MIA

I have visited more than half a dozen carrier training facilities, spent over 150 hours on jumpseats, piloted a Lockheed 1011 from MIA to LAX, visited numerous towers, rapcons, and centers, and discussed our commercial Air Transport System with everyone involved.

1975, John H. Reed, Transportation Safety Board, Safety Information (in English), page 30:

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Miami International Airport, which serves Miami, Florida, United States.


ACT

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Waco Regional Airport, which serves Waco, Texas, United States.


CL

(aviation) the prefix for Canadair manufactured aircraft model numbers


IMF

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Imphal International Airport, which serves Imphal, Manipur, India.


ABM

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Northern Peninsula Airport, which serves Bamaga, Queensland, Australia.


ABC

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Albacete Airport, which serves Albacete, Castilla–La Mancha, Spain.


ADH

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Aldan Airport, which serves Aldan, Sakha, Russia.


ADP

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Ampara Airport, which serves Ampara, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka.


AAA

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Anaa Airport, which serves Anaa, French Polynesia.


ADA

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Adana Şakirpaşa Airport, which serves Adana, Turkey.


ADC

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Andakombe Airport, which serves Andakombe, Eastern Highlands, Papua New Guinea.


ADN

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Andes Airport, which serves Andes, Antioquia, Colombia.


ADO

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Andamooka Airport, which serves Andamooka, South Australia, Australia.


DAC

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, which serves Dhaka, Bangladesh.


AAC

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for El Arish International Airport, which serves Arish, North Sinai, Egypt.


ADD

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Addis Ababa Bole International Airport, which serves Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.


BOM

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, which serves Mumbai, India.


TLC

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Toluca International Airport, which serves Toluca, State of Mexico, Mexico.


MGM

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Montgomery Regional Airport, which serves Montgomery, Alabama, United States.


WRT

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Warton Aerodrome, which serves Warton, Lancashire, England.


ABN

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Albina Airstrip, which serves Albina, Suriname.


DNS

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Denison Municipal Airport, which serves Denison, Iowa, United States.


JFK

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for John F. Kennedy International Airport, which serves New York City, United States.


MCO

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Orlando International Airport, which serves Orlando, Florida, USA.


ADT

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Ada Municipal Airport, which serves Ada, Oklahoma, United States.


SCO

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for San Francisco International Airport, which serves San Francisco, California, United States of America.


ACK

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Nantucket Memorial Airport, which serves Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States.


Y

A late borrowing from the Ancient Greek letter Υ (U, “ypsilon”), first used to write Greek loanwords in Latin, derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤅 (w, “waw”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓏲. Doublet of U and V.

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reservation booking designator

(travel, aviation) The reservation booking designator for the highest level of economy air fare.


ABA

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Abakan International Airport, which serves Abakan, Khakassia, Russia.


ZAG

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, which serves Zagreb, Croatia.


LAX

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Los Angeles International Airport, which serves Los Angeles, California, United States.


POA

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Salgado Filho Porto Alegre International Airport, which serves Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.


ADL

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Adelaide Airport, which serves Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.


AAL

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Aalborg Airport, which serves Aalborg, Denmark.


ADR

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Robert F. Swinnie Airport, which serves Andrews, South Carolina, United States.


AAP

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Aji Pangeran Tumenggung Pranoto International Airport, which serves Samarinda, East Kalimantan, Indonesia.


PMI

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Palma de Mallorca Airport, which serves Mallorca, Spain.


ACC

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Kotoka International Airport, which serves Accra, Ghana.


CFN

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Donegal Airport, which serves Carrickfinn, Ireland.


ACS

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Achinsk Airport, which serves Achinsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia.


ABS

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Abu Simbel Airport, which serves Abu Simbel, Aswan, Egypt.


ACE

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for César Manrique-Lanzarote Airport, which serves Lanzarote, Las Palmas.


TRV

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Thiruvananthapuram International Airport, which serves Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.


STN

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for London Stansted Airport, which serves London, United Kingdom.


