![]() GRU - This code represents São Paulo's Guarulhos Airport, near the town bearing the same name. However its code is the abbreviation for its location, on Ilha do Governador (Governor's Island). GIG - Rio de Janeiro International Airport is also known as the Tom Jobim International, or as Galeão, for its air force base. Therefore EWR is Newark Liberty International, NJ, and ORF is Norfolk, Virginia.įCO - The Leonardo DaVinci Airport in Rome is also the Fiumicino Airport. Therefore, cities with a name starting with N must use an alternate code. Most of the airports codes suffer from the fact that they are no longer known by their original name, which makes the codes less pertinentīWI - The Baltimore airport bears this code because it is officially the "Baltimore-Washington International Airport"ĬVG - It's Cincinnati Airport, right next to Covington, KentuckyĭTW - Detroit Metropolitan Airport is also known as the Wayne County Airport, which explains the "W" at the end.ĮWR, ORF - In the United States, airport codes start with N are reserved for Navy facilities. I found this article today which provides a nice start, but only a start. I'd be interested in getting to the bottom of this matter so that, in the future, when someone asks why B6 is B6 that I could provide a reasonably plausible answer. MHRA 'Panama City', All Acronyms, 5 August 2023, Bluebook All Acronyms, Panama City (Aug. Panama City, All Acronyms, viewed August 5, 2023, MLA All Acronyms. Retrieved August 5, 2023, from Chicago All Acronyms. Facebook Twitter Linkedin Quote Copy APA All Acronyms.
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