The ones that made sense were gone 50 years ago (3 letter identifiers) Al ----- Original Message ----- From: "David MR" <damiross2@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2003 12:25 AM Subject: Re: Waco airport how big is it? can it handle jet (747 traffic) > See http://www.airnav.com/airport/KACT > > Don't forget - even with all the added stuff, the VC25 probably has a > lighter weight than the 747-200 that it is based on. > > No, ACT doesn't stand for airline carrier terminal. It's in Texas so it > could stand for wACo, Texas. Instead of the current name of Waco Regional, > it could have also been named something else that would have made sense with > the code ACT. > > By the way, there's not regulation that the 3 letter code has to stand for > anything, although an attempt is made to get the code similar to the > airport. > Look at all of the Navy air bases: > NXX: Willow Grove > NQX: Key West > NZY: North Island > Few, if any, Naval air bases make any sense. > > David R > http://home.attbi.com/~damiross > http://home.attbi.com/~damiross/books.html > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark Panitz" <mpanitz@xxxxxxxx> > To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, November 28, 2003 21:00 > Subject: [AIRLINE] Waco airport how big is it? can it handle jet (747 > traffic) > > > > I was just reading that AF 1 used Waco Tx when President bush is at his > > ranch > > it made wonder how big waco Texas airport is and is their airport code > > still ACT? and is it called that > > because it stands > > for airline carrier terminal? >