Marcus Chen - Airport Pin

The Cleverest Airport Codes From FUN to WHY

But every once in a while you spot one that just makes you grin. I was scrolling through a flight tracker last year and saw...

I was reading an old aviation magazine at my dentist’s office — don’t ask why they had it — and stumbled on a photo of...

I remember the first time I flew overseas — booked a connecting flight through CDG and genuinely thought my travel agent had made a typo....

I’ve been collecting airport visits for a while now, and one of the things that pulled me in early was how US airport codes tell...

I remember the first time someone told me ORD was Chicago and I thought they were messing with me. O-R-D? Where’s the Chicago in that?...

Everyone’s got a different ranking, and half of them seem to be written by people who’ve never left their home terminal. I’ve been lucky enough...

I started tracking my airport visits almost by accident. I was cleaning out an old desk drawer and found a stack of boarding passes from...

I fly through SEA a few times a year visiting friends in the Pacific Northwest, and I swear every trip the layout has shifted slightly...

I still remember the first time I flew into Denver and caught the white tent peaks of DEN from the air. I turned to my...

I’ve passed through MCO more times than I can count — mostly because my family insists on doing Disney every other year — and each...