BS: Non-exitstant airport codes

Subject: BS: Non-exitstant airport codes
From: GUEST
Date: 29 Sep 06 - 11:36 PM

I am willing to bet there is not a "WTF" where you can book a flight to.

Subject: RE: BS: Non-exitstant airport codes
From: wysiwyg
Date: 29 Sep 06 - 11:41 PM

Nor WTC, anymore.

But I think I may have landed once at IMO. And I bet there IS a BRB! Short hops, & only round trips.


What a great, wacky thread this may turn out to be!


(Guest, did you by any chance take off from BCC? :~)


~S~

Subject: RE: BS: Non-exitstant airport codes
From: GUEST
Date: 29 Sep 06 - 11:43 PM

So are you trying to get a bet covered or book a flight? WTF are you on about?

Subject: RE: BS: Non-exitstant airport codes
From: Joe Offer
Date: 30 Sep 06 - 01:07 AM

I saw airport codes in an obituary this morning, and it sure looked strange. The person had lived in SFO (San Francisco), but was in SMF (Sacramento) when she died. SMF stands for "Sacramento Metropolitan Field."
Has anybody else seen that?
-Joe-

Subject: RE: BS: Non-exitstant airport codes
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 30 Sep 06 - 02:27 AM

Ah.. the joys of landing at ANZ when your luggage is labelled LAX.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Non-exitstant airport codes
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 30 Sep 06 - 03:38 AM

Airport Code : BRB
Airport Name : Barreirinhas
Runway Length : 3937 ft.
Runway Elevation : 1542 ft.
City : Barreirinhas
Country : Brazil

Airport Code : BCC
Airport Name : Bear Creek (?)
Runway Length : 1200 ft. (?)
Runway Elevation : 375 ft. (?)
City : Bear Creek (?)
Country : United States (?)

(Some info for both of the above shown as listed as unverified.


WTC apparently does still appear in the IATA index of Airport Codes, but the site I checked may not have kept up with recent revisions. It is still a location even though there's nobody home.

John (near ITC)

Subject: RE: BS: Non-exitstant airport codes
From: GUEST
Date: 30 Sep 06 - 04:24 AM

http://www.airport-technology.com/codes/

Subject: RE: BS: Non-exitstant airport codes
From: GUEST
Date: 30 Sep 06 - 04:27 AM

oops-

"There are at least 10,000 airports around the world with three-letter codes, although the majority of these are simply dirt tracks or fields with no international significance.

There are 4,268 of these airport codes listed on the Airport Technology web site."

Subject: RE: BS: Non-exitstant airport codes
From: GUEST
Date: 30 Sep 06 - 05:05 AM

WWD (KWWD) – Cape May County Airport – Wildwood, New Jersey, United States


sorted by code

Subject: RE: BS: Non-exitstant airport codes
From: GUEST
Date: 30 Sep 06 - 05:07 AM

"The assignment of these codes is governed by IATA Resolution 767, and it is administered by IATA headquarters in Montreal. The codes are published tri-annually in the IATA Airline Coding Directory. The codes are not unique: 323 of the possible 17,576 codes are used by more than one airport.

...

IATA also provides codes for railway stations and for airport handling entities. A list of airports sorted by IATA code is available. A list of railway stations codeshared in agreements between airlines and rail lines such as Amtrak, SNCF French Rail, Deutsche Bahn, Thalys International, and Swiss Rail is available. There is also a separate List of Amtrak station codes, three-character codes used by Amtrak for its railway stations in the United States and Canada."

Subject: RE: BS: Non-exitstant airport codes
From: GUEST
Date: 30 Sep 06 - 05:12 AM

nope- no WWW.


"How can you be in two places at once, when you're not anywhere at all?"

Subject: RE: BS: Non-exitstant airport codes
From: bobad
Date: 30 Sep 06 - 07:30 AM

At the historic sand dune in Kitty Hawk where the first flight occurred the U.S. National Parks Service maintains a tiny airstrip called FFA—First Flight Airport.

Wawa = YXZ fitting designation as it is known as the end of the world by all those who have spent TOO long beside the Trans Canada Highway trying to hitch a ride out as they thumbed their way across Canada.

Subject: RE: BS: Non-exitstant airport codes
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 30 Sep 06 - 07:46 AM

I have have to ask - just where is SFA?

... and who cares anyway.... :-)

Subject: RE: BS: Non-exitstant airport codes
From: jacqui.c
Date: 30 Sep 06 - 07:53 AM

San Francisco?

Subject: RE: BS: Non-exitstant airport codes
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 30 Sep 06 - 07:55 AM

Sweet Fanny Adams?

