and TYS came from McGee-TYSon field, and I think MSY came from Masigny (sp?).... But none are useful for deriving the city name. :-) ----- Original Message ----- From: "David M. Knies" <david@knies.org> To: <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 13:44 Subject: Re: HELP -- City airport codes > MCO came from "McCoy International" - Orlando International Airport > > David > > On Fri, 3 May 2002, Steven Catron wrote: > > > BNA - Nashville, TN > > TYS - Knoxville, TN > > SUX - Sioux City, IA > > MCO - Orlando, FL > > MSY - New Orleans, LA > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "talkafrica" <talkafrica@zol.co.zw> > > To: <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> > > Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 13:48 > > Subject: HELP -- City airport codes > > > > > > > A challenge for the list -- please can you help. > > > > > > Tomorrow I am lecturing DHL Zimbabwe on client service ... and how > > important > > > it is to have a good product knowledge. > > > > > > Courier companies tag parcels with airport codes of the nearest airport > > to > > > the parcel's destination and I plan to check their knowledge of the > > major > > > codes like LHR and LAX, but I'l also like to throw in a few more obscure > > > ones. > > > > > > For example, Bulawayo here in Zimbabwe is BUQ. Where the Q comes from I > > > don't know, but there it is. > > > > > > Do you know of any other airports that have unusual codes that don't > > match > > > the name of the town. > > > > > > I'm sure the DHL people will have a lot of laughs about this tomorrow if > > I > > > can come up with some brainteasers and I would welcome the help of the > > list > > > please. > > > > > > Geoff in Harare > >