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Quizmaster
Updated and expanded!
Jun 2, 2012 delete reply
aertzc
I find it interesting that Beijing retained the colonial name, Peking, for its airport code.
Jun 6, 2012 delete reply
Quizmaster
City names might change, but airport codes are forever. Also BOM, LED, and SGN!
Jun 6, 2012 delete reply
Schlieffen
Actually Peking results more from a different way of transliterating the characters that the Chinese government no longer prefers for English. In Portuguese for example Beijing is still known as Peking
Jun 6, 2012 delete reply
TheJSDevil
I like that I am only 1 of 10% to get BHX as Birmingham, England!!!
It is actually classed as Bickenhill, and 2 minutes from where I live, so I shouldn't get that wrong!!!!
Jun 6, 2012 delete reply
Brickster
I got 19/30 from guessing random cities. Otherwise I would get nothing.
Jun 6, 2012 delete reply
jayveys
27 / 30 on first try. How could I forgot RIO, Toronto and Cancun. Argh.
Jun 14, 2012 delete reply
bridget
Can't believe I missed Cancun. I type that into Kayak twice a week. URGH!
Jul 28, 2012 delete reply
Phenomellama
I feel bad because I only got half, yet I work in aerospace.
Aug 20, 2012 delete reply
Patience
So I can type "Saigon" and get Ho Chi Ming City, but if I type "Peking" I get nothing? Please fix that.
Oct 4, 2012 delete reply
indiavoyager
20/30.. not bad i think.. could hv never guessed Fort Lauderdale, and YYZ!!...BHX is a total spinner!
Oct 25, 2012 delete reply
JockShepshed
airport codes assigned years ago and cannot be changed, hence ORD for Chicago, from the days of Orchard Field
Oct 30, 2012 delete reply
Baltimorean
NRT is short for Narita. ORD we know is based on Orchard Field. CDG is Charles de Gaulle and LHR is Heathrow. FCO is Fiumicino (who knew other than several million Italians?), where the airport is located. My best guess is that Rio's airport code is derived from Governador Island, the location of the airport, and Galeão, its original name. But how did Toronto end up with YYZ, even if we spot you the Y?
Nov 21, 2012 delete reply
ChikinNuggit
17/30. I got YYZ because of Rush!
Apr 18, 2013 delete reply
pitzikat
Some of them, you just have to know. ORD is because it was first called Orchard Field (or something similar). Maybe 3 people in chicago know that.
I've been booking flights to Canada, so I know that the major cities all start Y - no idea why Y.
Fun quiz. What I learned from it - I have to travel more.
May 13, 2013 delete reply
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