Subject: RE: BS: Non-exitstant airport codes
From: frogprince
Date: 30 Sep 06 - 09:41 AM

HFS...

Subject: RE: BS: Non-exitstant airport codes
From: GUEST
Date: 30 Sep 06 - 09:49 AM

HOw about flying from SWF to BFD?

Subject: RE: BS: Non-exitstant airport codes
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 30 Sep 06 - 09:50 AM

So is there a 'FFS' airport?

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Non-exitstant airport codes
From: Sorcha
Date: 30 Sep 06 - 09:52 AM

SEX? Saskatoon Express? :)

Subject: RE: BS: Non-exitstant airport codes
From: bobad
Date: 30 Sep 06 - 10:57 AM

LTS (KLTS) – Altus Air Force Base – Altus, Oklahoma, United States

SEX – Sembach Airport – Finsterwalde, Germany

SWF (KSWF) – Stewart International Airport – Newburgh, New York, United States

BFD (KBFD) – Bradford Regional Airport – Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States

HFS – French Frigate Shoals Airport – Tern Island, French Frigate Shoals, Hawaii, United States

Subject: RE: BS: Non-exitstant airport codes
From: JennyO
Date: 30 Sep 06 - 11:19 AM

These are real ones:

BTW - Batu Licin, Indonesia

EEK - Eek, Alaska

Subject: RE: BS: Non-exitstant airport codes
From: Ebbie
Date: 30 Sep 06 - 12:14 PM

Does Eek have an airport or just a landing strip?

Subject: RE: BS: Non-exitstant airport codes
From: bobad
Date: 30 Sep 06 - 12:45 PM

Eek airport diagram

Subject: RE: BS: Non-exitstant airport codes
From: Geoff the Duck
Date: 30 Sep 06 - 03:26 PM

Meet Mudcatters at:-
GNU – Goodnews Airport – Goodnews, Alaska, United States

Or Dave the Gnome at :-
DTG (KDTG) – Dwight Airport – Dwight, Illinois, United States

Might find Catspaw at:-
GAS (KGAS) – Gallia-Meigs Regional Airport – Gallipolis, Ohio, United States

Get Exercise at:-
GYM (MMGM) – General José María Yáñez International Airport – Guaymas, Mexico

You could suffer Grievous Bodily Harm if you land at:-
GBH – Galbraith Lake Airport – Galbraith Lake, Alaska, United States .
Or even worse here:-
DIE (FMNA) – Arrachart Airport – Antsiranana, Madagascar

But I don't need an airstrip
Quack!
Geoff the Duck.

Subject: RE: BS: Non-exitstant airport codes
From: Tootler
Date: 30 Sep 06 - 06:10 PM

My local airport has recently been renamed from Teesside to Durham Tees Valley - How pretentious can you get. I preferred Teesside it is concise and describes the location. The bunch of businessmen who took it over didn't think Teesside was upmarket enough!!!

However the three letter code is MME. Goodness only knows how it got that. The RAF station which it grew out of was Middleton St. George which is closer but does not really fit.

The new name caused amusement in Schipol. The woman who opened the gate to let us on to the plane home once asked if we had renamed our city!
Well I suppose the airport is in County Durham <shrugs shoulders>

Subject: RE: BS: Non-exitstant airport codes
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 30 Sep 06 - 09:24 PM

"But I don't need an airstrip"

... you'll never joint The Mile High Club then....

... and I am now a proud member of The Mile High Club - Solo Flight Division...

Subject: RE: BS: Non-exitstant airport codes
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 30 Sep 06 - 09:27 PM

Just looked at the layout of the EEK...

no matter which way you take off or land, it's a definite EEK!....

Subject: RE: BS: Non-exitstant airport codes
From: Geoff the Duck
Date: 01 Oct 06 - 09:10 AM

I'm a DUCK!
Why would I need an airstrip when I can find a pond almost anywhere???
Quack!
Geoff.

Subject: RE: BS: Non-exitstant airport codes
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 01 Oct 06 - 01:24 PM

Well can you come over to my pond, it's full of duck weed and I'm reliably informed that the best way to get rid of duck weed, is to get a duck.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Non-exitstant airport codes
From: pdq
Date: 01 Oct 06 - 01:38 PM

The departure area of Los Angeles International has it's own designation: EX-LAX.

Subject: RE: BS: Non-exitstant airport codes
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 01 Oct 06 - 04:07 PM

So is there a PEE then?

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Non-exitstant airport codes
From: Bunnahabhain
Date: 01 Oct 06 - 04:08 PM

You've all already looked, and found there's no WMD, haven't you?