SVG

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Stavanger Airport, Sola, which serves Stavanger, Norway.


AMS

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, which serves Amsterdam, Netherlands.


IST

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Istanbul Airport, which serves Istanbul, Turkey.


AAS

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Apalapsili Airport, which serves Apalapsili, Papua, Indonesia.


RFD

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Chicago Rockford International Airport, which serves Chicago, Illinois, United States.


ADW

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Andrews Air Force Base in Camp Springs, Maryland, United States.


IAD

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Washington Dulles International Airport, which serves Washington, D.C., United States.


SAW

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport, which serves Istanbul, Turkey.


AAR

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Aarhus Airport, which serves Aarhus, Denmark.


FOR

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Fortaleza Airport, which serves Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.


SEA

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Seattle–Tacoma International Airport, which serves Seattle, Washington, United States of America.


ACI

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Alderney Airport, which serves Alderney, Channel Islands.


ADB

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport, which serves İzmir, Turkey.


(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Nadi International Airport, which serves Nadi, Fiji.


AAD

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Adado Airport, which serves Adado, Galmudug, Somalia.


STR

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Stuttgart Airport, which serves Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.


PAR

(international standards, aviation) IATA metropolitan area code for Paris, France, collectively referring to the airport system of Charles de Gaulle Airport, Orly Airport, Paris–Le Bourget Airport, Beauvais–Tillé Airport, Pontoise – Cormeilles Aerodrome, Châlons Vatry Airport and Vélizy – Villacoublay Air Base.


ABH

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Alpha Airport, which serves Alpha, Queensland, Australia.


ACL

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Aguaclara Airport, which serves Aguaclara, Colombia.


KUL

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Kuala Lumpur International Airport, which serves Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.


DFW

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, which serves Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington, Texas, United States.


DIU

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Diu Airport, which serves Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, India.


ACA

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for General Juan N. Álvarez International Airport, which serves Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico.


ABD

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Abadan International Airport, which serves Abadan, Khuzestan, Iran.


ABR

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Aberdeen Regional Airport, which serves Aberdeen, South Dakota, United States.


SHE

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Shenyang Taoxian International Airport, which serves Shenyang,, Liaoning, China.


DCA

Coordinate term: KDCA

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, which serves Washington, D.C., United States.


BOE

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Boundji Airport, which serves Boundji, Republic of the Congo.


TAN

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Taunton Municipal Airport, which serves Taunton, Massachusetts, United States.


LOS

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Murtala Muhammed International Airport, which serves Lagos, Nigeria.


BCN

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Barcelona El Prat Airport, which serves Barcelona, Spain.


GRO

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Girona–Costa Brava Airport, which serves Girona, Catalonia, Spain.


CAN

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, which serves Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.


JST

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Johnstown–Cambria County Airport, which serves Johnstown, Pennsylvania, United States.


ACV

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Arcata–Eureka Airport, which serves Humboldt County, California, United States.


LIS

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Lisbon International Airport, which serves Lisbon, Portugal.


SHJ

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Sharjah International Airport, which serves Sharjah, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.


FAO

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Faro Airport, which serves Faro, Algarve, Portugal.


CAI

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Cairo International Airport, which serves Cairo, Egypt.


ADQ

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Kodiak Benny Benson State Airport, which serves Kodiak, Alaska, United States.


ABO

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Aboisso Airport, which serves Aboisso, Ivory Coast.


AAM

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Mala Mala Airport, which serves Mala Mala Game Reserve, Mpumalanga, South Africa.


SMF

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Sacramento International Airport.


MUC

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Munich Airport, which serves Munich, Bavaria, Germany.


MMC

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Ciudad Mante National Airport.


RCH

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Almirante Padilla Airport, which serves Riohacha, La Guajira, Colombia.


ABW

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Abau Airport, which serves Abau, Southern Region, Papua New Guinea.


BLR

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Kempegowda International Airport, which serves Bangalore, Karnataka, India.


COK

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Cochin International Airport, which serves Kochi, Kerala, India.


