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World map of airports whose codes are job titles: CEO in Angola, COO in Benin, CFO in Brazil, CTO in New York and the rest of the C-suite in amber, other titles like COS, SDR, MBA and PHD in grey
CEO, CFO, CTO: 33 Job Titles That Are Real Airport Codes
CEO is Waco Kungo, Angola. CFO is Confresa, Brazil. CTO is Calverton, New York. We checked job titles against every airport code: 33 are real airports, including 20 of 21... Read more...
BOO, EEK and SHH on split-flap tiles: Bodø, Norway, Eek, Alaska and Shishmaref, Alaska. 37 Halloween words are real airport codes
BOO, EEK, SHH: 37 Halloween Words That Are Real Airport Codes
BOO is Bodø, Norway. EEK is Eek, Alaska. GRR is Grand Rapids, Michigan. We checked 45 Halloween words against every airport code: 37 are real airports, and two codes side... Read more...
LOL, OMG and FTW on split-flap tiles: Lovelock, Nevada, Omega, Namibia and Fort Worth, Texas. 50 internet slang words are real airport codes
LOL, OMG, FTW: 50 Internet Slang Words That Are Real Airport Codes
LOL is Lovelock, Nevada. OMG is Omega, Namibia. FTW is Fort Worth. We checked 70 text-message abbreviations against every airport code: 50 are real airports, and 24 of them have... Read more...
World map of every airport whose IATA code is an English word: 756 of 9,051 codes, 753 shown, from BAD, SAD and MAD to FUN, DAD and DOG
Airport Codes That Spell Words: 753 Real Ones
We checked all 9,051 airport codes against the dictionary. BAD, SAD and MAD are airports, JOY isn't. The best ones, LOL and OMG, the words with no airport, and the... Read more...
I OFTEN FLY airport code t-shirts laid out on an airport apron
Aviation Gifts for Pilots, Flight Attendants and Frequent Travelers
Aviation gift ideas for pilots, flight attendants, avgeeks and frequent travelers: airport code tees and hoodies, flight trackers, simulators and small travel upgrades that actually get used. Read more...
Airplanes at sunset
What Do Airport Codes Mean? How the Three-Letter Codes Work
What airport codes mean, who assigns them, and why Chicago is ORD, LA ends in X and Canada starts with Y. A plain-English guide to IATA and ICAO codes. Read more...