Southwest Gates at Terminal 2 MSY I’ve flown Southwest out of Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport enough times to know gate assignments matter more...

The Y-Code Mystery Canadian Airports All Share You’ve probably noticed it if you’ve booked a flight to Canada. Toronto’s airport code is YYZ. Vancouver is...

The Three Letter Standard Explained I’ve spent enough time in airport terminals and flight planning offices to notice something odd: every single airport on Earth...

The Short Answer — Why LAX Isn’t Just LA Los Angeles International Airport uses LAX instead of LA because IATA — the International Air Transport...

The EWR Code Mystery Newark Airport has gotten complicated with all the airport code confusion flying around. You’re booking a flight into the New York...

The Obvious Question Nobody Asks the Airport I’ve asked this question to at least a dozen people while waiting in the baggage claim area at...

The Obvious Question Travelers Ask If Chicago is ORD and Atlanta is ATL, shouldn’t Boston be BOT? I’ve asked myself this exact question roughly 47...

The Short Answer Phoenix Sky Harbor’s airport code isn’t PHX because someone sat down and decided to abbreviate “Phoenix” the obvious way. The reality is...

The Quick Answer Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport uses the code ATL because that abbreviation comes directly from the airport’s original name—Hartsfield Airport—which opened in...

The Short Answer Behind SYD Airport codes have evolved with all the misinformation flying around — people overthinking three-letter strings that were never meant to...