REU

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Reus Airport, which serves Costa Daurada, Catalonia, Spain.


SLB

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Storm Lake Municipal Airport, which serves Storm Lake, Iowa, USA.


SEN

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for London Southend Airport, which serves London, United Kingdom.


AAT

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Altay Airport, which serves Altay City, Xinjiang, China.


ABV

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, which serves Abuja, Nigeria.


BRE

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Bremen Airport, which serves Bremen, Germany.


BER

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Berlin Brandenburg Airport, which serves Berlin, Germany.

(international standards, aviation, obsolete) Former IATA metropolitan area code for Berlin, Germany, collectively referring to the airport system of Tegel Airport and Schönefeld Airport until 2020.


SXF

(international standards, aviation, obsolete) Former IATA airport code for Berlin Schönefeld Airport, which served Berlin, Germany until 2020.


FMM

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Memmingen Airport, which serves Memmingen, Bavaria, Germany.


ACP

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Sahand Airport, which serves Maragheh, East Azerbaijan, Iran.


ABF

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Abaiang Airport, which serves Abaiang, Kiribati.


DIB

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Dibrugarh Airport, which serves Dibrugarh, Assam, India.


ADS

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Addison Airport, which serves Dallas, Texas, United States.


(aviation) 100-octane rating (octane number) low lead leaded avgas, with TEL octane booster


DTW

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, which serves Detroit, Michigan, United States.


ADF

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Adıyaman Airport, which serves Adıyaman, Turkey.


JAX

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Jacksonville International Airport, which serves Jacksonville, Florida, United States.


PVD

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for T. F. Green International Airport, which serves Providence, Rhode Island, United States.


ABG

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Abingdon Airport, which serves Abingdon Downs, Queensland, Australia.


KUN

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Kaunas Fluxus Airport, which serves Kaunas, Lithuania.


AAF

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Apalachicola Regional Airport, which serves Apalachicola, Florida, United States.


ADM

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Ardmore Municipal Airport, which serves Ardmore, Oklahoma, United States.


ACM

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Arica Airport, which serves Puerto Arica, Amazonas, Colombia.


AAU

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Asau Airport, which serves Asau, Savaiʻi, Samoa.


LHR

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for London Heathrow Airport, which serves London, United Kingdom.


CGP

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Shah Amanat International Airport, which serves Chittagong, Bangladesh.


PMH

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Greater Portsmouth Regional Airport.


ABP

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Atkamba Airport, which serves Atkamba, Western Province, Papua New Guinea.


ACH

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for St. Gallen–Altenrhein Airport, which serves St. Gallen, Switzerland.


CCU

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport, which serves Kolkata, West Bengal, India.


AAV

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Allah Valley Airport, which serves Allah Valley, South Cotabato, Philippines.


ACU

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Achutupo Airport, which serves Achutupo, Guna Yala, Panama.


AAB

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Arrabury Airport, which serves Arrabury, Queensland, Australia.


OAK

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Oakland International Airport, which serves Oakland, California, United States.


ONT

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Ontario International Airport, which serves Ontario, California, United States.


ABQ

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Albuquerque International Sunport, which serves Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States.


HIJK

(aviation) air traffic control identifier code for a hijacked aircraft transmitted via aircraft transponder when transponder set to squawk code 7500


TAI

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Taiz International Airport, which serves Taiz, Yemen.

TACA International Airlines
w:TACA International Airlines

(international standards, aviation) ICAO code for TACA International Airlines.


EDD

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Erldunda Airport, which serves Erldunda, Northern Territory, Australia.


ADE

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Aden International Airport, which serves Aden, Yemen.


BTC

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Batticaloa International Airport, which serves Batticaloa, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka.


CHA

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport, which serves Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA.


ABI

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Abilene Regional Airport, which serves Abilene, Texas, United States.


ABE

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Lehigh Valley International Airport, which serves Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, United States.


NPT

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Newport State Airport, which serves Newport, Rhode Island, United States.


XAP

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Serafin Enoss Bertaso Airport, which serves Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brazil.


