Ya!...that is the other one I was trying to think of..:). During my dispatch instruction I always called it Bananaville...:) Walter DCA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mo McMahon" <mmcmahon@buffalo.edu> To: <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 16:06 Subject: Re: HELP -- City airport codes > Yup, and when we flew to Nashville we were going bananas (BNA)! > -Mo > > --On Friday, 03 May, 2002, 4:00 PM -0400 W Wilson <wlw-jr@att.net> wrote: > > > Also...my wife was told that SDF is for Stinky Dogs Fart as per TWA F/A > > training. > > > > Walter > > DCA > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "David M. Knies" <david@knies.org> > > To: <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> > > > > > >> Exactly. > >> > >> On Fri, 3 May 2002, W Wilson wrote: > >> > >> > Previously from McCoy AFB. > >> > > >> > Walter > >> > DCA > >> > > >> > ----- Original Message ----- > >> > From: "David M. Knies" <david@knies.org> > >> > To: <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> > >> > Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 14:44 > >> > 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 > >> > > > > >> > > > >