Marcus Chen - Airport Pin

Understanding Airport Codes – IATA and ICAO Explained

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...

Actually, wait — DFW has always been complicated. This airport is so big it has its own zip code. I’m serious. It sits on more...

I have a soft spot for SFO. Not because it’s perfect — it’s definitely not — but because it’s one of those airports that actually...

And I mean that as a compliment. MIA is one of those airports that feels like you’re already on vacation the moment you walk in...

I landed at JFK for the first time in 2018 and immediately got on the wrong AirTrain. Ended up at Terminal 1 when I needed...