SFO

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for San Francisco International Airport, which serves San Francisco, California, USA.


OSA

(international standards, aviation) IATA metropolitan area code for Osaka, Japan, collectively referring to the airport system of Kansai International Airport and Itami Airport.


ACB

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Antrim County Airport, which serves Bellaire, Michigan, United States.


SMV

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Samedan Airport, which serves Samedan, Grisons, Switzerland.


SYD

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, which serves Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


TEZ

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Tezpur Airport, which serves Tezpur, Assam, India.


ACD

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Alcides Fernández Airport, which serves Acandí, Chocó, Colombia.


VIE

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Vienna International Airport, which serves Vienna, Vienna, Austria.


BOS

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Logan International Airport, which serves Boston, Massachusetts, United States.


AAO

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Anaco Airport, which serves Anaco, Anzoátegui, Venezuela.


CDG

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Charles de Gaulle Airport, which serves Paris, France.


VIT

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Vitoria Airport, which serves Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country, Spain.


PDX

Vans depart from PDX every 15 minutes, from 5:30am to 12:30am.

1998, Kim Carlson, Portland Best Places, 4th edition, Seattle, Wash.: Sasquatch Books, →ISBN, →ISSN, →OCLC, →OL, page 310:

A 2007 global real estate forecast report has projected Portland to be among the top 10 office markets for investors, and if that is not enough incentive, PDX has been named the best airport for business travel by readers of Conde Nast Traveler magazine.

2007, Serena Bartlett, Diana Morgan, Portland: New View of the Rosy City, GrassRoutes Travel, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 16:

A jetliner in Vancouver, British Columbia, waited a full ninety minutes for John Roby to land and switch planes before taking off for PDX.

2010, Dana Haynes, Crashers (Fiction), New York: Minotaur Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 27:

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Portland International Airport, which serves Portland, Oregon, United States.


ADK

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Adak Airport, which serves Adak Island, Alaska, United States.


PHX

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, which serves Phoenix, Arizona, United States.


YUL

From the code assigned by Transport Canada to the airport, that was adopted by IATA as its airport code. "Y" signifies an international airport in Transport Canada terminology

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Montréal–Trudeau International Airport, which serves Greater Montreal, Quebec, Canada.


AAI

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Deputado Joaquim de d'Abreu Coelho Airport, which serves Arraias, Tocantins, Brazil.


ABT

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Al-Baha Domestic Airport, which serves Al Bahah, Saudi Arabia.


AAE

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Annaba Rabah Bitat Airport, which serves Annaba, Algeria.


ABU

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for A. A. Bere Tallo Airport, which serves Atambua, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia.


ADU

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Ardabil Airport, which serves Ardabil, Iran.


LZA

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Luiza Airport, which serves Luiza, Kasaï-Central, Democratic Republic of the Congo.


LZY

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Nyingchi Mainling Airport, which serves Nyingchi, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.


KHH

Abbreviation of Kaohsiung (the second largest city in the Republic of China (Taiwan)) (Wade-Giles romanization).

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Why backhaul from HKG/MNL/SIN? We have 11 departures weekly from LAX & SFO via Taipei. 4 freighters weekly stop first in KHH on request (subject to shipment size). China Airlines to Kaohsiung. WE'VE GOT MORE GOING FOR YOU

1979 July 1, Air Cargo Guide, volume 23, number 7 (in English), →ISSN, →OCLC, page 289:

Kaohsiung International Airport (KHH) This modest sized airport is properly staffed so you can be sure of getting through customs and immigration quickly and then on to Tainan or Kenting.

2014, Steven Crook, Taiwan (Bradt Travel Guides) (in English), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 47:

KHH is ranked first for this component. KHH's SMS practice is ‘‘Local Culture-based’’ (e.g., personally reminding each other about safety and being concerned about all stakeholders in the airport); all the stakeholders are respected and assisted (e.g., at the many meetings with pilots every quarter).

