just flew in or out of it and realized how messed up it is.  :)  (I live in Charlotte and fly 4 times a year) --[[Special:Contributions/108.162.237.106|108.162.237.106]] 14:19, 5 January 2018 (UTC)

IATA actually stands for [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Air_Transport_Association|International Air Transport Association]]. [[User:Nutster|Nutster]] ([[User talk:Nutster|talk]]) 16:12, 3 January 2018 (UTC)

Ankh-Morpork is from Terry Pratchett's Discworld series. Hogsmeade is from Harry Potter. Kingdom of Loathing is a web-based multiplayer game. Sunnydale is from Buffy the Vampire Slayer (BUF). fhqwhgads is from a Strong Bad email (Homestar Runner). [[Special:Contributions/108.162.238.35|108.162.238.35]] 16:15, 3 January 2018 (UTC)

The Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (Downtown Toronto) actually uses the call sign YTZ, not YYY. [[User:Nutster|Nutster]] ([[User talk:Nutster|talk]]) 16:18, 3 January 2018 (UTC)

== List of the codes and airport names
 AMD  Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport
 BAE  Barcelonnette – Saint-Pons Airport
 ORD  O'Hare International Airport
 IAD  Washington Dulles International Airport
 JFC  -
 IUD  -
 FYI  -
 LOL  Derby Field
 ATL  Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport
 HGM  - 
 OMW  -
 ANC  Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport
 HSV  Huntsville International Airport (Carl T. Jones Field)
 SAN  San Diego International Airport
 DWI  -
 DFW  Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
 DTW  Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport
 TMI  Tumlingtar Airport
 LAX  Los Angeles International Airport
 EWR  Newark Liberty International Airport
 PHL  Philadelphia International Airport
 SWF  Stewart International Airport
 KUL  Kuala Lumpur International Airport
 STL  Lambert–St. Louis International Airport
 BUF  Buffalo Niagara International Airport
 TBA  Tabibuga Airport
 SMH  Sapmanga Airport
 BLT  Blackwater Airport
 YYY  Mont-Joli Airport
 YYZ  Toronto Pearson International Airport
 MIA  Miami International Airport
 CLT  Charlotte Douglas International Airport
 FHQ  -
 FFS  -
 DTF  -
 MDW  Midway International Airport  
 PDX  Portland International Airport
 SEA  Seattle–Tacoma International Airport

[[User:Jefe9247|Jefe9247]] ([[User talk:Jefe9247|talk]]) 16:33, 3 January 2018 (UTC)

Could 	"Las Angalas" be the way Tommy Wiseau pronounces it? [[User:Tait marconi|Tait marconi]] ([[User talk:Tait marconi|talk]]) 20:17, 3 January 2018 (UTC)

Re SWF being Sherwood Forest. Robin Hood airport, nearish to the historic location of Sherwood Forest actually exists. Sadly the IATA code is DSA (Doncaster Sheffield airport) - Putters {{unsigned| Putters}}

I think that substituting PHL for Pittsburgh's airport might also be a jab at how Facebook got confused a few months ago, labeling posts from Pittsburgh as originating in Philadelphia. {{unsigned| FuzzyBoots}}

Possibly also relevant that quite a few of these are common abbreviations used in text-based communication (e.g. LOL, FYI, FFS, TMI, etc.). I wonder if it's something like https://xkcd.com/1015/, where once you've memorised these abbreviations you can't help but think of the (annoying and incorrect) airports that they stand for when reading text messages from others. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.89.31|162.158.89.31]] 23:00, 3 January 2018 (UTC)

I think KIX should be added as well, it stands for Kansai International Airport. Boeing-787lover 05:28, 5 January 2018 (UTC) {{unsigned| Xkcdreader52}}

;Major Omission

i'd like to add BHD -- Baggage Handlers' Decision. [[User:MCMXLVII|MCMXLVII]] ([[User talk:MCMXLVII|talk]]) 02:34, 4 January 2018 (UTC)

:Also: HIJ - hijacking; ISS - self-explanatory[[Special:Contributions/141.101.76.16|141.101.76.16]] 09:50, 4 January 2018 (UTC)

;A Question

The page has the line "Randall notes in the what if? book that Delaware has no airports. This entry is also a play on the nearby real airport BWI, Baltimore-Washington International." Which what-if is this from?

--[[Special:Contributions/173.245.52.151|173.245.52.151]] 16:49, 4 January 2018 (UTC)
: The chapter in the book is "Flyover States: Which US state is actually flown over the most?" [[User:Rtanenbaum|Rtanenbaum]] ([[User talk:Rtanenbaum|talk]]) 18:16, 4 January 2018 (UTC)
;Observation

SeaTac isn't esp close to water (closest is >1 mile, perpendicular to runway orientation), although some of the flight patterns have segments over Puget Sound [[https://www.portseattle.org/Environmental/Noise/Noise-Abatement/Pages/Flight-Patterns.aspx|SeaTac Flight Patterns]]. Still, nothing like LGA or SFO where a short/long can put the plane in the water. {{unsigned ip| 172.68.141.238}}

;Another Missing Airport

What about FUK?  The first time I saw this one, I checked with my boss.  It is for Fukuoka, Japan. {{unsigned ip| 162.158.75.232}}

I was disappointed not to see Montreal's weird-ass code YUL in here (until I read the chart and found out nearly none are real), but it's nice to still see an explanation of the Y, LOL! [[User:NiceGuy1|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1|talk]]) 05:58, 5 January 2018 (UTC)

: I wanted to see HMB (Sohag International Airport) {{unsigned ip| 173.245.52.109}}

::I'm still disappointed that my local airport (for Dunedin, New Zealand) has the unfortunate abbreviation DUD. [[Special:Contributions/198.41.238.22|198.41.238.22]] 11:53, 6 January 2018 (UTC)

In the explanation it mentions that Dartford is likely a portmanteau of Dartmouth and Harvard, but I would have thought Dartmouth and Oxford would be more of a match. Is there a reason for those two specifically?
[[Special:Contributions/162.158.106.102|162.158.106.102]] 15:24, 17 June 2019 (UTC)

ok so i knew their actual meanings and play kol, so the kuala lumpur one (kul) being changed to "kingdom of loathing" made me say just 1 thing: ffs, randall, i know "u" looks like "o" but no need to say it [[User:An user who has no account yet|An user who has no account yet]] ([[User talk:An user who has no account yet|talk]]) 00:51, 17 September 2023 (UTC)