
Hover text: IATA stands for International AirporT Abbreviation.
Notably missing from the comic: FML, WTF, and XXX.
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xtifr wrote:... and orthogon merely sounds undecided.
xaintly wrote:The actual aiport codes:
(Code in Comic) (Stated location in comic) [Real airport code for that location] > (Real location for the airport code in comic)Spoiler:
xaintly wrote:SWF Sherwood Forest [Not a real airport, London- LHR] > Sacramento Metro
ANC Ankh-Morpork [Not a real place] > Anchorage
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xaintly wrote:SMH Smithfield [No airport] > Not assigned
orthogon wrote:The UK rail network has three-letter codes for all the stations. Looking at the list in the comic, the following codes exist:
ATL: Attleborough
HGM: Higham
ANC: Ancaster
SAN: Sandown
DTW: Droitwich Spa
EWR: East Worthing
STL: Southall
SMH: Stamford Hill
BLT: Blantyre
MIA: Manchester Airport
CLT: Clacton-on-Sea
MDW: Maidstone West
SEA: Seaham
Notice that some airports have their own railway station, but their three-letter codes are not the same as the IATA abbreviation. (MAN is Manchester Piccadilly). Conversely, our corporate air travel provider now offers international rail tickets too, and has invented bogus pseudo-IATA codes for the railway stations. I think London St Pancras International (which is STP in the rail scheme) is QQF or something. The booking site being rather useless, this doesn't actually come up if you search for "flights" from "London". You just have to know.
I do this with currency codes, though I try to pronounce them as words, so that, for example, Swiss Francs are "chuffs".
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da Doctah wrote:That San Jose one. Is that California or Costa Rica?
(World's largest pair of same-named cities.)
da Doctah wrote:That San Jose one. Is that California or Costa Rica?
(World's largest pair of same-named cities.)
xaintly wrote:SWF Sherwood Forest [Not a real airport, London- LHR] > Sacramento Metro
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Mikeski wrote:da Doctah wrote:That San Jose one. Is that California or Costa Rica?
(World's largest pair of same-named cities.)
Is that some sort of weighted average, or minimum population per city, or something?
Mikeski wrote:da Doctah wrote:That San Jose one. Is that California or Costa Rica?
(World's largest pair of same-named cities.)
Is that some sort of weighted average, or minimum population per city, or something?
San Jose, CA (about 1 million people) plus San Jose, Costa Rica (334 thousand), is much smaller than New York, New York (12 million) plus New York, Texas (20 people). I'm sure there are many other pairs like that... Paris, France (2+ million) plus any of the two-dozen-or-so other Parises (Texas, again, for 25 thousand), if you need the cities to be in two countries... Counting "metro area" populations to include suburbs doesn't move the Sans Jose ahead, either.
Or is it land area and not population? I'm guessing some sprawled-out midwestern cities might win over dense Californian ones there, too...
Quey wrote:xaintly wrote:SWF Sherwood Forest [Not a real airport, London- LHR] > Sacramento Metro
Sacramento Metro is SMF. SWF is Stewart Int'l in New York.
alexriehl wrote:Tacking on to this, while LHR (London Heathrow) is the airport //most// people would fly into to get to London, there are two other airports serving the area as well: LGW (London Gatwick) and LCA (London City Airport).
sfmans wrote:Many people seem to think that everywhere in England is in London, and the airports aren’t helping ...
HES wrote:London Luton (LTN), too.
xtifr wrote:... and orthogon merely sounds undecided.
Mikeski wrote:da Doctah wrote:That San Jose one. Is that California or Costa Rica?
(World's largest pair of same-named cities.)
Is that some sort of weighted average, or minimum population per city, or something?
San Jose, CA (about 1 million people) plus San Jose, Costa Rica (334 thousand), is much smaller than New York, New York (12 million) plus New York, Texas (20 people). I'm sure there are many other pairs like that... Paris, France (2+ million) plus any of the two-dozen-or-so other Parises (Texas, again, for 25 thousand), if you need the cities to be in two countries... Counting "metro area" populations to include suburbs doesn't move the Sans Jose ahead, either.
Or is it land area and not population? I'm guessing some sprawled-out midwestern cities might win over dense Californian ones there, too...
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