2015 June, Yu-Hern Chang, Pei-Chi Shao, Hubert J.Chen, “Performance evaluation of airport safety management systems in Taiwan”, in Safety Science, volume 75 (in English), →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 81:

In this study, we analyzed and collected data on energy consumption in the terminal buildings at KHH. We also surveyed respondents at KHH, Taoyuan (TPE), and Songshan (TSA) International Airports about a number of energy conservation methods.

2017, Ching-Cheng Chao, Cheng-Hsun Yeh, Chih-Han Yeh, “Energy Conservation Strategies in Airports - A Case Study of Taoyuan, Songshan and Kaohsiung International Airports”, in Journal of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies, volume 17 (in English), →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2075:

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Kaohsiung International Airport, which serves Kaohsiung, Taiwan.


DRT

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Del Rio International Airport, which serves Del Rio, Texas, United States.


LGA

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for LaGuardia Airport, which serves New York City, United States.


ZUC

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Ignace Municipal Airport, which serves Ignace, Ontario, Canada.


PUZ

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Puerto Cabezas Airport, which serves Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua.


CSX

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Changsha Huanghua International Airport, which serves Changsha, Hunan, China.


ADV

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Ed Daein Airport, which serves Ed Daein, East Darfur, Sudan.


MCM

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Monaco Heliport.


ABK

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Kabri Dar Airport, which serves Kebri Dahar, Somali Region, Ethiopia.


LTN

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for London Luton Airport, which serves London, United Kingdom.


SEL

(international standards, aviation) IATA metropolitan area code for Seoul, South Korea, collectively referring to the airport system of Incheon International Airport and Gimpo International Airport.


BBI

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Biju Patnaik Airport, which serves Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.


DEL

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Indira Gandhi International Airport, which serves Delhi, India.


ORD

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Chicago O'Hare International Airport, which serves Chicago, Illinois, United States.


LON

(international standards, aviation) IATA metropolitan area code for London, United Kingdom, collectively referring to the airport system of Heathrow Airport, Gatwick Airport, Stansted Airport, Luton Airport, London City Airport, Southend Airport and Biggin Hill Airport.


PEK

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Beijing Capital International Airport, which serves Beijing, China.


PKX

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Beijing Daxing International Airport, which serves Beijing, China.


HYD

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, which serves Hyderabad, Telangana, India.


GOI

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Dabolim Goa International Airport, which serves Goa, India.


AAG

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Avelino Vieira Airport, which serves Arapoti, Paraná, Brazil.


AAH

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Aachen Merzbrück Airfield, which serves Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.


AAJ

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Cayana Airstrip, which serves Kajana, Suriname.


AAK

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Aranuka Airport, which serves Aranuka, Kiribati.


AAN

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Al Ain International Airport, which serves Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.


AAQ

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Anapa Airport, which serves Anapa, Krasnodar Krai, Russia.


AAX

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Romeu Zema Airport, which serves Araxá, Minas Gerais, Brazil.


AAY

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Al Ghaydah Airport, which serves Al Ghaydah, Al Mahrah, Yemen.


AAZ

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Quetzaltenango Airport, which serves Quetzaltenango, Guatemala.


ABB

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Asaba International Airport, which serves Asaba, Delta State, Nigeria.


ABJ

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Félix-Houphouët-Boigny International Airport, which serves Abidjan, Ivory Coast.


ABL

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Ambler Airport, which serves Ambler, Alaska, United States.


ABX

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Albury Airport, which serves Albury, New South Wales, Australia.


ABY

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Southwest Georgia Regional Airport, which serves Albany, Georgia, United States.


ABZ

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Aberdeen International Airport, which serves Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom.


ACJ

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Anuradhapura Airport, which serves Anuradhapura, North Central Province, Sri Lanka.


ACN

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Ciudad Acuña International Airport, which serves Ciudad Acuña, Coahuila, Mexico.


ACR

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Araracuara Airport, which serves Araracuara, Amazonas, Colombia.


ACX

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Xingyi Wanfenglin Airport, which serves Xingyi, Guizhou, China.


