Comments on: Airport code origins http://www.starchamber.com/2004/03/airport-code-origins.html Ned Gulley's Blog. Resident buzzwords: synthetic biology, ambient displays, swarm robotics, wise crowds. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:16:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: mike http://www.starchamber.com/2004/03/airport-code-origins.html#comment-90849 mike Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:34:04 +0000 http://starchamber.com/?p=808#comment-90849 airport code what does the w mean in uk and ireland some say it means west some say no thanks mike airport code
what does the w mean in uk and ireland
some say it means west some say no
thanks mike

]]> By: MNS http://www.starchamber.com/2004/03/airport-code-origins.html#comment-497 MNS Wed, 19 Apr 2006 23:33:08 +0000 http://starchamber.com/?p=808#comment-497 I think I know why PDX is PDX. Earlier airports had two letters until the popularity rose in the 30s and the 3-letter concept came to be. So all former two letter codes received an X at the end. The same goes for LAX and PHX. I think I know why PDX is PDX. Earlier airports had two letters until the popularity rose in the 30s and the 3-letter concept came to be. So all former two letter codes received an X at the end. The same goes for LAX and PHX.

]]> By: JMike http://www.starchamber.com/2004/03/airport-code-origins.html#comment-496 JMike Thu, 22 Sep 2005 13:41:24 +0000 http://starchamber.com/?p=808#comment-496 woops, and now it comes full circle, here I am pointing to the page that Ned originally blogged .. how silly of me --JMike woops, and now it comes full circle, here I am pointing to the page that Ned originally blogged .. how silly of me

–JMike

]]> By: JMike http://www.starchamber.com/2004/03/airport-code-origins.html#comment-495 JMike Thu, 22 Sep 2005 13:40:38 +0000 http://starchamber.com/?p=808#comment-495 The closest I can come to an explanation is <a href="http://www.skygod.com/asstd/abc.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.skygod.com/asstd/abc.html</a> which does not specifically mention PLD. But it does explain more of what I was alluding to in the previous comment. --JMike The closest I can come to an explanation is http://www.skygod.com/asstd/abc.html
which does not specifically mention PLD. But it does explain more of what I was alluding to in the previous comment.

–JMike

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.starchamber.com/2004/03/airport-code-origins.html#comment-494 Anonymous Wed, 21 Sep 2005 07:36:25 +0000 http://starchamber.com/?p=808#comment-494 yeah ! yeah! yeah! can you explain to me why Portland International Airport was coded PDX? HUH????!!!!! yeah ! yeah! yeah!
can you explain to me why Portland International Airport was coded PDX?
HUH????!!!!!

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