Airport City Codes Flashcards
Chicago O’Hare International Airport
ORD
Orlando International Airport
MCO
Louis Armstrong International Airport
MSY
Guam International Airport
GUM
Sioux Gateway Airport, Iowa
SUX
Singapore Changi Airport
SIN
Fresno Yosemite International Airport
FAT
Madrid-Barajas Airport
MAD
Canada’s Airport Codes always start with a
Y
Atlanta, GA
ATL
Baltimore, MA
BWI
Boise, ID
BOI
Boston, MA
BOS
Charleston, WV
CRW
Charlotte, NC
CLT
Chicago, IL (O’HARE)
ORD
Chicago, IL (MIDWAY)
(MDW)
Cincinnati, OH
CVG
Columbia, SC
CAE
Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX
DFW
Denver, CO
DEN
Detroit, MI
DTW
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
FLL
Hilton Head, GA
SAV
Houston, TX Intercontinental
IAH
Indianapolis, IN
IND
Kansas City, MO
MCI
Knoxville, TN
TYS
Las Vegas, NV
LAS
Los Angeles, CA
LAX
Louisville, KY
SDF
Manchester, NH
MHT
Montgomery, AL
MGM
Montreal, Ontario, CN
YUL
Nashville, TN
BNA
New Orleans, LA
MSY
New York, NY Laguardia
LGA
Oklahoma City
OKC
Orlando, FL
MCO
Philadelphia, PA
PHL
Pheonix, AZ
PHX
Portland, ME
PWM
Portland, OR
PDX
San Diego, CA
SAN
Sans Fransisco, CA
SFO
Seattle, Washington
SEA
ST. Louis, MO
STL
Syracuse, NY
SYR
Toronto, Ontario, CN
YYZ
Washington, DC Dulles
IAD
Washington, DC DULLES
IAD
Washington, DC REAGAN
DCA
Four Different Time Zones
Eastern, Central, Mountain, Pacific
Two ways of telling time
12 hour, 24 hour
What time does the aviation industry use?
24 hour-military time
Greenwich Mean Time
Zulu Time
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
The mean solar time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London reckoned from midnight-the same all year round-not affected by Daylight Savings Time
Airlines use GMT-it is universal
Zulu Time
Used in the military, aviation, and in navigation generally as a term for Universal Coordinated Time (UCT), and formerly called Greenwich Mean Time
12-hour clock is divided into two sections:
-the 12 hours from midnight to noon
-the 12 hours from noon to midnight
Which clock system has it’s disadvantages?
The 12-hour clock system
24-hour clock
is popular around the world and is used in aviation