ACY

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Atlantic City International Airport, which serves Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States.


ACZ

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Zabol Airport, which serves Zabol, Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran.


ADG

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Lenawee County Airport, which serves Adrian, Michigan, United States.


ADI

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Arandis Airport, which serves Arandis, Erongo Region, Namibia.


ADJ

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Amman Civil Airport, which serves Amman, Jordan.


ADX

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Leuchars Station in Leuchars, Scotland, United Kingdom.

(international standards, aviation, obsolete) Former IATA airport code for RAF Leuchars in Leuchars, Scotland, United Kingdom until 2015.


ADY

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Alldays Airport, which serves Alldays, Limpopo, South Africa.


ADZ

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport, which serves San Andrés, San Andrés y Providencia, Colombia.


BJS

(international standards, aviation) IATA metropolitan area code for Beijing, China, collectively referring to the airport system of Beijing Capital International Airport, Beijing Daxing International Airport and (until 2019) Beijing Nanyuan Airport.


JKT

(international standards, aviation) IATA metropolitan area code for Jakarta, Indonesia, collectively referring to the airport system of Soekarno–Hatta International Airport and Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport.

(international standards, aviation, obsolete) Former IATA airport code for Kemayoran Airport, which served Jakarta, Indonesia until 1985.


SPK

(international standards, aviation) IATA metropolitan area code for Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, collectively referring to the airport system of New Chitose Airport and Sapporo Okadama Airport.


TYO

(international standards, aviation) IATA metropolitan area code for Tokyo, Japan, collectively referring to the airport system of Narita International Airport and Haneda International Airport.


BWI

“The flights are really expensive,” she says, “because it’s so last-minute.”
I ignore the implication. “BWI, right?”

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(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Baltimore/Washington International Airport, which serves Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America.


HOM

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Homer Airport, which serves Homer, Alaska, USA.


DXN

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Noida International Airport, which serves Jewar, Uttar Pradesh, India.


IRD

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Ishwardi Airport, Bangladesh.


KHI

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Jinnah International Airport, which serves Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.


ZYL

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Osmani International Airport, which serves Sylhet, Bangladesh.


LCY

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for London City Airport, which serves London, United Kingdom.


LGW

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for London Gatwick Airport, which serves London, United Kingdom.


PEE

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Perm International Airport, which serves Bolshoye Savino, Perm Krai, Russia.


KTS

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Brevig Mission Airport, which serves Brevig Mission, Alaska, USA.


GZP

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Gazipaşa-Alanya Airport, which serves Gazipaşa, Alanya, Turkey.


TDW

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Tradewind Airport, which serves Amarillo, Texas, USA.


KAN

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, which serves Kano, Kano State, Nigeria.


BVS

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Breves Airport, which serves Breves, Pará, Brazil.


GUB

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Guerrero Negro Airport, which serves San Quintín, Baja California, Mexico.


LTX

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Cotopaxi International Airport, which serves Latacunga, Cotopaxi Province, Ecuador.


TUX

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Tumbler Ridge Airport, which serves Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, Canada.


MQT

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Marquette Sawyer Regional Airport, which serves Marquette, Michigan, USA.


MQX

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Alula Aba Nega Airport, which serves Mekelle, Tigray Region, Ethiopia.


MNL

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Ninoy Aquino International Airport, which serves Metro Manila, Philippines.


SBT

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Sabetta International Airport, which serves Sabetta, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia.


YYZ

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Toronto-Pearson International Airport.


JWA

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for John Wayne Airport.


YQQ

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Comox Valley Airport, which serves British Colombia, Canada.


MDW

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Chicago Midway International Airport.


ZRH

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Zurich Airport.


ZAZ

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Zaragoza Airport, which serves Zaragoza, Spain.


ZNZ

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Abeid Amani Karume International Airport.


ZTH

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for ZakynthosInternational Airport.


ZAH

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Zahedan Airport.


YNJ

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Yanji Chaoyangchuan International Airport.


YNZ

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Yancheng Nanyang International Airport.